Rory McIlroy

With experience comes wisdom. Rory McIlroy, now a seven-time Ryder Cup veteran with a 5-2 record, has been a part of the five-straight five-plus-point blowout wins by the home team, a streak dating back nearly a decade to 2014, and understands the challenge of a road victory in the current era.

With seven players from the 2021 European Ryder Cup Team suiting up in Rome, including four rookies, this year is a changing of a guard for Team Europe. A five-point, 10½-5½ lead going into Sunday singles didn't seem a likely outcome with so many new faces.

It was the quote heard 'round the golf world. Rory McIlroy, a golf prodigy who at age 19 won his first DP World Tour title, had long been anointed as the future of the European Ryder Cup Team.

The United States regained possession of the Ryder Cup on Sunday, with an emphatic 19-9 victory, the largest winning margin since the biennial match expanded to include all of continental Europe in 1979. From Rory McIlroy’s emotional post-round interview to U.S.

An emotional Rory McIlroy speaks to what the Ryder Cup means to him.

Rory McIlroy defeated Xander Schauffele 3&2 in Sunday's singles matches at the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits

KOHLER, Wis. – The U.S. Ryder Cup Team is out to a commanding 11-5 lead, and the buzz around Whistling Straits indicates a changing of the guard could be in store during Sunday’s Singles matches.

KOHLER, Wis. – Maybe Tony Finau was right. He said this year’s U.S.

Dustin Johnson & Collin Morikawa defeated Ian Poulter & Rory McIlory 4&3 in Saturday afternoon's four-ball matches at the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits

Beginning the fourth session with a hefty 9-3 lead, the U.S. Team made a few changes to their lineup compared to Friday afternoon.