Scheffler to face McIlroy in Sunday’s singles

World number one Scottie Scheffler will have to earn his first point at this year’s Ryder Cup the hard way after being paired against Rory McIlroy in Sunday’s singles.

Scheffler has made unwanted history by becoming the first player since 1979 to lose all four matches during the team formats.

The world number one was defeated in the foursomes and fourballs on Friday and Saturday as Europe opened up a hefty 11.5-4.5 lead over the United States going into Sunday.

And things do not get much easier as he comes up against rival McIlroy in Sunday’s fourth singles match, teeing off at 5.35pm Irish time.

The Northern Irishman has been a bedrock of the European domination, winning three and a half points from his four matches so far.

And he has an enviable record in Ryder Cup singles, having won four, lost two and halved one of his previous seven outings.

Both captains have loaded the top of the order with some big guns as Europe try to get over the line and the US aim to spark the unlikeliest of comebacks.

Justin Rose will kickstart the action at 5.02pm against Cameron Young, who has delivered two of the home side’s points.

Tommy Fleetwood, who has won all four of his matches so far, takes on Justin Thomas in the second match, with an exciting contest between Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson DeChambeau coming before the McIlroy-Scheffler clash.

Shane Lowry takes on Russell Henley at 6.19pm in game eight.

Europe, needing just two and a half points to retain the trophy they won in 2023.

Single matches

5.02pm Cameron Young v Justin Rose

5.15pm Justin Thomas v Tommy Fleetwood

5.24pm Bryson DeChambeau v Matt Fitzpatrick

5.35pm Scottie Scheffler v Rory McIlroy

5.46pm Patrick Cantlay v Ludvig Aberg

5.57pm Xander Schauffele v Jon Rahm

6.06pm JJ Spaun v Sepp Straka

6.19pm Russell Henley v Shane Lowry

6.30pm Ben Griffin v Rasmus Hojgaard

6.41pm Collin Morikawa v Tyrrell Hatton

6.52pm Sam Burns v Robert MacIntyre

7.03pm Harris English v Viktor Hovland