• ‘I told you I would do it’ – Bjorn is inked with 17½-10½ score • Europe overcame odds to beat USA in September

This article is more than 1 year old

This article is more than 1 year old

Thomas Bjørn has kept his promise to have Europe’s Ryder Cup-winning score tattooed on his backside. Bjørn said he would have the tattoo if his team beat the USA in September and retweeted a video showing him tattooed with a 17½-10½ scoreline and a silhouette of the trophy.

Cool boarders and terrifying tee shots: my sporting moments of 2018 | Sean Ingle Read more

“I told you I would do it,” he posted on Twitter, tagging in some of his victorious team members. In the video, initially posted by Ryder Cup Europe, Bjørn is shown entering a London tattoo parlour and then grimacing face down on a table during the procedure.

When it is completed, the Dane looks up briefly and wishes viewers a merry Christmas, before wearily dropping his head on to the back of his hands.

Europe were firm underdogs going into the event at Le Golf National near Paris, prompting Bjørn to promise the tattoo should the team, which he captained, pull off a surprise victory.

After Europe reclaimed the trophy, the 47-year-old described the pledge as the “worst decision he made all week” and said the artwork would not be visible to the public.

“Let me put it this way, it’s going to go on a part that only Grace [Bjørn’s partner] will see,” he said. “I might have to send the players a picture.”