Shane Lowry secured Team Europe’s historic Ryder Cup title defence in New York, having been concerned about victory slipping through their grasp during a nail-biting Sunday.Luke Donald’s side ended a run of home dominance in the biennial contest with a thrilling 15-13 victory at Bethpage Black, the first away victory – from either team – since the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ in 2012.
A dominant first two days from Team Europe gave them a record seven-point advantage heading into the final-day singles, before the half-point awarded for Viktor Hovland – following his withdrawal through injury – left them requiring just 2.5 more points to retain the trophy.
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Highlights of the Saturday fourballs session from the Ryder Cup at Bethpage, where Europe dominated Team USA to build a record lead
The prospect of Europe winning by a historic margin turned into a battle to close out victory after a remarkable Team USA comeback, with Lowry noticing the switch in momentum as he took on Russell Henley in the eighth match of that extraordinary Sunday.”I remember walking down over the hill on the sixth and there was a big scoreboard on the left, over by the seventh fairway, and I could see it was all blue,” Lowry recalled to Sky Sports. “I said to Darren [Reynolds, caddie] ‘look at that scoreboard, it looks great’.
“Then I play seven, eight and nine and I get up onto the ninth green and Russell [Henley] has hit it in really close. I’ve got like a 30-footer and when I see the scoreboard it looks horrific! I’m like, ‘oh my God, where are we going to get 2.5 points from’?!
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Highlights of the final day of the Ryder Cup from Bethpage as Europe hold on to clinch the trophy
Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood both suffered final-hole losses in the top two matches and Matt Fitzpatrick squandered a five-hole lead against Bryson…
2025-12-25 07:00:00
