From Heaven to Hell and back again. On the Bethpage State Park Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York, Europe defeated the United States 15-13 to win the Ryder Cup for the second consecutive time.
Thirteen years later, Europe returned to winning ways on the road from the 2023 triumph in Italy to the 2025 triumph in the United States. Thirteen years after the miracle of Medinah (2012), the continental team returns to dominate overseas after a heart-pounding finale.
Ryder Cup, results
Luke Donald celebrates, the second European captain, after Tony Jacklin (1985 and 1987), to win the Ryder Cup both home and away. "The last few hours have been the most stressful of my life. I knew it would be tough, but not like this," the Briton said at the end of the competition.
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From absolute dominance in the doubles matches (which ended with a score of 11.5 to 4.5, the first time since 1979, when the US vs. Europe match began) to total suffering in the singles matches. Eleven of the twelve scheduled matches were played due to a neck injury to Viktor Hovland. The Norwegian, who was supposed to face Harris English, didn't make it. The result? Half a point each for the two teams, and victory even closer for the continentals, just "two steps" away from glory. However, Donald's team managed to win only one (against the Americans' six, with four tied) thanks to Swede Ludvig Aberg, who beat Patrick Cantlay 2-1.
Spurred on by a wild crowd, Keegan Bradley's Americans came close to a truly historic comeback. Cameron Young, in Sunday's opening match, defeated (1-up) England's Justin Rose. Justin Thomas did the same, with Tommy Fleetwood (who was awarded the Nicklaus-Jacklin Award presented by Aon for embodying the true spirit of the event) losing in a photo finish. Nothing doing for the British player, who once again won all four of his doubles matches (as in 2018 in Paris with Francesco Molinari) but was unable to emulate the Turin native, the only European player to have won all five of his matches. The match 3 between Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson DeChambeau was incredible. Down 5 down after 7 holes, the Californian managed to tie the match. Then it was Scottie Scheffler's turn, in a clash of champions, to beat (1 up) Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy. Aberg breathed a sigh of relief for Donald and the entire Team Europe following Jon Rahm's clear defeat (4&3) against Xander Schauffele. John Michael Spaun, king of the 2025 US Open and one of the bright spots for the stars and stripes team, instead got the better of Austrian Sepp Straka (2&1). The eighth match, between Russell Henley and Shane Lowry, was decisive. On the 17th hole, the American missed a chance to seal the match with a short-range putt that fell... very short. Just like on the 18th, the Irishman capitalized on the opportunity to birdie, securing Europe's chance to lift the trophy once again. Meanwhile, Ben Griffin defeated Dane Ramus Hojgaard (1-up), and after much suspense, Tyrrell Hatton, the Englishman who plays in the LIV Golf, the Arab Super League, secured the half-point of 14.5, and thus the mathematical victory. Hatton did just that, tying Collin Morikawa. Just as Scotsman Robert MacIntyre did, having struggled quite a bit against Sam Burns.
