The ball vanished deep into the hole and so too did Shane Lowry’s senses in an impassioned, lumbering dance across the 18th green. An exorcism of nerves on a sizzling afternoon at Bethpage Black, the Irishman saved a staggering Europe from a state of shock after a wave of red in Sunday singles.
The birdie to tie with Russell Henley nudged Luke Donald’s side to that magical mark of 14 points, eventually finishing 15-13, to end an ominous American charge and the prospect of an even greater comeback than “The Miracle of Medinah”.
