The foursomes is arguably the format that most accurately tells us where a Ryder Cup team are at in terms of mood and form, writes golf correspondent Iain Carter.

The foursomes is arguably the format that most accurately tells us where a Ryder Cup team are at in terms of mood and form, writes golf correspondent Iain Carter.

After all the talk of a Bethpage "bearpit" in the build-up to this week's Ryder Cup, Monday's opening exchanges between the captains in New York could not have been more cuddly.