Ryder Cup 2012 Singles Matches: What Team USA Must Do to Defeat Europe Sunday

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Published: September 30, 2012

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The United States team spent the first two days of the 2012 Ryder Cup matches at Medinah Country Club building a big lead. Now, in a format they are typically strong in—the Sunday singles matches—the U.S. squad is poised to win for only the third time since 1995 if they can capture four (and a half) of the 12 remaining games.

Sure, it seems like a probable enough occurrence. There have only been three Sunday comebacks at the Ryder Cup since 1979. But anything can happen, and Team Europe is still alive until...well, until they have been officially eliminated.

Thanks to Ian Poulter's five straight birdies on the back nine Saturday afternoon in a four-ball match with Rory McIlroy against the U.S. team of Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson, Europe was able to close the day with a full-point victory to narrow the gap to 10-6.

Granted, that's still a very large lead for the United States team, but if you look at the U.S. comeback from that same deficit at the 1999 Ryder Cup at the Country Club in Brookline, you know it's possible.

European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal talked about it in his press conference Saturday evening (h/t ASAPSports.com):

Those last two matches were massive. That keeps us just, a chance. It's been done before in the past. And well, tomorrow is going to be a big day.

In order for the United States to win the Ryder Cup Sunday, they need to first not press the panic button. It might even be a blessing in disguise that Team Europe captured a couple late points Saturday, because it keeps the American team from cultivating a sense of invincibility. Their lead is large, but not insurmountable.

Secondly, Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley need to pick up where they left off Saturday morning.

U.S. team captain Davis Love III made a difficult decision in sitting his hottest duo of Mickelson and Bradley for the Saturday afternoon four-ball session. Lefty and h...
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