It has been an emotional ride for Scottie Scheffler at Bethpage! After the end of the first two days of the 2025 Ryder Cup, he was down 0-4. His horrid form surprised everyone as fans expected the world #1 to lead from the front in Team U.S.’s efforts against the Europeans in New York. With one more match to play on Sunday, Scheffler had one last shot at retaliation against Rory McIlroy. And as it turns out, his story wasn’t over just yet.

Per  Justin Ray, “Under the current format (since 1979) there has never been a player to go 0-5-0 in a Ryder Cup. Scottie Scheffler needs at least a half point today to avoid becoming the first.”

Scheffler was about to record the worst possible history in the Ryder Cup of losing 5 matches. That was until he didn’t have to rely on anyone else but his own skills to finish the game. And so he did, getting a narrow 1UP win against the world #2. A teary-eyed Scheffler, still on the course after his win against McIlroy, spoke to a reporter about his win.

He expressed how inspirational Keegan Bradley has been in pushing the side to perform their best on Sunday. He shared how happy he was to finally be able to contribute a point to try and help Team U.S. win. The American side wasn’t trailing by 7 strokes anymore. With 4 matches to go, they were just 3 points behind their rivals and 4 away from stealing the title. And it couldn’t have happened without the individual brilliance of each of the players.

But was that enough for Team U.S. to save the title? Let’s look at what happened after Scottie Scheffler won the match against Rory McIlroy.

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Did Scottie Scheffler’s emotional win go in vain?

There is no question that the American side worked extremely hard to make a comeback on Sunday. They won 6 of the 12 possible matches while being 7 points behind the Europeans. Team U.S. also drew 5 matches to score 2.5 more points. However, that was not enough to pull them back from the mess they had made in the first two days of the tournament.

Despite a valiant effort by the entire squad, the deficit between the teams was just a little too much. Keegan Bradley and his team needed to win at least 8 matches and draw the remaining 4 to get 14½ points and steal the title. The six wins, five draws, and one loss could only help them to 13 points. Team Europe ended up with 15 points after Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, and Robert MacIntyre drew their matches. That was enough to push back any threat they faced from Team U.S. on the final day.