Sergio García and Jon Rahm give Europe their first point in the Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup 2021 could not start better for the Spanish couple. Sergio García and Jon Rahm They have demonstrated their power by beating the best American couple (Thomas and Spieth) to give Europe the first point after a formidable performance in the foursomes. Sergio was impressive towards the green, while Rahm did the same on the green. This is how the two explained it after achieving the victory. The Spanish came out determined to fight. They tied for the first hole and then the next four were equally divided, two for each.

Equality was maximum, nobody gave his arm to twist. But then the magic of Sergio garcia on the 7th hole, she pulled out a magnificent iron from her sleeve to improve Justin Thomas’ shot that had left her too close to make the birdie. Jon Rahm took advantage of the blow from his partner to make the putt and put, again, one up to the Spanish couple that complemented each other wonderfully. In the 8th, history was repeated, Borriol’s man took out a great iron and the world number one holed to increase the advantage to two strokes.

After the first nine holes, the Spanish couple was up two. Things could not start better for Europe and especially considering that in the other parties the results were favorable to the North Americans. They were saving European honor. In the meantime, Sergio and Rahm they followed theirs, a great iron from the first and Barrika’s was making the putt. The story of the day was repeated again and three were put up.

Rahm and Sergio save Europe

Spieth and Thomas They reduced differences at 13 and were about to move to one at 14. Spieth had a very clear putt to make a birdie, but luckily for the Spaniards he missed it and the lead was still two with four holes to go. The Americans forgave and paid it in 15, where Sergio García took an impressive putt from far away to achieve the birdie and put the +3 back on the scoreboard. The American couple fought, managed to win on the 16th, but they could not beat the Spaniards who closed the match on the 17th after a blunder by Thomas.

The Spanish they got the first point of the Ryder Cup 2021 and they put Europe ahead (0-1). Unfortunately, the results of the other three games did not follow and that was the only one who managed to win in the morning session. Johnson and Morikawa beat Casey and Hovland (3 & 2), Koepka and Berger beat Westwood and Fitzpatrick (2 & 1) and, finally, Cantlay and Schauffele beat Mcilroy and Poulter (5 & 3) to make the final 3-1 after the first session.

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