Our time, our place. That was the mantra from Team Europe before they won this Ryder Cup on foreign soil.

Well, the local time is 21:51. The responsible adults have left the place. And Luke Donald’s men are about to throw a house party in New York.

European celebrations were to be expected after they took the biggest-ever lead into the Sunday singles.

But as someone who declared an away victory on national radio before the first singles match began, it is safe to say nobody anticipated such nerve-wracking tension.

At one point, the official AI win predictor gave the Americans a 0.3 per cent chance of victory.

Hours later, Europe’s procession was cancelled and replaced with one of the great sporting feelings.

It is that beautiful moment when a crowd dares to dream about the imposs

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