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Americans sweep, Europeans rally at Ryder Cup
USA 5, EUROPE 3
hosts Flash in
NWSL semis
By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
Foursomes
United States 4, Europe 0
Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed,
United States, def. Justin Rose and
Henrik Stenson, Europe, 3 and 2.
Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler,
United States, def. Rory McIlroy and
Andy Sullivan, Europe, 1 up.
Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson,
United States, def. Sergio Garcia and
Martin Kaymer, Europe, 4 and 2.
Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar,
United States, def. Thomas Pieters
and Lee Westwood, 5 and 4.
———
Fourballs
Europe 3, United States 1
Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson,
Europe, def. Jordan Spieth and Patrick
Reed, United States, 5 and 4.
Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bel-
lo, Europe, def. J.B. Holmes and Ryan
Moore, United States, 3 and 2.
Brandt Snedeker and Brooks Koep-
ka, United States, def. Martin Kaymer
and Danny Willett, Europe, 5 and 4.
Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters,
Europe, def. Dustin Johnson and Matt
Kuchar, United States, 3 and 2.
CHASKA, Minn. — Even with
the irst opening-session sweep in
four decades, the Americans were
reminded anew Friday that no
lead is safe in the Ryder Cup.
Not after one session. Not after
one day.
And based on the last Ryder
Cup on American soil, not until
it’s over.
Europe battled back from a
4-0 deicit behind its best tandem,
Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose,
and capped off a long and rowdy
day at Hazeltine when its best
player, Rory McIlroy, holed
a 20-foot eagle putt and then
mocked the crowd by taking a
bow.
The American celebration
turned into a consolation.
They had a 5-3 lead, the margin
after the irst day at Medinah four
years ago that ended in another
European victory. They lost a
chance to really put Europe in a
hole.
“It’s frustrating not to come
out a little bit more ahead,” U.S.
captain Davis Love III said.
Love could not have scripted a
better start — a symbolic one, too.
To honor Arnold Palmer, who
died Sunday night, Ryder Cup
oficials placed on the irst tee
Palmer’s golf bag from when he
was captain of the 1975 Ryder
Cup team. Jordan Spieth and
Patrick Reed then set the tone with
a 3-and-2 foursomes victory over
Stenson and Rose, and the Amer-
icans delivered the irst sweep
of the opening session since that
1975 team at Laurel Valley.
Phil Mickelson, feeling more
pressure than usual because of his
inluence on changes and on this
team, also produced big shots.
His wedge into 5 feet that Rickie
Fowler converted was key in the
Americans winning three straight
holes for a 1-up victory over
McIlroy and Andy Sullivan.
“With
everything
going
on — me not having a point and
Phil being a big part of getting
the players a lot more involved
to Arnie passing and him being a
huge part of the week, this is big
for us,” Fowler said.
It just didn’t last.
“The guys were disappointed
with the way they played this
morning and the way they
performed,” European captain
Darren Clarke said. “But they
showed tremendous bravery and
heart and desire to go out and
play the way they have done this
afternoon.”
Beaten for the irst time, Rose
and Stenson went right back
out against Spieth and Reed and
handed the American duo its irst
Ryder Cup loss. The Europeans
made nine birdies in 13 holes for
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — It seems like
everything is going right for the Port-
land Thorns heading into the National
Women’s Soccer League playoffs.
The Thorns inished out the regular
season with a four-game winning
streak and claimed the NWSL Shield
for the team with the best record. They
also clinched home-ield advantage for
the irst time. They face the Western
New York Flash in a semiinal game
Sunday.
Forward Christine Sinclair credited
irst-year coach Mark Parsons. The
Thorns (12-3-5) always had talent, she
said, but that didn’t always translate
into wins.
“The difference is this year we’re a
team from the top down,” Sinclair said.
“I thought when Mark came on board
it changed a lot. He stressed being a
team — you know, hanging out outside
of soccer practice — and I think you’re
starting to see that on the ield. We’re
willing to do anything for each other.”
Sinclair also recognized the players
who were with the team all season while
their teammates were in and out in
preparation for the Olympics. Sinclair
won the bronze medal in Rio with the
Canadian national team. The Thorns’
roster also includes U.S. Olympians
Tobin Heath, Lindsey Horan, Meghan
Klingenberg, Allie Long and alternate
Emily Sonnett. Additionally, Aman-
dine Henry played for France in Brazil.
In a pre-match conference call
Thursday, Klingenberg unexpectedly
took over to sing “Happy Birthday,”
even though it was no one’s birthday,
and Sinclair dissolved into giggles.
Parsons deadpanned: “I have no way to
explain.”
Former Thorns coach Paul Riley
took over the Flash in February. He
said hard work led his young team to
the playoffs.
“We didn’t set any goals. Our goal
wasn’t to make the playoffs, our goal
wasn’t to make the inal. Our goal was
to win the irst game of the season,”
Riley said. “That’s really the way we’ve
approached every game. We’ve set no
goals for the group, we just wanted
each player to get a little bit better each
game and believe in the process — and
things will happen if we do everything
right to the best of our abilities.”
The atmosphere at Providence Park
could be hostile to the visitors. The
Thorns boast the best home attendance
in the league with an average of 16,945
fans per game this season.
While Portland is the third team
in league history to allow an average
of less than one goal a game over the
course of the season, the Flash (9-6-5)
are just the third team to average at least
two goals a game. The Flash are paced
by league Golden Boot winner Lynn
Williams with 11 goals and ive assists.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
ABOVE: Unit-
ed States’
Patrick Reed
hits a drive on
the irst hole
during a fore-
somes match
at the Ryder
Cup golf tour-
nament Friday,
Sept. 30, 2016,
at Hazeltine
National Golf
Club in Chaska,
Minn.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
LEFT: Europe’s
Rory McIlroy
reacts after
making his
putt to win his
match 3 & 2
during a four-
balls match at
the Ryder Cup
golf tournament
Friday, Sept. 30,
2016, at Hazel-
tine National
Golf Club.
a 5-and-4 victory in an afternoon
session in which the board was
illed with European blue.
Sergio Garcia, who along
with Martin Kaymer made only
one birdie in a foursomes loss,
teamed with fellow Spaniard Rafa
Cabrera Bello to dismantle J.B.
Holmes and Ryan Moore. McIlroy
and Pieters never trailed against
Johnson and Kuchar, handing
them their irst loss in four Ryder
Cup matches.
The lone American point in
the afternoon came from Brandt
Snedeker and Brooks Koepka,
who had no trouble against
Kaymer and Danny Willett.
Willett had a little trouble with
the crowd, especially when they
lampooned him around Hazeltine
with references to hot dogs and
his brother, Pete, who had written
a column in a British publication
disparaging American galleries.
“It was anticipated,” Willett
said. “Coming to America is a
tough one, just like when the
Americans come to Europe. They
gave me a little bit more. I think
it was exactly what we thought it
was going to be.”
It wasn’t just directed at Willett,
however.
The crowd was loud and bois-
terous from the opening tee shot
in misty conditions. There were a
few rude comments, not unusual
in America for a Ryder Cup.
McIlroy had a 20-foot birdie putt
to halve the morning foursomes
match against Mickelson and
Fowler when a fan from across
100 yards away shouted, “Get an
American to putt it for you.” That
was a reference to McIlroy and
Rose losing a playful $100 bet to
an American fan who made a putt
in Thursday’s practice session.
Most striking was how quickly
the crowd cheered bad shots for
Europe. Typically, there is the
slightest delay. Not on Friday.
Sullivan, one of six rookies for
Europe, hit his tee shot into the
water on the 17th that put Europe
1 down and effectively ended the
match. The crowd cheered before
there was a ripple.
That’s what inspired McIlroy
in the inal match of the day. He
and Pieters were 2 up on the 16th
hole, with Kuchar already in for a
birdie, when the four-time major
champion drained his 20-foot
putt. Turning to the crowd, he
bowed twice and screamed out,
“C’mon!”
“I wanted to put an exclamation
on that session for us,” McIlroy
said. “I thought about that celebra-
tion before I hit the putt.”
More than a celebration, it was
a message from McIlroy to what
he felt was a hostile crowd.
“I’m not fazed by anything
said by the crowd,” McIlroy said.
“And I’m not fazed by anything
the U.S. throws at us.”
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