Ryder Cup 2014 Standings: Fourball Results and Updated Points for Day 2

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Published: September 27, 2014

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Team USA battled back brilliantly to win a magnificent morning session of fourball matches on Day 2 of the 2014 Ryder Cup. The Americans couldn't quite even the overall score, but they won two of the session's four matches and halved another.

If Day 1 of the fourball was slightly sluggish, Day 2 was anything but. All of the fourball matches were very closely contested, as Team USA showed a real determination to overturn their first-day 5-3 deficit.

Here is a breakdown of the results from a brilliant morning session that was bookended by a pair of classic matches:



The game that best symbolised the spectacular golf played of the morning session was between the Justin Rose and Bubba Watson-led pairings. Players certainly weren't wasting any time or settling for par.

Birdies became a theme of the day, as the Sky Sports Golf Twitter feed illustrated:



Rose was the standout player. He produced several masterful tee shots and displayed some excellent putting:



With the game all square after 11 holes, former Solheim Cup winner Karen Stupples reserved special praise for Rose, per BBC Radio 5 Live (h/t BBC Sport): "Justin hasn't put a foot wrong. He's playing with real ease here. This is like watching heavyweights trading blows."

Stupples expressed the right sentiment; despite Rose's brilliance, Watson and Matt Kuchar wouldn't be easily shook off on the scorecard, per AP reporter Doug Ferguson:



Eventually, Rose's consistent run of birdies was too much for even Watson and Kuchar to resist. Rose and Henrik Stenson finished with a staggering nine-straight birdies to close things out on the 16th and give Team Europe the point.

Of those 16 holes, Rose and Stenson were under par on 12. Quite staggering stuff:



Elsewhere, one very impressive member of Team USA was rookie Jordan Spieth. The...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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