Who is leading the Team Cup 2025 after the first round? Match results explored

The second day of the DP World Tour Team Cup was played this Saturday, January 11, at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates. Great Britain & Ireland took an almost decisive lead, needing just two points from individual matches to win the event.

On the second day of the Team Cup, 10 foursomes matches were played in two sessions (morning and afternoon). The British and Irish team won seven of them, with two wins for Continental Europe and one draw.

These are the results of the day:

Morning session:

• Olesen, Thorbjørn / Norgaard, Niklas vs. Hatton, Tyrrell / Wallace, Matt: TIE
• Rose, Justin / Fleetwood, Tommy def. Molinari, Francesco / Guerrier, Julien: 2UP ,
• Rai, Aaron / McKibbin, Tom def. Højgaard, Rasmus / Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus 4&3
• Waring, Paul / Jordan, Matthew def. Manassero, Matteo / Rozner, Antoine: 5&3
• Pavon, Matthieu / Langasque, Romain def. Smith, Jordan / Canter, Laurie: 3&2

Afternoon session:

• Hatton, Tyrrell / Wallace, Matt def. Højgaard, Rasmus / Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus: 3&2
• Jordan, Matthew / McKibbin, Tom vs. Olesen, Thorbjørn / Norgaard, Niklas: 2UP
• Waring, Paul / Canter, Laurie def. Rozner, Antoine / Manassero, Matteo: 6&4
• Pavon, Matthieu / Langasque, Romain def. Rai, Aaron / Rose, Justin: 4&2
• Smith, Jordan / Fleetwood, Tommy def. Molinari, Francesco / Guerrier, Julien: 3&2

With this result, Team Great Britain and Ireland leads the event by 11 points to four. The Team Cup title is won with 13 points, so the British only need two wins on Sunday to be crowned.

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Team Cup 2025 final round tee time and pairings

British playeres celebraiting, Team Cup 2025, Day Two, (Image via Getty).

During the final round of the Team Cup, singles matches will be played with all players participating. The pairings and tee times announced by the captains and organizers are as follows, according to Eastern Time:

• Pavon, Matthieu vs. Fleetwood, Tommy: 1:35 am
• Olesen, Thorbjørn vs. Hatton, Tyrrell: 1:45 am
• Langasque, Romain vs. Canter, Laurie: 1:55 am
• Guerrier, Julien vs. Rose, Justin: 2:05 am
• Norgaard, Niklas vs. Jordan, Matthew: 2:15 am
• Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus vs. Waring, Paul: 2:25 am
• Rozner, Antoine vs. Wallace, Matt: 2:35 am
• Manassero, Matteo vs. McKibbin, Tom: 2:45 am
• Molinari, Francesco vs. Smith, Jordan: 2:55 am
• Højgaard, Rasmus vs. Rai, Aaron: 3:05 am

British captain Justin Rose had this to say about his team's performance (via DP World Tour News Service):

“We had a full day of golf on Friday, but it was only 20 percent of the point total. Today was the big day, ten points up for grabs. They have done an unbelievable job just keeping the momentum going.”

The final round of the event will be broadcast on Golf Channel in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.