The pairings for Friday’s opening matches are always the subject of much debate.
Will Europe skipper Luke Donald keep to the same teams that romped to a historic 4-0 lead in the opening foursomes in Rome two years ago?
Or will he switch it up a bit?
Viktor Hovland, who along with Rory McIlroy were the only Europeans to play all five matches in 2023, played both his foursomes matches and had one fourball outing with Ludvig Aberg – winning two and losing one. Tyrrell Hatton was his other fourball partner in a halved match.
This week, Hovland has been out with Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre every practice session.
“I’ve played a bunch with Bob over the past few years,” said the Norwegian.
“We played some junior and amateur golf together. I get along great with Bob. We really vibe well off of each other, and we’ve had some good games here the last couple of weeks.
“So yeah, it will be fun. We’ll see what happens – but I think we’d make a good team.”
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