Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka defeated Collin Morikawa and Richie Fowler 2&1 to put Team Europe 3-0 up in the Ryder Cup on Friday morning.
The foursome duos of Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton and Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg had already put points on the board with 4&3 victories over the American pairings of Scott Scheffler and Sam Burns and Brian Harman and Max Homa.
Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood subsequently beat Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay 2&1.
What a moment ✨
Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka beat Rickie Fowler and Collin Morikawa, 3-0 to Europe! pic.twitter.com/G5HK6quRDf
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) September 29, 2023
"Obviously, it's early days yet," a smiling Lowry told Sky Sports.
"We're off to a great start this morning, we just need to keep the foot down
"I wanted to give Sepp his moment in his first Ryder Cup to hole a winning putt. Myself and Sepp gelled well today, very happy with him, and I enjoyed myself.
29 September 2023; Shane Lowry, right, and Sepp Straka of Europe celebrate on the 17th green, after teammates Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood, not pictured, won their match, during the morning foursomes matches on day one of the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, Italy. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
"We've probably known for a couple of weeks that we might go out this morning together. We play the same golf, use the same stuff so it kind of made sense. We're similar type people. I'm a bit more fiery than him. Sepp's very laid back.
"We enjoyed it out there and it felt like we played some good golf. We dodged a few bullets out there especially around 10, 11 and 12. You're going to have that in matchplay when you have to dig deep and we did.
"I would have liked to close the match out earlier because we had good chances. It's nice to put a point on the board for Europe."
"Shane Lowry judged to absolute perfection. That's not by accident" 💪 pic.twitter.com/1zPMrQ8gXh
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) September 29, 2023
Lowry is being rested for the Friday afternoon fourballs at the Marco Simone course in Rome.
The match-ups for the four balls are Viktor Hovland and Tyrrell Hatton vs Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth; Jon Rahm and Nicolai Hojgaard vs Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka; Bob MacIntyre and Justin Rose vs Max Homa and Wyndham Clark; Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick vs Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele.
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