Final day summary and thoughts

Final Day

 

 

On the final day of the 2012 Ryder Cup Europe were 10-6 down going into Sundays Singles Matches. All the commentaters and the studio panel of Colin Montgomerie and Butch Harmon had written Europe's chances of beating America off.

The European's had to go all out to retain the Ryder Cup and they did just that. The big name players were out first. Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Paul Lawrie and last, but not least, the player that had kept Europe in contention, Ian Poulter.

With Europe 10-6 down they needed to win 8 out of the 12 singles matches and it looked impossible to do. Boy were the studio panel wrong with Luke Donald beating Bubba Watson 2&1 it was a good start for the European's. Then it was more good news for Europe as Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy and Paul Lawrie all won their matches to bring Europe back into it. Amercia managed to pull back with Jason Dufner, Zach Johnson, Dustin Johnson winning their matches.

After Sergio Garcia beat Jim Furyk and Lee Westwood beat Matt Kucher it came down to Martin Kaymer to clinch one point to retain the Ryder Cup and he did this with a two putt on the 18th hole. The celebrations began. However, before the day ended Tiger Woods had a chance to win his match but gifted it to Europe who won 14.5 to 13.5  which meant that Europe actually won the Ryder Cup instead of just retaining it.

It was a sensational end to the 2012 Ryder Cup.

My final thoughts of the three days were that coming into this Ryder Cup the Europeans had something to play for that the Americans did not. That was the pride and passion of the late Seve Ballesteros. In winning the Ryder Cup I have to say this Ryder Cup is one to remember for a long time. This European team deserved the glory over the three days and it's safe to say that the future is bright for Team Europe.

Looking forward to the 2014 Ryder Cup coming to Scotland.