Overview

• Collin Morikawa and Harris English lost to Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood in back-to-back foursomes, 5&4 and 3&2, and were held out of four-ball to sit at 0–2 heading into singles.
• DataGolf ranked English–Morikawa as the worst possible U.S. foursomes pairing out of 132 combinations, a call Bradley waved off by saying his team would stick to its plan.
• McIlroy and Fleetwood combined for 112 feet of made putts and played the alternate-shot format in 6 under over 16 holes, with Fleetwood now 6–0 lifetime in foursomes and McIlroy 9–5–1.
• Europe closed Saturday with a commanding 11.5–4.5 advantage after the morning foursomes set the tone for another rough U.S. session.
• U.S. struggles extended beyond one pairing, as world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler dropped his first three matches and public criticism grew, including a post from Paige Spiranac questioning the English–Morikawa choice.