UPDATED: 7:25 a.m. Friday , Sept. 28
Tee times for the afternoon session at the 2018 Ryder Cup were announced while the morning session was still going on. Here's a look at who will go out for the U.S. and European teams in the alternate portion of Day 1.
All times Eastern, Team USA vs. Team Europe
Match 1 (7:50 a.m.): Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler vs. Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson
Match 2 (8:05 a.m.): Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson vs. Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter
Match 3 (8:30 a.m.): Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau vs. Sergio Garcia and Alex Noren
Match 4 (8:35 a.m.): Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas vs. Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood.
With U.S. captain Jim Furyk and European captain Thomas Bjorn making their selections for the first four-ball session on Friday, the 2018 Ryder Cup now has some compelling matchups for the first day of action at Le Golf National. The first set of matchups were announced at a lengthy opening ceremony in Paris, which included musical acts, a number of speeches and Tiger Woods getting a monstrous ovation from the away crowd.
Furyk chose a couple of big bombers to go up front with the new duo of Woods and Patrick Reed anchoring the back end. Europe starts with No. 2 player in the world Justin Rose alongside Jon Rahm. Let it hang early, Europe! Get ready because
Here's a look at the first four matches set for Friday's slate of action.
All times Eastern, Team USA vs. Team Europe
Match 1 (2:10 a.m.): Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka vs. Justin Rose and Jon Rahm
Match 2 (2:25 a.m.): Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson vs. Rory McIlroy and Thorbjorn Olesen
Match 3 (2:40 a.m.): Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas vs. Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton
Match 4 (2:55 a.m.): Tiger Woods and Patrick Reed vs. Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood.
All of these matches are compelling to me, but the first and last are probably most compelling. Finau and Koepka could be world beaters together, but they'll face Europe's most complete squad of the first four. That might end up being the match of the day.
Woods and Reed are also going to rock together, but Molinari and Fleetwood are going to flush disgusting iron after disgusting iron. It's going to be a show. The entire week is going to be a show, of course, with a favored U.S. side looking for its first win in Europe since 1993 and Europe trying to win back a Ryder Cup it lost in 2016. More on the schedule for the entire week below.
2018 Ryder Cup schedule of events
All times Eastern
Day 1 -- Friday, Sept. 28
Session 1 (fourballs): 2 a.m.
Session 2 (foursomes): 7:45 a.m.
Live TV coverage: 2 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Golf Channel
Live stream online: 2 a.m. - 1 p.m. on RyderCup.com
Post-match press conferences: Live on RyderCup.com
Day 2 -- Saturday, Sept. 29
Session 1 (fourballs) starts: 2 a.m.
Session 2 (foursomes) starts: 7:45 a.m.
Early TV coverage: 2-3 a.m. on Golf Channel
Live TV coverage: 3 a.m. - 1 p.m. on NBC
Live stream online: 3 a.m. - 1 p.m. on RyderCup.com
Post-match press conferences: Live on RyderCup.com
Day 3 -- Sunday, Sept. 30
Singles: 6 a.m.
Live TV coverage: 6 a.m. - 1 p.m. on NBC
Live stream online: 6 a.m. - 1 p.m. on RyderCup.com
Trophy presentation / closing ceremony: Live on RyderCup.com
Post-match press conferences: Live on RyderCup.com
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