The pictures above show Phil during his 2&1 singles defeat to Jose Maria Olazabal at the 2006 Ryder Cup. It was a very disappointing week for the likeable American,who could muster only 1/2 a point from five matches played. .
M'gomerie/Harr'ton 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)
___________________________________________________
Harr'ton/McGinley halved Campbell/Johnson
Howell/Stenson halved Toms/Cink
M'gomerie/Westwood halved Mickelson/DiMarco
Garcia/Donald defeated Woods/Furyk (2 up)
___________________________________________________
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)
___________________________________________________
Garcia/Donald defeated Mickelson/Toms (2&1)
M'gomerie/Westwood halved Campbell/Taylor
Casey/Howell defeated Cink/Johnson (5&4)
Harr'ton/McGinley lost to Woods/Furyk (3&2)
___________________________________________________
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 M Olazabal defeated Phil Mickelson (2&1)
Lee Westwood defeated Chris DiMarco (2 up)
Padraig Harrington lost to Scott Verplank (4&3)
.
EUROPE (18 1/2) defeated USA (9 1/2)