Gary Lineker celebrates Team Europe’s dream start against the USA on the first day of the Ryder Cup with a X-rated joke on social media

• Team Europe started their Ryder Cup defence with a clean sweep over the USA
• Luke Donald’s plan to open with foursomes paid dividends on Friday for his side 
• Gary Lineker shared a cheeky joke about the format’s name on his social media 

Gary Lineker shared his excitement at Team Europe flying start to the Ryder Cup with an X-rated joke on social media.

Captain Luke Donald’s plan to open with foursomes paid dividends at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, with Team Europe whitewashing their American opponents 4-0.

Jon Rahm and Tyrell Hatton won the top match against Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns by a score of 4&3 with Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg defeating Brian Harman and Max Homa by the same score.

Sepp Straka and Shane Lowry defeated Collin Morikawa and Rickie Fowler while Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood emerged victorious against the previously undefeated foursomes duo of Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele to secure a perfect start.

Clearly inspired by their performances, football legend Lineker took to the platform formerly known as Twitter to make a cheeky joke writing: ‘It’s a long time since I’ve enjoyed foursomes this much.’ 

Gary Lineker made an X-rated joke following team Europe’s success in the Ryder Cup on Friday

Luke Donald’s plan to open with foursomes paid off as Europe secured a clean sweep in Italy

The X-rated post drew a number of bemused responses on social media, with one user writing: ‘Context is amazing sometimes, other times, you just don’t need it I guess!’

Another wrote: ‘Did ya forget to change accounts Gary lad?’

A further user added: ‘Hey man choose your words carefully!’

While another joked: ‘Depends how much of a good swinger you are’

Speaking following Europe’s success, Rory McIlroy enthused about the decision to start with the format.

The BBC pundit couldn’t help but poke fun at the format’s name in a joke on social media

‘It’s been an unbelievable session,’ McIlroy said. ‘We switched the format this year to go foursomes first because statistically that’s our better session.

‘And all week all we’ve been talking about is getting off to fast starts. Playing three-hole matches in practice, three holes, go again, three holes, go again, something that Luke’s drilled into us.

‘We were ready to go from the first tee shot as obviously as you can see in how everyone played.’

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