FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The ball tumbled into the cup, then Shane Lowry leaped and got huge air.

A moment later, the green, white and orange Irish tricolor came flying from the stands. Lowry, still shaking after a putt that punctuated a high-drama afternoon at Bethpage Black, snatched it up and held the flag high.

No wonder he lives for the Ryder Cup.

With a sure thing slipping from Europe’s grasp Sunday, Lowry hit a perfect drive straight down the 18th fairway, hit the approach to 6 feet, then drained the putt that gave his team the harder-than-expected 14th point it needed to bring the cup home.

Walking up the fairway, Lowry told his caddie “I have a chance to do the coolest thing in my life here. And like, the Ryder Cup means everything to me.”

Europe went on to win 15-13 . A bonus f

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