Staff Europ celebrates their victory over Staff USA within the Ryder Cup on the Marco Simone Golf Membership in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy. AP
Tommy Fleetwood loved the profitable second as Europe regained the Ryder Cup from a battling United States on Sunday, wrapping up a 16.5-11.5 victory regardless of a belated American singles cost.
The USA stay with out a win on European soil since 1993 whereas neither crew has lifted the trophy away from dwelling in 11 years.
With Europe needing half some extent to recover from the road, Fleetwood moved 2-up towards Rickie Fowler with two holes to play after the American dumped his tee shot on the brief par-four sixteenth into the water.
Fleetwood struck his drive into the guts of the inexperienced and calmy stroked his eagle putt to the holeside to make sure Europe a seventh consecutive dwelling victory, earlier than happening to win 3 and 1.
“I think relief, pride, joy,” mentioned the Englishman. “Proud of everybody that’s been involved this week and just proud that I’m one of the people that gets to play a role in what we came here to do.”
US captain Zach Johnson took duty for the loss.
“The defeat is on me, I made some poor decisions and I will reflect. Those 12 guys played so hard and fought for our country,” he mentioned.
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland led the best way with early victories within the Rome sunshine and Jon Rahm additionally snatched half some extent from Scottie Scheffler on the 18th inexperienced.
Luke Donald’s Europe began the day 4 factors from lifting the trophy they misplaced in a record-breaking 19-9 thrashing at Whistling Straits two years in the past.
“It was stressful as the US put up a fight today so hats off to them. But I am so proud of my 12 guys. We formed a bond from day one and they gave me everything,” mentioned Donald.
Europe raced out of the blocks within the Rome sunshine earlier than the USA loved a surge to quieten the massive dwelling crowds, at one level main in seven matches and tied in one other.
However Europe gathered themselves and ended up halving the singles session 6-6.
The People have been making an attempt to drag off the most important Sunday Ryder Cup comeback, having trailed 10.5-5.5 firstly of the day.
However they by no means recovered from being swept 4-0 within the opening foursomes on Friday, quashing American hopes that their crushing win in 2021 was the beginning of a interval of dominance.
There have been jubilant scenes on the 18th inexperienced as the ultimate match on the course between Shane Lowry and Jordan Spieth, which was halved, got here to an finish, with the Irishman hugging a number of teammates on his manner down the golf green.
Europe’s huge weapons fireplace
Rahm grabbed an important half-point from an exciting opening tussle with Scheffler by making birdie on the par-five 18th gap after the world primary thinned a chip throughout the inexperienced.
Hovland had already romped to a 4 and three victory over Collin Morikawa to take his private tally for the occasion to three.5 factors.
Patrick Cantlay — the pantomime villain after stories he was refusing to carrying a hat over eager to be paid on the occasion earlier than his caddie Joe LaCava angered McIlroy on Saturday — edged out Justin Rose 2 and 1.
Cantlay was roundly jeered on the primary gap and mocked once more for a reported protest towards the shortage of pay for Ryder Cup gamers, with followers waving their caps at him.
However he continued his good type from Saturday, when he made three straight birdies in his match with Wyndham Clark to beat McIlroy and Matthew Fitzpatrick, by handing Rose his first lack of the week.
McIlroy, who ends the week with 4 factors after his struggles at Whistling Straits, closed out a 3 and 1 victory over Sam Burns regardless of a late rally from the American.
“This was about redemption and showing what we could do,” mentioned McIlroy.
Tyrrell Hatton overcame some nervy late moments to see off British Open champion Brian Harman on the sixteenth gap and put Europe on the cusp and 14-7 forward.
Fitzpatrick missed a 19-foot birdie putt to win the Ryder Cup on the final gap as Max Homa saved the destiny of the matchplay showdown nearly within the steadiness.
Homa, who was the USA’s greatest participant at Marco Simone Golf and Nation Membership with 3.5 factors, bravely opted to take a penalty drop from the tough for an unplayable lie however made a clutch up and down for par.
Brooks Koepka noticed off Swedish sensation Ludvig Aberg 3 and a couple of and Xander Schauffele beat Nicolai Hojgaard by the identical scoreline to maintain Europe ready.
However Lowry calmed the nerves by pulling his match with Spieth to all-square on the sixteenth, clearing the best way for Fleetwood to shut it out moments later.