Europe’s Tommy Fleetwood, left, and Francesco Molinari walk away after a fourball victory against Patrick Reed and Tiger Woods on Saturday, the second day of the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National near Paris.SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood walked down a fairway at Le Golf National after delivering another big point, side by side with their arms around each other’s shoulder.
Here came “Moliwood,” the latest Ryder Cup sensation and the first European tandem to win all four of its matches – three of those points came at the expense of Tiger Woods – since the current format began in 1979. This was no time to celebrate, though.
“We came here to do a job, and it wasn’t to go in the record books or anything like that,” Molinari said.
And now they have to do it separately. Everything points to the Europeans taking back the precious gold trophy Sunday, starting with a 10-6 lead that requires them to win only 4 1/2 points from the final day’s 12 singles matches.
To avoid another disappointment on European soil, the Americans need a lot to change quickly. Woods hasn’t won any of his three matches, and U.S. veteran Phil Mickelson – in his record-setting 12th Ryder Cup – didn’t even play Saturday, when Europe filled the board with its blue scores right from the start.