Team USA wins the Ryder Cup
The United States Ryder Cup team defeated their European counterpart with 19-9 to clinch the largest margin of victory in modern times but only their third win in the last ten editions since 2002.
The U.S. entered the final round with a 11-5 lead, the largest since their 1975 win by 21-11 in Pennsylvania. It only took five singles matches on Sunday for Team USA to seal the win. An emotional Rory McIlroy won the first Sunday match 3&2 against Olympic gold medalist, Xander Schauffele. But then Fedex Cup winner Patrick Cantlay, controversial captain’s pick Scottie Scheffler and the long hitting Bryson DeChambeau won the next 3 matches to get to 14 points. Then British Open winner Collin Morikawa halved his match against Viktor Hovland to add the winning half point for team USA.
The U.S. team had six Ryder Cup rookies who proved to be too good for the more experienced Europeans. Only Rory McIlroy and veterans Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter were able to win singles matches.
Dustin Johnson won all his 5 matches, the first American to finish undefeated since 1979.
The 43rd #RyderCup Champions @RyderCupUSA meet with the media. https://t.co/ub9ocCqQdt
— Ryder Cup (@rydercup) September 26, 2021
The United States entered as heavy favourites for the biennial trophy, led 6-2 after Day 1 and extended their advantage on Day 2. The U.S. won each of the first three sessions 3-1 before splitting the fourth session 2-2 with Europe. With the singles wins on Sunday, it’s the first time in modern history that the Americans went through a Ryder Cup without losing a single session.
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Photo – Ryder Cup USA