Sitting six feet outside the cup, Shane Lowry needed a birdie to tie the match with Russell Henley. Only half a point would have helped the European team win the 2025 Ryder Cup. And he did it, hitting the perfect putt to give his team the title on American soil. Overwhelmed with emotions, Lowry embraced his wife, Wendy Honner, who rushed from behind the ropes to celebrate her husband’s outstanding comeback.
This is not the first time Wendy has been on the course, cheering her partner. But it did come as a surprise watching her at Bethpage, as Andrew Coltart had warned the partners of Team Europe players to stay away from the course. But Honner was afraid of some heckling. She has been with Lowry through thick and thin for the past 9 years. And we’re only talking about their life as a marr