• Furyk/Woods win over Harrington/Monty, 1 up.

• Cink/Henry halve with Casey/Karlsson. For a half, 1/2 point goes to each team.

• Toms/Wetterich take it on the chin from the Spaniards, 3 and 2.
  (That’s three holes up and two holes to play, if you want to know the
  lingo. That is, of course, mathematical elimination from winning the
  match after having played 16 holes, so it is stopped without finishing
  the course.)

• DiMarco/Mickelson get beat by Clarke/Westwood, 1 up.

Final tally after the first set of matches: Europe 2 1/2, USA 1 1/2. Things will have to go better in the afternoon foursomes.