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Team Europe captain Thomas Bjorn keeps promise to get Ryder Cup-winning score tattoo on his backside

Thomas Bjorn is a man of his word.

The victorious Ryder Cup-winning captain of Team Europe has kept his promise to the score and trophy tattooed on his backside.

Bjorn made the wager ahead of the Paris event and tweeted the outcome to his followers on Monday evening.

The official Team Europe Twitter account posted a video of Bjorn getting the deed done.

"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, Bjorn is shown entering a tattoo parlour and then grimacing as he lays 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 September's event at Le Golf National near Paris, prompting Bjorn to promise the tattoo should his team 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 general public.

"Let me put it this way, it's going to go on a part that only Grace (Bjorn's partner) will see," he said.

"I might have to send the players a picture."

Additional reporting by Press Association.

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