Before the 45th Ryder Cup gets underway Friday morning at Bethpage Black, Golf Channel writers Rex Hoggard, Ryan Lavner and Brentley Romine offer up their predictions:

Man of the match

REX HOGGARD: Scottie Scheffler. Fueled by his disappointing performance two years ago in Rome, the world No. 1 has not hidden his motivation for this year’s matches. His putting is also in a much better place than it was two years ago when he had just started working with putting guru Phil Kenyon. Since than he has turned his lone weakness into a true strength.

RYAN LAVNER: Scottie Scheffler. This just comes down to sheer numbers. Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the best bets to go all five matches, and thus they have the best opportunities to accrue the most points. For the past few years, the U.S. team

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