DiMarco best of U.S. Ryder Cup quintet as Toms struggles
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FARMINGTON, Pennsylvania  - Chris DiMarco finished   best of the five American Ryder Cup team members who played the   84 Lumber Classic.
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Europe go into the singles needing three-and-a-half points to win the Ryder Cup.
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The last putt on the last hole of the last match. Bernhard Langer playing Hale Irwin and Langer has a six-footer for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.
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It has been an uninspiring United States Open for the American men, who fell apart with remarkable alacrity in the first week of the tournament. Until this year, when Taylor Dent, Mardy Fish and Vincent Spadea all lost in the second round, the Open had never gone into the third round with only two American men.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - The U.S. Ryder Cup  team, wounded after a first day mauling, launched a fierce  fightback on Saturday to keep their hopes alive with two wins  and a halved fourball rubber.
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After being forced to watch Europe celebrate winning the Ryder Cup on American soil, Chris DiMarco and the rest of the U.S. team hope to return the favor.
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If you&#39;re looking for a reason the favored United States team lost for the seventh time in the past 10 Ryder Cup Matches, look at the reason the Americans were favored.
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Always rivals, barely friends, finally partners. U.S. captain Hal Sutton made sure this Ryder Cup gets off to a dynamic start by pairing Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson &#151; America's best two players &#151; for the first time in the opening match at Oakland Hills.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - The U.S. Ryder Cup  team, wounded after a first day mauling, were losing a fight  for survival Saturday.
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For Europe, it was a glorious start to the 35th Ryder Cup. For the United States, it was a nightmare.
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Chris DiMarco and Chris Riley faced knee-knocking pressure in the last round of the PGA Championship. And what did they get for their efforts? More of the same. DiMarco and Riley played themselves into the pressure-packed Ryder Cup with their performances Sunday in the year's final major. DiMarco finished second after a three-man, three-hole playoff and Riley was fourth &#151; good enough to knock Jay Haas and Steve Flesch out of the top 10 in the Ryder Cup point standings.
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The Americans got off to a near-perfect start yesterday in the Presidents Cup, getting superb play from veterans and rookies alike in winning five and a half points out of the six alternate-shot matches at Royal Montreal. Despite a leader board covered with American red numbers, perhaps the most poignant moment of a gray afternoon was Jack Nicklaus, the United States captain, instructing Phil Mickelson and Woody Austin to concede a three-and-a-half-foot par putt on the 18th hole that assured Mike Weir of Canada and his International team its only point of the opening session.It was typical of Nicklaus, who famously conceded a putt about the same distance to Tony Jacklin in the 1969 Ryder Cup that allowed those matches to end in a tie. That gesture became a symbol of sportsmanship in match play between countries and continents. Then again, this was only the first day, and it was clear the Americans were in charge.
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In the wake of the most humiliating opening day in American Ryder Cup history, US captain Hal Sutton figures his team needs something to stir it from the doldrums of a 6 1/2-to-1 1/2 deficit.
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European players, still basking in the afterglow of their runaway Ryder Cup victory over the United States, have a golden opportunity to shine
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A capsule look at the first day of Ryder Cup matches Friday at Oakland Hills Country Club: Padraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie, Europe, def.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. Sept. 18, 2004 - The Americans finally showed up at the Ryder Cup. Then two of the least heralded members of the European team stymied the comeback.
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A tale of the tape points to an early knockout in the Ryder Cup. Five Americans have won major championships, the best measure of poise under pressure. Europe doesn't have a major champion on its team for the first time in the last 10 matches. The Americans have seven players among the top 15 in the world. Europe has two.