Team Europe continues the drought for Team American to win on foreign soil

The Ryder Cup has concluded for another year and it was another exciting event that those professional golfers put on for us fans and viewers.  Through torrential downpours, darkness creeping over the golf course to postponing of numerous matches to the next day, the greenskeeeping staff at the Celtic Manor 2010 Golf Club have done an extraordinary job keeping the golf course playable through horrible weather conditions. Another issue was Team America's rain suits.  Each player was decked out in their colours and once the rain started to come their rain jackets were more like towels.  They raced into the Pro Shop at Celtic Manor and bought all the remaining rain gear available.  Below is a picture of the greenskeeping staff clearing off the water off the greens.

Mondays Single Pairings that started at 4:05a.m. ET included:

Europe vs. America

Lee Westwood vs. Steve Stricker

Rory McIlroy vss. Stewart Cink

Luke Donald vs. Jim Furyk

Martin Kaymer vs. Dustin Johnson

Ian Poulter vs. Matt Juchar

Ross Fisher vs. Jeff Overton

Miguel Angel Jimenez vs. Bubba Watson

Francesco Molinario vs. Tiger Woods

Edardo Molinari vs. Ricke Fowler

Peter Hanson vs. Phil Michelson

Padraig Harringston vs. Zach Johnson

Graeme McDowell vs. Hunder Mahan

Team Europe as able to pull off the win but it came down to the final match of the day Graeme McDowell and Hunder Mahan.  Graeme won it on the 17th hole allowing team Europe to win by a small margin of 14 and 1/2 points to 13 1/2 points.  Team America did battle back harder than every after a disappointing Sunday finish.  I think its important at this time to point out how well Tiger Woods played this weekend including today on his singles match.  With all the controversy about being a captains picked he proved himself to not only his country but to the world that he was perfect for a captains pick.

Team Europe celebrating their win

 

 

 

Winning matches for Team America were:

Stricker, Johnson, Overton, Woods, Michelson, Z. Johnson

Winning matches for Team Europe were:

Donald, Poulter, Jimenez, McDowell

 

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