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Monday 4 October 2010Team cupsYear in Review
Europe wins Ryder Cup
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales · Friday 1 to Monday 4 October 2010 · 38th Ryder Cup; rain suspended play twice, the schedule was cut to four sessions and the singles were played on Monday 4 October, the first Ryder Cup to go to a fourth day
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 33° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/10°C · wind 32 km/h SSW, gusts 60 · 23.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/8°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/9°C · wind 41 km/h SSW, gusts 77 · 14 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/7°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ryder Cup
1927–2025 in our record, 45 editions.
The ones it got away from
- United States USA · 13½Trailed 9½–6½ entering Monday's singles and won the session 7–5, but Rickie Fowler's comeback half left the Cup on the last match, which Graeme McDowell won 3 & 1 over Hunter Mahan McDowell seals dramatic win as Europe regain Ryder Cup (BBC Sport)
24 started
Same week
Team cup
Ryder Cup
Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty Ten Course), Newport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Europe
Runner-up: USA
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 October 2010
Well, 9 1/2 - 6 1/2 we got off to a flyer, at one stage it was eight blue names on the board but we weren't 2-up, 3-up, they were 1-up and that was dangerous position to be in.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 October 2010
It's a culmination of two years of work and preparation, and came close, didn't quite get there, but the bottom line is, I was very proud of the team and what they did
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 October 2010
The U.S. Open felt like a back nine with my dad back at Portrush compared to that. I was really nervous there. I was nervous, wow.
Top 10
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The golfer
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What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet