The Spanish wildcard, who for years feuded with the captain, broke Nick Faldo’s win record with a comeback for the ages
Right about the time it was all as good as over, when the US fans at Whistling Straits were jeering the loudest, the wiseacres on social media were explaining where Europe had got it all wrong, just when your thumb was hovering over the TV remote, that was when it happened.
Europe, already 6-2 down, were trailing in two of the Saturday morning foursome matches and all-square in the third. Their alpha pair, Sergio García and Jon Rahm, who had won the team’s only full point on the first day, had lost four of their first five holes on the second. It was not that they were playing so very badly, just that the USA pair of Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger were playing that much better.
