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A beatdown on Bethpage Black suddenly turned into a war, but Europe was late to keep the Ryder Cup. Europe won 14-11.
Europe ended day two up 11.5-4.5, the largest deficit that a US team has ever faced in the current 28-point format of the event. After Viktor Hovland had to retreat due to a neck injury, Harris English sat the bench and their fight was decided a draw due to event rules.
Thus, Europe needed only two points out of 11 to be the first repeated champion since Europe was three from 2010 to 2014.
However, it was definitely a grinding to get these two points. The United States won three straight points, with Cam Young and Justin Thomas both Birdieing at 18 to win their matches, 1 up.
Bryson DeChambeau fought back from 5 down to seven to tie his match with Matt Fitzpatrick, who could have won it if he hadn’t missed a 3-foot of 17 while he was up.
Ludvig Aberg beat Patrick Cantlay, 2 & 1, to give Europe 13.5 points, but then Europe did not lead any of the remaining matches. Suddenly, the United States closed their gorge to only three points.
But down to 18 years, Shane Lowry won the hole against Russell Henley to tie his match and get the half point needed to preserve the cup.
This is also the first time that a wake up has won a Ryder Cup since Europe’s fantastic comeback in 2012 at Medinah.
Europe won each of the first four sessions, first a Ryder Cup. Three of these sessions were 3-1 scores.
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