 The incident was viewed by many as appalling sportsmanship, and an unpleasant ending to a Ryder Cup many in both the US and Europe felt was not played in the spirit that Samuel Ryder had intended.Veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke described the last day of the tournament as "a date that will live in infamy" in a "Letter from America" entitled "The arrival of the golf hooligan".At the time, the American win was the largest final day come-from-behind victory in Ryder Cup history, Europe achieved the same feat in 2012.