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Europe won back the the Ryder Cup on Sunday, just like it always does before its raucous crowd, with Rory McIlroy leading the way and Tommy Fleetwood delivering the decisive point to extend its dominance over the Americans on home soil. Europe started the final day with a five-point lead. McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland and Tyrrell Hatton put the Europeans on the verge of the cup, forcing the Americans to win the remaining five matches on the course.

While Luke Donald pushed all the right buttons, Zach Johnson often appeared too tight and too rigid. That behavior trickles down to the team room.

Tommy Fleetwood delivered the winner by driving the 16th green to assure the half-point Europe needed.

Tommy Fleetwood delivered the winner by driving the 16th green to assure the half-point Europe needed.

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The best collection of players at Marco Simone had flags from their eight countries draped around their shoulders as they took turns clutching and thrusting

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Europe swept the opening session of the Ryder Cup for the first time in its history, a beating so thorough that none of the foursomes matches reached the 18th hole.

Backed by a boisterous home crowd in Italy, the Europeans sweep the opening session for the first time and the Americans fail to win a match on the opening day.

For the first time in Ryder Cup history, the U.S. failed to win a match on Day 1 and the Europeans have moved out to a 6.5-1.5 lead. As always, observers look straight to the captains for some of the answers of why things unfolded as they did.

Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth will lead off the foursome pairings on Saturday with the Americans facing a steep climb at the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club near Rome.Thomas and S

Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg have taken their place in Ryder Cup history with the largest margin of victory for an 18-hole match — 9 and 7. The previous record for foursomes was 7 and 6, most recently when Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley beat Luke Donald and Lee Westwood at Medinah in 2012.