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\"MontyDespite the alarming amount of bleach<\/a> in their collective hairstyles, Team Europe stretched their lead to 6½-1½ after day one following a 3-1 victory in the afternoon foursomes.<\/p>\n

The talking point will of course be the pairing of Woods<\/a> and Mickelson<\/a>, who lost their second match of the day. Three up after 4 against Darren Clarke<\/a> and Lee Westwood<\/a>, the “Dream Team”<\/a> were pegged back to all square by the 10th, and fell 1 down on 11, where they remained until they won the 17th. With the momentum seemingly on their side on the 18th tee, Mickelson hit a wayward drive into a position from which Woods could only drop and punch out down the fairway. An average wedge by Mickelson’s standards left Woods with a 15-footer for bogey, which he missed – double bogey. After Darren Clarke left his par attempt within gimme range, matchplay’s cardinal sin of losing a hole to bogey had been committed, giving the Europeans the hole and the point.
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\nColin Montgomerie<\/a> further justified his wildcard place by winning his second match of the day, renewing his successful partnership with Padraig Harrington<\/a> to beat Davis Love III<\/a> and Fred Funk<\/a> 4&2. Monty has now lost only two out of his last 18 Ryder Cup matches. Wow.<\/p>\n

Another wildcard victor was debutant Luke Donald<\/a>, who, with Sergio Garcia<\/a>, beat Kenny Perry<\/a> and Stewart Cink<\/a> 2&1. Donald finished his day with 1½ points out of a possible 2, not bad for his first day in the Ryder Cup. The sole highlight of the afternoon for the Americans was Chris DiMarco<\/a> and Jay Haas<\/a>‘ 3&2 victory over Thomas Levet<\/a> and Miguel Angel Jiménez<\/a> – the US team’s sole victory of the day.<\/p>\n

The outstanding feature of the European’s day has been their exceptional team chemistry. The synergy of their pairings seems to be much greater than that of their opponents. The Monty\/Harrington partnership is starting to look unbeatable; Westwood has had successful reunions with both Sergio García and off-course friend Darren Clarke; another friendship, that of Donald and García also proved fruitful in the afternoon. Hal Sutton’s retort, that of pairing the World’s numbers two and four – Woods and Mickelson – together now seems tactically inept. One wonders whether he will persist with the same pairing tomorrow, or concede defeat and break the two up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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