The United States golf team has won the 43rd Ryder Cup.

On Sunday, the American golf professionals continued their dominance in this prestigious transatlantic duel on the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Haven (Wisconsin) on the final day.

After the home team had already led 11: 5 against the European selection after the foursome, Collin Morikawa won the decisive half point in the fifth individual.

The 24-year-old world number three and British Open champion achieved a draw against the Norwegian Viktor Hovland of the same age.

That was enough to bring the hosts' score to the 14 ½ mark required to win. After that, in the following matches it was only a question of whether the Americans would exceed the previous record of 18½ points in a win. "Our goal is to reach 20 points," announced Patrick Cantley after his victory in the second individual. His colleagues didn't quite manage that: The end result was 19: 9 - a record since 1979 when a European team competed against the United States and 28 matches were played over three days.

According to the world rankings, the strongest team that the United States has ever displayed (eight of the top ten in the world rankings, average ranking 8.9) demonstrated its class on all three days on the spectacular course on the shores of Lake Michigan, winning all but one draw five "sessions" in a foursome and in the singles (8: 4). "I'm speechless," said the American captain Steve Stricker and fought back tears. “My player had a mission. They really wanted to win the trophy this week. This marks the beginning of a new era for USA golf. The players are young. They all had a lot of passion, a lot of energy and of course they all played great golf, ”added the 54-year-old professional golfer.

The team he leads - with an average age of 29 years also the youngest - brought Stricker the success he had hoped for in his home state of Wisconsin.

His Irish counterpart, the European captain Padraig Harrington, recognized what each of the 40,000 spectators could see: “I do not regret any of my decisions.

The most important thing was: we were a team.

But the Americans just played better. "

Team USA pulled away

That is exactly what they did on Sunday. In the first match on the final day, Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy won the first match (3 & 2) against Olympic champion Alexander Schauffele - a surprise after the 32-year-old supposed team leader had clearly lost three times in the four. “I'm really disappointed that I couldn't add more points. But I'm happy that I was able to win a point, ”he said. But then the world number four Patrick Cantlay won against the Irishman Shane Lowry (4 & 2). Scottie Scheffler, the lowest ranked player in the American team as 21st in the world rankings, defeated the Spanish primus Jon Rahm (4 & 3). The 25-year-old Texan from Dallas quickly pulled away with five birdies on the first six holes. Cream, which was still brilliant in the foursome,never came into play after that. It was only the third time that the number one in the industry hacking order lost an individual in the Ryder Cup.

Bryson DeChambeau also started brilliantly in the match against the Spaniard Sergio Garcia. The "Golf Hulk" reached the green of the 333 meter long first hole with one of his huge tees and sank the ball from 13 meters to the Eagle. His opponent was never able to draw level afterwards. The 28-year-old muscleman was also celebrated like a rock star by American fans on Sunday. He got the 14th point. A little later, Morikawa won the decisive half point - he will go down in golf history as the “match winner”, as the one who scored the decisive points.

What then happened on the pitch was only important for the personal balance of the active players.

The guests managed to make the end result a little friendlier with at least two more unexpected victories and a draw.

The 44-year-old Englishman Poulter, only ranked 50th in the industry hacking order, remained undefeated in his seventh individual in the Ryder Cup.

He defeated the world number nine Tony Finau (3 & 2).

The 48-year-old European team senior Lee Westwood (35th in the world rankings) also beat Harris English (11), a player with a significantly higher ranking.

In the penultimate match, Englishman Tommy Fleetwood drew against Jordan Spieth.