""It obviously was really tight there at the end," McIlroy said. "It was a bit stressful.""
""It's nice to be right. I'm not right all the time," McIlroy said of his prediction. "I think when we won in Rome, the wheels were set in motion to try to do something that had not been done in over a decade. We believed a lot in our continuity.""
Shane Lowry's birdie on the 18th green secured Europe's retention of the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, producing a 15-13 final score. Rory McIlroy had predicted a European win two years earlier and, after losing his singles match to Scottie Scheffler, remained on the course to support teammates. The United States mounted a comeback from a 12-5 deficit, narrowing the margin and energizing the home crowd, but fell short. Emotional celebrations followed, including Jon Rahm hugging vice captain José María Olazábal, who cried, and a visibly relieved European captain Luke Donald. Europe relied on continuity, returning 11 of 12 players from Rome.
Read at ESPN.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]