FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Rory McIlroy was nowhere to be found.
Two years after he had called his shot and predicted a win at Bethpage Black, Shane Lowry's birdie putt on the 18th green Sunday transformed McIlroy's comments from confident to prophetic. The celebration, however, had started without him.
A gleeful Lowry bounced to the tune of a heavily European crowd that serenaded him with chants. Jon Rahm hugged fellow Spaniard and vice captain José María Olazábal -- captain of the last team to win a road cup in 2012 -- who cried on his shoulder.