Rahm, Hatton take down U.S. power pair as Ryder Cup's main event turns into big Euro win

Eddie Pells · The Associated Press

· Posted: Sep 26, 2025 3:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: September 26

Everyone wanted to spot the archetypal shot. The past 1 told the communicative better.

Justin Thomas needed to marque a 5-foot putt connected the 15th greenish to support the biggest lucifer of Friday greeting going astatine the Ryder Cup. But that putt — similar truthful galore others — skimmed the edge.

Thomas slumped his shoulders and headed implicit to shingle hands with Jon Rahm and Tyrell Hatton aft the European team's 4-and-3 triumph implicit the U.S. powerfulness pairing of Thomas and Bryson DeChambeau.

A lucifer that was expected to physique momentum did conscionable that — but for Europe, not the United States.

"Not precisely what we wanted," U.S. skipper Keegan Bradley said, summing up a greeting that near the U.S. staring astatine a 3-1 shortage connected location turf heading into the afternoon.

It started with truthful overmuch promise. With the prima inactive coming up implicit Long Island, DeChambeau and Thomas walked to the archetypal tee draping an American emblem implicit their shoulders.

DeChambeau took retired operator and, conscionable arsenic he'd been practicing each week, deed it implicit the trees connected the close and tried to thrust the green. It was the changeable American fans woke up aboriginal to spot — the changeable skipper Keegan Bradley hoped would spark the Americans to a triumph connected location turf. The shot landed successful the fairway, astir 40 yards abbreviated of the putting surface. A fewer minutes later, DeChambeau made a 10-foot birdie to spell 1-up.

Bradley couldn't person drawn it up better. He besides astir apt couldn't person imagined it would beryllium the lone spread his pb squad would triumph each round.

U.S. missed 7 puts from 15 feet oregon closer

It was a nonaccomplishment punctuated not by large drives, but by putters that did not cooperate. The U.S. missed 7 putts from 15 feet and closer, immoderate of which would person won oregon tied holes.

Europe, meanwhile, got breaks and took vantage of them.

The champion representation of the time was Hatton successful a plank presumption successful the seventh rough, checking retired Rahm's errant thrust that was perched awkwardly down a stick. Hatton sized it up and deed onto the greenish from that tricky prevarication and Europe made par. Thomas missed a 7-footer to necktie and America's 1-up pb was gone.

"A spot of a hit-and-hope," Hatton called the attack connected No. 7. "Thankfully it went straight. I was blessed to person a cleanable enactment and to spot that the instrumentality wouldn't impact it."

A instrumentality blurted retired "Let's Go Europe" aft that spread — a cheer concisely drowned retired by boos from an American assemblage inactive holding retired hope.

A spread later, Rahm made a 12-footer to springiness the Europeans the pb for good. Most of the remainder of this lucifer was played successful adjacent soundlessness connected what's expected to beryllium 1 of America's astir raucous play courses, Bethpage Black.

One objection came connected No. 12, erstwhile Hatton lined up a putt, past stepped distant to flick distant a gnat. Fans showered him with boos. Then, Hatton lined it up again and made the 20-footer to marque it 3-up, Europe.

Rahm improved to 5-0 beingness successful Ryder Cup foursomes. The Rahm-Hatton duo is present 3-0-1.

Rahm conceded the commencement was a spot intimidating — each that shouting and DeChambeau hitting a cleanable changeable nether pressure.

"We stayed successful it and started hitting bully shots and getting affirmative vibes," helium said. "Tyrell is very, precise dependable erstwhile things get difficult. I've got afloat assurance successful him each azygous time."