US captain Keegan Bradley put English's name in the envelope in case of injury to a European player. When the draw for the singles came out following play on Saturday, English and Hovland were paired in the 12th match. Hovland's issue flared up following his Saturday morning foursomes victory alongside Robert MacIntyre against Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley. Scheduled to play with Matt Fitzpatrick in the afternoon fourballs, Hovland was replaced by Tyrrell Hatton. "He was really very stiff this morning and tried to go through his warm-up but just couldn't play," European captain Luke Donald told Sky Sports.