CONFUSION over which European holed the winning putt at The K Club is still causing heated debates in clubhouses up and down the land.
Sky Sports, along with most of the media, said Henrik Stenson had officially won the Ryder Cup after he holed out on the 15th green to beat American rookie Vaughn Taylor.
But, Radio Five Live, and American TV channel NBC, reported that David Howell's putt to defeat Brett Wetterich had retained the trophy and that Luke Donald had holed the winning putt at the 17th as he defeated Chad Campbell 2 and 1.
The reason behind Five Live's thinking was that, at the time of Howell's putt, Europe had a total of 12 points on the board. But, crucially, there were two European dormie matches on the course meaning that, whatever happened, Europe had guaranteed two half points.
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Monday, October 30, 2006
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