Monday, September 22, 2008
The Ryder Cup Round Up

Unfortunately for us Europeans, the performances of Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Justin Rose just couldn’t inspire the rest of the team to pick up their games as they tried to conquer the American lead on the final day of the Ryder Cup.

When Padriag Harrington & Robert Karlsson stepped onto the tee to face Phil Mickleson & Anthony Kim in the first foursome on Friday, all eyes were on how many points Europe would win by. Come Friday evening and the U.S. were not just in contention, but they were leading 51/2 points – 21/2 points.

Superb performances by Justin Leonard & Hunter Mahan and disappearing acts from Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia meant that the European team were struggling going into Saturday. Although a mini-revival thanks to the European rookies and Ian Poulter meant we won Saturday, Sunday was always going to be difficult.

And when the European stalwarts couldn’t raise their games in the singles, Sergio having the worst Ryder Cup of his career, Padraig Harrington looking like he could do with a nice long kip and Lee Westwood was more worried about Boo Weekley’s antics, it was left to players like Oliver Wilson, Soren Hansen and Graeme McDowell, all European rookies, to save the day.
A spirited fight ensued but it just wasn’t enough to save the trophy from entering the American hands.






9/22/2008 5:07:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 


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