Froth and hysteria adds to myth of the dreaded opening shot at Ryder Cup

The circus of the 1st tee on the first morning offers great theatre but modern players are capable of taking it all in their stride

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A little before half past seven on a crisp Roman morning, Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton enter the 1st hole to a bestial roar. But this is merely the climactic act of a tableau set in motion some time earlier. Long before the opening shots, long before the Icelandic hand claps, long before the gates opened and thousands of fans came bounding across the grass like wildebeest in a David Attenborough documentary.

Then again, Hagen never had to enter the arena through a tunnel, or plant his tee peg in front of thousands of booing fans, or endure months of ominous preamble about a single golf shot. And in many ways the story of the first tee is a parable of the Ryder Cup itself: the evolution not just of a competition and its audience but of the folklore attached to it, a folklore so rich and well-nourished that it has hardened into reality.

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