Arnold Palmer did not live to see the 41st Ryder Cup, but rather US skipper Davis Love said he was all the while paying special mind to the Americans in Sunday's 17-11 triumph over Europe.
"Arnold was viewing over us this week," Love said.
The golf symbol, who played on six triumphant US Ryder Cup groups and twice captained Cup victors, kicked the bucket last Sunday at age 87 as players arranged to assemble at Hazeltine.
US players won seven of 12 singles matches Sunday to finish the triumph and snap a three-Cup losing streak.
"This week has been played under the shadow of Mr Palmer's passing," Europe commander Darren Clarke said in the end service. "Be that as it may, I'm certain he is up there looking down on every one of us with a grin all over."
Palmer was a long way from overlooked amid the week. Truth be told, his name came up a few times.
The US men cleared the opening arrangement 4-0 interestingly since 1975, when Palmer was the US group chief at Laurel Valley for a 21-11 triumph.
Patrick Reed, who drove the Americans with 3.5 focuses, and Jordan Spieth achieved a consolidated vocation aggregate of five focuses as an association, coordinating the US Ryder Cup unsurpassed record set up by Palmer and Gardner Dickenson.
What's more, every US player scored no less than one point in the most unbalanced US triumph since 1981, a deed last refined in 1975 by Palmer's triumphant side.
What's more, the Palmer golf sack on the primary tee this week in tribute to him - that was from his 1975 captaincy also.
Fortuitous events? Conceivably. Be that as it may, even Love noted, "We made them interest things happen this week."
It was a bizarre week yet one in which many golfers from both groups could share stories and help each other manage their anguish.
"The passing of Arnold Palmer cast a sort of a faint begin to the week," Love said. "And after that we bobbed once again from that, since we were all together, and now get the opportunity to celebrate at last."
Ryder Cup players for both groups wore pins paying tribute to the "Ruler," the epithet Palmer earned for his prevalence on and off the course.
Palmer's appeal roused "Arnie's Army," a committed army of adherents who went to occasions and helped him make golf a prominent TV sport, making ready for cutting edge golf visits and rich players.
Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time real champ who was Palmer's long-term rival, opened the Ryder Cup on Thursday by saying, "We as a whole vibe his misfortune and we devote these amusements to his honor."
What's more, as Love put it, "This present one's for Arnold."
