Europe retains the Ryder Cup and reasserts dominance over Americans

Team Europe is taking the Ryder Cup backmost crossed the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the Americans to hunt for answers successful what is becoming a lopsided series.

The Americans astatine slightest showed a pulse Sunday and made Europe sweat, storming backmost from the largest Sunday shortage ever against Europe with existent hope.

Shane Lowry, who contended with the unruly New York crowds each week, had the past word. He birdied 3 of the past 4 holes, and his last putt volition beryllium portion of Ryder Cup lore for Europe. Russell Henley had a 1-up lead, but his 10-foot birdie putt connected the 18th to triumph the lucifer was short.

Lowry holed his 6-foot birdie to halve the match, giving Europe the 14 points it needed to clasp the cupful arsenic the defending champion. Three matches remained connected the course.

Lowry said to his caddie walking up the 18th, "I person a accidental to bash the coolest happening successful my life." And helium did conscionable that.

Europe present has captured the cupful 13 retired of 19 times since 1979, the commencement of the modern era, and present has won 5 of the past 10 Ryder Cups connected U.S. soil.

Europe's champion players starred astatine Bethpage Black adjacent arsenic New York fans hurled abuse, gathering a grounds seven-point pb going into the 12 singles matches.

Europe enactment a half-point connected the committee earlier a changeable was hit. Viktor Hovland, who had a summertime cervix wounded flare up connected Saturday, was forced to withdraw. Harris English, whose sanction had been enactment successful the concealed envelope, besides sat retired and the lucifer was declared halved.

The Americans had to triumph 9 of the 11 matches and halve different and they enactment up an astonishing fight, yet proceeding cheers for the U.S. alternatively of lone vitriol toward Europe.