2014 Ryder Cup: Rory-Sergio Comeback Strengthens Europe’s Grip Entering Saturday

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Published: September 26, 2014

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GLENEAGLES, Scotland—The Ryder Cup has never been anything other than brilliantly unpredictable—Medinah reminded us all of that—but, even with that being established fact, on Friday it seemed to be going out of its way just to be contrary.

For a while the world seemed to be upside-down. In the opening fourballs session the two twenty-something American rookies, Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed, went about demolishing Ryder Cup tyro Ian Poulter and home hero Stephen Gallacher 5&4. Additionally, two of the top three players in the world were mysteriously conspicuous by their relative absence.

But as things typically do in the Ryder Cup, dramatic things happened. 

In this case, Rory McIlroy happened. 

Late in the afternoon, the world No. 1 and his playing partner Sergio Garcia (No. 3) looked to be on the verge of losing both their matches for the day, the first time the best player in the world has suffered that fate since Tiger Woods back in 2004.

But on No. 17, two holes down to Americans Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker, McIlroy drained a 40-foot birdie putt, winning the hole outright and sending shockwaves through Gleneagles. It was the spark needed to help them salvage an unlikely half point, from what was almost assuredly a loss. 

Just a few minutes prior, it seemed that unpredictability would indeed rule the day. 

Poulter, Garcia and McIlroy were supposed to be the three talismen for the home side, the stars to deliver an expected victory this week at Gleneagles. Instead they looked set to contribute exactly zero points, as instead Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson (still a pretty good duo, mind) started laying some early foundations for Paul McGinley’s team with two impressive victories. Then, as the A-listers struggled the B-listers stood up; afternoon debutants Jamie Donaldson and Victor Dubuisson, ably guided by veterans Lee Westwood a...
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