The Bjorn supremacy as Europe hold all the aces

When Thomas Bjorn arrived at Le Golf National at the start of last week, Europe’s captain could not have dreamed he would be reflecting on a landslide victory, nor imagined what a pain in the backside it could become.

After Europe swept to an 17½ to 10 ½ humbling of the strongest American team to cross the Atlantic since world rankings began to regain the gold trophy lost at Hazeltine in 2016 and complete a remarkable weekend of team golf, Ian Poulter revealed that the skipper’s forfeit for the win would be a tattoo of the score on his behind.