Brief European wave crashes against red wall in Ryder Cup - 'We just didn't seize that opportunity' 

Team Europe's Sergio Garcia and Team Europe's Jon Rahm celebrate after winning their foursomes match the Ryder Cup at the Whistling Straits Golf Course Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Sheboygan, Wis. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Despite a mid-morning wave when everything was leaning Europe’s way, the Americans won the morning again and stretched its lead in the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.

The U.S. team won a third consecutive session 3-1 to take a perilously wide 9-3 lead into the Saturday afternoon fourballs. Pádraig Harrington’s European team would need a heroic effort from his four teams to win at least three of four points in the afternoon to have a fighting chance to come back in Sunday’s singles.