tee off

But, effectively, last week's 45th Ryder Cup had already been won by Europe before that last session teed off.

The headlines were being written long before Sunday's Ryder Cup singles had even teed off such was Europe's domination over the opening two days.

While several of the chasing pack did all they could to add pressure before the Japanese duo teed off, much of that effort would have proved irrelevant had the final group shot low themselves.

Wearing a white "USA" cap and accompanied by his second son Eric, he teed off for a round of golf at about 10:15 on his first morning at the resort.

Less than one hour after he teed off on Sunday afternoon, Scottie Scheffler had effectively won his first Open Championship title.