The pictures above show Jim during the four balls on the morning of day one at the 2006 Ryder Cup. He and Tiger Woods earned a narrow 1 up victory over Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington in that match but overall their much vaunted partnership failed to sparkle as the Americans had hoped,an even record of two wins and two defeats a disappointing return for the worlds number 1 & 2 ranked players. .
Montgomerie/Harrington lost to Woods/Furyk (1 up)
Casey/Karlsson halved Cink/Henry
Garcia/Olazabal defeated Toms/Wetterich (3&2)
Westwood/Clarke defeated Mickelson/DiMarco (1 up)
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Harrington/McGinley halved Campbell/Johnson
Howell/Stenson halved Toms/Cink
Montgomerie/Westwood halved Mickelson/DiMarco
Garcia/Donald defeated Woods/Furyk (2 up)
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Casey/Karlsson halved Cink/Henry
Garcia/Olazabal defeated Mickelson/DiMarco (3&2)
Westwood/Clarke defeated Woods/Furyk (3&2)
Harrington/Stenson lost to Verplank/Johnson (2&1)
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Garcia/Donald defeated Mickelson/Toms (2&1)
Montgomerie/Westwood halved Campbell/Taylor
Casey/Howell defeated Cink/Johnson (5&4)
Harrington/McGinley lost to Woods/Furyk (3&2)
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Colin Montgomerie defeated David Toms (1 up)
Sergio Garcia lost to Stewart Cink (4&3)
Paul Casey defeated Jim Furyk (2&1)
Robert Karlsson lost to Tiger Woods (3&2)
Luke Donald defeated Chad Campbell (2&1)
Paul McGinley halved JJ Henry
Darren Clarke defeated Zach Johnson (3&2)
Henrik Stenson defeated Vaughn Taylor (4&3)
David Howell defeated Brett Wetterich (5&4)
Jose Maria Olazabal defeated Phil Mickelson (2&1)
Lee Westwood defeated Chris DiMarco (2 up)
Padraig Harrington lost to Scott Verplank (4&3)
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EUROPE (18 1/2) defeated USA (9 1/2)