Ryder Cup 2006

Ryder Cup
information
Country:	alternating <>
Major (yes / no) :	No
Tour (s) :	PGA & PGA Europe
organized since:	1927
Game form :	28 games of match play
Total prize money:	0.-
normal appointment (month) :	October (every 2 years)
Top performances
Title holder

The 36th Ryder Cup was held from September 22nd to 24th, 2006 at the Kildare Hotel and Golf Club in Straffan , Ireland . Europe won the competition by 18½ to 9½.

The Kildare Golf Club is home to the Palmer Course and the Smurfit Course . The Smurfit European Open was often held on the Palmer Course (also known as the North Course or Old Course ) . The Ryder Cup was also played on the Palmer Course .

The teams

Team-
Surname	Age
Ian Woosnam (captain)	48
Luke Donald	28
Sergio García	26th
Henrik Stenson	30th
David Howell	31
Colin Montgomerie	43
Robert Karlsson	37
Paul Casey	29
Pádraig Harrington	35
José María Olazábal	40
Paul McGinley	39
Darren Clarke	38
Lee Westwood	33

Team-
Surname	Age
Tom Lehman (captain)	47
Tiger Woods	30th
Phil Mickelson	36
Jim Furyk	36
Chad Campbell	32
David Toms	39
Chris DiMarco	38
Vaughn Taylor	30th
JJ Henry	31
Zach Johnson	30th
Brett Wetterich	33
Stewart Cink	33
Scott Verplank	42

Results

Friday September 22nd

Fourball
player	Score	player
Woods / Furyk	1 on	Montgomerie / Harrington
Cink / Henry	T	Casey / Karlsson
Toms / Wetterich	3 & 2	García / Olazábal
Mickelson / DiMarco	1 on	Clarke / Westwood
1.5	session	2.5
1.5	total	2.5

Foursome
player	Score	player
Campbell / Johnson	T	McGinley / Harrington
Cink / Toms	T	Howell / Stenson
Mickelson / DiMarco	T	Westwood / Montgomerie
Woods / Furyk	2 on	Donald / García
1.5	session	2.5
3	total	5

Saturday 23 September

Fourball
player	Score	player
Cink / Henry	T	Casey / Karlsson
Mickelson / DiMarco	3 & 2	García / Olazábal
Woods / Furyk	3 & 2	Westwood / Clarke
Johnson / Verplank	2 & 1	Stenson / Harrington
1.5	session	2.5
4.5	total	7.5

Foursome
player	Score	player
Mickelson / Toms	2 & 1	García / Donald
Campbell / Taylor	T	Montgomerie / Westwood
Cink / Johnson	5 & ​​4	Casey / Howell
Woods / Furyk	3 & 2	Harrington / McGinley
1.5	session	2.5
6th	total	10

Sunday September 24th

singles
player	Score	player
David Toms	1 on	Colin Montgomerie
Stewart Cink	4 & 3	Sergio García
Jim Furyk	2 & 1	Paul Casey
Tiger Woods	3 & 2	Robert Karlsson
Chad Campbell	2 & 1	Luke Donald
JJ Henry	T	Paul McGinley
2.5	session	3.5
8.5	total	13.5

singles
player	Score	player
Zach Johnson	3 & 2	Darren Clarke
Vaughn Taylor	3 & 2	Henrik Stenson
Brett Wetterich	5 & ​​4	David Howell
Phil Mickelson	2 & 1	José María Olazábal
Chris DiMarco	2 on	Lee Westwood
Scott Verplank	4 & 3	Pádraig Harrington
1	> Session	5
9.5	total	18.5

Bottom line

9½: 18½

Web links

• Ryder Cup 2006