Ryder Cup 2021 LIVE SCORE: USA open HUGE 11-5 lead as they close in on triumph – stream, TV channel, latest updates
USA head into the final day of the Ryder Cup with a massive 11-5 lead at Whistling Straits.
This means they just need 3.5 points from the 12 on offer in today's singles matches to seal the trophy.
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- LIVE SCORE: 🇺🇸 USA 11 🇪🇺 Europe 5
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- The Sun
MIRACLE OF MEDINAH
It will be the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup history if Europe somehow manage to turn around this 11-5 deficit.
Remember, USA need just 3.5 points to claim the Ryder Cup.
But if Europe need any inspiration heading into the singles, they only need to look back to 2012 at the Medinah County Club.
Jose Maria Olazabal's legends were 10-6 down going into Sunday and won eight and halved one of the 12 matches to snatch an incredible victory.
Clutching at straws perhaps but there's always hope…
- Jon Boon
NOT FIN-ISHED
WITH USA holding a HUGE 11-5 lead over Europe, don't the Americans to take their foot off the pedal.
Steve Stricker's group only need three and half points to be crowned Ryder Cup champions on Sunday.
And Tony Finau has revealed he won't be showing Europe's stars any mercy on the final day.
He said: "I don’t think it gets talked about enough in the Ryder Cup (but) sometimes your job, when you have a healthy lead like this, (is to) just wear out some of the great players."
- Jon Boon
WHITEWASH
As the USA opened up a huge 11-5 lead over Europe and are close to victory, Dustin Johnson delivered a press conference talking about their dominance.
- Giacomo Pisa
FRAT BOYS
Piers Morgan called out Ryder Cup stars Justin Thomas and Daniel Berger after they downed cans of beer before the first tee on Saturday afternoon.
The incident occurred when Thomas and Berger, both 28, were in between Saturday fourball sessions, with Team USA boasting a 9-3 lead at the time.
A buoyant home crowd clearly confident of victory roared on the pair, who in turn were feeding off the Wisconsin atmosphere.
And when members of the crowd threw down cans of beers the golfers decided to ramp up the excitement even further.
Berger and Thomas picked up a can each, acknowledged the crowd with a raised fist and then proceeded to down the contents.
And in reply, Morgan tweeted: "Hmmm. It ain’t over yet, you cocky American beer-guzzlers. Come on Team Europe – make them choke on it."
- Giacomo Pisa
SUNDAY’S SINGLES
And here's a reminder of the schedule for the third and final day of the Ryder Cup (all times BST).
MATCH 1
7.04pm
Xander Schauffele vs Rory McIlroyMATCH 2
7.15pm
Patrick Cantlay vs Shane LowryMATCH 3
7.26pm
Scottie Scheffler vs Jon RahmMATCH 4
7.37pm
Bryson DeChambeau vs Sergio GarciaMATCH 5
7.48pm
Collin Morikawa vs Viktor HovlandMATCH 6
7.59pm
Dustin Johnson vs Paul CaseyMATCH 7
8.10pm
Brooks Koepka vs Bernd WiesbergerMATCH 8
8.21pm
Tony Finau vs Ian PoulterMATCH 9
8.32pm
Justin Thomas vs Tyrrell HattonMATCH 10
8.43pm
Harris English vs Lee WestwoodMATCH 11
8.54pm
Jordan Spieth vs Tommy FleetwoodMATCH 12
9.05pm
Daniel Berger vs Matt Fitzpatrick - Giacomo Pisa
SCORES ON THE DOORS
Sorry to do this to you, Team Europe fans.
But here's the situation going Sunday's twelve singles matches…
Bleak.
- Giacomo Pisa
LAST FIVE RESULTS
With Team USA on the verge of just a second Ryder Cup win in the last nine tournaments, here's a look at the scores from the last five editions.
- Giacomo Pisa
HATTON HITS OUT
Team Europe's Tyrrell Hatton has criticised some sections of the crowd at Whistling Straits after the European players have faced some heckles throughout the weekend.
Hatton said: "I think they have been calling out some of the guys that have been chanting some interesting words, should we say.
"It's just unfortunate that a few of them do silly things like opening cans at the top of your backswing. It's a little bit unnecessary. Obviously you want to play a fair game.
"We get the support when we are at home so we expected a hostile atmosphere and that's what we've got so far this week.
"The majority of the fans have been great, to be fair."
- Giacomo Pisa
SERGIO SPEAKS
Team Europe's Sergio Garcia has sprang to the defence over Rory McIlroy after the Northern Irishman goes into Sunday's singles without winning a single point.
Spaniard Garcia insists he is 'proud' of McIlroy, despite his difficult weekend.
Garcia said: "I told him the absolute truth. I told him that not only me but the whole team is proud of him no matter if he goes 5-0 or 0-5.
"We love him and we are always proud of the effort he makes and the heart that he puts into his golf and into the team.
"It's as simple as that. Obviously it's not the week he was hoping for, without a doubt, not the week we were hoping for, for all of us, at least until now.
"But we are still very proud of every single one of our team-mates."
- Giacomo Pisa
NO MERCY
Team USA's Tony Finau is intent on recording one of the highest winning margins in Ryder Cup history ahead of Sunday's single matches today.
He said:"I don't think it gets talked about enough in the Ryder Cup [but] sometimes your job, when you have a healthy lead like this, (is to) just wear out some of the great players.
"The way I look at it, we've got one heck of a healthy lead. We've got 12 hungry guys to get this thing done. They have a really tall task in front of them, a score that's never been overcome.
"They have run the score up on us before. And if we have the opportunity, we are going to run it up on them.
"We have guys that are hungry to win a point."
- Giacomo Pisa
CLOSING IN
Team USA need just 3.5points to reach the magical 14.5 mark that would seal Ryder Cup glory.
Or will we see another incredible European comeback?
There's not long to wait until we find out!
The first match gets underway at 7.04pm UK time, with Xander Schauffele vs Rory McIlroy.
- Giacomo Pisa
RORY REVEAL
Rory McIlroy is hoping to right his wrongs from this weekend so far with victory in his singles match against Xander Schauffele.
McIlroy lines up in the first match of the day, having not picked up a point so far.
And he said yesterday: "It's disappointing not to contribute a point for the team yet.
"Hopefully [I can] just go out tomorrow and try my best to get a point and hopefully we can rally and at last give them something to maybe sweat about in the middle of the afternoon."
- Giacomo Pisa
POULTER PREPARES
Ian Poulter, who knows all too well what it's like to inspire Europe to a Ryder Cup comeback, has admitted Europe have a mountain to climb.
Poulter is yet to win a point yet this year, but is desperate for victory in his singles match against Tony Finau.
He said: "We're not in a good position and it's going to take a beyond monumental effort. So we need a couple of miracles."
- Giacomo Pisa
SPIRIT OF MEDINAH
Europe captain Padraig Harrington has also called for his players to channel memories of Medinah to overturn an 11-5 deficit on Sunday singles.
He said: "It's only half a point more than we won in the singles at Medinah. There's no doubt that is going to be strong in our minds.
"They have to just go out there and win their own individual match. They have to focus on that and not look at that bigger picture and focus on their individual self."
- Giacomo Pisa
WATCHING ON
Despite a huge deficit, there was still a heartwarming moment for Team Europe fans yesterday.
Shane Lowry celebrated sinking a putt on the 18th to win a point for Europein fantastic style.
And the man celebrating in the background – his dad.
- Giacomo Pisa
SHANE SPEAKS
Shane Lowry went on to reveal that he's been taking inspiration from the Miracle at Medinah in 2012, and has not given up hope of winning the Ryder Cup.
He said: "I'm not stopping believing. I'm having the week of my life here. I honestly am. It's been an incredible experience.
"I really hope we can go out and give them loads tomorrow.Â
"All morning I was thinking of Medinah…you know there's such a good bond in our team room. We didn't get the breaks yesterday. We got hosed. It's disappointing.
"But I was laying in bed thinking about it, and said to Tyrell we're probably getting a lot of stick back home and getting a lot of stick from everyone else, and the captain and the vice captain are getting a lot of stick for their pairings or whatever, because everyone's a genius when you're not doing well, and that's all we can do.
"And I did that today and Tyrell did that today, and I'm so happy I can bring a point back for my team."
- Giacomo Pisa
'MADE FOR THIS'
Irishman Shane Lowry has insisted he is 'made for this' after his sensational putt on the 18th hole yesterday secured a point for Team Europe.
His celebration was full of passion, and he's hoping to inspire Europe to a miracle comeback today.
And before his epic putt, Lowry revealed: "I said to Beau [his caddy], 'I'm made for this.' I said it to him. 'I'm made for this. This is it.'
"And I didn't know I was going to hole it, but I knew I was going to try my best, and I'm so happy it went in."
Getty Images - Giacomo Pisa
SUNDAY'S SINGLES
Here's a look at the schedule for the third and final day of the Ryder Cup (all times BST).
MATCH 1
7.04pm
Xander Schauffele vs Rory McIlroyMATCH 2
7.15pm
Patrick Cantlay vs Shane LowryMATCH 3
7.26pm
Scottie Scheffler vs Jon RahmMATCH 4
7.37pm
Bryson DeChambeau vs Sergio GarciaMATCH 5
7.48pm
Collin Morikawa vs Viktor HovlandMATCH 6
7.59pm
Dustin Johnson vs Paul CaseyMATCH 7
8.10pm
Brooks Koepka vs Bernd WiesbergerMATCH 8
8.21pm
Tony Finau vs Ian PoulterMATCH 9
8.32pm
Justin Thomas vs Tyrrell HattonMATCH 10
8.43pm
Harris English vs Lee WestwoodMATCH 11
8.54pm
Jordan Spieth vs Tommy FleetwoodMATCH 12
9.05pm
Daniel Berger vs Matt Fitzpatrick - Giacomo Pisa
LEADING FROM THE FRONT
After a nightmare weekend so far at Whistling Straits Rory McIlroy is set to lead out Team Europe in Sunday's singles matches.
It's the third consecutive Ryder Cup that he has been sent out first in, although he has lost both of his previous matches.
He takes on Xander Schauffele today, having been beaten by Patrick Reed in 2016 and Justin Thomas in 2018.
There's little room for error though for McIlroy.
He needs to get Europe off to the perfect start for the visitors to have any hope of overturning an 11-5 deficit, which is USA's biggest lead going into a Sunday singles in the modern Ryder Cup era.
- Alex Terrell
WE NEED A MIRACLE
Memories of the "Miracle at Medinah" will drive Europe to put up a fight against the dominant United States on the final day of the Ryder Cup, captain Padraig Harrington said as his team faces an uphill task of retaining the trophy.
The United States enter Sunday's 12 singles matches with a commanding 11-5 lead, needing just 3-1/2 points in the final session to win back the title Europe took from them in Paris in 2018.
Europe need nine points to retain the title at Wisconsin's Whistling Straits, half a point more than they won in their storied comeback on the final day of the 2012 Ryder Cup at the Medinah Country Club in Illinois, where they bounced back from 10-6 down for a stunning comeback win.
Harrington said: “Six points is a tough one to make up tomorrow, but I think we were a half-point short of that in the Miracle at Medinah on Sunday, so we're just going to have to push for that tomorrow.
"There's no doubt that's going to be very strong on our minds."
The United States also pulled off a similar comeback title win in 1999, fighting from 10-6 down on the final day of the contest at Brookline.
Harrington added: “Even reversing it to Brookline. I know that was a four-point gap. These things can be done.
"But again, it is more of an individual game tomorrow and getting them to focus on winning their point.
"I'm sure they know they have a very tall order ahead of them, but it's still possible.
“Focus on their individual self and play their game and win that and then just see how it adds up."
Only nine times in 42 Ryder Cups has a team come from behind on the final day to lift the trophy.
- Alex Terrell
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Here is how the foursomes and fourball matches went on day two at Whistling Straits.
- Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm, Europe, def. Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, United States, 3 and 1.
- Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa, United States, def. Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton, Europe, 2 and 1.
- Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, United States, def. Viktor Hovland and Bernd Wiesberger, Europe, 2 up.
- Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, United States, def. Lee Westwood and Matt Fitzpatrick, Europe, 2 and 1.
- Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia, Europe, def. Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth, United States, 2 and 1.
- Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton, Europe, def. Tony Finau and Harris English, United States, 1 up.
- Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau, United States, def. Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland, Europe, 3 and 1.
- Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa, United States, def. Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy, Europe, 4 and 3.
- The Sun
SCORES ON THE DOORS
An enthralling afternoon of golf. Rahm and Garcia delivered yet again and the Lowry/Hatton partnership clung on by the skin of their teeth.
But it's a 3&1 victory for Scheffler and Dechambeau while Rory and Poulter flop again.
That's it from me. Let's pray for a miracle tomorrow.
- The Sun
MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB
Fleetwood's chip for birdie teases the hole on 17 and that could be that.
DeChambeau pulls one out when it really matters to 8-foot.
Hovland can't make his putt and that's that! A point for America and Europe are really up against it tomorrow.
They need just 3.5 points to win the Ryder Cup tomorrow.
- The Sun
RED STILL RULES
Cheers from the Americans as Scheffler taps in his birdie to win the hole on 16th.
Dormie two now for the Americans… it's looking rather bleak.
- The Sun
ANOTHER POINT!
The two Spaniards do it again on the 17th green as Garcia sinks his par putt to halve the hole.
That's a 2&1 but just as that match is settled so is Rory and Poulter's 4&3 defeat against DJ and Morikawa.
10-5 now on the scoreboard with Europe down in the other game.
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