Ryder Redux
McIlroy and GMAC check a line on the 12th on the opening day
A pictorial review of the “Miracle of Medinah”, where José María Olazábal’s European Team staged arguably the greatest comeback in the competition’s long and rich history. Photography by Charles McLaughlin
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power must have known something most of us didn’t. The firm’s skywriters show the way Garcia with McIlroy’s caddie JP Fitzgerald
Thursday: McIlroy with assistant captains Clarke and Bjorn
GMAC gets things underway with the opening tee shot of the 2012 Ryder Cup
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Bradley on 16 during the first-day’s action
Darren Clarke
Another birdie drops during Poulter’s extraordinary performance in the secondday fourballs
Bradley and Mickelson after the latter hit his tee-shot on the 17th to within two feet for the match
Garcia, Rose, Donald and McDowell celebrate in time-honoured tradition
Garcia splashes delicately – beautifully – from a greenside bunker on the 16th
American fans on day two
Woods points towards the hole after a birdie on Saturday
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Europhiles!
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Donald, Rose and Westwood congratulate Kaymer after the German’s crucial – and match-tying – victory Johnson and Dufner sum up the mood of the US camp at the Sunday evening press conference
A smiling Lee Westwood on Sunday
Michael Jordan shares a joke with Garcia and Donald
Assistant captain McGinley shows his appreciation An unidentified Team Europe supporter
Lawrie holes his chip shot at the fourth hole during in his singles match
McIlroy blasts from a greenside bunker ...
... while Molinari plays his own shot from sand at the last in his halved singles game against Tiger Woods
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McIlroy celebrates in the aftermath of an epic final day
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