Europe has won the Ryder Cup again. Despite one Charges inspired in Sunday bachelors by Team USALuke Donald’s team did just enough on the last day to win 15-13 and get the cup back through the pond. The sixth time in eight glasses of the euro have been winning, and the ninth time since 2000. So how did Europeans win the cup on foreign land? And what went wrong for Americans? Writers and golf editors break them all down.
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Europeans continued against the Americans in the 2025 Ryder Cup to become the first road team he won in a decade. Europe had great supremacy after the first two days before the Americans prevailed Sunday bachelors and closed the gap in two late one day before finally 15-13. Players have said before how difficult it is to win a Ryder Road cup, however Europe did it this weekend. How did Europe attract?
Zephyr Melton, editor of upgrading associate games (@Zephyrmelton) :: They executed their plan for perfection on Friday and then simply played the Americans on Saturday. (Helps when you are pointing out every blow you see.) The euros were regressed to the average at the last session, but by then the pillow they would build was enough to keep for victory.
Jack Harsh, editor of associate equipment (@Jr_bresany) :: They hugged and relieved by playing as a team, which is not something that is easy to do in golf. It is very clear that Europe constantly plays more than the sum of its parts each and each ryder cup. SH.BA continues to seek answers on how to succeed in Ryder Cup (Europe has won it all, but three cups this century) and is literally lighting them in the face.
Josh Sens, elderly writer (@Jossens) :: Agreed, Jack. But I also think this is a deep -rooted cultural thing that is difficult to change. This week was like a metaphor for the character of each side: Europeans withdrew when it was everything for partnership; The Americans rounded up in shape when they were going alone.
Europe only needed two points to hold the cup to start Sunday, though the Americans did not give up easily, put the first three points on the board and brought it late. How surprising was Sunday’s attempt? And where was that urgency the previous two days?
Melton: You have to give credit to the Americans, they fought a lot on Sunday to make it a very closer heck than they thought it would ever get. With a more talented team (at least on paper), the bachelors’ format would always play in their favor, and after taking a moment, they really got things rolling throughout the afternoon.
Hirah: I agree with Zephyr, the American war in the Ryder Cup is really confusing given that they usually have the advantage of talent. Certainly helped him Tommy Fleetwood And Rory Mcilroy were not on their best Sunday, and frankly when you win the first three matches like them, and dramatically in 18 as they were, it can have a cascading momentum effect. There was none of that Friday and Saturday.
Sense: I don’t think Americans lacked the first two days. If anything, I suspect they loved it so bad that they might have been pressing. There is a friend who raised a comeback, partly because the format is more suitable for them, but also, I would swear, but they were playing as if they had nothing to lose.
After a prevailing victory in the Whistling Straits in 2021, Americans were oppressed two years ago in Rome. Now they have been on the wrong side of the scores table two years in a row. What did not change over the last two years you should have?
Melton: For everything that was made about KEEGAN BRADLEY Breaking the mold as a captain, he seemed to make the same tactical mistakes that his ancestors fell victim to. The decision to draw the Morikawa-English team twice Foursomes is the one that will be reviewed for quite a long time, as Cameron Young will sit in the first session. As the euro calls their plan and adhere to it, Americans always seem to call bowels returning to bite them. This year was no different.
Hirah: I thought that Keegan Bradley was meant to break the boys’ club? The fact that Collin Morikawa was in the team despite having a terrible season was evidence to the contrary. It just looked like Bradley was trying to make everyone happy instead of doing what he thought was right. The US must blow up its entire Ryder Cup process and start all over again. And they have to do it in silence. No working group, no pump and the circumstances of the captain’s captain. Just learn from what Europeans do this well and implement it.
Sense: Whenever Americans are lost, fans and players and experts on this side of the Atlantic spend a lot of time agoning for what went wrong, as if there was any hidden explanation, or any questions that a work force can solve. In this case, I think one of the explanations is that Europeans had the best team. I’m not talking about world rankings or any other power metrics. I’m talking about a mix of Ryder Cup veterans and new talent, most of them in good shape, all of them absolutely eager for this event. Some senior Americans, meanwhile, entered the event outside the form. I think it reflects a particular kind of American arrogance to think there should be any other reason, as if we could not admit that the other team was just stronger.
What was the best (and worst) decision of the Captain of the week by both Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley?
Melton: The earlier mentioned Morikawa-anglish was Bradley’s biggest cheator. His running again on the second day was the misuse of the border line. I think the euro played it as they could.
Hirah: Yes, I can’t think of a bigger mistake in the latest Ryder Cup history than running Morikawa-English again against the same euro team. It was as if Bradley was accepting two wins in Fleetwoodmac because they were so good. I also do not understand why Ben Griffin played only two games, gives a chance to the guy, you chose him to play.
I can’t think of a weak decision by Luke Donald this week. He has been in class for the last three years since he was appointed captain and the euro would be wise to continue with him again. Can you believe he was not even thought to be captain in 2023?
Sense: Repeating the Morikawa-angel was definitely a scalp. But the course configuration also seemed to be a factor. The conventional wisdom seems to be that Americans are the biggest hitmen who benefit from a bomb and-go bomb course. But, as Edoardo the European Brainstrust Molinar said before the event, he felt the relatively easy composition played in the hands of Europeans. I think it is showing that Europeans were so predominant in the six opening holes, which are some of the easiest in the course. The Americans left better when the holes became difficult. In the future, perhaps they would be better to create a stronger test.
Who or what was the biggest surprise of the week for each team?
Melton: Scottie going 1-4-0 is definitely there for Americans. For the euro, I will go with Victor Hovland’s health.
Hirah: Yes cam Young? Maybe “surprise” is the wrong word, but that was as much his future party as his victory last month. Hopefully this is the beginning of a lot that we all saw from him after his novice season. It can also decide here as well as Bryson Dechambeau with 1.5 points.
I am with Zephyr here, the fierce news to teach Victor has dealt with a neck matter.
Sense: I can’t top them. But maybe it’s worth mentioning JJ Spaun on the American side. Not a shock he played so well. But for his first one went to a Ryder cup, he looked extremely comfortable. On the rolling side, I would say that Jon Rahm was coming relatively flat in his last two matches, given how deadly he would lead to them.
Bethpage Black is known for his extraordinary difficulty, But the US team got up and grazed down to make it a bird’s holiday over three days. What are your thoughts on that film both strategically and from the experience of watching TV?
Melton: Black neutering done for a very strange viewing experience, imo. Golf balls stuck where they landed and line shooting were rarely punished. I have played the course dozens of times and never saw that benign. She got a lot of intrigue from the event.
Hirah: It was terrible. Why go to a infamous tough golf course (one of the most difficult in the world) just to make it easier? I would have liked to see a Ryder cup where par could win some holes. What does it matter? Yes fans love birds, but they like to watch the players as well. Don’t you like to watch SH.BA open?
Sense: I agree with the obsession with the birds ignoring the fact that par is not important. Match the match of the match, for the sake of Cripes. In the heat of the Ryder Cup, the excitement does not come from the placement of birds. It comes from setting for one less than your opponent. The placement was disappointing in this regard. That is to say, the soft conditions built the problem and were not something anyone could control.
Is the envelope rule that should stay? Or should it be changed?
Melton: Maybe each team should have an alternative in place in case of damage. It seems like the most logical solution.
Hirah: I do not hate that Zeph idea, but I do not really hate the envelope rule. I don’t think a team should be penalized for damage, especially for an event considered an “exhibition”. It was a good compromise and worked at the end of this week. In fact, I think it may have benefited from Americans.
Sense: I could live with one of those proposals. Or, each team brings out a captain or assistant captain to fill the slots.
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