Graeme McDowell — the hardest nine holes of his golfing career
Europe's hero Graeme McDowell said the pressure and nerves on the final nine holes of his pivotal singles match with Hunter Mahan was "in a different stratosphere" compared to winning a major championship. (...)
Team Europe hold on for Celtic Manor victory
Graeme McDowell was so nervous he could barely hold his club on the final nine holes of the last match of this gruelling, elongated, rain-lashed Ryder Cup. (...)
Faldo prediction comes to pass at Celtic Manor
Sir Nick Faldo didn't get a lot right as Ryder Cup captain at Valhalla two years ago, but one of his apparently crass comments at the end of those matches proved prescient when one viewed the rivers of water flowing down the 18th fairway of the 2010 course on its first day. (...)
Americans have edge at rain-lashed Ryder Cup
The years of growing expectation and fever pitch excitement for the 2010 Ryder Cup dissolved into seven and a quarter hours of frustratingly sodden delay as the first day at Celtic Manor only just avoided a complete washout. (...)
Ryder Cup captains instil some team spirit
The Ryder Cup build-up was cranked up in Celtic Manor's team rooms as Corey Pavin brought in the military, while Colin Montgomerie countered with the legend of European golf. (...)
Molinari's stunning finish takes the Johnnie Walker Championship
Italy’s Edoardo Molinari could not have done any more to force his way into the European Ryder Cup team at the 11th hour than the glorious three-birdie finish that allowed him to claim the Johnnie Walker Championship in a dramatic day at Gleneagles. (...)
Ryder Cup guessing game is over
European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie opted for the "experience and stature" of Padraig Harrington, the exemplary record of Luke Donald and the "best finish I've seen in 25 years on tour" from Edoardo Molinari in making his three wildcard picks for Celtic Manor. (...)
Johnnie Walker home win would be forgettable
Marc Warren and Stephen Gallacher would relish a Sunday head-to-head at the Johnnie Walker Championship to provide the first Scottish European Tour winner of 2010 — even if their win would be forgotten almost immediately. (...)
Perthshire summit for Monty's Ryder Cup team
Colin Montgomerie's bespoke new home in Dunning will be the venue for a high-level summit between the European captain and his vice-captains, when they will hammer out the wildcard options for Celtic Manor. (...)
Richard Finch takes lead in Johnnie Walker Championship
The muddied picture of Ryder Cup qualification got a little clearer, but amid the intrigue about European captain Colin Montgomerie's continuing wildcard dilemma there is an actual golf tournament going on at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. (...)
Ryder Cup captain Montgomerie faces mission impossible
Colin Montgomerie is feeling the pressure as Sunday's Ryder Cup wildcard deadline approaches and he faces an "impossible" task to pick three players to complete his European team at the culmination of this week's Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. (...)