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37th Ryder Cup 2008

September 22, 2008 | under PGA Tour |

The 37th Ryder Cup, one of the biggest golf events,  held at the Vahalla Golf Club in Kentucky USA, has come to an end.  Team USA has won the Ryder Cup, for the first time in nine years, with a convincing 16 1/2 - 11 1/2 victory over Team Europe.  It was so convincing that the competition was over with 4 more matches to go.

Going into the final day Sunday, Team USA was leading 9 - 7 over Team Europe.  Team USA will need another 5 1/2 points to win the cup while Team Europe needed another 7 points to win.

The final day started with a match between Sergio Garcia and Anthony Kim.  Kim did not played well on Saturday and I thought it would be a “walkover” for Garcia, who has played well the first two days.  Instead, Garcia was thrashed by Kim in the first match with a score of 5&4.  Kim lead all the way since the second hole and never looked back. The rookie actually enjoyed himself so much that he continue to walk off the green after his putt, not knowing that he had won the match.  He had to walk back to the green again to shake hands after he realised that the match is over.

The upset by Kim over Garcia in the first game basically set the tone and motivation for Team USA.  The winning match was betwen Jim Furyk and Miguel Angel Jimenez when Jimenez conceded a par putt to Furyk on the 17th hole.

Nick Faldo fielded the experienced Harrington and Westwood and the star for the week, Ian Poulter as the last 3 matches.  This would prove critical if the competition were to be decided late in the competition.  However, the Ryde Cup competition is already over before these 3 players completed their matches.

Well done Team USA and we will be back to Europe for the next Ryder Cup.

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