Ryder Cup Day One: USA Takes Historic Four Point Lead

Captains stick to "plans" and America dominates 6-2, plus roundups of Friday's matches, spongy Whistling Straits, Saturday's potentially wild winds, and TV notes.

The commanders stuck to their sacred, analytically-constructed plans and made a little history Friday at Whistling Straits. For the first time in modern Ryder Cup history, no pairing was retained for the afternoon session. Everyone teed it up. As it should be.

Because we know this is an international goodwill match played to exhibit sportsmanship and th…