The Americans look to break their 30-year winless streak on European soil at the 2023 Ryder Cup. Here's everything you need to know ahead of Friday's matches.
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You have the in-form Hovland with the 2021 Ryder Cup under his belt, alongside the prodigy Aberg who only turned pro in June. Aberg has a fearless mentality and has taken everything in stride while Hovland will bring the experience of Whistling Straits. On the course, you have Hovland's ever-improving short game, alongside the pinpoint accuracy of Aberg off the tee.
"We can put some blue on early on the leaderboard and just follow in the trend where the Europeans did in the Solheim Cup and the Junior Ryder Cup earlier today," Hovland said."So I think we've got the momentum."paired beautifully in 2018 for Moliwood, but with the Italian now one of the vice-captains, Fleetwood and McIlroy promise to be the eye-catching duo to kick things off on Friday.
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