This was never more prevalent than during Sunday’s singles match between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed. As the first group out, every blow landed reverberated back to the matches in tow. On the 8th hole, with the match all square, Rory rolled in a monster putt and celebrated by putting his hand to his ear and shouting ‘I can’t hear you!’ at the crowd, which responded in a cacophony of boos.

Facing a lengthy putt of his own for the half, Reed, the self-styled 'Captain America', followed him in before wagging his finger at his smiling opponent. Reed went on to win the match and set up a first US victory since 2008.

So how good were those putts? As a reminder, a Shot Quality score of 0 denotes the worst possible outcome, 100 represents the expected score of the average tour player, and 200 represents statistical perfection, such as a hole in one or holing out from long distance. First up, let's look at Rory's snaking putt from 60 feet.

And now for Patrick Reed's gutsy response, an unerring putt from 21 feet that also found the bottom of the cup.

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