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1997 Valderama GC, Sotogrande, Spain

Captains: S. Ballesteros (Europe), T. Kite (US)
EUROPE 14 ½ - USA 13 ½

Team Europe

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Team USA

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Thomas Björn celebrates another point gained
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Ignacio Garrido and Jose Maria Olazabal celebrate
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The European Ryder Cup Team didn't need to mount a final-day comeback to win the 32nd Ryder Cup Matches, the first contested in continental Europe. But the hosts did have to withstand an American rally that fell short of a miracle. Led by five rookies -- Denmark's Thomas Björn, Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, Spain's Ignacio Garrido, Sweden's Jesper Parnevik and England's Lee Westwood -- Europe built a 10 ½ to 5 ½ advantage after two days. America's trio of stars: Masters Champion Tiger Woods, British Open Champion Justin Leonard; and PGA Champion Davis Love III; stumbled to a 1-9-3 showing. Woods earned the only victory in a first-day Four-Ball match with partner Mark O'Meara, then suffered a stunning 4 and 2 singles defeat to Italy's Costantino Rocca. The U.S. won the final-day singles, 8-4, but came a point short of winning back the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1993. The final drama to determine either a tie or an outright European victory came down to the final two players left on soggy Valderrama: Scotland's Colin Montgomerie halved with Scott Hoch, conceding a 15-foot par putt for Hoch and sealing the Victory.

United States		Europe
Four-Ball: Morning
J Olazabal & C Rocca (1-up)	1	Davis Love III & P Mickelson	0
N Faldo & L Westwood	0	F Couples & B Faxon (1-up)	1
J Parnevik & P U Johansson (1-up)	1	T Lehman & J Furyk	0
C Montgomerie & B Langer	0	T Woods & M O'Meara (3 & 2)	1
Foursomes: Afternoon
C Rocca & J Olazabal	0	S Hoch & L Janzen (1-up)	1
B Langer & C Montgomerie (5 & 3)	1	M O'Meara & T Woods	0
N Faldo & L Westwood (3 & 2)	0	J Leonard & J Maggert	1
J Parnevik & I Garrido (halved)	½	T Lehman & P Mickelson (halved)	½
Foursomes: Morning
C Montgomerie & D Clarke (1-up)	1	F Couples & D Love III	0
I Woosnam & T Björn (2 & 1)	1	J Leonard & B Faxon	0
N Faldo & L Westwood (2 & 1)	1	T Woods & M O'Meara	0
J Olazabal & I Garrido (halved)	½	P Mickelson & T Lehman (halved)	½
Four-Ball:: Afternoon
C Montgomerie & B Langer (1-up)	1	L Janzen & J Furyk	0
N Faldo & L Westwood	0	S Hoch & J Maggert (2 & 1)	1
J Parnevik & I Garrido (halved)	½	J Leonard & T Woods (halved)	½
J Olazabal & C Rocca (5 & 4)	1	D Love III & F Couples	0
Singles
I Woosnam	0	F Couples (8 & 7)	1
P U Johansson (3 & 2)	1	D Love III	0
J Parnevik	0	M O'Meara (5 & 4)	1
D Clarke	0	P Mickelson (2 & 1)	1
C Rocca (4 & 2)	1	T Woods	0
T Björn (halved)	½	J Leonard (halved)	½
I Garrido	0	T Lehman (7 & 6)	1
B Langer (2 & 1)	1	B Faxon	0
L Westwood	0	J Maggert (3 & 2)	1
J Olazabal	0	L Janzen (1-up)	1
N Faldo	0	Furyk (3 & 2	1
C Montgomerie (halved)	½	S Hoch (halved)	½