Sergio Garcia foursomes record.
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Sergio Garcia linked up with Luke Donald to extend his personal unbeaten Ryder Cup foursomes record to five and secure a 6.5 - 1.5 lead for Europe after day one of the matches against the USA.
But then the 24-year-old from Spain sounded a note of caution for his team-mates competing at Oakland Hills near Detroit.
"We have to remember this is only the beginning. It's only the first day - nothing is finished yet. We have to calm down and get ourselves into position tomorrow," said Garcia after he and his English pal beat Stewart Cink and Kenny Perry 2&1
With a five point lead Europe needs to consolidate with Saturday's fourball and foursomes matches - but be aware of the US team's wounded pride. Hal Sutton is certain to have them battling.
They will also be under pressure from fellow Americans and the US press - certain to castigate the poor form of 'dynamic duo' Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson who lost both their matches.
After being beaten earlier by Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington, America's leading golfers went down ignominiously to Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood in the foursomes.
They had led three up after four holes but the Europeans chipped away at their lead until Mickelson sliced his drive at 18 and Woods was forced to take a penalty drop. They could only manage a double bogey six and Clarke and Westwood prevailed 1 up.
Monty and Harrington continued their glorious partnership with a convincing 4&2 defeat of Davis Love and Fred Funk.
The only relief for an fuming Sutton was the point gained by Chris di Marco and veteran Jay haas over Miguel Angel Jimenez and Thomas Levet on the 16th by 3&2.
