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Sunday 30 September 2018Team cupsYear in Review
Europe wins Ryder Cup
Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France · Friday 28 to Sunday 30 September 2018 · 42nd Ryder Cup Matches; Friday and Saturday fourballs in the morning, foursomes in the afternoon
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/10°C · wind 24 km/h NNE, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/7°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/2°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ryder Cup
1927–2025 in our record, 45 editions.
The ones it got away from
- United States USA · 10½Won the opening fourballs 3–1, then lost Friday afternoon's foursomes 4–0 and trailed 10–6 after Saturday; won 3½ of the first four singles but Europe took the next six matches 2018 Ryder Cup (Wikipedia)
24 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Team cup
Ryder Cup
Le Golf National (Albatros Course), Guyancourt
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Europe
Runner-up: USA
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 September 2018
When you take on the captaincy, you can never dream of a score line like this. You know it's going to be close, but you can't dream of a score line like this.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 September 2018
This is the best team room I've ever been in. It was calm. It was determined. It was focused. It was fun.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 September 2018
At the end of the day, you've got to tip your cap. They outplayed us. Thomas was a better captain this week, and I've got nothing more to say.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 September 2018
obviously there's a sour taste in our mouth to come over here now for 27 years and not be able to win on foreign soil.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 September 2018
I'm just so proud of every one of these guys. You can't even imagine.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet