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RYDER CUP RIVALRY: BANTER AND BLUNDERS PAVE THE WAY WITHOUT A SHOT BEING HIT

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TEAM USA: from top left, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau., Harris English, Ben Griffin and Russell Henley, bottom row from left, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Justin Thomas and Cameron Young. Pictures: AP TEAM EUROPE: From top left, Sweden's Ludwig Aberg, England's Matt Fitzpatrick, England's Tommy Fleetwood, England's Tyrrell Hatton, Denmark's Rasmus Hojgaard and Norway's Viktor Hovland, bottom row from left, Ireland's Shane Lowry, Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, Spain's Jon Rahm, England's Justin Rose and Austria's Sepp Straka. Pictures: AP

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The opening tee shot still to be executed, the gamesmanship at the Ryder Cup began on Wednesday when European captain Luke Donald took a few subtle jabs on pay-for-play during his speech at the opening ceremony.

“We're fuelled by something money cannot buy,” Donald said.

Europe, 1 up.

And then US captain Keegan Bradley made the first bogey of these matches when he spoke of being around the 17th green at Brookline in 1999 for one of the biggest moments in Ryder Cup history, only to mistakenly say Justin Rose — not Justin Leonard made the 45-foot putt.

Europe, 2 up.