The Ryder Cup 2004

Colin Montgomerie Winning his singles match Sunday for the clincher for Euro to retain the Cup!
Well...The Euros not only kept the Cup, but Won it!
They started off Friday with a clean front & kept that run throughout the week!
It has been said that the Euros/Brits-(When it was only the British against the Americans, prior to 1979, when we then agreed to allow in great players from, other than British areas, then titled it Euro Team.)
are best at the team matches & they proved that this week!
The strength in US singles matches was at a lost when they started Sunday's matches at a 5-11 loss!
It was the largest spread in Ryder Cup history &
even with the strength of singles matches, the US was defeated.
It was a Great match!
We'll meet again in 2006 in Ireland, for the first time!
Some rules for those of you who don't follow Ryder Cup:
Played every 2yrs with 2 breaks in play,
from 1937-1947 for WWII.
Also again, a skip in the game at 2001,
played in 2002 because of 9/11.
1st day heats feature 8 matches between 2-man teams-Foursomes, or alternate shot matches & four four-ball, or best-ball matches.
The format stays the same for the second day of matches.
The final day features 12 singles matches.
Since most of the play here in the US is Singles type matches from within the PGA, it isn't a wonder that we are best at singles overall.
Some personal bests;
Most Appearances, Most Matches Played, Most Points Won & Most Matches Won:
American: Billy Casper 8, 37, 23.5, 23.5, in that order.
Euro: Nick Faldo 11, 46, 25.0, 25.0, in that order.
For us Pacific North Wersterner's, we can be proud that it was in 1947, the first game after WWII, was played in Portland, Oregon!
For Southern Californian's, be proud that it was in 1955 that the Ryder Cup was played in Palm Springs!
The Ryder Cup has been played at the Belfry in, 1985, 1989 & 1993. The US won in 1993, while Euro won in 1985 & kept the cup on a tie in 1989.
Now that Golf & Formula 1 have only a couple months left of their seasons,
I look forward to my favorite winter sport of Curling!