Ryder Cup 2018 - as it happened: USA take lead after Friday fourballs

Re-live all the action from Paris

Ryder Cup 2018 Footage of Le Golf National in Paris

The 2018 Ryder Cup is underway at Le Golf National. Jim Furyk has selected Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka to lead the US team out in Paris and they will be up against Thomas Bjorn's strong opening pairing of Justin Rose and Jon Rahm.

Rory McIlroy and Thorbjorn Olesen will play match two against Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, Paul Casey and rookie Tyrrell Hatton face Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in match three, before the much-anticipated appearance of Tiger Woods alongside the fiery Patrick Reed, who play Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood.

Follow all the action from every hole in Paris with our live blog:

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Preview

What time does it start?

It all gets underway at 7.10am on Friday morning with the opening fourballs.

Where can I watch it?

The whole tournament is being broadcast on Sky Sports Golf. You can also stream it online via SkyGo. It is also available on NowTV.

For those without access to any of those The Independent will be live blogging the entire weekend.

The Ryder Cup is upon us (REUTERS)

Who's playing?

Some of the very best golfers on the planet. Tiger Woods leads the American team while new world number one Justin Rose is Europe's leading light.

Who's going to win?

USA Evens

Europe 5/4

Draw 11/1

Key Points

• Rose & Rahm defeated by Koepka & Finau 1UP
• McIlroy & Olesen defeated by Johnson & Fowler 4&2
• Casey & Hatton defeated by Spieth & Thomas 1UP
• Molinari & Fleetwood beat Reed & Woods 3&1

[27 September 2018 23:13 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Welcome along to live coverage of the opening day of the 2018 Ryder Cup. If your appetite still needs whetting for this one, then look no further than Jonathan Liew's preview:

[28 September 2018 06:58 · Ben Burrows]

We're just over ten minutes away from the first tee off at the 42nd Ryder Cup.

[28 September 2018 07:03 · Ben Burrows]

And what a way it is to start too. FedEx Cup champion and world no.1 Justin Rose partners Jon Rahm while for the US it's PGA Tour player of the year Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau.

[28 September 2018 07:07 · Ben Burrows]

Brooks Koepka won three of his four matches at Hazeltine but missed the cut on his last visit to Le Golf National in 2014.

[28 September 2018 07:09 · Ben Burrows]

The 6,500 seat grandstand behind the first tee has been full for over an hour.

[28 September 2018 07:11 · Ben Burrows]

The players are now on the tee and it will be the Americans to start. A huge roar goes up for Rose and Rahm and a few boos ring towards their counterparts.

[28 September 2018 07:14 · Ben Burrows]

Tony Finau's ball is barely safe from the water on the left but Brooks Koepka is as nerveless as ever easing himself into perfect position in the fairway.

[28 September 2018 07:17 · Ben Burrows]

And now it's the turn of the Europeans. Justin Rose takes the lead and sends one down the right side of the fairway. Rahm urges on the crowd who roar back in return and he absolutely crashes it down there. What a way to start your first Ryder Cup.

[28 September 2018 07:21 · Ben Burrows]

Ed Malyon checks in from the first:

Well that was raucous. And for all the incredible noise perhaps the most amazing thing is how it all subsides to less than a whisper as the players step up to take their tee shots. If Finau was a little taken by the nerves it showed, the final of the 24 players to be chosen he is just inches from the water and facing a tough task. The other three balls are sitting nicely on the fairway.

[28 September 2018 07:22 · Ben Burrows]

It's Rahm to go first and he stiffs it to ten feet. Rose follows and stops it dead within gimme range. A perfect start for the Europeans.