With the conclusion of the 45th Ryder Cup, Europe will retain the cup after a fantastic finish.
At the end of Day One, Europe finished with a five-and-a-half-to-two-and-a-half-point lead. Europe’s first alternate shot foursome featured Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, who played alongside America’s Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas. Europe won the match by four with three holes remaining. Another one of Europe’s foursomes, Ludvig Aberg and Matt Fitzpatrick, beat Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley five to three. Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood (both from Team Europe) beat Collin Morikawa and Harris English (both from the US team) five to four. And finally, the USA earned their first point with Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, who beat Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland by two.
During the afternoon, the four-ball matches occurred, which are own-ball foursomes. Europe’s Rahm and Sepp Straka beat the USA’s Scheffler three to two. Fleetwood and Justin Rose beat Ben Griffin and DeChambeau by one. Aberg and Rasmus Hojgaard beat Cameron Young and Thomas six and five. Finally, McIlroy and Shane Lowry tied Sam Burns and Cantlay.
The morning matches of day two gave the Europeans a wider lead. During the morning four-ball, DeChambeau and Young set a solid tone early for the Americans, winning their first match four to two. Rahm and Hatton won for the Europeans by a score of three to two. Finally, MacIntyre and Hovland beat Henley and Scheffler by one.
During the afternoon matches, Europe held their lead, winning three of the four matches played. McIlroy and Lowry won by two, Fleetwood and Rose won three to two. The United States’ J.J. Spaun and Schauffele won the only match of the afternoon for the USA, by one. Hatton and Fitzpatrick won by one in the last game of day two.
Going into the final day of the Ryder Cup, Europe lead 11.5 to 4.5. To win the Ryder Cup, each team needs 14.5 points. By the end of day two, Europe only needed three points to win and keep the cup.
The final day of the Ryder Cup was the singles matches, so there were a total of 12 points on the table.
Match one: Rose (Europe) lost to Young (US) by one shot.
Match two: Fleetwood (Europe) lost to Thomas (US) by one shot.
Match three: Fitzpatrick (Europe) and DeChambeau (US) tied.
Match four: McIlroy (Europe) lost to Scheffler (US).
Match five: Aberg (Europe) beat Cantlay (US) two to one.
Match six: Rahm (Europe) lost to Schauffele (US) four to three.
Match seven: Straka (Europe) lost to Spaun (US) two to one.
Match eight: Lowry (Europe) and Henley (US) tied, giving Europe the Ryder Cup for the second year in a row.