As Scottie Scheffler walked from the ninth tee box during his Ryder Cup morning foursomes match Friday morning at Bethpage Black, a fan yelled at him and partner Russell Henley to improve their body language.
“You look like you lost already!” the fan remarked.
To which another fan replied: “They did.”
The comments perhaps were a bit rough for the world’s No. 1 player in Scheffler (and the No. 3 in Henley), but they would lose that hole to Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick to fall four down in an eventual 5-and-3 loss.
Things also did not go as planned in the afternoon fourball session for Scheffler, who partnered with J.J. Spaun in a 3-and-2 loss to Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka.
For whatever reason, the Ryder Cup has not been a breeding ground for success for Scheffler, who fell to