Things went south very quickly for Team USA on Friday morning at the Ryder Cup.

The Long Island crowd at Bethpage Black was as rowdy as anticipated, with chants of “U-S-A, U-S-A” ringing throughout the large grandstand over the first tee and 18th green. The first tee shot belonged to Jon Rahm, who quickly received screams of “fore right” as his drive sailed way beyond the fairway before Bryson DeChambeau electrified the crowd by nearly driving the first green.

It went just as U.S. captain Keegan Bradley drew it up — for about an hour.

Then, the Europeans came along and slapped the U.S. back to reality, dominating to take three of the four matches to make an early statement in the morning foursome (alternate shot) session of the 45th Ryder Cup.

DeChambeau and Justin Thomas hoped to open

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