Ryder Cup: Europe stuns U.S. with dazzling comeback in Ryder Cup - by Jeff Shain

Luke Donald put the hammer down on Bubba Watson. Rory McIlroy rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and stifled Keegan Bradley. Paul Lawrie — 13 years after his only other Ryder Cup appearance — took down the FedEx Cup champion.

In time, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose ripped points from U.S. hands. The European train was gathering steam.

And the Americans didn't have enough to stop the momentum.

It ended with Martin Kaymer jumping into the arms of his teammates, the singsong "Ole, ole, ole, ole" echoing across Medinah Country Club, and the Ryder Cup headed back across the Atlantic.

The final score was 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 — matching the largest Sunday comeback in Ryder Cup history. And a comeback that would have stirred the heart of the late Seve Ballesteros, the catalyst behind Europe's Ryder Cup rise in the 1980s.

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