Europe completes rare double session win to take Day 1 lead

Europe will take a 5½-2½ lead into the second day of the Ryder Cup after extending their advantage in dramatic fashion on the 18th hole as the sun set at Bethpage Black.

The visitors had taken the opening foursomes session 3-1 but with a more vocal crowd behind them during the four-balls, the U.S. Team fought back led by local hero Cameron Young, who claimed a 6&5 win over Ludvig Åberg and Rasmus Højgaard alongside Justin Thomas.

Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka beat Scottie Scheffler and J.J. Spaun 3&2 in another reasonably comfortable contest but it needed a Justin Rose birdie on the last for the Europeans to edge past Ben Griffin and Bryson DeChambeau 1 UP.

The final match of the day also went down the last and while Rory McIlroy had a chance to make it 6-2 to Europe, he missed from 13 feet and shared a tie alongside Shane Lowry against Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns.

More to follow.