Rory McIlroy needed police escort to Ryder Cup after time-zone confusion and arrived minutes before tee off – but still beat Keegan Bradley. Look, we've all been there.

Rory McIlroy begins his seventh consecutive Ryder Cup alongside a new playing partner in Tommy Fleetwood, who won four points during Europe's last home victory at Le Golf National in 2018.

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy -- Rory McIlroy needed this Ryder Cup win. The regrets of Whistling Straits have fueled him over the past two years. There were tears then, and under the relentless Italian sun on Sunday, his eyes welled again.

He then received an invitation to the 2007 British Open, one of the four coveted major tournaments of golf, and for his performance he won the silver medal as the lowest-scoring amateur. While the top-ranked amateur in the world, McIlroy turned professional at age 18 in 2007.

“He was the first American I saw after I got out of the locker room, so he was the one that took the brunt of it,” McIlroy said of Mackay. “He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I texted Bones this morning and apologized for that. “I was hot coming out of that yesterday.

After a contentious day that saw the Americans claw their way back to win that match when Cantlay made a long putt on the 18th green, LaCava was seen waiving his hat in mock derision and got in McIlroy's way on the green. McIlroy still had a putt to tie, and words were exchanged with LaCava going back to say more.

McIlroy made eight birdies to run his record to 4-1-0, atoning for a teary, one-point performance at the '21 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.

There have been a total of 1040 individual matches played in the 44 Ryder Cups. Of these the United States has won 501, Europe (including Great Britain/Great Britain and Ireland up to 1977) has won 396 with 143 matches halved. Thus the United States have scored a total of 572½ points to Europe's 467½.

Erica StollRory McIlroy / Wife (m. 2017)

Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry) may not be the greatest guy in the world, but he's the best match for Rory out of the men she dates. These two complement each other well and (usually) bring out desirable sides of each other. Logan is the classic playboy, and Rory seduces him into monogamy: a tale as old as time.

Although there has been a lot of speculation, there is no information to confirm that Rory McIlroy is diabetic. Certainly, he uses a device to permanently monitor his blood glucose, but for reasons completely unrelated to diabetes.

New footage has emerged of Rory McIlroy's argument with Patrick Cantlay's caddie on the 18th green as Joe LaCava appeared to anger McIlroy by celebrating too closely to him while he was lining up a putt.