The Ryder Cup 2014 tournament from Scotland is live on Friday and the golf starts up bright and early at 2:45 am ET from the Golf Channel and NBC for the TV coverage and the first Four-Ball and Foursomes has Team USA golfers Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson against Team Europe's Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson and that will be ahead of the start of the second with Rickie Fowler, Jimmy Walker, Martin Kaymer and Thomas Bjorn.
The United States comes into the competition as the heavy underdogs after losing to the European team last time and that was after the epic collapse at Medinah. Captain Tom Watson made his move for the first matchup, putting Watson and Simpson up and while Watson has been playing that great overall, he has experience and that could benefit the team. The European players are playing better overall and Rory McIlroy comes in as the best player in the world and he will have plenty of attention on him.
The Ryder Cup will be airing early in the morning in the United States and the Golf Channel will simulcast the competition from Scotland for fans back home. The second matchup has Fowler and Walker against Martin Kaymer and Bjorn and that is an anticipated four ball with Fowler, who many expect to play well at the competition. Kaymer made a huge put the last Ryder Cup to win the thing and Fowler is coming in looking to continue his strong play from this season.
The third match comes after 3 am and has Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed against Stephen Gallacher and Ian Poulter and the US will be the underdogs here, but some in the media are sniffing an upset. The two Americans have played well when paired together and they will be looking to do the same on Friday. Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson will be up against Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia for the fourth match and that is the most anticipated.
Garcia has been playing very well of late and McIlroy is looking to add the Cup to his resume of two majors already this year. The matchup of these four is the one that could go down to the wire and this will be a big one for the United States if they want to get an advantage on Friday to start things off.