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Two fabulous tee-shots by Rahm and Koepka at the second, both high fades aided by a gentle breeze.

There it is. First blood to the Americans to day two. Berger, with his hood up in chilly early morning conditions, rolls in a left-to-right slider for birdie. Garcia knew that was likely and went for the chip-in but the odds were always slim. A perfect start for Team USA.

Koepka’s approach is perfect and settles inside 10ft. That will be a terrific chance for birdie. Rahm’s bunker shot comes out too clean and skips into the rough over the back of the green.

“His health is good. He’s in a strong state of mind. Look, we’re a strong and balanced team. We know we need a big performance out of him in singles tomorrow so he needs to rest like everybody else.”

Garcia pulls his drive and the ball finds its way into one of the many bunkers that line the left of this first fairway. There’s no bother for Berger, though. His drive is absolutely perfect and rolls down the fairway to the rhythm of booming cheers.

So, here we go then. Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm, Europe’s sole outright point winners yesterday, are out on the tee and Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger follow shortly afterwards.

Padraig Harrington takes to the first tee shortly before the first pairing arrive and the European captain is greeted with a shout of ‘We want Rory!’

The Northern Irishman has, of course, been dropped this morning after a dreadful performance yesterday, in which he was thrashed alongside Ian Poulter in the foursomes and Shane Lowry in the fourballs.

There are just 15 minutes now until the first foursomes match – Koepka & Berger vs Garcia & Rahm – gets underway. If you need a reminder of how events unfolded yesterday, here was our day one report:

The foursomes are fast approaching and the second day of the Ryder Cup will be underway shortly. There’s no hiding the fact that Europe’s defence is already hanging by a thread, with a 6-2 lead the largest the US has held since 1975 after day one. This stunning approach by Tyrrell Hatton yesterday at the 18th, though, to salvage half a point in a titanic fourball match featuring both Bryson DeChambeau and world No 1 Jon Rahm, did at least provide a lifeline.

“JT carried me around all day today and he played great, and it was a dogfight. I thought 3-1 and 3-1 in the two sessions, that’s a great start. Hopefully we can keep the pedal down and keep doing more of the same.”