‘We’re going to celebrate like there’s no tomorrow’published at 23:16 BST
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Europe win the Ryder Cup
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Rory McIlroy was in tears four years ago at Whistling Strais after Europe’s heavy defeat, but this time there were tears of joy.
“I’m extremely proud to be a part of this team, extremely proud of every single one,” McIlroy said on Sky Sports.
“This was an unbelievable collective effort. As soon as we won in Rome we turned our attention to doing something everyone thought was pretty impossible, not just winning in America but here in New York.”
The response from 2021 defeat: “The comments, what people were saying after Whistling Straits about this decades of dominance, we let that fuel us.
“We got so lucky in getting an incredible leader like Luke Donald, who shepherded us through this – so a lot of the credit has to go to him.
On the celebrations: “We did what we needed to do and we’re going to celebrate like there’s no tomorrow.”