2023 Ryder Cup Review: Team Europe crowned champions in 44th edition of The Ryder Cup

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The Ryder Cup, again, produced some magical moments throughout an incredible weekend of action in Rome.  As the dust settles on this year’s competition, were there any standout moments? And who shone individually on the biggest stage in golf.

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00:00 The Ryder Cup has become one of the world's greatest sporting events.

00:06 Every two years, 24 of the best players from Europe and the United States go head-to-head

00:12 in match play competition.

00:14 The teams for this year's contest were pretty much identical in terms of talent throughout,

00:19 but it was Team Europe that prevailed to win their 15th Ryder Cup, with their final points

00:24 total reading 16-and-a-half to Team USA's 11-and-a-half.

00:30 The Ryder Cup was brilliant.

00:31 It lived up to its billing from the get-go really.

00:33 You watch Europe storm out the blocks with a 4-0 win in the first session.

00:38 And they sort of didn't really let it slip throughout the weekend.

00:40 I mean, there was a slight period on Friday where the US seemed to claw back a couple

00:44 of points, and then on the singles on Sunday it felt a lot tighter than it was in the end.

00:49 But the spectacle, the event itself, it really sort of surpassed expectations, and the expectations

00:55 were high to begin with.

00:56 But it was just a brilliant weekend of golf, and I'm already looking forward to the next

01:01 Ryder Cup in two years' time.

01:05 Luke Donald has now won all five of his Ryder Cup appearances as a player and a captain.

01:10 Team Europe's players were chanting "two more years" at Luke Donald as they implored him

01:14 to stay on and captain the side in 2025.

01:18 Bernard Gallagher was the last European to serve consecutive terms, losing two and winning

01:23 once in the early '90s.

01:26 Starman John Rahm said Luke has set the bar to a level so high that anyone may struggle

01:31 to meet it, and that he has to be in charge in two years' time.

01:35 Well, historically the captains tend to go one and done, really.

01:38 You look at Harrington last time, he's just done one, and all the other captains previously,

01:42 they just tend to have one go at the Ryder Cup captaincy, and then it sort of moves on

01:47 to someone else.

01:48 But Luke Donald has done such a phenomenal job.

01:50 He's built a great environment there, and as we all know, going and winning the Ryder

01:54 Cup at home is hard, but winning it away from home is super difficult.

01:58 So he's definitely the man for the job, given what he's just helped the guys achieve in

02:01 Rome.

02:02 So yeah, I think he deserves it, and would I like to see him take it up again?

02:07 Definitely.

02:08 The wait goes on for Team USA to win on away turf, and come 2027, it'll be 34 years since

02:14 they were victorious in Europe.

02:17 A team packed with three of the four major singles champions this year, and some of the

02:21 most experienced golfers on the circuit.

02:24 So just where did it all go wrong?

02:27 To be honest, I mean, where do you start?

02:29 Where did it go wrong for Team USA?

02:31 You could pick out several things.

02:32 You could look at their pre-tournament preparation.

02:34 Like, nine of the guys haven't played for five weeks.

02:37 They wouldn't do that in the build-up to a major.

02:39 What are they doing not doing that for a Ryder Cup?

02:41 It's baffling.

02:42 Team USA got it wrong.

02:44 Completely wrong.

02:45 Well, that marks the end to another incredible Ryder Cup competition, delivered by Luke

02:51 Donald and his 12 emperors in Rome.

02:54 They hold the trophy and the bragging rights, as Team USA must now sit, watch and wait for

03:00 two long years before they can change that.

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