Green and mean

“They have that intangible,” U.S. captain Hal Sutton said of the European team after the matches were completed.
The European team was bolstered by Irish stars Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley. Between them, they won eight matches at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich., lost two and halved two others.
Europe was quick out of the gate, finishing Friday’s play with a record lead of 6 1/2-1 1/2. Sutton teamed the prickly pair of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in Friday morning four-ball against Harrington and Colin Montgomerie. The latter immediately went 1 up and never relinquished that lead, extending to 3 up at 14. They won 2 and 1.
Clarke, meanwhile, was teamed with Miguel Angel Jim