"It made the last nine of the US Open seem like a gentle game with my Dad!" So said Graeme McDowell - the last man standing - as Colin Montgomerie's magnificent men snatched back golf's Ryder Cup from Corey Pavin's American elite in one of the most extraordinary playings of the sport's greatest competition. The tournament came to Wales - and the magnificent Celtic Manor Resort for the first time, but furious rain storms meant another first, a Monday finish, as Europe and the USA were forced into a fourth day decider!

• Lace
• Colin Montgomerie
• Corey Pavin
• Lee Westwood
• Martin Kaymer
• Graeme McDowell
• Jim Furyk
• Ian Poulter
• Steve Stricker