On the final day of the Ryder Cup-style event in Abu Dhabi, Great Britain and Ireland lead 11-4 and are on the verge of defeating the continental European team in the Team Cup.
The team event is part of preparations for this September’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. sky sports live broadcast, Luke Donald was on hand to support captains Justin Rose and Francesco Molinari.
Rose’s side maintained a two-point advantage after Friday’s foursome at the Abu Dhabi Golf Resort and doubled their cushion by scoring 3.5 points in Saturday morning’s foursome, then A win in the afternoon game brings us closer to victory.
Tyrrell Hatton continued his unbeaten start to the tournament by partnering with Matt Wallace to win in the top-flight, while Great Britain and Ireland are in four more games Winning three more – in another one-sided contest – continued their dominance.
Britain and Ireland need just two points from 10 singles matches on the final day to qualify for the biennial tournament, while Continental – the reigning champions after a successful 2023 season – despite Mathieu Pavin and Roman Langeske won all three races but still looked set to suffer a heavy defeat. They play together.
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What happened earlier in the day?
England and Ireland won three of their five games and drew one in a fog-delayed morning match that was played 35 minutes later than originally planned, with Rose’s side finishing 7-7. 3 took the lead and controlled the game.
Rose and Tommy Fleetwood beat Molinari and Julian Guerrier by 2, with Hatton’s eagle on the final hole giving him and Wallace a win against Thorbjorn Olsen won half a point against Niklas Norgaard.
Aaron Rai and Tom McKibbin defeated Nicolai Hojgaard and Rasmus Neegaard-Petersen 4&3, while Paul Waring and Matthew Jordan recorded the biggest victory of the game, defeating Matteo Manassero and Antoine Rozner 5&3.
The only time the continental side earned full points came at the bottom of the table, when French duo Pavin and Langesque beat Jordan Smith and Lauri Kanter 3&2, with Molinari’s side second consecutive Only 1.5 points were scored per game.
What happens on Sunday?
All 20 players will once again take part in Sunday’s singles action, which will start at 10.35am local time (6.35am GMT) with play taking place every nine minutes.
Sunday’s singles draw will follow…
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