Golf-Fleetwood Mac take Europe back to Number One

Golf - The 2023 Ryder Cup - Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, Rome, Italy - September 30, 2023 Team Europe's Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy at the 15th green during the Foursomes REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

ROME (Reuters) - Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy combined to share a name and the glory as the former earned the lifetime honour of "securing" the Ryder Cup and the latter did more than anyone to win it by claiming four points from his five matches.

To the thousands of fans who flocked to Rome this week, "Fleetwood Mac" was an irresistible portmanteau as the pair teamed up to win both their foursomes matches, with McIlroy also winning in fourballs alongside Matt Fitzpatrick.