DEBUT DAZZLERS ARE BRIT SPECIAL; GOLF: THE VIVENDI TROPHY.Byline: DALE RANKIN CHRIS WOOD gained sweet revenge yesterday when he helped inflict a record-equalling demolition on two Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. stars. Paris was the city of no love lost as Wood and Anthony Wall Anthony Wall (born 29 May 1975) is an English golfer. He turned professional in 1995 and plays on the European Tour, where he made the top eighty on the Order of Merit every season from 1998 to 2006. combined to dish out To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. to dispense freely; - also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult s>. See also: Dish Dish Dish a six and five thrashing of Henrik Stenson Henrik Stenson (born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish golfer. Stenson was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1999 and the following year topped the money rankings on the second tier golf tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour. and Robert Karlsson Robert Karlsson (born 3 September 1969) is a Swedish golfer who plays on the European Tour. Karlsson was born in St. Malm, Sweden. His father was a greenkeeper. He turned professional in 1989 and qualified for membership of the European Tour at the 1990 Qualifying School. in the opening fourballs of the Vivendi Trophy. That emphatic win - which matched the biggest margin of victory in any session since the tournament began in 2000 - hauled Paul McGinley's Britain and Ireland to a 3-2 lead over Continental Europe. And it was made all the sweeter for Wood who had been the victim of abuse from Stenson earlier in the week. The young Englishman said:"I wanted to play Stenson at some point. On Tuesday I was on the range and he was giving me a bit of stick and chucking balls at me." The other defeat of that size ironically came when Graeme Storm Graeme Storm (born 13 March 1978) is an English golfer on the European Tour. Storm was born in Hartlepool. He won The Amateur Championship in 1999 and represented Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup. He turned professional in 2000. tanked Thomas Bjorn - Europe's captain this time round - two years ago. In Karlsson's defence this was his first balls he has struck in anger since May when he had an operation on a blister behind his left retina. Amazed But Wall wasn't going to extend much sympathy to Karlsson, at least not on the course. Wall said: "I raise my game against really top players. You have something to prove - they are the benchmark. "They are the favourites and the better team but we are going to fight all the way. And I don't think Robert was 100 per cent - you've got to feel for him because he's an awesome player. "I hope he's getting better because Europe need him and the European Tour needs him." Layoff or not, Continental skipper Bjorn will surely have been hoping for more from top-ranked player Karlsson against a duo who would not have been in the match but for the withdrawal of a host of star men including the likes of Paul Casey, Padraig Harrington, LeeWestwood and Ian Poulter. Graeme McDowell wouldn't have played either, yet he teamed up with fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy to beat Dane Soren Kjeldsen and big-hitting Spaniard Alvaro Quiros four and three. McDowell and McIlroy, the only non-Englishmen in the side, were ahead from the moment G-Mac sank a 25-footer on the first. They were lucky not to go back on terms at the third, though, as McIlroy's chip was going a long way past until it hit Kjeldsen's ball a few feet past the flag. And the 20-year-old said: "I was amazed he didn't mark it." By the eighth they were three up and McIlroy's birdie on the 11th stretched the gap to four. The youngster added:"I hope it's the start of a long partnership. "As long as we stay fit there's no reason why we can't have a partnership for the next 10 years." Both would love to be together again at next October's Ryder Cup and McDowell said: "We're great friends but this is a chance to show we can gel on the course. "There's nothing I would like better than to play with him in the Ryder Cup." Britain and Ireland's other point came from Oliver Wilson and Simon Dyson. With Dyson fit again after suffering food poisoning food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that in the build-up, they crushed Soren Hansen and Peter Hanson three and two - a repeat of the result when they clashed in foursomes in Ireland two years ago. Dyson said: "I was struggling at the end of it - I could feel my energy levels go drastically." Continental Europe kept the gap down to only one point thanks to Anders Hansen and Francesco Molinari and then Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano. Hansen and Molinari destroyed Robert Rock and Steve Webster four and three while Fernandez-Castano and Jimenez beat Ross Fisher and Nick Dougherty two and one. SCOREBOARD G McDowell and R McIlroy bt S Kjeldsen and A Quiros 4&3. A Wall and C Wood bt R Karlsson and H Stenson 6&5. S Dyson and O Wilson bt S Hansen and P Hanson 3&2. A Hansen and F Molinari bt R Rock and S Webster 4&3. M A Jimenez and G Fernandez-Castano bt R Fisher and N Dougherty 2&1. CAPTION(S): A RIGHT PAIR: Anthony Wall and Chris Wood gave Continental duo a lesson they're not likely to forget yesterday |
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