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Mon 09 Sep 2006Europe's triumph on and off fairways
Ryder Cup: If there are occasions when the golfing gods choose to mock, this 36th Ryder Cup, the first to be held on Irish soil, was not one of them.
This was sacred, immune from ridicule and scandal; and, if the outcome was far from preordained, Europe - who had carried the weight of favouritism - accomplished the task of winning by a record-equalling 18 ½ to 9 ½ margin over the United States with a superiority that has manifested itself only in the recent history of this august team event.
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