Europe 18 1/2, United States 9 1/2
Associated Press
Web Posted: Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006; 8:18 p.m. ET
Singles
Europe 8 1/2, United States 3 1/2
Colin Montgomerie, Europe, def. David Toms, United States, 1 up.
• Montgomerie set the tone with a 7-iron approach into 5 feet for birdie on the third hole for a 1-up lead, and Toms never caught up. After trading bogeys, they exchanged pars until Montgomerie seized control with a 12-foot birdie on the 14th. Toms made a 12-foot birdie on the 17th, but Montgomerie got up-and-down from the bunker for birdie at 18 to close it out.
• Stewart Cink, United States, def. Sergio Garcia, Europe, 4 and 3.
Trying to become the first European in Ryder Cup history to go 5-0, Garcia instead was steamrolled. Cink made four birdies on the first five holes to go 3 up, and then Garcia bogeyed the next two. Garcia chipped in on the 15th to stay alive, only to see Cink make a 35-birdie putt on top of him to win. Cink became the first U.S. captain's pick to play all five matches.
• Paul Casey, Europe, def. Jim Furyk, United States, 2 and 1.
Casey birdied two of the first three holes to build a 2-up lead as Furyk opened with seven straight pars. Furyk then missed the par-3 eighth green, and he couldn't make up ground soon enough. Furyk won the 11th with a birdie, then made a 50-foot eagle from across the green on the par-5 16th. But Casey's birdie at 17 handed Furyk his first loss in singles.
• Tiger Woods, United States, def. Robert Karlsson, Europe, 3 and 2.
After trading birdies on the first two holes, Woods took command with a birdie^ s on the par-5 fourth and par-4 fifth. He lost the sixth with a bogey, then lost his club on the seventh. Caddie Steve Williams slipped while dipping his towel in the River Liffey, and the 9-iron fell into the water. No matter. Woods pulled away to finish 3-2-0, his first winning record in a Ryder Cup.
• Luke Donald, Europe, def. Chad Campbell, United States, 2 and 1.
Each player made par on the first 10 holes before Donald took the lead with an 18-foot birdie on the 11th. He then won the next two holes when Campbell made bogeys. Campbell birdied two consecutive holes to get within one hole with two to play, but he drove into the trees on the 17th and Donald holed a 10-foot par putt that gave Europe its 14th point.
• J.J. Henry, United States, halved with Paul McGinley, Europe.
This match will be remembered for the gesture of sportsmanship by McGinley, right. With the Ryder Cup already having been won, he and Henry, left, were all square on the 18th. McGinley knocked it close to the cup for a conceded birdie, then the Irishman conceded a 25-foot birdie for Henry. The half-point kept Europe from posting the highest team total since this current format began in 1979.
• Darren Clarke, Europe, def. Zach Johnson, United States, 3 and 2.
Clarke never trailed, taking the lead with a birdie on the par-5 fourth hole and building his lead when Johnson hit into the water on No. 7. Clarke then pulled away with birdies on the 10th and 12th, and it looked for the longest time as though the man from Northern Ireland would hole the clinching putt. Clarke was conceded his par putt on the 16th to win, and the tears began to flow.
• Henrik Stenson, Europe, def. Vaughn Taylor, United States, 4 and 3.
Playing for only the second time in the event, Taylor opened with birdies on two of his first four holes but did not make another one the rest of the match. Stenson birdied the sixth and seventh holes to go 1 up, expanded his lead when Taylor bogeyed the ninth, then pulled away with each bogey Taylor made. His par on the 15th hole clinched outright victory for Europe.
• David Howell, Europe, def. Brett Wetterich, United States, 5 and 4.
The biggest rout of the singles matches didn't look that way when Wetterich made his only birdie at No. 9 to trail by only one hole, taking his prodigious length into the back nine, which includes three par 5s. But instead, Howell began holing long putts and chips from off the green, and he closed out the match with four consecutive birdies starting on No. 11.
• Jose Maria Olazabal, Europe, def. Phil Mickelson, United States, 2 and 1.
Olazabal, front, was never threatened and finished 3-0 in the Ryder Cup. Mickelson made only three birdies, and two of them were to halve holes. Even so, he managed to keep in range, down by only two holes with six to play, but he couldn't keep the ball in play or close enough to the pin. Mickelson failed to birdie the par-5 10th or 16th, and Olazabal closed him out with five consecutive pars.
• Lee Westwood, Europe, def. Chris DiMarco, United States, 2 up.
Westwood, left, birdied five of the first seven holes to build a 5-up lead, and DiMarco, right, only started to peck away on the 12th hole. Westwood was 3 up with three to play - the Ryder Cup already had been decided - when DiMarco birdied the next two holes. Then, he hit into the water on the par-5 18th, took a drop and hit the next one in the water. He finally conceded before reaching the green.
• Scott Verplank, United States, def. Padraig Harrington, Europe, 4 and 3.
Verplank was a captain's pick but played only two matches, both victories. He birdied four of the first seven holes to build a 2-up lead, and the Irishman didn't win another hole after No. 2. Verplank made a hole-in-one on No. 14, the second one of this Ryder Cup, and Harrington tried to match him. His shot on the 14th came up six feet short. Verplank is 4-1 in his two Ryder Cups.SATURDAY
Fourballs
Europe 2 1/2, United States 1 1/2
• J.J. Henry and Stewart Cink, United States, halved with Paul Casey and Robert Karlsson, Europe.
• Sergio Garcia and Jose Maria Olazabal, Europe, def. Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco, United States, 3 and 2.
• Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood, Europe, def. Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk, United States, 3 and 2.
• Zach Johnson and Scott Verplank, United States, def. Padraig Harrington and Henrik Stenson, Europe, 2 and 1.
FoursomesEurope 2 1/2, United States 1 1/2
• Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald, Europe, def. David Toms and Phil Mickelson, United States, 2 and 1.
• Chad Campbell and Vaughn Taylor, United States, halved with Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood, Europe.
• Paul Casey and David Howell, Europe, def. Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson, United States, 5 and 4.
• Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk, United States, def. Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley, Europe, 3 and 2.
FRIDAYFourballs
Europe 2 1/2, United States 1 1/2
• Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk, United States, def. Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington, Europe, 1 up.
• Stewart Cink and J.J. Henry, United States, halved with Paul Casey and Robert Karlsson, Europe.
• Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia, Europe, def. David Toms and Brett Wetterich, United States, 3 and 2.
• Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood, Europe, def. Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco, United States, 1 up.
FoursomesEurope 2 1/2, United States 1 1/2
• Chad Campbell and Zach Johnson, United States, halved with Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley, Europe.
• Stewart Cink and David Toms, United States, halved with David Howell and Henrik Stenson, Europe.
• Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco, United States, halved with Lee Westwood and Colin Montgomerie, Europe.
• Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia, Europe, def. Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk, United States, 2 up.
