In the enclosure of a mad national golf course, the European team won yesterday at the end of the afternoon, the 42nd Ryder Cup against that of the United States, taking back the trophy won by the USA 2 years ago. years on their soil.
Francesco Molinari, the best player during the 3 days (5 wins out of 5), brought the decisive point against Phil Mickelson on the very difficult course of the Albatross.
At the end of the first day on Friday, Europe led 5-3 despite a first morning session lost 3-1. But the 4 foursomes of the afternoon all won made it possible to reverse the situation in favor of Thomas Bjorn's team.
On Saturday, Europe accentuated its domination (5-3), thanks in particular to an exceptional Molinari-Fleetwood pair (4 victories out of 4 the first two days), allowing the Europeans to start the 12 head-to-head Sunday with a comfortable lead (10-6).
And this Sunday Europe carried the blow and left no chance to the USA by winning 7 matches out of 12 and a draw or 7,5 points more for a final victory of 17,5 to 10,5.
Tiger Woods will have been the shadow of himself as is his habit in the Ryder Cup.
Despite some nice shots, the Tiger didn't score a single point.
It has been 25 years since the United States won the Ryder Cup on European soil.
Bravo to the organizers, the French Golf Federation and the staff of the Golf National for this Ryder Cup in France, the most successful in history according to the opinion of all observers on both sides of the Atlantic. _AH
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