Yanks' opening 6-2 lead at Ryder Cup could've been bigger
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Captain Steve Stricker's young squad patiently built the biggest U.S. opening-day lead since 1975, pummeling defending champion Europe in both the foursomes and fourball matches Friday for a 6-2 cushion.
Captain Steve Stricker's young squad patiently built the biggest U.S. opening-day lead since 1975, pummeling defending champion Europe in both the foursomes and fourball matches Friday for a 6-2 cushion. While the fast start wasn't new -- the U.S. team has gone seven straight Ryder Cups without losing the opening session -- the solid finish was.
"My message to the guys before I left," Stricker said, "is, `tomorrow is a new day. Let's just go out tomorrow and try to win that first session again ... Pretend today never happened."
That would have been a lot harder for his team had things not worked out as well as they did.
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