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By DOUG FERGUSON
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Americans won backmost the Ryder Cup and possibly a full batch much Sunday, sending a beardown connection to Europe with a almighty show from their youngest squad successful history.
Scottie Scheffler, 1 of six Ryder Cup newcomers for the Americans, took down the No. 1 subordinate successful the satellite with a 4-and-3 triumph implicit Jon Rahm arsenic the scoreboards astir Whistling Straits rapidly filled with American red.
The last stroke came from Collin Morikawa, astatine 24 the youngest subordinate connected the squad and already a two-time large champion. He holed a 3-foot birdie putt connected the 17th spread that assured the Americans astatine slightest the 14 1/2 points they needed.
The solemnisation was on, adjacent arsenic the American were inactive keeping score.
“I woke up this greeting and I was trying to archer the guys, ‘Let’s get to 20 points,’ due to the fact that this is going to beryllium the adjacent epoch of Ryder Cup squad for the U.S. side,” Patrick Cantlay said, finishing an unbeaten week with a triumph implicit Shane Lowry.
“We’ve got a batch of young guys. I deliberation they’re going to beryllium connected teams for a agelong time, and I wanted to nonstop a message.”
With 2 matches inactive connected the course, the Americans already were assured of their astir lopsided triumph implicit Europe.
Tony Finau had said connected the eve of these matches that this was “the large one” due to the fact that Europe had won 9 of the past 12, and the Americans had truthful galore caller faces without immoderate lasting scars from watching Europe observe truthful overmuch implicit the years.
The large 1 became 1 large rout.
The assemblage saved 1 of its loudest cheers for U.S. skipper Steve Stricker, the Wisconsin autochthonal who has been astatine the helm of blowouts successful the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup.
“This is simply a caller epoch for USA golf,” Stricker said. “They are young. They travel with a batch of passion, a batch of energy, a batch of game. They are conscionable truthful good.”
The aged feline — Dustin Johnson astatine 37 — was beauteous good, too.
Johnson became the archetypal American since Larry Nelson successful 1979 to spell 5-0, completing his cleanable week by beating Paul Casey.
The Americans were young, yes, and precise good, with 4 of the apical 5 successful the satellite ranking. They yet played similar it. Those 4 players — Johnson, Morikawa, Cantlay and Xander Schauffele — combined for a 14-1-2 record.
Stricker wasn’t the lone 1 successful tears.
Rory McIlroy, who failed to triumph immoderate of his 3 squad matches, led Europe disconnected again and gave Schauffele his archetypal nonaccomplishment of the week. It wasn’t astir enough. All time on the shores of Lake Michigan, the result was inevitable.
McIlroy teared up successful his interrogation erstwhile talking astir however overmuch the Ryder Cup means to him.
“I’ve ne'er truly cried oregon got affectional implicit what I’ve done arsenic an individual. I couldn’t springiness an (expletive),” helium said connected NBC. “But this squad … to spot Sergio (Garcia) interruption records, to spot Jon Rahm travel into his ain this week, to spot 1 of my champion friends, Shane Lowry, marque his Ryder Cup debut, each that. It’s phenomenal.
“I’m disappointed that I didn’t lend much this week,” helium said. “But successful 2 years’ time, we’ll spell again and springiness it different so. Sorry for swearing, arsenic well.”
As overmuch arsenic this was astir a caller procreation of Americans, this looked to beryllium an aging squad of Europeans. They brought winning experience, but not astir capable form.
Paul Casey, 1 of 4 Europeans successful his 40s, failed to gain a constituent successful 4 matches this week. Ian Poulter bushed Finau and remains unbeaten successful singles successful his six Ryder Cups. He crouched connected the 16th greenish aft winning his match, wondering if this mightiness beryllium his past one.
His thoughts besides turned to Padraig Harrington, the European captain.
“This is going to beryllium hard, due to the fact that Paddy is going to beryllium questioned, and that’s not fair,” Poulter said.
There was small Europe could person done. This U.S. squad was loaded and played similar it.
“They had a ngo this week,” Stricker said. “You could tell.”
The adjacent measurement is winning connected the road, which the Americans haven’t done since 1993. Europe inactive has an 11-9-1 vantage since the Ryder Cup was expanded successful 1979 to see the continent.
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