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GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Europe is in a commanding position to win the Ryder Cup and reclaim the 17-inch gold trophy. The Europeans led 10 1/2-5 1/2 after two days but Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark won a feisty final fourballs match on Saturday to give the U.S. a glimmer of hope entering Sunday's 12 singles matches at Marco Simone outside of Rome. Four more points will clinch it for Europe. The Americans have not won on European soil in 30 years. This was supposed to be their best chance to end that drought, coming off a 19-9 mauling of Europe in 2021 at Whistling Straits, but the Europeans have had other ideas.
