Bryson DeChambeau of Team United States open a champagne bottle after their triumph in the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits on September 26, 2021 in Kohler, Wisconsin.
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Team U.S.A. took a six-point benefit into the last day in Wisconsin and needed simply 3.5 points in the Sunday songs to restore the prize, with Steve Stricker’s group in command throughout as they protected their 2nd succeeding house triumph in the biennial contest.
Padraig Harrington’s group required a resurgence higher than the one produced in the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ in 2012 to maintain the prize in not likely style, 3 years on from their outstanding success in Paris, although were mainly second-best as they stopped working to put any pressure on the house side.
Rory McIlroy led Europe out in the opening match for the 3rd successive Ryder Cup, in spite of losing all 3 of his matches over the very first 2 days, with the Northern Irishman noticeably psychological after preventing a winless project by seeing off Xander Schauffele 3&& 2.
(********* )McIlroy was the emphasize of what was an otherwise awkward session for the visitors, with Patrick Cantlay settling his unbeaten launching by seeing off Shane Lowry 4&& 2 and Scottie Scheffler despatching Jon Rahm 4&& 3 to cause a very first defeat of the week on the world No 1.
Bryson DeChambeau ended Sergio Garcia’s 100 percent record with a 3&& 2 win to leave the hosts on the edge of triumph, with Collin Morikawa’s half-point versus Viktor Hovland enough to make sure the Ryder Cup would be going back to American soil.
Morikawa ended up being the 2nd ruling Open Champion in a row to go unbeaten and clam the clinching point, simply as Francesco Molinari did at Le Golf National, with the American events currently completely circulation as they extended their record-breaking margin.
Brooks Koepka came through a tight tussle with Bernd Wiesberger to beat the Austrian on the penultimate hole, while Dustin Johnson declared a narrow triumph over Paul Casey to end up being the very first American given that Larry Nelson in 1979 to win all 5 of his matches.
Ian Poulter– McIlroy’s foursomes partner over the very first 2 days– likewise had a hard time to keep back tears as he kept his unbeaten record in the songs by beating Tony Finau 3&& 2, while Europe included another point when Lee Westwood won 2 of his last 3 holes to take a 1up triumph over Harris English.
Tommy Fleetwood connected with Jordan Spieth to reinforce Europe’s hopes of preventing a history-making loss, just for Team U.S.A. to get to 19 points when Matt Fitzpatrick discovered water with his technique into the last hole and handed Daniel Berger a 1up triumph.
The 10- point winning margin is the greatest given that gamers from continental Europe were enabled to complete in the Ryder Cup in 1979, breaking the previous record of 18.5 -9.5 set by U.S.A. in 1981 and Europe in both 2004 and 2006.
