Ryder Cup pairings (finally!): Friday morning matches announced for Whistling Straits

Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas will team up for a second straight Ryder Cup.

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After an extra year of waiting, months of predicting rosters, weeks of second-guessing captain’s picks and now several days of on-site press conferences and practice rounds, we finally have our Day 1 matchups for the 2021 Ryder Cup.

At the Opening Ceremony on Thursday afternoon, U.S captain Steve Stricker and European captain Padraig Harrington announced their respective lineups for Friday morning’s foursomes (alternate shot) matchups at Whistling Straits.

The first tee time is 8:05 a.m. ET, and the last of the morning session is 8:53 a.m. The complete schedule for Friday morning is listed below. You can watch all of the action beginning at 8 a.m. ET on Golf Channel.

Ryder Cup 2021 Friday morning foursomes matchups (ET)

Match 1 (8:05 a.m.) — Jordan Spieth/Justin Thomas (USA) vs. Jon Rahm/Sergio Garcia (EUR)

Match 2 (8:21 a.m.) — Dustin Johnson/Collin Morikawa (USA) vs. Paul Casey/Viktor Hovland (EUR)

Match 3 (8:37 a.m.) — Brooks Koepka/Daniel Berger (USA) vs. Matthew Fitzpatrick/Lee Westwood (EUR)

Match 4 (8:53 a.m.) — Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy/Ian Poulter (EUR)

U.S. sitting: Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Harris English, Scottie Scheffler
Europe sitting: Bernd Wiesberger, Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood

Ryder Cup 2021 Friday afternoon fourball matchups (ET)

Match 1 (1:10 p.m.) — TBA (USA) vs. TBA (EUR)

Match 2 (1:26 p.m.) — TBA (USA) vs. TBA (EUR)

Match 3 (1:42 p.m.) — TBA (USA) vs. TBA (EUR)

Match 4 (1:58 p.m.) — TBA (USA) vs. TBA (EUR)

U.S. sitting: TBA
Europe sitting: TBA

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Josh Berhow

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Josh Berhow is the managing editor at GOLF.com. The Minnesota native graduated with a journalism degree from Minnesota State University in Mankato. You can reach him at joshua_berhow@golf.com.

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