Intro:

Henrik Stenson reacts after Europe lead the USA 5-3 going into the second day of the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. Justin Rose and Stenson secured a 5&4 fourball victory against Americans Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson and a 2&1 foursomes win over Hunter Mahan and Zach Johnson.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): Henrik Stenson, Europe (There's a certain responsibility afforded to the guys sent out first Friday morning, the trailblazers to put points on the board for the rest of the guy. How much confidence did you take from the captaincy to go and lead the lads?)

"Of course, it should be a strong pairing. Both Justin and myself have had some good tournaments throughout the years and are considered pretty good players, so of course we should be a good combination, but that's not always a guarantee by any means. You know, we were up against two good players that didn't have their best of days, and that's why I said, we won 2&1 here in the afternoon, playing much better really than we did really when we won 5&4 in the morning. Sometimes you can play average with good timing within the fourball and win a match like we did. I took more out of our performance in the afternoon. Of course it's an honour to be sent out first, and we responded in a nice way to deliver that first point."