Ryder Cup 2018: Tee times, pairings, match schedule for Sunday in Paris

The USA does not need a miracle to win the 2018 Ryder Cup. We’ve seen comebacks from a 10-6 Saturday night deficit. Of course, those comebacks are maybe the two best moments for both sides in their respective histories in this competition. So it won’t take a miracle, but it will take something special, like 1999 at Brookline or 2012 at Medinah.

The good news for the Americans is they have, or are supposed to have, the advantage in singles. This is where their depth is ideally going to show itself. The weaknesses of two-man play that the European team has mastered over the last two decades are gone. It’s one-on-one and the U.S. doesn’t have to worry about which partnerships to try and concoct. It’s the most comfortable format, if nothing else. Jordan Spieth cited this after winning the final point of the day late in Foursomes to at least make erasing the four-point margin doable.

The minds at Data Golf have the American probability at just 9.1 percent going into the singles session. It’s not completely hopeless, but they will need their big guns at the top of the lineup to start putting red up on the board right away. That’s how these comebacks happen. The best on the team start putting up points and you hope the rest hear the roars ahead and it turns the entire session and Cup. The USA needs to win eight of 12 points to retain the cup with 14 total points, while Europe needs 4.5 of 12 points to win and take away the cup with a 14.5 total.

So, as you’d expect, Jim Furyk is leading with most of his power. Here’s your lineup for Sunday singles, which will begin just after 6 a.m. ET and could have the Cup decided well before Noon.