Luke Donald: Will Europe's 'greatest captain' return for 2027 Ryder Cup after memorable 2025 triumph

Chants of "two more years" echoed around Bethpage Black as Luke Donald's men savoured an historic Ryder Cup triumph on American soil.

Donald became just the second European captain to win consecutive Ryder Cups after Tony Jacklin in 1985 and 1987 as Europe held off USA on a thrilling final day.

Europe were prepared for the hostility and "abusive" behaviour, using Rory McIlroy's description, which dominated the event and Donald was key to instilling that mentality.

"I really have committed myself to this job because I feel I owe it to the players and I owe it to the Ryder Cup which has been so special to me. I've had so many incredible experiences," said Donald.

"I've had to kind of put my own game a little bit to the side, and every day I'm trying to think about things that could help us, come up with different things that might just give us a little edge.

"We came into this in New York, and we knew New York was not going to be easy. It was rough. It was brutal at times out there. It really was. It was nasty sometimes.

"But I think when you prep these guys enough and you communicate enough with these guys and you give them a plan and an idea and a theme and a motivation, they don't really need motivating, but, the theme causes the cohesion of the team."

Attention to detail was key to Europe's fifth win on US soil with Donald citing hotel conditions, the use of data to pick the fourballs and foursomes pairings and even different shampoos.

It all contributed to an unprecedented seven-point lead for Europe going into the final day and they showed great character to deny USA a memorable comeback.