Q. As Europe's talisman, what are your emotions you had such a strong morning, and you came so close at the end.
RORY McILROY: Yeah, look, still, it's a great day for Europe. We would have absolutely taken this last night if you had told us we would be 5 1/2 - 2 1/2 up.
Obviously in the moment right now, I'm disappointed I didn't hole that for a full point but the guys have done so well today, and right now, it's just about recovering and resting up and getting ready for tomorrow.
Q. You bring so much heart to this team. Going into tomorrow with a lead, what are the emotions are going to be in that team room tonight?
SHANE LOWRY: Obviously we are going to be very happy but we had this the first day in Rome. And Luke is a great captain. He's going to be going in and he's not going to be too excited.
We've got a job to do, and we've got two tough days ahead of us. As you've seen, it was pretty rowdy out there this afternoon, and you know, it it's going to get like that over the next two days. I feel like we did a great job today.
We would have loved to have won that point, but like Rory said, an amazing day for Europe, and yeah, we'll take it.
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