Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter will restore their Medinah partnership at Gleneagles in Saturday morning's Ryder Cup fourballs.
Poulter and McIlroy produced one of the finest comebacks in recent Ryder Cup history two years ago when they won their Saturday fourball, kicking off Europe's rally towards what turned into a sensational overall victory - Poulter ended that game with birdies at the final five holes.
They will go out in the last fourball on Saturday morning but face a tough match, McIlroy again facing Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler after claiming what seemed like an unlikely half with in the Friday afternoon foursomes, that time alongside Sergio Garcia.
McIlroy is one of three European players making his third appearance, with the pairing of Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson unsurprisingly kept together after two impressive wins on Friday.
They take on a new American partnership of Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar, who both suffered defeat in their sole outing on the opening day.
American captain Tom Watson drew plenty of criticism for leaving Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth out of his foursomes line-up on Friday afternoon, following their superb 5 & 4 win over Stephen Gallacher and Ian Poulter, but they are back in action together on Saturday morning.
The rookie duo will take on Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer, who halved their only Friday match against Fowler and Walker in the morning fourballs.
The other match sees foursomes winners Lee Westwood and Jamie Donaldson back together for a clash with Hunter Mahan and Jim Furyk.
That means no Saturday morning game for Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley after one win and one defeat on Friday, while Sergio Garcia misses out after a poor performance on Friday alongside world No 1 McIlroy.
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