Europe's players - How they fared in the Ryder Cup

How Sam Torrance's team got on.

THOMAS BJORN

Played 4 Won 2 Halved 0 Lost 2

Teamed up with Darren Clarke to score a superb fourball victory over Tiger Woods and Paul Azinger in one of the best matches of the tournament on the first morning, but then lost the next two with the Ulsterman before being rested. The cool Dane held his nerve in a tight singles battle with Stewart Cink to win 2&1.

DARREN CLARKE

P 5 W 1 H 2 L 2

Made a flying start when defeating Woods and Azinger in that opening fourball, before wavering in his next two matches, and then bouncing back to claim a battling half on the 18th with Paul McGinley against Scott Hoch and Jim Furyk. The Ulsterman then contested one of the singles matches of the day against world number two David Duval, which was halved on the 18th green.

NICLAS FASTH

P 3 W 0 H 1 L 2

He had a putt to win the Ryder Cup – and might have had two or more had his singles opponent Azinger not holed out from the bunker in sensational fashion on the 18th green. It was a gutsy performance from the rookie Swede who lost by one hole in both his fourball matches, first paired with Padraig Harrington against Phil Mickelson and David Toms, then with fellow countryman Jesper Parnevik against Mark Calcavecchia and David Duval. But he enjoyed his moment when he secured an important half against Azinger.

PIERRE FULKE

P 2 W 0 H 1 L 1

Captain Sam Torrance gave the Swede just one run-out before the singles, when he partnered Phillip Price in Saturday’s opening foursomes match, but the pair slipped to a 2&1 defeat against Mickelson and Toms. He shared a half with Davis Love from the 18th fairway in the singles once the Ryder Cup had already been won up ahead on the green.

SERGIO GARCIA

P 5 W 3 H 0 L 2

El Nino was expected to be a driving force in the European team and he started off superbly. Paired with Lee Westwood, the dynamic duo won their first three matches before slipping to an agonising final hole defeat against Woods and Love. Garcia’s game then came undone at the end as he faced solid Toms again in the singles and was beaten by one hole, but he can be proud of his three points.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON

P 4 W 2 H 0 L 2

The luck of the Irish deserted Harrington when he lost both his matches on the opening day, paired first with Fasth and then fellow countryman McGinley. But he showed his true class by registering his first point when he partnered Colin Montgomerie to a solid 2&1 victory over Mickelson and Toms in Saturday’s fourballs. Then he brushed aside Calcavecchia with an emphatic 5&4 victory in the singles to earn his team’s second point of the day.

BERNHARD LANGER

P 4 W 3 H 1 L 0

The dogged German may have been the oldest member of the European team but he put in a vintage performance when paired with Montgomerie in the first three matches, winning two and halving the third as the two men were the only unbeaten Europeans. He then dismissed Hal Sutton 4&3 in the singles to make it three-and-a-half points from four matches this week.

PAUL McGINLEY

P 3 W 0 H 2 L 1

What a debut, the 35-year-old Irishman will forever be remembered as the man who sank the putt which won the 34th Ryder Cup for Europe. He suffered a defeat in Friday’s foursomes with Harrington before sinking the putt which secured a battling half with Clarke in Saturday’s fourball match against Hoch and Furyk. Then he held his nerve with a putt from 10 feet to gain another battling half against Furyk – and the famous trophy was in Europe’s hands.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE

P 5 W 4 H 1 L 0

Europe’s Mr Dependable, the formidable Scot shook off any recent injury worries and formed a golden oldie partnership with Langer in the first three matches, winning two and halving the third. He then led the charge in the singles and rampaged to a 5&4 victory over Hoch, giving him four-and-a-half points out of a possible five for the week.

JESPER PARNEVIK

P 2 W 0 H 1 L 1

The colourful Swede came into this event on the back of a run of poor form, and Torrance gave him only one outing before the singles, which ended in a narrow defeat on the final hole against Calcavecchia and Duval. He then earned a sporting draw on Sunday against Woods in the final match on the course, after the Ryder Cup had already been won.

PHILLIP PRICE

P 2 W 1 H 0 L 1

He came from nowhere to emerge as one of Europe’s heroes by claiming the huge scalp of Mickelson 3&2 in the singles – the first ever singles defeat for the world number two in the Ryder Cup. Torrance gave the popular Welshman just one run-out before the singles, when he partnered Fulke in Saturday’s opening foursomes match, but the pair slipped to a 2&1 defeat against Mickelson and Toms. How he made amends.

LEE WESTWOOD

P 5 W 3 H 0 L 2

The former European number one shrugged off his nightmare year and found the perfect partner in Garcia in the early stages of the tournament. The dynamic duo won their first three matches before slipping to an agonising final hole defeat against Woods and Love. Westwood’s game finally cracked under pressure in the singles as he lost 2&1 to Verplank, but he still contributed three valuable points to the cause.