"We're really comfortable with our plan, said Bradley. We're really comfortable with those two players. Excited [by] who they are playing tomorrow. It will be an exciting match and we're sticking to our plan. We're not going to panic. We're not going to panic and make those sort of mistakes. We're going to stick to what we know. Pressed on the rationale behind his decision, Bradley hinted at a theme which has regularly surrounded US teams."
"The respected analytics site Data Golf had Collin Morikawa and Harris English as 132nd in a list of compatible American players for foursomes. Morikawa and English slumped to a 5&4 foursomes defeat to Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood on Friday morning. Not only has Bradley returned Morikawa and English for Saturday morning but they will face the same European duo."
"Bradley has also retained Russell Henley in partnership with Scottie Scheffler. That duo, who lost to Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick on Friday morning, will now face Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland. The European captain Luke Donald has retained the foursomes pairings from a 3-1 session win, changing only their order. Aberg and Fitzpatrick will lead off for Europe against Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Young. The remaining match will see Europe's Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton face Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay."
Europe won both Friday sessions to lead the United States 5 to 2 at Bethpage heading into Saturday. Data Golf ranked Collin Morikawa and Harris English 132nd for foursomes compatibility, and that pair lost 5&4 to Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. Keegan Bradley kept Morikawa and English together to face the same European duo again and maintained Russell Henley with Scottie Scheffler to face Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland. Luke Donald largely retained winning European foursomes, with Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick leading off against Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Young. American players struggled on Bethpage greens.
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