Struggling McIlroy dropped after USA open historic one-day lead at Ryder Cup
The Northern Irishman, who was beaten 5&3 in his foursomes match with Ian Poulter and 4&3 with Shane Lowry, will sit out Saturday's opening foursomes. McIlroy, 32, had played in 26 straight matches since making his debut in 2010.
The United States opened a record 6-2 lead over Europe on an opening day at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Despite leaving him out, Europe captain Padraig Harrington said he "could not have asked more" from McIlroy.
"The golf didn't go as well as he would have liked, but I'm not second-guessing him for a second in terms of his leadership and what he does for my team," Harrington added.
After their narrow defeat, the Spanish pair Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia will reunite after earning Europe's only win on Friday, as do Lee Westwood and Matthew Fitzpatrick.
US captain Steve Stricker sticks with the same four pairings he put out on day one, albeit in a slightly different order with Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger going out first instead of Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.
"We identified some groups that would be very good in foursomes, and we feel comfortable with them," Stricker said."They enjoy playing foursomes. They played great, so we won that session 3-1."In our mind, it's like, you know what, let's send those four groups right back out there again."
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