Saturday, September
28, 2002
Ryder
Cup Capsules
By The Associated
Press
Tiger Woods and Azinger
combined for a 63 and still lost as Bjorn and Clarke holed five
birdie putts on the back nine of at least 12 feet. The turning
point was Bjorn's 50-foot birdie on No. 12 to go 1-up, and his
approach that stopped 18 inches from the cup on No. 16 to go 2-up.
Needing a birdie on the final hole to halve the match, Azinger
hit 7-iron from 178 yards to 5 inches, but Bjorn made a 20-footer
for birdie and the win.
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Sergio Garcia and
Lee Westwood, Europe, def. Davis Love III and David Duval, United
States, 4 and 3.
Westwood, the lowest-ranked
player in the Ryder Cup at No. 145, made four birdies as he and
Garcia never trailed. Garcia drove into the water on No. 10, but
still made par to halve the hole. Westwood birdied the 12th and
Garcia followed with one on the 13th to go 3-up, and they closed
out the match with Westwood's 15-footer on No. 15.
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Colin Montgomerie
and Bernhard Langer, Europe, def. Scott Hoch and Jim Furyk, United
States, 4 and 3.
The Europeans were
2-up after three holes and never trailed. Hoch tried to rally
the Americans with a birdie on the ninth to cut the deficit to
2-up, but Montgomerie restored the lead with a birdie on the par-3
12th. Montgomerie and Langer each made four birdies.
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Phil Mickelson and
David Toms, United States, def. Padraig Harrington and Nicolas
Fasth, Europe, 1-up.
Toms was terrific
in his Ryder Cup debut with birdies on the first two holes as
the Americans stormed to an early lead. They combined for nine
birdies, but had to sweat out the only U.S. victory. Toms made
a 15-foot birdie on No. 16 to go 2-up, but Harrington birdied
the 17th and had a 15-foot birdie putt lip out on the 18th.
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ALTERNATE SHOT
United States 2 1/2,
Europe 1 1/2
Hal Sutton and Scott
Verplank, United States, def. Darren Clarke and Thomas Bjorn,
Europe, 2 and 1.
Verplank and Sutton
showed their grit in coming back from a 2-down deficit with six
holes to play. Clarke missed a 5-foot par putt to start the U.S.
rally, then put his tee shot in the bunker on the par-3 14th.
Verplank hit his approach to 2 feet for birdie on the 16th, and
the comeback was complete when Bjorn missed a 6-foot par putt
on the 17th.
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Sergio Garcia and
Lee Westwood, Europe, def. Tiger Woods and Mark Calcavecchia,
United States, 2 and 1.
Woods again helped
the Americans take the early lead, but again it slipped away on
the 10th when Garcia hit a wedge to 3 feet for birdie. The turning
point came on No. 11, when Westwood holed a 25-foot par putt,
while Calcavecchia's chip came up 4 feet short and Woods missed
the par putt. Woods missed again from 3 feet on the next to fall
2-down. Garcia holed an 8-foot putt for par to stay 1-up on the
16th. Europe secured victory when Westwood reached the par-5 17th
in two, and Calcavecchia drove into a bunker.
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Colin Montgomerie
and Bernhard Langer, Europe, halved with Phil Mickelson and David
Toms, United States.
Toms and Mickelson
rallied from three holes down with four holes to play. The Americans
took advantage of the par-5 15th and 17th holes, and picked up
another when Mickelson chipped in from just off the green. On
the final hole, Toms hit out of the rough to the front of the
putting surface, leaving Mickelson a 90-foot putt. Instead, he
hit wedge on the green to 10 feet, but Toms missed the par putt.
Montgomerie nearly chipped in for birdie, and Langer missed the
8-foot comeback for par.
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Stewart Cink and
Jim Furyk, United States, def. Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley,
Europe, 4 and 3.
The teams halved
the first five holes until the Americans went 1-up after McGinley
hit into the bunker for a bogey. They never gave up the lead,
extending it to 4-up with birdies on the 10th and 11th, and a
bogey by Europe when Harrington hit into the water on No. 12.
Europe won only one hole, No. 13, when Harrington hit wedge into
10 feet.
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