Yesterday we looked at how much social media interaction each pairing for the foursomes and fourballs was getting online during day one of the Ryder Cup.

European pairings outscored their US counterparts in all but one match, giving them a 7-1 lead. Would the same thing happen on day two?

Paul McGinley’s team took their social score to 13 points ahead of the US team’s three. That’s even better than their handsome lead of 10 points to six in the actual golf.

One possible reason for this is the home team’s time zone advantage, with European supporters much more likely to be up watching the day’s early matches.

The pairing with the biggest combined score was Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy who together registered 85,538 interactions compared with the 3,569 achieved by their opponents’ (Ricky Fowler and Jimmy Walker).

This article was amended on September 29. It previously suggested that Jose Maria Olazabal was the 2014 captain of the Europe team rather than Paul McGinley.