Ryder rookies reap rewards

Rookies Jeff Overton and Bubba Watson produced a 31-year best for the United States on their Ryder Cup debuts at Celtic Manor.

Ryder rookies reap rewards

Rookies Jeff Overton and Bubba Watson produced a 31-year best for the United States on their Ryder Cup debuts at Celtic Manor.

Not since Andy Bean and Lee Elder, at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in 1979 had an American rookie partnership played in a Ryder Cup opening session and won.

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