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FIRST TEE: Team Europe's Jon Rahm, Team Europe's Tyrell Hatton, USA's Scottie Scheffler and USA's Sam Burns walk from the 1st tee during the Foursomes on day one of the 44th Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, Rome, Italy, ahead of the 2023 Ryder Cup. 

Build it and they will come. Marco Simone golf course already has natural platforms thanks to its slopes and hilly terrain but that was never going to cut it for the first tee at a Ryder Cup. They needed to create their own amphitheatre.

This is Rome. That means the grandstand had to have grand arches, even if they are painted onto the back. It is a home Ryder Cup for Luke Donald’s charges so it must be royal blue, obviously. Everything else that makes the first tee special would come from its spectators. On Friday morning, they delivered. Magnificently.