It is actions like this why the Ryder Cup is considered the greatest and most unusual spectacle in golf.

On Saturday, the Americans Justin Thomas and Daniel Berger came to the first tee before the four-ball matches started in the afternoon to heat up the atmosphere in the audience even more.

In addition to gestures to make the constant “USA !, USA!” Shouts even louder, the two members of “Team USA” threw beer cans into the audience.

Two of these "tin rolls" flew back to the players.

The fans immediately chanted “Chug, Chug, Chug!” (Drink! Ex!).

The two world-class professionals did not take long to ask.

They granted the fans their wish.

The two could treat themselves to the alcohol.

First of all, they paused in the second "session" of the day - and there was also something for the home team to celebrate.

Clear victory for Team USA

On the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Haven (Wisconsin), after the first three rounds in the foursome, the double version of golf, the hosts had a 9: 3 lead, the largest since 1979, since a European selection instead of Great Britain and Ireland compete against the twelve best American professionals.

When the four-ball matches were over in the evening, the Americans were leading 11: 5.

Never in the history of this prestigious duel has a team been able to make up such a deficit.

The Americans had the biggest comeback to date in 1999 and the Europeans in 2012, who each turned a 6:10 deficit into a success.

That was out of the question in 2021: in the end, the Americans achieved a historic 19: 9 success.

It was the ultimate victory of a team in the modern era of the Ryder Cup.

The match winner was the only 24-year-old Collin Morikawa, who made the US team's success early on Sunday with his individual draw against Norwegian Viktor Hovland.

"The world needed a party again"

The stage had already been set for the perfect finale of an American celebration. “The world needed another party and we're glad we can host it. The Ryder Cup is so much more than a golf event. It's a rock concert, Super Bowl and golf event in one, ”said Seth Waugh, CEO of the PGA of America, which organizes this traditional competition in the United States. In order to actively participate in the party, thousands of people were at the gates as early as 3:30 a.m. on the first two days, an hour and a half before they opened.

They all wanted to secure a seat on the huge grandstand that frames the first tee like a horseshoe when the first teams tee off shortly after seven o'clock. "You only have to look at this grandstand and you only see red," said the Englishman Ian Poulter, describing the unusual feeling of only seeing the colors of the American hosts. Every now and then a few supporters dressed in the blue and yellow colors of the “Euros” appeared, but they formed a tiny minority due to the entry restrictions for Europeans.

More than a few Irish and English people who live in the United States were not to be seen among the 40,000 fans every day, even though they briefly shone with a singing interlude on Saturday with English professional Paul Casey in the middle. And something was missing even American commentators: the "Euro fans" who greet each of their players with creative singing, mostly rehearsed in British pubs.

The PGA of America still held the PGA Championship in September 2020 without fans. But that was out of the question for the Ryder Cup. Many Europeans, especially the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, had even announced that they would not compete in a Ryder Cup without spectators: "It is better to play in front of 40,000 Americans than in front of empty stands," said the 32-year-old Northern Irishman. Because this prestigious competition thrives on the fans who support their teams with flag-waving chants and chants - while forgetting the genteel restraint that is common in golf, sometimes even forgetting the so-called etiquette.

With American fans only cheering for their own players' good blows in Wisconsin, Irish captain Padraig Harrington experienced something completely new: “Silence is gold. If you didn't hear anything, I knew that my players had achieved something special. ”The 50-year-old Irishman nevertheless praised the audience:“ The people in Wisconsin were very nice. ”And if someone got out of line, one of the“ Euros “Wanted to disturb with boos, a gentleman like the Texan Jordan Spieth admonished the fans.

In addition, it was warned again and again that any bad abuse, insult, vilification or ridicule would immediately be punished with a dismissal.

But since the American fans had enough to celebrate, victory after victory in the foursome, there was a constant mood of celebration.

Your own men were just so good that you didn't have to pay much attention to the “Euros”.