Europe won the forty-fourth edition of the Ryder Cup on Sunday, a team golf tournament pitting a selection of American players against one of Europeans. This year’s edition was held for the first time in Italy, at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Guidonia Montecelio, a municipality about twenty kilometers from the center of Rome.
Europe won when Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood took the last half point, which made it the lead
(15-10) of the European selection can no longer be filled, despite the three matches still in progress.
The moment @TommyFleetwood1 secured the half point that guarantees we win the Ryder Cup ????#TeamEurope | #RyderCup pic.twitter.com/45MHGfK516
— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) October 1, 2023
The Ryder Cup is one of the oldest and most prestigious competitions in international sport, it has existed since 1927 and the two largest golf schools in the world compete in one of the few team tournaments in this sport. Unlike other major tournaments, played in exclusive and elegant environments that respect the times and ancient customs of golf, at the Ryder Cup the support is like a stadium, and the players move between the holes surrounded by the chants of tens of thousands of fans, who This year they crowded the field of Guidonia and the city of Rome. Europe has returned to winning the Ryder Cup after losing the last edition, and the United States confirms a negative trend in editions played outside their country: they have not won in Europe since 1993.
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2023-10-01 16:31:48
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