LUKE DONALD hopes his Fleetwood Mac Dreams team can make sweet music for Europe and spearhead a 'Landslide' Ryder Cup victory.
Captain Donald has paired four-time Major champion Rory McIlroy with Tommy Fleetwood, whose ‘Moli-wood’ pairing with Francesco Molinari lit up Europe’s thrilling 2018 triumph in Paris.
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Asked for a nickname for their duo, McIlroy replied: “Fleetwood Mac.”
The duo intend to leave Americans Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay 'Hypnotized' in this morning’s foursomes.
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And McIlroy, 34, added: “This is as excited and as ready a group that I’ve been a part of. We’re all really relaxed but we know the task at hand.
“It’s a strong American team and they have a lot of tough partnerships.
“We’ve coming up against one tomorrow — Xander and Patrick have an incredible record.
“I just hope I can live up to Francesco. If I can we’ll be OK.”
Schauffele and Cantlay won both their foursomes matches together in the USA’s record win at Whistling Straits in 2021.
But Fleetwood believes Europe’s fans 'Everywhere' should be confident, insisting: “Anybody playing with Rory is going to be a good partnership.
“I’m very excited to play with him.
“We’ve known each other for a long time and Rory has been a huge part of my Ryder Cup journey. Our games gel well and we get on very well. I can’t wait to play with him.”
Viktor Hovland teed up the Fleetwood Mac paring with an Albatross during yesterday’s practice at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.
And Donald hopes his stars Don’t Stop performing over the three-day battle against the Yanks when they step Rhiannon the first tee this morning.
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Tyrrell Hatton wants revenge for Europe’s 19-9 defeat two years ago.
The Englishman and Spaniard Jon Rahm are the first pair out this morning against world No 1 Scottie Scheffler and rookie Sam Burns.
And Tyrrell declared: “Deep down you want some revenge.
“We have a fantastic team. I’m not one to usually fist pump after putts unless they have true meaning, but the Ryder Cup is different.”
Donald added: “They’re both world-class players, fantastic ball strikers, fearless and passionate.
“Jon feeds off a playing partner with a similar kind of fire and passion. Everyone is in good spirits. There’s a lot of good energy.”
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Rahm said: “I can’t wait to get started and get our first full point on the board tomorrow.”
