Francesco Molinari Captains Continental Europe to a 14 ½

Francesco Molinari Captains Continental Europe to a 14 ½

Dubai based Adrian Meronk holed the winning putt as Continental Europe beat Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) 14 ½ to 10 ½ to win the inaugural three day Hero Cup in style over the National Course at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in this sixth event on the 2022 – 2023 DP World Tour. The momentum shifted throughout Sunday's 10 singles session, with GB&I's decision to front-load in a bid to overturn their two-point deficit after Day 2 appearing to pay off as they made a strong start, before Continental Europe built up commanding leads in some of the later matches to turn the tide in their favour. With 12 ½ points already in the bank for Continental Europe, Poland's Meronk sank his birdie putt from more than 30 feet on the 18th green to seal the deal. Francesco Molinari's team won six of the day's ten matches, with the other four going GB&I's way. All the singles matches were decided with wins and losses for one of the teams, with no halved matches in this ‘Team Europe 2023 Ryder Cup rehearsal.’ The Italian said, ‘Amazing, amazing. I can finally relax - the last couple of hours have been tense after