{"id":189762,"date":"2025-10-04T16:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189762\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:11:10","slug":"ryder-cup-usa-would-most-probably-have-beaten-europe-if-shane-lowry-had-missed-putt-says-jose-maria-olazabal-golf-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189762\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup: USA would &#8216;most probably&#8217; have beaten Europe if Shane Lowry had missed putt, says Jose Maria Olazabal | Golf News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA would &#8220;most probably&#8221; have gone on to win the Ryder Cup had Shane Lowry not sunk an emotional birdie putt at Bethpage Black on Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That is the view of Jose Maria Olazabal, one of Luke Donald&#8217;s European vice-captains in New York last weekend, after his continent claimed a 15-13 win on away soil.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry knocked in at 18 to halve his match with America&#8217;s Russell Henley and take Europe to the 14 points needed to retain the cup.<\/p>\n<p>        Monterosa<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Monterosa, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Monterosa cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Monterosa cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Monterosa cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"monterosa\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"monterosa\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the momentum had been with USA, who rallied from a 12-5 deficit ahead of the singles to win six of the 11 completed matches on the final day and lose only one &#8211; Patrick Cantlay beaten by Ludvig \u00c5berg.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrrell Hatton secured a half-point versus Collin Morikawa to lift Europe to 14.5 points and ensure outright victory in an away Ryder Cup for the first time since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the nerve-jangling win at Bethpage, Olazabal &#8211; captain for the dramatic comeback success at Medinah 13 years ago &#8211; said: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t think it would have been that close, at least it shouldn&#8217;t have been that close. But all credit to the US team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was amazing how they fought. They almost turned things around. If Shane hadn&#8217;t made that putt on 18, most probably Team USA would have won the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/skysports-golf-ryder-cup_7035520.jpg\" alt=\"golf\"  aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              Lowry was emotional in his interview after securing a Ryder Cup retention for Team Europe<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The two-and-a-half hours before that were maybe the toughest I have experienced in my golfing career. With that cushion we should have closed the deal well before that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shane&#8217;s moment was crucial &#8211; that&#8217;s why all the emotions came out. All the tension, all the stress. We were very conscious of it, Shane was very conscious of it. That&#8217;s why we had that reaction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only 11 singles matches took place with Europe&#8217;s Viktor Hovland unable to compete due to a neck injury, leading to Harris English being withdrawn by USA through the &#8216;envelope&#8217; rule and the players claiming a half-point each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/skysports-viktor-hovland_7035608.jpg\" alt=\"HOVLAND\"  aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              Ryder Cup captains Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald have their say on the &#8216;envelope rule&#8217; which ruled out Harris English from the Sunday singles<\/p>\n<p>When is the next Ryder Cup?<\/p>\n<p>The Ryder Cup returns to Ireland in 2027 as Team Europe aim to win the tournament for a third time in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Adare Manor in County Limerick is the venue between September 17-19, 2027 for the centenary staging of the biennial contest.<\/p>\n<p>The rowdy New York crowds were a huge talking point last week but England&#8217;s Hatton expects the fans in Ireland to be &#8220;respectful&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/skysports-golf-ryder-cup_7035601.jpg\" alt=\"golf\"  aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              Rory McIlroy was critical of the US crowds at Bethpage after a series of unsavoury incidents at the Ryder Cup<\/p>\n<p>After saying he was subjected to comments about his height, weight and hairline, Hatton told reporters: &#8220;I don&#8217;t really think that the insults is the way forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would much prefer it to be a respectful atmosphere &#8211; you let the guys play and the best team wins, rather than trying to affect the outcome by trying to put off players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I don&#8217;t think it will be as hostile (in 2027) as maybe as it was last week. I would like to think that it will be very respectful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Love golf? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/membership\/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Then stream the DP World Tour, PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and more contract-free with NOW.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team USA would &#8220;most probably&#8221; have gone on to win the Ryder Cup had Shane Lowry not sunk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-189762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}