Europe reclaimed the Cup against an American side filled with underperforming stars.
Gavin Cooney EUROPE RECAPTURED THE Ryder Cup with a 16.5 to 11.5 win over the USA at Marco Simone in Rome. Here are the second set of scorecards, with all ratings out of 10. Rory McIlroy 9
An impeccable response to what now looks a nadir at Whistling Straits. This was McIlroy’s best-ever showing at the Ryder Cup, winning four points out of five, which was more than anyone else. He formed a brilliant foursomes partnership with Tommy Fleetwood and pulled out plenty of shots for his career highlight reel – think the approach to the par-three 17th to kill his first foursomes match, and the drive to the par-four 11th green on Saturday morning – and delivered in key moments.
His foursomes partnership with Aberg went 2-0, the second securing an astonishing 9&7 win over Scheffler and Koepka on Saturday morning. Fatigue might have played a part in Hovland’s fourball loss to Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa later that day, but Hovland then replied by snuffing out any hope of American momentum with a 4&3 win over Morikawa in Sunday’s singles. Europe needed their top three guys to deliver, and they more than did so: Hovland, Rahm, and McIlroy combined for 10.
He genuinely played well in his Sunday’s singles against Spieth, swinging a two-shot deficit for a 1-UP lead down 18. Perhaps he would have sealed it had Fowler forced Fleetwood to putt on 16. Believe him when he says this was the greatest week of his career, and a delightful riposte to those who questioned his inclusion.Alamy Stock Photo Fleetwood reacts to the moment the Ryder Cup was won.
His reaction was genuinely outstanding, birdieing 16, 17, and 18, to flip a fourball match against McIlroy and Fitzpatrick from a defeat into a win, sparking the celebrations that so irked McIlroy. He saw off Rose to post another win in singles, and, in many ways, this was Patrick Cantlay’s Ryder Cup.Brilliant at Whistling Straits, he flopped in Rome.
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