Golf-United States overwhelm Europe to grab control of Ryder Cup

Golf - The 2020 Ryder Cup - Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. - September 24, 2021 Team Europe's Jon Rahm and Team Europe's Sergio Garcia celebrate on the 17th green after winning their match during the Foursomes REUTERS/Mike Segar

KOHLER, Wis. (Reuters) -A red wave washed over the Ryder Cup on Friday as the United States dominated both foursome and fourball sessions to grab a commanding 6-2 lead over holders Europe for their largest opening-day advantage in the biennial event in a nearly half-century.

With U.S. results highlighted in red and Europe in blue on the Whistling Straits's scoreboards, chants of "USA, USA" rang out across the striking links-style layout from dawn to dusk as 40,000 mostly American fans basked in a dominating performance by the United States not seen since 1975.