USA Wins Ryder Cup 2016

“We’re all pulling together in the same direction”, he said. They deserve it. They deserve their moment.

The Home of the courageous, the Land of the Free, the 2016 Ryder Cup champions.

Rickie Fowler’s reaction as the rest of the team kisses their significant other is priceless.

“It was wonderful”, said the 36-year-old Spaniard, who beat Mickelson 3 and 2 in the last-day singles at the 2004 Ryder Cup in Detroit.

No more so than on the par-3 eighth hole. Garcia defeated Mickelson 3 and 2 at Oakland Hills in ’04 in their only previous meeting.

Davis Love III’s men cruised to victory after coming into the final day singles matches holding a three-point lead.

Reed faced the tallest order in the leadoff match with Rory McIlroy, and the quality of golf was as high as it gets.

“I told the guys last night, ‘This is the greatest thing I’ve ever done in golf'”. Garcia squared the match with a birdie on the 16th.

“We want to beat them at their best”, he added, “and they want to beat us at our best”.

Justin Rose was humble, congratulating the usa; fellow major victor Henrik Stenson said he was proud of the team despite the result, and rookie Andy Sullivan wrote that defeat makes him “even more determined to get myself in the next Ryder Cup” when it is hosted in Paris in 2018. Westwood shook off his missed 2-foot putt that cost Europe on Saturday afternoon. “Phil just made it from everywhere and played well”. “To come out and play as well as we both did, especially on that front nine, was definitely something fun to be part of”. He didn’t make another birdie until the 16th hole. Pieters will be the first Europe rookie to play five matches since 1999 and a win over J.B. Holmes would give him four points, the most ever by a Europe rookie and the top rookie total since Larry Nelson’s five in 1979.

Dustin Johnson, United States, def. Chris Wood, Europe, 1 up.

The next Ryder Cup will be held in France in 2018.

Amid groans from a disappointed crowd, the American narrowly missed a 12-footer at the 15th that would have put him two-up but he made amends on the next hole with a conceded birdie four after hitting a brilliant bunker shot to two feet.

They halved their match in dramatic finish.

The Americans lost for the third straight time in 2014 at Gleneagles, and it was team divided over everything from how the captain was selected to how the team should be built.

Sport360 rounds-up all the best Twitter reaction as Team USA ended a run of three successive defeats in golf’s premier team competition.

Spieth and Reed lead the United States team at 2-1 with one halved while McIlroy and Pieters pace Europe as a partnership at 3-0.

When Reed responded by sinking his own birdie from 20 feet, he pulled the ball out of the cup and turned to face McIlroy, then wagged his index finger in a show of defiance. I believe that Ryder Cup captain is another form of hall of fame.