At the first Hero Cup in Abu Dhabi, continental Europe outperformed Great Britain and Ireland 14.5–10.5 in the Sunday singles.
At Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Francesco Molinari’s team was led by two points going into the final day of the three-day competition, which was designed to provide players with more teamwork practice before potential future participation in Europe’s Ryder Cup team.
When Molinari overcame Shane Lowry 3&2 to claim the opening point in the Sunday singles, Adrian Meronk had to make the winning putt to defeat Englishman Callum Shinkwin by a single stroke.
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Overall, Continental Europe prevailed in six of the ten matches played on the final day to claim a well-deserved victory. Molinari was relieved following a tense wait after defeating fellow former Open champion Lowry.
Hero Cup: “It’s great; I can now unwind,” Molinari exclaimed.
“I’m very thrilled for the boys. Being their captain and in charge of them has been quite simple. I believe we made some excellent matches, and this week has been a terrific way to start the year.
“Because I didn’t have to fiddle and adjust as much, it made my job much simpler. We had a great day, and the DP World Tour did a fantastic job of setting everything up. Overall, I believe we played some very outstanding golf.”
By easily defeating Thomas Pieters and Antoine Rozner by scores of 3–2 and 5–4, respectively, GB&I captain Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton turned the board red, while Matt Wallace kept them in the game by defeating Thomas Detry by a score of 2–1.
However, Continental Europe continued to hold the upper hand when Nicolai Hojgaard defeated Seamus Power one-on-one and Victor Perez and Sepp Straka defeated Jordan Smith and Ewen Ferguson, respectively, by scores of 4&2 and 5&4, respectively.
It fell to Meronk was the only one who had to hole his birdie putt for a birdie putt for bogus Meronk was left to hole his birdie putt for a birdie
The winning margins for their respective teams came from Scot Robert Macintyre’s 5–3 victory over Alex Noren and Guido Miglozzi’s 4–3 triumph over Richard Mansell.
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