Bradley's team finally show up to leave Europe hanging on in panic

Two points, two miserly points. Easy to say and write, much harder to actually achieve. A Ryder Cup belatedly broke out under the blaring Bethpage sun, leaving Europe fretting over what had seemed the most easy of victory laps.

- Ewan Murray

From the ropes, Keegan Bradley and the United States of America roared back to leave Luke Donald and Europe in a state of panic. Whatever the outcome, Bradley was enjoying the last laugh over those who mocked his approach to captaincy. And make no mistake, plenty on both sides of the pond did.

First came Cameron Young, seeing off Justin Rose on the 18th green. Next, Justin Thomas whooped and hollered after holing out to take a point from his match against Tommy Fleetwood. Red dominated the board elsewhere. Scottie Scheffler was taking down Rory McIlroy, the Masters champion looking mentally and physically exhausted.

Were Europe to go from dominant, so utterly dominant, to one of the biggest sporting capitulations of our time? Fleetwood had been two up on Thomas at the turn. McIlroy's hopes of at least a half evaporated as he cracked his drive wide right on the 18th. European relief, but only a glimpse of it, came from Ludvig Åberg defeating Patrick Cantlay on the 17th. One point.

Bryson DeChambeau unsurprisingly was next in line. The Californian was woefully out of sorts and trailing Matt Fitzpatrick by five holes after seven. Europe had a point here, surely. DeChambeau had other ideas. He screamed his way back into proceedings, quite literally, to stand all square on the 18th tee.