Overview

• Hovland pulled out of his Sunday singles at Bethpage after an MRI confirmed a flare-up of a neck disc bulge that left him unable to rotate his neck.
• He had received on-course physiotherapy and anti-inflammatories Saturday and then withdrew from the afternoon fourballs after pain worsened on the range.
• Under the captains’ agreement, Harris English was the U.S. player in Keegan Bradley’s sealed envelope, so the Hovland–English match was recorded as a halve.
• The envelope mechanism, introduced in 1979, has been used only twice previously in Ryder Cup history, in 1991 and 1993.
• The halved match moved the overall score to 12-5 in Europe’s favor before singles began, meaning Europe needs two points from the remaining 11 matches to retain the trophy.