Europe win Ryder Cup
Europe win Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup 2025 Singles: Europe stutter to victory after epic USA fightback

What a sensational final day of The 45th Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, where Europe have retained the Ryder Cup on a nerve-wracking Sunday as Team USA dominated the singles and came close to pulling off the most incredible comeback in history.

Europe held off a momentous fightback from Team USA to retain the Ryder Cup in an epic final-day battle at Bethpage Black.

Shane Lowry was the man to make sure the trophy would remain in Luke Donald's hands, the big Irishman dancing with delight after making a clutch birdie on the 18th to snatch a tie with Russell Henley.

And in match 10, Tyrrell Hatton's tied match with Collin Morikawa secured outright victory as Europe stumbled over the line, with the final score being 15-13.

Ryder Cup: Day 3 singles results
MatchUSA13-15Europe 
1Cameron YoungbeatJustin Rose1UP
2Justin ThomasbeatTommy Fleetwood1UP
3Bryson DeChambeautied withMatt Fitzpatrick 
4Scottie SchefflerbeatRory McIlroy1UP
5Patrick Cantlaylost toLudvig Aberg2&1
6Xander SchauffelebeatJon Rahm4&3
7JJ SpaunbeatSepp Straka2&1
8Russell Henleytied withShane Lowry 
9Ben GriffinbeatRasmus Hojgaard1UP
10Collin Morikawatied withTyrrell Hatton 
11Sam Burnstied withRobert MacIntyre 
12Harris Englishtied withViktor Hovland 

Several of Donald's senior players ran out of steam on a tension-packed Sunday in New York, with the likes of Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm running on empty after playing five gruelling sessions.

The projected record-breaking victory looked on in the early stages as Europe led in the top five matches, with Matt Fitzpatrick storming into a 5-hole lead over Bryson DeChambeau approaching the turn.

But Ludvig Aberg was the only player to notch a victory throughout the day as Justin Rose, Fleetwood and McIlroy were all pipped at the final hole, while DeChambeau pulled off a sensational comeback to tie his thrilling encounter with Fitzpatrick.

Rose came back from 3-down against Cameron Young, only for the American to birdie the last and Justin Thomas did the same to earn victory over Fleetwood.

McIlroy looked jaded from the start against world No 1 Scottie Scheffler, who managed to avoid becoming the first American player to lose five out of five matches in a single Ryder Cup, clinching a 1up win over the world No 2.

Aberg's lone victory proved priceless, as did the half-point that was enforced before the start of play when Viktor Hovland was forced to pull out of his singles match against Harris English due to his neck injury that worsened overnight.

Lowry was 2 down with 4 to play in match 8 against Henley, but the former Open champion reduced the arrears at 15 and stepped up for his team at the last, rattling in a 6-foot putt for birdie to ensure the valuable 14th point.

Hatton made certain of the outright win, and Bob MacIntyre also won the 18th to tie his match with Sam Burns as the New York fans departed Bethpage in droves, not wishing to hang around and watch Europe celebrate their first win on American soil since the Miracle at Medinah in 2012.  

For all the results from the first two days, click here.

28 Sep 2025
19:14
Rose in trouble, 2 down to Young

2UP Cameron Young v Justin Rose (10)

Errant drive from Rose at 10 finds the bunker, and he thinned his second into the bank.

Rose finds sand again with his third, and he can't save par from there.

Young 2 up with 7 to play.

19:11
Not looking good for Hojgaard

2UP Ben Griffin v Rasmus Hojgaard (3)

Poor Hojgaard played only 13 holes on Friday afternoon, got thumped 6&5, and he's now 2 down to Griffin after 3 holes.

Not a debut to remember fondly, but there's still plenty of time for him to turn things around 

19:09
Unforced error from Schaffele

1UP Xander Schauffele v Jon Rahm (5)

That's really clumsy from Schauffele at the 5th, a three-putt from 12-feet presenting Rahm with his first win of the day.

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19:07
DeChambeau pulls one back

Bryson DeChambeau v Matt Fitzpatrick 4UP (8)

First blemish from Fitzpatrick as he misses a short one for par. Bryson gets his, but he's hardly celebrating!

19:05
Great escape from McIlroy

Scottie Scheffler A/S Rory McIlroy (7)

It's not a surprise that McIlroy and Scheffler both look a little jaded.

Rory is all over the place at the 7th, but a stunning pitch from way right of the green helps him save par, and the hole.

19:02
Gallant Rose hanging on in match 1

1UP Cameron Young v Justin Rose (9)

Rose is in very close at the 9th, but he's suddenly got a putt for the half after Young holes a cracker.

But the veteran makes no mistake, and he's just one behind at the turn.

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18:56
Fitzpatrick is FIVE up !!

Bryson DeChambeau v Matt Fitzpatrick 5UP (7)

DeChambeau now looks like he'd rather be anywhere else but Bethpage.

Another par putt misses the mark at the 7th, and Fitzpatrick has won five of the first 7 holes.

18:54
Hatton stunner at the 1st

Collin Morikawa v Tyrrell Hatton 1UP (1)

Hatton hits a wild drive into the left cabbage at the 1st, but he hits a delightful 2nd in close and wins the hole with a birdie

18:50
Tommy back to 2 up

Justin Thomas v Tommy Fleetwood 2UP (7)

Thomas goes wild with his second to the 7th and he can't get up and down for par.

Fleetwood makes a good 4 and regains his 2 up lead.


 

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18:47
Good response from Henley

Russell Henley A/S Shane Lowry (2)

Henley made a mess of the 1st, but he bounces back at the 2nd with a nice birdie from 10 feet to level against Lowry


 

18:45
Straka finds another big putt

JJ Spaun v Sepp Straka 2UP (3)

Straka has had a very impressive week, and he's gone 2 up on the US Open champion after holing from long range at the 3rd.

18:42
Nervy start for Hojgaard

1UP Ben Griffin v Rasmus Hojgaard (1)

You have to feel for young Hojgaard, who has not played since Friday afternoon.

And it's a poor start for the Danish rookie at the 1st, pulling a putt for par to gift the hole away

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18:39
Fitzpatrick is flying ... 4 up on DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau v Matt Fitzpatrick 4UP (6)

This is incredible.

Bryson misses another putt, and Fitzpatrick rewards another precise approach with a putt to match at the 6th.

The Sheffield star is 4 ahead!

18:38
State of Play

8 matches on the course. Europe up in 5, USA lead 2, and one is all-square

18:37
Young leads Rose

1UP Cameron Young v Justin Rose (7)

It's a comedy of errors at the 7th.

Rose gets into a jam and misses a 6-footer for par after Young raced his birdie putt an uncomfortable distance long.

But the American salvages a par and regains the lead.
 

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18:33
Lowry leads early

Russell Henley v Shane Lowry 1UP (1)

Europe are now ahead in five matches after Lowry's par is enough to win the 1st against Henley, who tugged his second into the left rough and couldn't get up and down.

18:31
Fitzpatrick 3 up after 5 holes

Bryson DeChambeau v Matt Fitzpatrick 3UP (5)

This is some performance from Fitzpatrick, who has lost his previous 3 Ryder Cup singles matches.

He's just popped in a 15-footer for birdie to win the 5th against DeChambeau, who has a face like thunder right now.

18:28
Thomas holes out from the fairway!

Justin Thomas v Tommy Fleetwood 1UP (6)

What a shot from Thomas at the 6th.

He's got 79 yards to the pin for his second, and he's only gone and holed it!

The cheers could have been heard in Rhode Island, let alone Long Island!

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18:26
Schauffele 2 up through 2 against Rahm

2UP Xander Schauffele v Jon Rahm (2)

Not the start Rahm was hoping for.

He can't make birdie at the 2nd, but Schauffele can as he bins a cool 20-footer to double his lead.

18:25
Scheffler pulls level against McIlroy

Scottie Scheffler A/S Rory McIlroy (4)

Scheffler finds the heart of the green in two at the par-5 4th, but McIlroy goes long and left.

His pitch doesn't grip as he'd have liked and, after the world No 1 lagged for birdie, McIlroy's putt for the half drifts right.

18:23
Flying start for Straka

JJ Spaun v Sepp Straka 1UP (1)

The US Open champion has been one of the USA's better players this week, but he's playing catch-up early after the Austrian hits a great second to 8 feet and nails the putt to win the 1st.

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18:21
Young levels top match

Cameron Young A/S Justin Rose (6)

Young is just outside Rose after two good approaches to the 6th.

The American rolls his in for birdie, but Rose can't follow him in.

Back to all square. 

18:18
Despair for Thomas at the 5th

Justin Thomas v Tommy Fleetwood 2UP (5)

JT has a putt to pull one back at the 5th, and it is agonisingly close to dropping in the right side.

His ball ends up an inch behind the hole, and the look of frustration tells the story.

18:14
Europe ahead in top FIVE matches!

Patrick Cantlay v Ludvig Aberg 1UP (2)

The leaderboard makes grim reading for the USA right now, although that's been the case since Friday lunchtime.

Aberg drains a nice birdie putt at the 2nd, and the top five matches are all blue.

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18:11
Clumsy start from Rahm

1UP Xander Schauffele v Jon Rahm (1)

That's clumsy from the Spaniard at the 1st. 

His second wanders past the pin and he overcooks the birdie putt down the hill.

Rahm misses the return, and there's some red on the board.

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