Ryder Cup 2023 foursomes: Europe and US reveal opening pairings in Rome
In the first match, which will tee off at 06:35 BST at Marco Simone Golf Club, Spain's world number three Jon Rahm and England's Tyrrell Hatton take on number one-ranked Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns.
"Jon feeds off a playing partner with similar passion and fire - Tyrrell fits that bill," said Europe captain Luke Donald when explaining why he paired them together.
"They are fearless. They are motivated. They have a lot of good energy and everyone feels like they are playing well so I am very excited."
As well as Aberg, Donald has also opted to play another rookie in the arguably tougher alternate shot foursomes, partnering Austria's Sepp Straka with Ireland's Shane Lowry. They take on Rickie Fowler and Collin Morikawa.
The home captain gets to choose which format to play first and this is the first time Europe have opened with the foursomes since their last home defeat, in 1993 at The Belfry.
Since then, they have preferred the fourballs option - where each golfer plays their own ball with the best score counting - but Donald said he had flipped things round after "a deep dive into statistics of the team" showed it was the best way of them making a "fast start".
He also says he will use all 12 of his players on the opening day.
That means England pair Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose will play in the afternoon, along with Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard, who are making their Ryder Cup debuts.
"Last week this is what I had in mind," said Donald.
"I've seen great play from the other guys but nothing that has changed my plans. It was always going to be a plan that could change, but I didn't really need to.
"I haven't really given the US pairings much thought. They are going to be very strong as they always are."
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