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• Lee Westwood or Martin Kaymer to be World No.1 this week

  Martin Kaymer is downplaying thoughts of replacing Tiger Woods as the world’s top-ranked golfer if he can finish high in the Andalucia Masters starting on Thursday at Valderrama. Kaymer will end Woods’ five-year run as No. 1 if he wins the tournament or if he finishes in second place tied with no more than one other player. But no matter the result in southern Spain on Sunday, Woods’ reign will end. If Kaymer does not finish high enough, Lee Westwood will replace Woods even though both aren’t in action this week, because the Englishman’s average of ranking points gained over the past two years will go above Woods’ on Monday. Kaymer says his priority all year has been on winning Europe’s second Race to Dubai money list. It’s within the grasp of the 25-year-old German. With five events remaining on the European Tour, Kaymer has a €995,561 lead over Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell in the money list. “I know that I can become No. 1 this weekend,” he said. “But for me at the moment it’s just important that I play well and win the Race to Dubai. And I don’t want to change my goal in the middle of the season. “My most important goals are to win tournaments like majors and World Championship events, because if you do that and play well then almost automatically you will become No. 1 eventually. “Yes, if I could win here in Spain at the weekend and become No. 1 in the world then fantastic. But it is not a priority.” Kaymer, who won his first major at the U.S. PGA Championship, disputes whether he deserves the ranking more than Westwood despite his recent run of winning three straight strokeplay tournaments. “Lee is the best player in the world right now,” he said. “If he had not been injured in recent months he would probably be world No. 1 by now. “Who deserves it right now? That’s difficult to say because both Lee and me have played fantastic golf this year and he deserves it as much as me.” McDowell, the U.S. Open champion, is at Valderrama with his own Race to Dubai ambition. That gives the new tournament in Spain two major champions in the field chasing the €500,000 ($690,000) first prize. However, even if Kaymer wins his fourth straight strokeplay event in Spain to add to the U.S. PGA, Dutch Open and Dunhill Links titles, the Race to Dubai will not be settled until next month. Three of the final four tournaments of the season in Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai carry a winner’s purse in excess of €700,000. Posted Oct 29 2010, 02:10 PM by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, World # 1 Golfer

• Jonathan Byrd wins playoff with ace

  a swift and shocking finish, Jonathan Byrd won a three-man playoff Sunday with a hole-in-one on the fourth extra hole in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital Open. Moments earlier, Byrd stood on the 18th green with Martin Laird and Cameron Percy as they discussed whether there was enough light to continue. They agreed to play one more hole—the 204-yard 17th at the TPC Summerlin. And the playoff essentially ended with one swing. It was too dark for Byrd to see his ball land about 10 feet short of the flag and roll into the cup, and even the cheers from a smattering of fans around the green weren’t convincing. “Did that go in?” Byrd asked his caddie. Almost as stunning was that Byrd remained in the playoff. On the third playoff hole, the par-4 18th, Byrd’s approach tumbled over the green and was one hop away from going into the water. Instead, it settled in a clump of grass, he chipped up to 7 feet and made the par putt just to stay alive. One swing later, he only had to wait for Laird and Percy to hit their shots — and they both hit into the water—to come up with his first win of the year. “I’m in shock,” Byrd said, certainly speaking for everyone watching another Fall Series thriller. Only a week ago, Rocco Mediate won the Frys.com Open at CordeValle by holing a wedge for eagle on the 17th hole of the final round, right after Alex Prugh came within inches of holing out from the tee box with a driver. This one was even more incredible, and it came at just the right time. Byrd was No. 117 on the money list going into Las Vegas, and his fourth career victory gives him a two-year exemption. Players have made an eagle with a full swing on the final hole to win tournaments—Isao Aoki in the Hawaiian Open—but a walk-off ace is among the rarest moments in golf. Byrd closed with a 68, and he had to watch four times—once in regulation, three times in a playoff—as Laird stood over a birdie putt with a chance to win. That sequence started in regulation, when Laird had a 30-foot birdie try. Laird, the defending champion, shot 69. Percy, the Australian rookie who needed to win to keep his job on the PGA Tour, earlier holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the last hole for a 67 that allowed him to get into the playoff. They finished at 21-under 263. Byrd won $774,000 for his first win since the 2007 John Deere Classic. Webb Simpson was at 22 under and had a one-shot lead until he pulled his tee shot into the water on the 17th and made double bogey. He finished with a 68 and wound up one shot out of the playoff, along with Spencer Levin, who had a 66. Nick Watney, who lives in Las Vegas and was playing his final tournament before his wedding, had a 66 and tied for sixth with Cameron Beckman, who had a 67. For those chasing a PGA Tour, they now wait two weeks before the final tournament at Disney. Posted Oct 26 2010, 10:35 by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, PGA Tour, Jonathan Byrd, Hole n One

• Sergio Garcia returns more motivated

  Sergio Garcia returns from a complete two-month break with a renewed appetite for tournament golf at his hometown Castello Masters starting Thursday. Rafal Nadal & Sergio Garcia. © Getty Images A combination of burnout and a broken heart after the end of his relationship with Greg Norman’s daughter, Morgan Leigh, saw the 30-year-old Garcia slip to 68th in the world from a career-high second in March last year. However, Garcia has dusted off his clubs to play in the European Tour event he promotes in his hometown near Valencia in eastern Spain. His luxury hillside villa overlooks the 7,111-yard course at Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, where he won two years ago. “I made the decision to stop between The Players and the U.S. Open as I had lost my motivation and felt drained,” Garcia said. “I needed a break because I had lost the desire to play, and practicing had become an obligation. “Since turning pro 12 years ago I have not had a proper break—even when you take two weeks out during the season you are practicing,” Garcia added. “Now, on the contrary, I feel full of energy again and actually enjoy practicing. I have set myself new goals. I hope to return gradually to where I should be and perform to my full potential, that is to be world No. 1.” For the first time in his career, Garcia has sought help with the mental side of his game, using sophrology, a personal development program developed in Switzerland in the 1960s to reduce stress and promote physical and mental well-being. “When I was down on myself I had many, many questions, but now answers,” he said. “I know more about myself and feel able to answer my own questions. I am looking forward to playing again and hope I have got my head right.” The four days in Castellon will also ask questions of his fellow Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal, who is making only his second tournament start of the year because of his continuing health problems. Olazabal has been dealing with chronic rheumatism. He missed the cut when he played in the French Open at the beginning of July, but insisted, “I am feeling better, though not 100 percent well. I am still in pain and need to go on improving in order to perform full level. It’s a slow process. “I cannot practice as I would,” Olazabel said. “My daily limit is hitting 130 balls and a bit of short-game work. But I actually played four rounds in a row last week without a problem. “That’s why I am here. I feel definitely better now than in the French Open.” One Spaniard missing the event is Carlos Rodiles. He is unlikely to play again this year after tearing ligaments in his left knee Tuesday while playing soccer in a charity match. Posted Oct 21 2010, 10:11 by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Sergio Garcia

• Rocco Mediate holds on to claim victory

  Rocco Mediate held his nerve while shrugging off five bogeys in 12 holes to win his first PGA Tour title in eight years with a thrilling one-shot victory at the Frys.com Open in San Martin on Sunday. Rocco Mediate. © Getty Images Three ahead overnight, Mediate was caught by four other players on the back nine and briefly surrendered the outright lead before sealing the wire-to-wire win with a spectacular finish. The 47-year-old American sank an 18-foot birdie putt at the 16th and then holed out from the fairway to eagle the 17th on the way to a two-over-par 73 at a wet CordeValle Golf Club. He finished on a 15-under total of 269, one ahead of compatriots Bo Van Pelt (71) and PGA Tour rookie Alex Prugh (69). United States Ryder Cup player Rickie Fowler, who birdied three of the last seven holes, was fourth at 13 under after closing with a 69. Van Pelt rolled in a 38-footer to birdie the last and Prugh sank a 10-footer to put pressure on Mediate but the Tour veteran coolly knocked in a five-foot par putt to clinch his sixth PGA Tour victory. “This just means everything to me,” a beaming Mediate told reporters after winning his first title on the U.S. circuit since the 2002 Greater Greensboro Classic. “I was having a tough time with the weather. It was busting me up today and I couldn’t hit it. And then it calmed a little bit and all of a sudden I got a little angry.” At that point, Mediate promised his caddie he would not miss any more fairways playing the last eight holes. “I somehow got some motion,” he said. “I hit it okay, even though I hit a few bad swings. But I made the putt on 16 which made 17 possible.” The final round unfolded on a rainy day at CordeValle and Mediate was briefly handed a four-stroke cushion when his playing partner van Pelt double-bogeyed the fourth. However Mediate bogeyed the sixth, after bunkering his approach, and also the par-five ninth, after three-putting from 10 feet and just two strokes clear at the turn, the American dropped another shot at the par-three 11th where he again three-putted to slip to 13 under overall. Mediate also stumbled at the 12th where he overshot the green with a wedge approach and wound up with another bogey, leaving him tied for the lead with Van Pelt and Prugh. Chris Tidland made it a four-way tie at the top with three consecutive birdies from the 12th before Fowler also joined them by sinking a 12-footer to birdie the 14th. Prugh and Tidland each fell back, with respective bogeys at 14 and 16, before Van Pelt snatched the outright lead by knocking in a four-foot birdie putt at the 15th. Mediate, who had struggled on the greens, pulled level with Van Pelt when he made an 18-footer for birdie at the par-three 16th. Fowler also got to 13 under when he drove the green at the par-four 17th and two-putted from 22 feet for birdie. The brilliant shot-making continued when Prugh very nearly aced the 17th, his ball landing a foot short of the cup before bouncing forward three feet beyond. Playing partner Mediate, who had laid up short of the green off the 17th tee, asked Prugh to mark his ball before he holed out from 116 yards for his fourth eagle of the week. “I had a perfect number,” Mediate said. “And when I hit it, I went: ‘Oh, that’s got to be good, that would be nice’. And when it went in, I thought: ‘You’ve got to be kidding me’.” Scores 196 Rocco Mediate 64 65 67 199 Bo Van Pelt 65 69 65 201 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 65 67 69, Alex Prugh 69 66 66 202 Rickie Fowler 69 65 68 203 Charles Warren 71 65 67, Chris Tidland 70 65 68, Dean Wilson 69 64 70, John Mallinger 66 69 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 68 69 66 204 Chad Campbell 68 70 66, Tim Herron 67 67 70, David Duval 68 65 71 205 Will MacKenzie 66 68 71, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 65 70, Chris Riley 67 71 67, Kevin Stadler 71 67 67, Chris DiMarco 67 70 68 206 Paul Goydos 65 73 68, Shaun Micheel 66 69 71, John Ellis 70 68 68, Troy Merritt 71 70 65, Tom Pernice Jnr. 67 70 69 207 Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 65 72, Chris Stroud 70 72 65, J.B. Holmes 70 68 69, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 67 70, Kevin Chappell 71 68 68, Graham Delaet (Can) 68 68 71 208 John Daly 70 70 68, Pat Perez 73 68 67, George McNeill 69 72 67, Justin Leonard 69 71 68, Paul Stankowski 74 68 66, Woody Austin 69 68 71, Kevin Sutherland 71 66 71, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 74 68 66 209 Joe Durant 71 71 67, Jonathan Byrd 71 67 71, Cliff Kresge 73 66 70, Derek Lamely 68 72 69, Kevin Streelman 72 67 70 210 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 70 69, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 70 71, Martin Flores 74 67 69, Tim Petrovic 70 70 70, Lee Janzen 71 68 71, Danny Wax 70 71 69, Josh Teater 69 71 70, Jamie Lovemark 68 71 71 211 Jerry Kelly 70 69 72, Brett Quigley 68 71 72, Ben Curtis 71 70 70 212 Spencer Levin 72 69 71, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 70 70, Robert Garrigus 68 73 71, Jeff Gove 73 69 70, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 72 70, Webb Simpson 71 67 74 213 Ricky Barnes 70 72 71, Michael Letzig 66 70 77, Michael Allen 73 67 73, Billy Mayfair 73 67 73, Scott Piercy 70 70 73 214 Aron Price (Aus) 72 70 72, Todd Hamilton 68 72 74, James Nitties (Aus) 76 66 72, Steve Wheatcroft 69 68 77, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 67 80 215 Brian Stuard 73 69 73, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 72 73 216 Andres Romero (Arg) 71 69 76 218 Roland Thatcher 76 66 76 The following players failed to make the cut 143 Brent Delahoussaye 74 69, Greg Owen (Eng) 73 70, Michael Connell 74 69, Matt Bettencourt 74 69, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 74 69, Chris Wilson 71 72, Jeff Maggert 72 71, Jimmy Walker 72 71, Jay Williamson 71 72, Johnson Wagner 72 71 144 Bill Lunde 71 73, Mark Brooks 73 71, Cameron Beckman 75 69, Tom Lehman 68 76, Cameron Percy (Aus) 74 70 145 Erick Justesen 72 73, D.A. Points 72 73, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 72 73, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 75 70, Joseph Bramlett 74 71, Skip Kendall 75 70, Rich Barcelo 72 73, Cameron Tringale 74 71 146 Scott McCarron 71 75, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 74, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 75 71, Jeff Quinney 71 75, Briny Baird 72 74 147 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 71 76, Omar Uresti 70 77, John Merrick 74 73, Greg Kraft 77 70, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 73 74, Roger Tambellini 75 72, James Driscoll 72 75, Nathan Green (Aus) 74 73, Stephen Ames (Can) 73 74 148 David Lutterus (Rsa) 72 76, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 73 75, Isaac Weintraub 79 69, J.P. Hayes 74 74, Parker McLachlin 74 74, Mark Wilson 78 70, Chris Marin 75 73, Troy Matteson 72 76, Nicholas Thompson 72 76 149 Bob Estes 73 76, Joe Ogilvie 73 76, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 80 69, Bryce Molder 75 74 150 Justin Bolli 73 77, Vance Veazey 72 78 151 Aaron Goldberg 78 73 152 Ted Purdy 76 76 157 Jason Schmuhl 83 74 Posted Oct 19 2010, 09:29 by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, PGA Tour, Rocco Mediate

• Battle on to retain PGA Tour card

  It’s going to take a lot more money to stay on the PGA Tour this year. Blame some of that on Tiger Woods. Woods has gone over $10 million in earnings three of the last five years. The exceptions were 2008, when he played only six PGA Tour events before season-ending knee surgery and still made $5.75 million; and 2006, when he earned $9.94 million. With chaos in his personal life and changes in his swing, Woods is at No. 65 on the money list with just under $1.3 million. It stands to reason that Woods failing to rake in so much cash means it has been disbursed down the ladder. Another big factor is the tour has one extra tournament this year—the Viking Classic was washed out in 2009 because of rain. A year ago, Jimmy Walker finished at No. 125 on the money list with $662,683. With three tournaments left in the season, Aron Price is at No. 125 and already has surpassed that amount. Price has $693,502. Tour officials expect it will take as much as $775,000 to finish in the top 125 and keep full status for next year. Among those who might still have some work left are David Duval (No. 109), Canadian Open runner-up Dean Wilson (No. 122) and Kevin Sutherland (No. 116), who has not finished out of the top 125 since his lone victory in the 2002 Match Play Championship. The two biggest spikes in money required to finish No. 125 came in 2007, the first year of a new six-year television contract, and in 2008, the year Woods played a limited schedule. It also affects the top part of the money list. Matt Kuchar is at No. 1 with about $4.9 million, and Sea Island was his last official event of the year. Whether he wins the money title depends on Jim Furyk, who is just over $100,000 behind and has not decided whether to play Las Vegas next week. Either way, it will be the lowest amount to win the PGA Tour money title since Duval earned just under $2.6 million in 1998, the year before the tour signed its first big TV contract. Posted Oct 13 2010, 09:43 by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, PGA Tour

• Heath Slocum clinches narrow victory

  Heath Slocum values winning against anybody, anywhere, on any tour. He was tied for the lead Sunday in the McGladrey Classic, his ball just off the back of the 16th green, 60 feet from the hole. As he circled the green to study the putt from every direction, it suddenly reminded him of another big putt he had made in his career. Heath Slocum. © Getty Images Only it wasn’t the putt most people would have guessed. The guy who a year ago made a birdie on the last hole to beat Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker at The Barclays was thinking about a putt he made nine years ago on the Nationwide Tour when he won the Greater Cleveland Open. Just like then, he knocked it in for an unlikely birdie that sent him to a 2-under 68 and a one-shot victory over Bill Haas. “It’s funny how you remember good shots,” Slocum said. “I guess that was a while ago, but that was one that’s forever etched in my mind, just because it was my very first win.” Slocum won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour, and it felt just as good as the others. The field at Sea Island wasn’t nearly as strong as it was last year in a FedEx Cup playoff event. The stakes weren’t as high. And when his challengers faded on the final few holes, there wasn’t nearly as much drama. “Every win, regardless of the field … trust me, I went out there today wanting to win just as badly as I did at The Barclays,” he said. “The only difference is the attention—the people that are there, the media. That was New Jersey, with New York right there, and this is Sea Island. But they’re both fantastic. “Any tournament you enter, you want to win. And when you do, there’s just no other feeling like it.” Slocum was in a three-way tie for the lead in the final hour of the inaugural tournament, having led by three shots on the front nine. First, Robert Allenby blocked his tee shot into the hazard on the 18th hole and took double bogey. Then, David Toms three-putted from just inside 15 feet on the 16th hole in the group ahead of Slocum. Slocum suddenly had a two-shot lead, allowing him a cautious bogey on the final hole to finish at 14-under 266. He earned $720,000, which moved him to No. 29 on the PGA Tour money list with one tournament left on his schedule. The top 30 earn invitations to the Masters. Haas, who won last week at the Viking Classic for his second victory this year, all but locked up his return to Augusta National. He drilled an approach on the par-5 15th to 10 feet for eagle to give himself a shot at back-to-back wins. The runner-up finish was worth $432,000, which moved him to No. 18 on the money list. Most of the players in the top 30 are not playing much this time of the year, and it’s unlikely Haas will be knocked out of the top 30. Matt Kuchar closed with a 68, which should be enough to wrap up the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted scoring average. He has just over $4.9 million to lead the money list. If that stands, it will be the lowest amount to win the PGA Tour money title since David Duval ($2.5 million) in 1998, the year before the tour’s series of big TV contracts began. Allenby (66), Toms (68) and Arjun Atwal (66) tied for third at 12-under 268. Charles Howell III finished his tournament-best round of 62 as the leaders were just headed to the practice range to warm up. He wound up in a tie for sixth with Bo Van Pelt, who needed a birdie on the last hole to catch the leaders and drove into the water for double bogey. Van Pelt closed with a 66. Joe Durant, who started one shot out of the lead, closed with an even-par 70 and tied for sixth. That still was enough to move the 46-year-old Durant from No. 131 to No. 115 on the money list with three tournaments left in the season. PGA Tour rookie Troy Merritt was No. 123 on the list and played in the final group with Slocum. He was out of sorts from the start, however, shot 41 on the front nine and didn’t make a birdie until the 14th hole. Merritt shot a 75 and dropped three spots on the money list. Slocum’s formula was to hit fairways and greens, then make enough putts to keep his nose in front. That worked to near perfection on the front nine when he made four birdies in a five-hole stretch, three of them from 8 feet and the longest from 12 feet. He was three shots clear and looked to be in control when his approach cleared a mound by the bunker on the ninth hole and rolled toward the flag, only to funnel down to a deep swale behind the green. That led to his first bogey, and Slocum dropped another shot on the 12th hole when he came up well short on the par 3 and failed to get up-and-down. Right when it looked as though his birdie chances were running out, he rolled in the biggest putt of the way, throwing his arms in the air in mild surprise and great relief. “That’s the tournament winner,” he said. “You could three-putt just as easily, for sure more times than you’re going to make it. When that went in, that was huge. I was glad to see that go in.” Tournament host Davis Love III shot 72 and tied for 33rd Posted Oct 11 2010, 12:57 PM by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, PGA Tour, Heath Slocum

• Colin Montgomerie wants Ryder Cup changes

  Colin Montgomerie plans to recommend that Europe’s Ryder Cup selection process be changed for the 2012 event after having to leave English pair Paul Casey and Justin Rose off his team.   Colin Montgomerie. © Getty Images Montgomerie captained Europe to victory over the United States at Celtic Manor in Wales last weekend to regain the trophy. But even though he was given three wild card choices at his own request when previous captains had only two, the Scot wants further modifications. “Having to leave out two players … was the worst day of my professional career,” he said Wednesday. “I don’t want any future captain to have to go through what I went through on that awful evening in Gleneagles. We have to devise a system of getting top players like that into the European team.” Casey is ranked seventh in the world and has finished in the top 10 in seven of the 17 tournaments he has played this year. Rose has won two PGA Tour events in 2010 and won three out of four matches at the 2008 Ryder Cup in Valhalla. Montgomerie is a member of the European Tour tournament committee, which will appoint the captain for Medinah in 2012 and decide how the team should be assembled. The committee will meet next month to review the 2010 Ryder Cup. Before the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills in 2004, the European team automatically selected 10 players based on earnings and then added two wild cards. That was changed to bring in world ranking points so that U.S.-based players like Casey and Rose could make the team without having to play in Europe. But with so many Europeans playing full-time on the PGA Tour, there is still a chance that some top players will miss out. Speaking at the Alfred Dunhill Links in Scotland, Montgomerie confirmed he will not seek the captaincy for Medinah and would instead try to make the team again as a player. He acknowledged he has a mountain to climb to make his 10th Ryder Cup appearance, currently being ranked 425th in the world. “I have to refocus on my game after two years of focusing on the way other people are playing,” Montgomerie said. “But I would have to take my game to a new level to make the team again. Even higher than it was in 1997-98, when I was playing my best golf—because since then the standard of golf being played on tour has improved so much.” Posted Oct 07 2010, 08:30 by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Ryder Cup, Colin Montgomerie

• Europe regain Ryder Cup in thrilling finish

  Europe has reclaimed the Ryder Cup, winning a thriller that went down to the final singles match. The Americans rallied from a three-point deficit to tie the score, bringing the title down to the 12th match. But U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell made a clutch birdie putt at the 16th and was conceded his par putt at No. 17. Hunter Mahan flubbed a chip shot, then missed a last-gasp putt from off the green to save par. Graeme McDowell. © Getty Images The Europeans won 14 1/2 -13 1/2 to reclaim the cup won by the Americans at Valhalla two years ago. Singles Europe named first Match 1: Lee Westwood lost to Steve Stricker 2 & 1 Match 2: Rory McIlroy A/S Stewart Cink halved Match 3: Luke Donald bt Jim Furyk 1 up Match 4: Martin Kaymer lost to Dustin Johnson 6 & 4 Match 5: Ian Poulter bt Matt Kuchar 5 & 4 Match 6: Ross Fisher lost to Jeff Overton 3 & 2 Match 7: Miguel Angel Jimenez bt Bubba Watson 4 & 3 Match 8: Francesco Molinari lost to Tiger Woods 4 & 3 Match 9: Edoardo Molinari v Rickie Fowler halved Match 10: Peter Hanson lost to Phil Mickelson 4 & 2 Match 11: Padraig Harrington lost to Zach Johnson 3 & 2 Match 12: Graeme McDowell bt Hunter Mahan 3 & 1 Europe 14.5 USA 13.5 Foursome Europe named first Luke Donald & Lee Westwood bt Tiger Woods & Steve Stricker 6&5 Graeme McDowell & Rory McIlroy bt Zach Johnson & Hunter Mahan 3 & 1 Fourball Padraig Harrington & Ross Fisher bt Jim Furyk & Dustin Johnson 2 & 1 Peter Hanson & Miguel Angel Jimenez bt Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton 2 up Edoardo Molinari & Francesco Molinari v Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar match halved Ian Poulter & Martin Kaymer bt Phil Mickelson & Rickie Fowler 2 & 1 Europe 9 1/2 USA 6 1/2 Foursome results Europe named first Edoardo Molinari & Francesco Molinari lost to Johnson Zach & Mahan Hunter 2 up Padraig Harrington & Ross Fisher bt Phil Mickelson & Dustin Johnson 3 & 2 Miguel Angel Jimenez & Peter Hanson lost to Tiger Woods & Steve Stricker 4 & 3 Lee Westwood & Martin Kaymer v Jim Furyk & Rickie Fowler match halved Ian Poulter & Luke Donald bt Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton 2 & 1 Graeme McDowell & Rory Mcilroy lost to Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar 1 up Europe 4 USA 6 Fourballs: Europe v USA results: Europe named first Lee Westwood & Martin Kaymer bt Phil Mickelson & Dustin Johnson 3 & 2 Rory McIlroy & Graeme McDowell v Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar match halved Luke Donald & Padraig Harrington lost to Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton 3 & 2 Ian Poulter & Ross Fisher lost to Steve Stricker & Tiger Woods 2 up Europe 1 1/2 USA 2 1/2 Posted Oct 04 2010, 11:36 by Golf International with no comments Filed under: Golf International, Ryder Cup