Europe's late Ryder Cup support cuts into Americans' favorite status
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On paper, the United States is the heavy favorite ahead of the 44th Ryder Cup.
In reality, the Americans have not won a Cup on foreign soil in three decades.
Those factors played heavily into the U.S. team opening as healthy favorites, only to see the Europeans draw closer ahead of Friday's start to the event at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club near Rome.
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