Sports fans have joked Ryder Cup fans running to the first tee is better than the Grand National after video emerged on social media.

Golf's biggest tournament teed off on Friday morning – with fans rushing to get to the 'Colosseum' behind the first tee in Rome. A video on social media showed fans rushing to the stands to book the best seats in the house.

And some have joked it looked like a 'better start than the Grand National'. One fan joked: "The only other time you see a group of grown ups run like this is when it hits 7am and you can put towels out on the sun loungers!"

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"When the platform is announced at Euston Station," a second added. While a third responded: "It’s like when the teacher inspected the field at lunchtime and gave us the green light to go on!"

"Better start than the Grand National," a fourth joked. And another added: "A Grand National start to claim the seats around the first tee at the Ryder Cup. There are 4,700 of them… all apparently filled within minutes…"

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The Ryder Cup kicked off with foursomes on Friday. And Team Europe are looking for revenge after they were battered and bruised by the Americans across the Atlantic two years ago.

This year, Team Europe are back on home turf – with the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Italy, hosting the event.

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