YANKS NEED A MIRACLE.Byline: Ron Sirak Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. An American victory at Valderrama will take even more magic than Seve the Sorcerer (tool) SORCERER - A simple tree parser generator by Terence Parr <parrt@s1.arc.umn.edu>. SORCERER is suitable for translation problems lying between those solved by code generator generators and by full source-to-source translator generators. displayed Saturday. Nothing short of the greatest comeback in 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. history will be enough. Seve Ballesteros smiled, snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. , cajoled, kibitzed, winced and sometimes just watched as his European team had a near-sweep of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and took a stunning 9-4 lead into today's final round. With three alternate-shot matches suspended by darkness and 12 singles matches still to play, Europe needs only 5 of the remaining 15 points to win the Cup outright and five points to retain it as defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre . ``Time will tell,'' Ballesteros said coyly about his team's chances of keeping the Cup it won in 1995. ``It's true that we have a certain advantage,'' he said. ``But there's still a long way to go. We have to keep working and fighting and never relax.'' No team has ever trailed by more than two points going into singles play and won in the 31 previous Ryder Cups, and the United States would need to sweep the three suspended matches just to get that close. Only four times in the 70-year history of the competition has a team trailed going into singles play and won - including Europe in 1995, which trailed 7-9 and won 14-13. A subdued Tom Kite Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer. Kite was born in McKinney, Texas. He began playing golf at age 6 and won his first tournament at age 11. , who said he was shell-shocked, put up a brave face after Europe won six of the seven points decided Saturday. ``It's not insurmountable,'' said the U.S. captain. ``We'll have to play like crazy, but it's not insurmountable.'' Playing like crazy might not do it. After losing one match carried over from Friday's suspension and halving the other, the Americans trailed 4-3 and sent their best players out for the morning better-ball matches. The U.S. tandems of Fred Couples Frederick Stephen Couples (born October 3, 1959) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour. He has won numerous events, and is most famous for winning the 1992 Masters Tournament. and Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer. Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. , Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard (born June 15, 1972) is an American professional golfer. Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. and Brad Faxon Bradford John Faxon, Jr. (born August 1 1961) is an American golfer. Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. He attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams. , Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. and Mark O'Meara Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is a professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. In 2007 he entered his first season on the Champions Tour. , Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) (nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed), is an American professional golfer. He is one of the leading players of his generation, having won three major championships and a total of 32 and Tom Lehman could manage only a half point in their four better-ball matches. And in three of those four matches the Americans were ahead going to the back nine only to watch the determined underdogs sprint past them. ``Three of the four major championship winners were out there,'' Mickelson said, referring to Woods, Leonard and Love. ``And they beat all of us. Give them credit, they figured out how to beat us.'' It was a true team effort by the Europeans. Woods and O'Meara were 6-under par - and lost. Leonard made five birdies and an eagle but got no help from Faxon - and lost. Couples and Love were 5-under par - and lost. Lehman and Mickelson were 5-under par - and only managed to halve. ``They definitely are doing all the things you need to do to win matches,'' Lehman said. ``When one guy is in the tank, the other guy makes a birdie.'' In one stunning stretch of golf, Leonard made four birdies and an eagle in seven holes, yet he and Faxon gained no ground against Ian Woosnam and Thomas Bjorn, who defeated them 2 and 1. In another burst of brilliant play, Woods and O'Meara made five birdies in eight holes against Nick Faldo and Lee Westwood and lost ground, eventually dropping the match 2 and 1. Time and again, the Europeans made crucial putts. Time and again, the Americans watched key putts spin out of the cup - especially on the crucial closing holes. ``We started out strong, then they righted the ship on the back nine and played much better than we did,'' Kite said. Colin Montgomerie and Darren Clarke never led in their match against Couples and Love until No.17. Woosnam and Bjorn couldn't get in front of Leonard and Faxon until the 13th hole. And Faldo and Westwood first got the lead against Woods and O'Meara on No.15. ``The Americans got off to a great start on the first nine and we just plowed back and plowed back,'' Woosnam said. ``We've played the best golf over the last few days.'' Every time the Europeans got a lead in a match, their putting seemed to get better and the Americans' putting got Aworse. ``They severely outputted us,'' Kite said. ``Even our guys who putt well were outputted.'' Couples and Love lost their match to Montgomerie and Clarke 1-up while Mickelson and Lehman halved with Jose Maria Olazabal and Ignacio Garrido after Mickelson missed a 4-foot eagle putt on No.17. The first point of the day came when Faldo and Westwood closed out Leonard and Jeff Maggert 3 and 2 in an alternate-shot match suspended by darkness Friday. The victory gave Faldo a record 24 points in Ryder Cup play. Lehman and Mickelson halved their alternate-shot match carried over from Friday against Garrido and Jesper Parnevik. The only afternoon alternate-shot match that concluded on Saturday had Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer defeating Lee Janzen and Jim Furyk 1-up. Of the matches stranded on the course, Faldo and Westwood trailed Scott Hoch and Jeff Maggert 1-up through 14 holes; Parnevik and Garrido were even with Woods and Leonard through seven holes; and Olazabal and Costantino Rocca were 1-up against Love and Couples through seven holes. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: American Scott Hoch grimaces after missing a putt Saturday, when his U.S. Ryder Cup team stumbled from a 3-3 tie to fall behind Europeans 9-4 with 12 points remaining. Associated Press |
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