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The 2018 Ryder Cup was dramatic for a short while in Sunday's singles matches, but in the end, Europe won a clear victory from 17.5 to 10.5 after entering the day with a advance of 10-6. The US team certainly allowed the hosts to win with a series of points and half-points downhill, but in a burst at the end, the Euros took over the trophy after losing it there two years and prevented the United States from taking it to Europe. soil for the first time since 1993.
It seemed close for a while (and it was on the board), but after losing the first 3-1 session on Friday morning, Europe won the next four with a combined score from 16.5 to 7.5. It was a real shock to the United States, which was among the best teams in the history of this event. It was also the Americans' worst defeat at this event since 2006, when they dropped from 18.5 to 9.5 at the K Club.
Sunday in singles – Europe wins 17.5-10.5 in total
|
Justin Thomas |
Rory McIlroy |
USA wins 1UP |
|
Brooks Koepka |
Paul Casey |
Match cut in half |
|
Webb Simpson |
Justin Rose |
USA wins 3 and 2 |
|
Tiger Woods |
Jon Rahm |
Europe wins the 2 & 1 |
| Tony Finau | Tommy Fleetwood | USA wins 6 & 4 |
| Dustin Johnson | Ian Poulter | Europe wins 2UP |
| Jordan Spieth | Thorbjorn Olsesn | Europe wins 5 & 4 |
| Rickie Fowler | Sergio Garcia | Europe wins the 2 & 1 |
| Phil Mickelson | Francesco Molinari | Europe wins 4 & 2 (clincher) |
| Patrick Reed | Tyrrell Hatton | USA win 3 and 2 |
| Bubba Watson | Henrik Stenson | Europe wins 5 & 4 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | Alex Noren | Europe wins 1UP |
With the victories of Justin Thomas, Tony Finau and Webb Simpson – plus half a point from Brooks Koepka – the Americans have risen to 10.5-9.5 Europeans, leading the Ryder Cup since Friday afternoon. The Yanks would only win one point the rest of the day.
After Thomas, Finau and Simpson were hopeful, a handful of other matches flickered to the United States and the path to victory was at least visible. However, the United States could not afford to leave any game in the middle to overthrow Europe as captain, Jim Furyk, charging his singles with guys who played better golf. The back end was risky from the beginning.
Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson absolutely needed to reverse their matches against Jon Rahm and Ian Poulter, respectively, and they did not do it. Europe got two full points, and it was almost over. When Rahm shot Woods 2 & 1 at the 17th hole with his fourth birdie of the day and Poulter took the world No. 1 Johnson at the 18th UP, it only remained to know who would do the last act. The answer was a little humorous.
Phil Mickelson, who has struggled all week and helped to create the task force that led to the selection of this team, hit a ball in the water of No. 16, took off his hat and conceded to Francesco Molinari. This point means that Molinari is only the fourth man to score 5-0-0 in a Ryder Cup and the first to do so the same year he won a major tournament. Woods and Mickelson allied to register 0-6-0 in the Ryder Cup, and Woods' 0-4 mark has made him the fourth to make it in a single Ryder Cup since 1979.
"I do not even think I can tell you how much that means," Poulter told NBC after scoring 13.5 points for Europe. "You see it in emotion when we are putting putts in. You see it in the emotion of the fans, being able to represent Europe is extremely special, being able to recover that thing is even more special."
Henrik Stenson defeated Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia over Rickie Fowler and Alex Noren over Bryson DeChambeau. They ended up winning a session in singles that they had only to halve. The celebration that ensued was more or less a parade. Fleetwood ran laps, Stenson grilled and Molinari insisted that he would have liked it to have been Garcia who had managed the final putt to become the Ryder Cup history point record. Noren finished with a blow.
For the United States, it was a big week of questions with few answers. Why did Woods go 0-4-0 a week after winning the Tour Championship? Why did Johnson seem apathetic during most of the event? What's going on with Watson? And we continue.
For Europe, this is once again a long line of machine-like performances. They took advantage of a course that matches their games, never panicked and forced the United States to need a miracle Sunday. They did not understand and the Euros won a seventh Ryder Cup in their last nine tries.
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