Talk:2004 Ryder Cup
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We need more individual Ryder Cup pages.--Nick Dillinger 03:13, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Monty's putt
I was going to add this as a footnote to the statement that Monty hit the winning putt, but I want to run it by people first, as it is slightly controversial:
Montgomerie is widely credited as having holed the winning putt, although Ian Poulter birdied on the 15th hole of his match to guarantee a half point and so mathematically win the Ryder Cup seconds before Montgomerie. This was commentated on by course commentators and Radio Five, whose Golf correspondent Ian Coulter recalled in the News of the World: "My editor said Poulter was three up seconds before Monty hit his putt. Then Colin's putt went in - you can imagine the situation. To have over-ruled his achievement would have been like trying to deny Alan Shearer a goal that went in off a defender." "This man won us Ryder Cup - not Monty" News of the World (London); Sep 26, 2004; Geoff Sweet; p. 75. Frank Keating of The Guardian also noted this chain of events, writing "radio logged the fact that it was not Montgomerie's putt which actually clinched the cup but Poulter's, a matter of seconds before and a few holes behind." "Golf, Cricket: Notes from the touchline" The Guardian (Manchester); Sep 24, 2004; Frank Keating; p. 34
It's all cited, and I think adding it allows us to document a neutral point of view, but I'd like other opinions. Hiding Talk 21:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
