Europe Retains Ryder Cup, Reasserts Dominance Over US
Shane Lowry of Team Europe reacts after his putt to halve the hole, and retain the Ryder Cup, at Bethpage State Park Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York, on Sept. 28.
Photographer: Carl Recine/Getty ImagesFARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Staked to the largest lead in history, Europe fully expected to win the Ryder Cup on Sunday. The surprise was how much emotion poured out of the team on a final day that produced a furious American charge and, ultimately, another Irish hero.
What looked to be only a matter of time before the European celebration was on turned into nervous glances at the scorecard as the unruly crowd at Bethpage Black finally had a U.S. team to cheer for instead of against.