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Scrub what I told you about the USA’s lie. Brooks Koepka is a fine physical specimen, yet even he can only advance the ball further up the rough. He leaves his partner Scottie Scheffler half-snookered behind a tree, and even though the reigning Players champion is able to punch the ball up on to the green, he can’t take a line anywhere near the flag. The US will have a long two-putt for bogey, while Europe are inside them sitting two.
For the benefit of folk who fancy getting up on the downswing this weekend but don’t always follow the greatest sport in the world, we usually cut and paste the following explainer. Hey, if it’s worth reading once, it’s worth reading a dozen times. Here we go …
