Jamie Spence and Gary Murphy joined host Josh Antmann to preview the event and discuss Europe's hopes of securing back-to-back wins, with Spence warning that a heavy loss for Harrington's side would come as no surprise."I do fear that [a battering]," Spence told theSky Sports Golf podcast column: "The night before I was due to give evidence, out of the blue, I was hit with the news that Rafiq was alleging that in 2009, when I was still a player and before a Yorkshire match against Nottinghamshire, I had said to Rafiq and two other Asian players as we walked onto the field together that there are "too many of you lot, we need to do something about it. Steve Stricker has six rookies in his team and just three survivors from Team USA's home victory in 2016, with Sergio Garcia having won as many points in his Ryder Cup career than the entire American team combined, although Spence believes that the inexperience will count for very little. "I completely and categorically deny that I ever said those words. I responded to the panel by saying I was gobsmacked and that my professional legal advice was that I could not appear before a panel having had just a few hours' notice of such serious claims made against me.