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USA 9 Europe 7: Robert Karlsson missed a 12-foot putt in the last of the day's fourball pairings that could have brought Europe…

USA 9 Europe 7: Robert Karlsson missed a 12-foot putt in the last of the day's fourball pairings that could have brought Europe to within a point of the USA going into the final day of the Ryder Cup.

But his stroke was an inch too high which allows the USA draw the afternoon session having lost the morning fourballs 2.5 to 1.5. The USA lead 9-7 ahead of the 12 singles matches.

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