Glamorous gallery: Golf stars and their partners strut their stuff ahead of Ryder Cup

Photocall at Rome's Spanish Steps draws the crowds, and the fashionistas

LEADING MAN: Spain's Jon Rahm and his wife Kelley arrive at the Spanish Steps for a pre-Ryder Cup ohotocall.

BEFORE 24 of the world's best golfers get to strut their stuff in the Ryder Cup, they get to strut their stuff with their wives and partners.

The traditional pre-tournament photocall took place Wednesday evening at the Spanish Steps in Rome, where this year's biennial renewal takes place. 

The first session of play takes place Friday morning at Marco Simone Golf Club, but Wednesday night is a night for the glad rags. Players and captains, along with their wives and girlfriends, took to the red carpet for the Ryder Cup gala. Members of the United States and European teams donned their finest gear on the Spanish Steps, a famous landmark in Rome constructed between 1723 and 1726.

Rory McIlroy poses at the Spanish Steps with his wife Erica Stoll.

Ireland's Shane Lowry and wife Wendy.

Ryder Cup rookie Ludvig Aberg and Olivia Peet.

American debutant Wyndham Clark and partner Julia Kemmling.

Brooks Koepka and Jena Sims Koepka.

 Tyrrell Hatton and wife Emily.