Scottie Scheffler reacts as Europe run riot in morning foursomes at Ryder Cup

Scottie Scheffler kept things short and sweet when speaking to reporters after he and Russell Henley lost 5&3 to Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick in the day one morning foursomes at the 2025 Ryder Cup. 

It was largely a morning to forget for the hosts at Bethpage Black as they were on ther end of three heavy defeats in the top three matches.

Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton overturned an early deficit on Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas to in the end win convincingly 4&3, and Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood then made it 3-0 to Europe with a comfortable 5&4 victory that never looked in doubt from the start. 

Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay thankfully earned a point for the hosts in the anchor match to make it 3-1 heading into the fourballs. 

Reflecting on USA's tough loss to Aberg and Fitzpatrick, runaway World No.1 Scheffler, who also lost heavily to Aberg in the foursomes last time around in Rome, admitted the game was won on the greens. 

Aberg and Fitzpatrick ran riot in match two, reeling off seven birdies in a comfortable 5&3 scoreline. 

If truth be told, it was Henley who missed the better of the American chances on the greens - but Scheffler took his fair share of the blame. 

"I felt like Russ and I did some good things, but we just didn't hole enough putts early," said Scheffler, who now sees his Ryder Cup record fall to 2-3-3. 

"We had some chances. I think the putts just didn't fall. 

"But overall, the guys we played, they played a really good round.

"We'll go back out this afternoon and see what we can do."

USA will be looking to bounce back quickly in this afternoon's fourballs in order to keep themselves in the hunt to regain the famous trophy. 

US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley has shuffled the pack for the fourballs session, which is being watched closely by US President Donald Trump. 

"Yeah, it's not exactly what we wanted, but we know the Ryder Cup is going to be ebbs and flows, and I've got a lot of faith in our boys," said Bradley.

"Let's see how this last match finishes up."

Bradley added: "We just had the President fly over in his Air Force One, so I've got a feeling things are going to turn here."

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