Clarke and Westwood do the business

Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke beat Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco by one hole in their fourball match at the Ryder Cup today.

Clarke, undoubtedly fired up by the Irish crowd, boomed a 300-yard drive down the first and then holed from 10 feet for birdie.

The Europeans held their one-hole advantage until the par-five fourth where Mickelson birdied.

Both DiMarco, from five feet, and Mickelson from 10, missed birdie attempts and Westwood holed from in between the two Americans to go one up again.

But DiMarco rolled in an 18-footer at the next to bring the Americans level again.

However, at the pivotal long 16th Clarke was just to the left of the green in two, chipped to three feet and with the Americans in trouble Mickelson missed an eight-foot putt to halve.

It was fitting that Clarke clinched the point when he two-putted from the fringes of the par-five 18th for a birdie.