Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg won their foursomes match by the biggest ever margin in an individual Ryder Cup match - 9&7 ©Getty Images

Europe recorded the biggest ever individual match win at golf’s Ryder Cup, as their team continued to dominate against United States at Rome in Italy.

In the second match of the morning’s foursomes Norway’s Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg of Sweden won 9&7, against their US opponents of Brooks Koepka and world number one Scottie Scheffler.

Hovland and Åberg won the first four holes and made four birdies during the contest to create a slice of Ryder Cup history.

It was part of another good day for Europe at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, which saw them win the morning session by three points to one.

In the first match of the day Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and England’s Tommy Fleetwood won 2&1 against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.

McIlroy and Fleetwood won the first three holes on a bad day for the US pair, which saw them record two sixes in the round.

The US registered a point in the third match of the morning, as Max Homa and Brian Harman made four birdies and two eagles on their way to a 4&2 triumph against Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Austria’s Sepp Straka.

Patrick Cantlay, playing alongside Wyndham Clark in the final match of the day, earned a one up win that keeps the deficit at five going into the final day in Rome ©Getty Images
Patrick Cantlay, playing alongside Wyndham Clark in the final match of the day, earned a one up win that keeps the deficit at five going into the final day in Rome ©Getty Images

In the final foursomes match Spain’s Jon Rahm and England’s Tyrrell Hatton registered a 2&1 win over Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, helped by six birdies.

The US staged a fightback during the afternoon fourballs as Europe’s record-setting pairing from earlier in the day suffered a heavy defeat in the top match.

Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa made five birdies and one eagle, as they comfortably beat Hovland and Åberg 4&3.

There was more red on the board following the second match as Homa and Harman combined for a 2&1 win, making four birdies and an eagle as they overcame Fleetwood and Nicolai Højgaard of Denmark.

Europe registered their first and only point of the session in match three as Rose and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre won 3&2 against Thomas and Spieth, a second defeat of day two for the American duo.

In a nip and tuck final match, Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark defeated England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, playing alongside McIlroy, as the American pair birdied the last two holes for what could prove a crucial one up win.

This means Europe lead 10.5 points to 5.5 going into the final day, featuring 12 singles matches, with the hosts needing 14.5 points to win the trophy.

As holders, the US need 14 points to retain it.