From Valhalla:
- At 7:15: Final match ends up all-square. So we go to tomorrow with U.S. leading 9-7.
- At 7:02: Poulter and McDowell beat Kenny Perry and Jim Furyk 1-up as Europe cuts lead to 8.5 to 6.5. One match still out, and it's all-square on the 18th.
- At 6:46: Casey sinks tough putt after Stricker makes his clutch putt on 18 and match ends all-square between Casey-Garcia and Curtis-Stricker. U.S. leads 8.5 to 5.5.
- At 5:42: Weekley-Holmes close out Westwood-Hansen on 17 to win 2 & 1. Big win for the country boys. Now U.S. lead is 8-5, with two matches all-square and the Euros 1-up in the third.
- At 5:25: Weekley-Holmes going to the 17th tee 2-up. Guaranteed at least a half.
- At 4:45: Weekley-Holmes are trying to hold on, and are doing just that. After slipping from 3-up to 1-up, Weekley birdies 14 to put the U.S. back to 2-up in that match with four holes to play. Mickelson-Mahan have a 2-up lead after nine holes. Perry-Furyk trail Poulter-McDowell 2-down after 11. The Curtis-Stricker vs. Garcia-Casey match is all-square after 12. Looks like it'll go right down to the last hole.
- At 4:15: Poulter-McDowell has opened up a 2-up lead on Perry-Furyk. Curtis-Stricker and Garcia-Casey is all-square. But Mickelson-Mahan and Weekley-Holmes are each 2-up over the European invaders.
- At 3:30: Back from out on the course, where the Red-white-and-Boo spirit is riding so high that Americans who aren't even playing at the moment are showered with wild applause. Anthony Kim and his girlfriend, hand-in-hand, came walking around the ninth hole and up towards the clubhouse when the waiting on Weekley-Holmes to reach the green, hopped to their feet and put their hands together. Scoreboard:
- Weekley-Holmes 2-up on Westwood-Hansen after nine.
- Curtis-Stricker 2-up on Garcia-Casey after eight.
- Perry-Furyk and Poulter-McDowell are all-square after six.
- Mickelson-Mahan are 1-up on Stenson-Karlsson after six.
- At 2:35: Weekley-Holmes take a 1-up lead after six holes over Westwood-Hansen. BBC announcer says, "I have a great amount of respect for Boo Weekley's game. I have less respect for the way he acts after holing putts like that." Weekley, of course, raised his arms after winning the hole.
- At 2:30: U.S. is 1-up in Curtis-Stricker match and Mickelson-Mahan match. Other two are all-square. Mickelson seems to have regained his touch. He's birdied 2 and 3 to put he and Mahan in front of Stenson-Karlsson. We've still got a long way to go.
- You must be joking.
- At 1:50: Afternoon matches just getting underway. Ian Poulter must be stopped. The Euro captain's pick birdied the first hole as Poulter-McDowell go 1-up on Perry-Furyk. After a dreadful Friday, Ben Curtis birded the second hole to put Curtis-Stricker 1-up on Garcia-Casey. Weekley-Holmes-Westwood Hansen are all-square after three. As slowly as J.B. plays, that match is liable to hold the rest of the pack up for awhile.
- Morning results:
- Poulter-Rose over Cink-Campbell 4 & 3.
- Leonard-Mahan and Jimenez-McDowell play to an all-square.
- Stenson-Wilson over Kim-Mickelson 2 & 1.
- Perry-Furyk over Harrington-Karlsson 3 & 1.
- At 12:45: Kentuckian Kenny Perry wins his first Ryder Cup point. The Franklin flash knocks a great second shot on 17, and when Harrington misses the chip to prolong the match, the hats come off. Perry-Furyk win 3 and 1 over Harrington-Karlsson. U.S. leads 7-5 after the morning session.
- At 12:27: Leonard-Mahan end up losing the 18th hole and finish all-square with Jimenez-McDowell. So U.S. leads 6-5. Perry-Furyk, with 2-up lead on Harrington-Karlsson on 16th, is only morning match sill out on the course.
- At 12:20: Ought, oh. Mickelson-Kim, after playing so well yesterday, blow a 4-up lead and lose 2 and 1 to Stenson-Wilson. It was the first Ryder Cup match for Oliver Wilson, who played well down the stretch. So with two morning matches now decided, the Euros have cut the U.S. lead to 5.5-4.5.
- Poulter's comments after win: "Awesome. When we saw the pairing this morning, it was kind of like, let's get out there and finish the job from yesterday. There was a lot of unfinished business out there yesterday, which was really disappointing, but today was flawless golf. In foursomes, we've said for awhile that we feel that's a strong pairing, and it was awesome out there today."
- Afternoon pairings: Just received the afternoon pairings and Boo Weekley and J.B. Holmes are paired again. Their in the first group going against Lee Westwood and Soren Hansen for the second straight day. It'll be a Weekley-Westwood rematch. Westwood was none too happy with Weekley's overt attempts to pump up the crowd on Friday. Westwood said afterward that his problem was that Weekley was doing it between the shots. Weekley said he didn't mean to do that, but he was just trying to keep the crowd positive. Here are the pairings:
- 12:45 p.m. – Weekley-Holmes vs. Westwood-Hanseon
- 1:00 p.m. – Curtis-Stricker vs. Garcia-Casey
- 1:15 p.m. – Perry-Furyk-Poulter-McDowell
- 1:30 p.m. – Mickelson-Mahan vs. Stenson-Karlsson
- At 12:00: Thanks to Kentuckian's Kenny Perry beautiful tee shot on 14, Furyk sinks the birdie putt and Perry-Furyk go 3-up with four to play on Harrington-Karlsson. Yesterday, Perry-Furyk could not close it out Westwood-Garcia, but if it can get the job done today then Harrington, winner of the British and the PGA, will have yet to win a match.
- At 11:35: Poulter-Rose have the British off to a fast start with a 4 and 3 win over Cink-Campbell to get the day started. That cuts the U.S. lead to 5.5-3.5. Status of the other matches:
- Leonard-Mahan and Jimenez-McDowell are all-square after 15.
- Mickelson-Kim and Stenson-Wilson are all-square after 14. Mickelson-Kim were 4-up after six holes.
- Furyk-Perry have a 2-up lead on Harrington-Karlsson after 12. That's down from 4-up after the 5th hole.
