Europe has, for the fifth time in the last six years (and three times in a row) won the Ryder Cup.
To be honest, I could not care less about golf, but knowing that Europe is the best in something, is always a pleasure.
That being said, this year’s Ryder Cup was a special and dramatic one: Darren Clarke lost his wife to cancer 13 August this year.
Clarke wasn’t sure he should play in this Ryder Cup after his wife, Heather, died of cancer on Aug. 13. He went nearly two months without playing as he tried to cope with such a loss, leaving him a single father of two young boys.
But he agreed to be a captain’s pick and then won every match he played.
After beating Zach Johnson on the 16th hole, Clarke broke down in tears as he dropped his head on caddie Billy Foster’s shoulder, then walked into the arms of captain Ian Woosnam, sobbing amid cheers and songs.
“It’s done a lot for me for people to show me how much they care,” Clarke said. “And it’s done a lot to show how much they cared about Heather, and that means a lot to me. It’s been a difficult week. From the minute I got here, I was determined to get myself ready, and I was. I played the way Woosie wanted me to.”
And stories like that are always beautiful.
