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Paul McGinley’s delivered on the opening day of the 2014 Ryder Cup storming two point clear to lead their USA rivals 5 points to 3. Europe came from being down 2 1/2 points to 1 1/2 after the morning Fourballs to claim 3 1/2 points in the afternoon Foursomes. Star for the Europeans and new crowd favourite was French-born rookie Victor Dubuisson who teamed with Graeme McDowell to win their final opening match 3 & 2 over the unbeaten Ryder Cup pair of Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley. “That ...

The European Team scored the first point of the 2014 Ryder Cup with the opening Fourball pairing of Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose easily defeating their USA rivals Webb Simpson and double Masters winning Bubba Watson 5 & 4. However there was despair for Mr Ryder Cup Ian Poulter when he and rookie Stephen Gallacher were thumped by the same margin and with the American rookie pair of Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed securing the first point for the USA team with a 5 & 4 success. Poulter had ...

Leading Scottish golfer Marc Warren was full of praise after a first round of golf on Crail’s famed Balcomie Links course. The three-time European Tour champion visited the club on the eve of the opening day of the 2014 Ryder Cup and where Warren was heading to ‘soak in’ the atmosphere of biennial competition and on the PGA Centenary course where in 2007 Warren captured the Johnnie Walker Championship and the same year he teamed with Colin Montgomerie to deliver Scotland victory ...

Two years after Martin Kaymer holed the winning putt at Medinah and the German has drawn first blood for Europe in birding the first hole on the opening day of the 2014 Ryder Cup. The reigning US Open champion’s second shot on the PGA Centenary course hit the cup doing a ‘Highland Fling’ and with the American rivals of Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker conceding the birdie putt. It put Europe 1up as they look to retain the gleaming gold trophy.

The 2014 Ryder Cup is underway amid scenes never seen before at a golf tournament in Europe. The European pair of Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were greeted to a standing ovation before being joined on the first tee by USA rivals Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson. However the nerves clearly got to Official Starter Ivor Robson who got it all wrong in announcing Watson would tee up first when in fact it was Simpson’s honour to get the 2014 Ryder Cup underway. And when Simpson did tee off his ‘skied’ ...

The opening Fourballs of the 2104 Ryder Cup has been announced:- Friday 26th September FOURBALL MATCHES EUROPE USA MATCH 1:   07:35 Justin ROSE   Bubba WATSON   v     Henrik STENSON Webb SIMPSON     Referee: John Paramor       MATCH 2:   07:50 Thomas BJØRN   Rickie FOWLER   v     Martin KAYMER Jimmy WALKER     Referee: Brad Gregory   MATCH 3:   08:05 Stephen GALLACHER   Jordan SPIETH   v     Ian POULTER Patrick ...

Stephen Gallacher  is sure to have one of the biggest followings when he makes his Ryder Cup debut this week. The player who lives the closest to Gleneagles has taken to being a member of the European Team akin to a duck taking to water. And this was the message from the proud Scot as he fronted the world’s media this morning. “It’s great being a member of the team but then it’s been hard, you have a lot of sacrifices and a lot of hard work, and it’s paid off to be ...