Scheffler was seen crying on the back of a golf cart after he and five-time major winner Brooks Koepka crashed to a 9&7 defeat to European pair Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg in Saturday’s foursomes. It is the largest margin of victory in any 18-hole match in the history of the event.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler was reduced to tears after suffering a humiliating record defeat at the Ryder Cup as America’s misery continued on the second day in Rome.
Scheffler was consoled by his wife Meredith and tried to conceal his tears by pulling down his cap and rubbing his eyes.
That result extended Europe’s opening-day lead of 6.5-1.5 by a further point.
After Friday’s lockout, the United States finally got on the board as Max Homa and Brian Harman defeated Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka 4&2.
But Europe then took their advantage to 8.5-2.5 as Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood beat Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth 2&1.
Scheffler and Koepka were blown away in their foursome match as Hovland and Aberg won each of the first three holes before Aberg almost made a hole-in-one on the fourth.
Another birdie on the sixth took the European pair five up and with the Americans again struggling to find any kind of rhythm, it was only a matter of time before the contest was wrapped up.
Justin Thomas was filmed saying ‘9&7’ in disbelief to his caddy after finding out the result while out on the course.
‘Today was quite surreal at times,’ said Aberg, who only turned professional in June.
‘I had to almost pinch myself a little bit.’
The previous largest margin of victory in a Ryder Cup foursomes was 7&6, which had been achieved on three occasions.
The United States’ Hale Irwin and Tom Kite beat Europe’s Ken Brown and Des Smyth by the margin in the 1979 event.
It was matched in 1991 by their compatriots Paul Azinger and Mark O’Meara over Nick Faldo and David Gilford before Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson beat Westwood and Luke Donald in 2012.
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6 Comments
prove that he is only human…
It shows just how much the Ryder Cup means to the participants but nobody wants to see a player devastated like this. We forget how young they are and how much pressure they are under.
That’s a legacy loss. No coming back from that. Reminds me of how Tiger and Phil could never play together either.
Crying lame😂
Scottie is The GOAT!
I cried during a game once. I fouled out and felt as if there would never be another day. It was a 4th grade basketball game though.