FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – The 2025 Ryder Cup is underway in a sea of blue and yellow, and after Day 1, Europe leads the U.S. Team 5.5-2.5.

Raucous American crowds helped get things going in the pre-dawn hours at Bethpage Black, but once balls went in the air to kick off the morning Foursomes session, momentum shifted decisively to Team Europe. Luke Donald's squad won each of the first three matches, the first time they have ever pulled off the feat on American soil, and rode their momentum into the afternoon, earning 2.5 points in their quest to win their first away Ryder Cup since 2012.

"It's not exactly what we wanted," said U.S. Captain Keegan Bradley. "But we know the Ryder Cup is going to be ebbs and flows, and I've got a lot of faith in our boys."

Take a look at how each of the Foursomes and Four-ball matches played out.

FRIDAY P.M. FOUR-BALL

Match 5: Jon Rahm/Sepp Straka (Europe) def. Scottie Scheffler/J.J. Spaun (U.S.), 3 and 2

Two fresh pairings set the tone for the afternoon best-ball session at Bethpage Black, with some of the biggest names from each side heading back out.

Fresh off a morning drubbing, Scheffler teed it up again alongside Ryder Cup rookie Spaun against the powerhouse duo of Rahm and Straka. Spaun wasted no time announcing himself, stuffing an approach to 3 feet for birdie and an early 1-up U.S. lead. But the party didn’t last long as Straka coolly chipped in from the fringe on No. 3 to flip the board back to even.

From there, a fully in-form Rahm would begin a dominant performance with birdies on Nos. 3, 4, 8, 11 and 13 to lead the way for the Europeans.

Scheffler, meanwhile, searched for answers until finally giving the home fans something to roar about in the form of a 22-foot birdie bomb on 15 that briefly ignited dreams of a comeback. But Rahm wasted no time slamming the door, draining a 20-footer of his own to snuff out the noise and protect Europe’s 3-up cushion.

Matching birdies on 16 capped the show with the fourth blue point appearing on the board, and Scheffler walked off with his second loss of the day.

Match 6: Tommy Fleetwood/Justin Rose (Europe) def. Ben Griffin/Bryson DeChambeau (U.S.), 1-up.

The second Four-ball match of the afternoon featured an energized DeChambeau and Ryder Cup rookie Griffin taking on the experienced English duo of Fleetwood and Rose.

The match was tied through four holes before DeChambeau drained a 13-footer for birdie on the par-4 fourth hole. The largest roars of the match came at the par-4 seventh, when Griffin sunk a 56-foot birdie putt. Moments later, Rose answered with his own 41-foot birdie.

Europe tied the match with a Fleetwood birdie on the par-4 11th hole from 13 feet that the U.S. could not answer, carding a bogey.

Fleetwood dialed in his iron play with birdies on 14 and 16 to take a 2-up lead.

DeChambeau extended the match to No. 18 with a birdie of his own on the tricky par-3 17th, but it wasn't quite enough. Rose sealed the deal with an electric birdie putt on 18 for another European victory, 1-up.

Match 7: Cameron Young/Justin Thomas (U.S.) def Ludvig Åberg/Rasmus Højgaard (Europe), 6 and 5

Another Four-ball match featuring two Ryder Cup rookies, with Captain Bradley sending out Thomas for a shot at redemption alongside New York native Young against the Scandinavian duo of Åberg and rookie Højgaard.

Åberg, now the veteran in his second Cup, had taken Scheffler and Henley to the woodshed in Foursomes. The suave Swede found himself on the opposite end of a beatdown in the afternoon as debutant Young powered the Americans to a 6-and-5 win among the friendly confines of Long Island.

Young set the tone early, draining a 21-foot birdie putt on the second hole to give the U.S. the lead.

Thomas added another on the fifth to go 2-up, a lead the Americans never surrendered. Thomas’ fiery celebrations paired seamlessly with Young’s stoic demeanor, leaving Åberg and Højgaard without a response.

Back-to-back birdies on Nos. 11 and 12 stretched the advantage to 5-up, with Young two-putting on the 13th green to seal the Americans’ second point of the 45th Ryder Cup.

Match 8: Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry (Europe) tie Sam Burns/Patrick Cantlay (U.S.)

The anchor match of the afternoon session delivered. Best friends and fearsome duo McIlroy and Lowry took on Americans Burns and Cantlay, who scored the only point for the Americans in the morning Foursomes session.

Burns, playing in his second Ryder Cup, drew first blood with an opening birdie. The Europeans bounced back with a birdie from Lowry on No. 2. McIlroy made back-to-back birdies on Nos. 6 and 7 from 12 and 25 feet, respectively, to take a 2-up lead for the Europeans.

Making the turn with their backs against the wall, the Americans answered with a birdie putt from Cantlay on No. 10 to cut the lead to 1-up. The teams alternated birdies on the next few holes with some stellar approaches, Lowry to 3 feet on No. 11 and Cantlay to 4 feet on No. 12, before Cantlay drained a 13-foot birdie putt on No. 13. McIlroy lipped out his 6-footer, and all of the sudden the match was back to all square. After a tense back-nine stretch, the teams entered the 18th hole tied. Facing birdie putts from under 10 feet, Burns and McIlroy each missed, earning each team half of a point.

FRIDAY A.M. FOURSOMES

Match 1: Jon Rahm/Tyrrell Hatton (Europe) def. Bryson DeChambeau/Justin Thomas (U.S.), 4 and 3

Thomas and DeChambeau made their presence known immediately, striding onto the first tee with an American flag draped over their shoulders and nearly driving the green on the short par-4 opener. DeChambeau punctuated the moment by walking in the birdie putt, igniting the American crowd at Bethpage Black and giving the U.S. side a quick 1-up lead.

It felt like the perfect tone-setter for the U.S. Team, but the fireworks faded almost as quickly as they arrived. Wayward approaches and a misread 7-footer from Thomas at the seventh opened the door for Rahm and Hatton, and they pounced with a birdie at the eighth to flip the match. By the time the duos made the turn, Europe held a 1-up lead with the momentum firmly on their side.

Hatton’s putter caught fire on the back nine, and the pair extended its cushion with a long-range birdie putt at the 12th to take a 2-up lead, and back-to-back birdies gave Europe complete control. They finished with a 4-and-3 victory, securing the first full point on the board for Europe.

For a pairing that won both of its Foursomes matches together at Marco Simone in 2023, the Rahm-Hatton chemistry once again proved rock solid. The commanding lead was a reminder for Thomas, the most experienced American on the U.S. roster making his fourth Ryder Cup appearance, and DeChambeau, who is still searching for his first Foursomes point after two losses in 2018, that a home-field advantage and theatrics aren’t enough to keep pace with Europe’s most reliable tandem.

Match 2: Ludvig Åberg/Matt Fitzpatrick (Europe) def. Scottie Scheffler/Russell Henley (U.S.), 5 and 3

The American duo of Scheffler and Henley came in with the momentum of Scheffler’s world No. 1 status and a solid showing for the duo in the 2024 Presidents Cup (where they went 2-1-0 in Montreal). It wasn’t enough, however, to overcome the buzzsaw that was Åberg and Fitzpatrick.

The Europeans drew first blood on the opening hole of their alternate-shot match, with Åberg hitting the tee shot and a 5-footer for birdie to go 1-up. The Americans responded with a birdie of their own on No. 2, as Scheffler sunk an 8-footer to level the score.

They would only win one other hole during the match.

Åberg and Fitzpatrick, who had not played together before in the Ryder Cup (Åberg was paired with Viktor Hovland in 2023 and went 2-0 in Foursomes), went on a mini tear starting at No. 4, winning three straight holes to go 3-up through six and capping their first nine with one more birdie at No. 9 to turn at 4-up.

A birdie at 12 put the Europeans 5-up, but a tap-in birdie by Scheffler at the par-5 12th gave the U.S. duo its second hole win of the day. Henley extended the match after draining birdie from 31 feet on the par-3 14th, but Europe put the final nail on the coffin on 15 as Fitzpatrick sealed the 5-and-3 win with a par.

Match 3: Rory McIlroy/Tommy Fleetwood (Europe) def. Collin Morikawa/Harris English (U.S.), 5 and 4

From the very first hole, McIlroy and Fleetwood looked every bit the stalwarts Europe needed to anchor its morning session. McIlroy poured in a birdie at the first to seize a 1-up lead, and from there the beloved European duo pressed the accelerator with clinical precision, adding three consecutive birdies on Nos. 4-6. By the time they walked off the eighth green, Europe had expanded to a commanding 5-up lead, setting the tone for a knockout punch in the making.

English, playing in his first Ryder Cup Foursomes match, and Morikawa, who began the week with a 2-1 Foursomes record, made a valiant effort but were no match for the dynamic European duo. They mounted small pushes to extend the match, including a birdie at the par-4 ninth, but the result never truly felt in doubt. McIlroy and Fleetwood coasted the rest of the way, delivering a decisive 5-and-4 victory and carrying the early torch for Europe with the second full point of the day.

The win put Europe 2-0 overall, and it was the kind of dominant performance that reminded the U.S. just how dangerous Europe’s veterans can be when they find their rhythm.

Match 4: Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (U.S.) def. Viktor Hovland/Robert MacIntyre (Europe), 2-up

Schauffele and Cantlay staved off the surging European momentum that threatened to swallow the Americans whole, emerging as the lone positive in an otherwise dreadful morning.

With every other match in Europe’s favor, the Americans lost a lead late, only to gain it back in the waning moments of their match. Tied with two holes to play, the Americans won the 17th hole with a par and the 18th with a birdie for a 2-up victory.

It was plenty dramatic throughout. Cantlay and Schauffele led 3-up with seven to play when McIlroy and Fleetwood won their match and officially pushed the Friday Foursomes into uncharted territory on enemy soil. That left Cantlay and Schauffele as the U.S. Team’s only hope.

The experienced American pairing played remarkably well in the early portions of the match, taking a lead with a birdie at the second hole. Their lead ballooned to 3-up with back-to-back winning pars at 10 and 11. The script flipped quickly, though. MacIntyre’s approach to the 12th settled 9 feet from the hole, and Hovland poured in the putt to cut into the lead. It was the same story on par-5 13th with Hovland rolling in another 9-footer to win the hole with a birdie. The Americans lost the lead officially after a sloppy bogey on the 15th, drawing the match all square. Both teams missed makeable birdies on No. 16 before the Americans nudged ahead at No. 17 and held on at the closing hole.