Ryder Cup 2025: Reliving Team Europe's away wins as Donald aims for fantastic fifth

Ryder Cup occurrence is truthful often shaped by what happens astatine location -- the roaring crowds, acquainted fairways, and the intelligence borderline of hosting. But it's the victories achieved crossed the Atlantic, heavy successful hostile territory, that thin to permission the deepest mark.

This year, Luke Donald returns arsenic skipper with what galore judge is 1 of Europe's strongest-ever squads, aiming for a momentous triumph connected U.S. soil. History suggests an uphill task astatine Bethpage Black; Team Europe, amid each its caller occurrence astatine home, has managed conscionable 4 victories overseas against Team USA.

Each came with its ain drama, its ain heroes, and its ain lasting impact.

1987 -- Muirfield Village, Ohio

Heading into the 1987 Ryder Cup astatine Jack Nicklaus' Muirfield Village, fewer extracurricular the European campy genuinely believed a roadworthy triumph was possible. The U.S. had an unbeaten location grounds of 13-0 spanning six decades and contempt Europe's breakthrough triumph astatine The Belfry successful 1985, galore inactive saw the hosts arsenic the ascendant force. Muirfield -- Nicklaus' pridefulness and joyousness -- was expected to underline that superiority.

But Tony Jacklin's broadside had different ideas. Led by the occurrence and flair of Seve Ballesteros and the icy precision of Nick Faldo, Europe opened up a 6-2 pb connected time 1 -- winning each 4 day fourball matches -- and past built that pb to 10½-5½ aft Saturday. They were connected the brink of history.

The Sunday singles brought inevitable unit and a spirited U.S. comeback, but the Europeans held firm. Eamonn Darcy's triumph implicit Ben Crenshaw -- whose snapped putter became a awesome of U.S. vexation (he putted with his 1 robust aft the sixth hole) -- was 1 of respective gritty victories that sealed the 15-13 win. Fittingly, Ballesteros, who top-scored with 4 points, was the antheral with the clinching putt successful a 2&1 triumph implicit Curtis Strange.

Europe had proved they could travel, compete, and conquer.

1995 -- Oak Hill Country Club, New York

By 1995, the Ryder Cup was nary longer a one-sided American matter -- but wins successful the U.S. were inactive uncommon and revered.

Europe arrived successful Rochester nether the experienced oculus of Bernard Gallacher, captaining the squad for a 3rd and last clip aft constrictive defeats astatine Kiawah Island and The Belfry. The absorption was inexperienced, but hungry. Up-and-coming rookies similar Tom Lehmann and Phil Mickelson supplemented large winners Corey Pavin, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange and Fred Couples, portion Europe had 3 of the existent top-six golfers successful the satellite -- Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie -- astatine their disposal.

But erstwhile the U.S. led 9-7 heading into the Sunday singles -- which they had won successful the past 4 Ryder Cups -- fewer imagined they could beryllium caught.

What followed was 1 of the Ryder Cup's much objective Sundays. The visitors claim...