How the first day's fourball action gave USA slight edge

Westwood put Europe two up with a six-foot birdie putt on the long second and then a par at the 461-yard next, where he plugged in a bunker, but was allowed a free drop and splashed out of sand to two feet.

The suspension came after Kaymer had driven into the lake at the sixth, but Westwood won another when Johnson three-putted there before coming back with an eight-footer at the short seventh to cut the deficit to two again.

Kaymer's putt from the same distance saved a half in birdie on the long ninth before Mickelson started for home with two more birdies.

The first won the hole, but with Kaymer matching it on the 562-yard 11th the Europeans will resume one up with six to play.

Rory McIlroy & Graeme McDowell 2 down to Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar (11 holes)

McDowell needed two woods to find the first green, but a par four took the hole.

Cink birdied the 189-yard third with an 18-foot putt, but he and his partner fell behind again at the fourth after McDowell almost sank his bunker shot.

Further brilliant putts by Cink of 50 feet and 25 feet at the fifth and seventh turned things round after the rain delay, McDowell won the long ninth, but just before play ended Cink had further birdies at the 10th and 11th, both for wins.

Ian Poulter & Ross Fisher A/S with Steve Stricker & Tiger Woods (10 holes)

Fisher's opening drive landed in an umbrella, but after taking a drop he found the green and his par won it with both Americans in trouble off the tee. Woods pitched to three feet to win the second before Poulter rolled in a 30-footer at the third. On the resumption the first four holes were shared, but Stricker birdied the eighth and Woods the ninth.

That put the visitors one ahead, but on the last hole of the day Poulter made a morale-boosting 15-foot birdie putt.

Luke Donald & Padraig Harrington 1 down to Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton

(8 holes)

Overton holed a 30-footer from off the green to win the first and Watson's three-foot putt for another birdie gave the two American rookies a two-up lead.

On resumption, Watson missed a three-footer at the fourth and Donald failed with a 12-foot attempt to take the fifth.

The next three were shared as well, but Donald birdied the eighth from six feet and that brought it back to one down.