Great Britain and Ireland extended their lead over Continental Europe to three points in the Seve Trophy as Lee Westwood hit top form in the fourballs. Westwood took his record in the event to nine wins from 11 as he and David Howell thrashed Thomas Bjorn and Sergio Garcia 5&3.
The rejuvenated Englishman fired two eagles and four birdies to follow his eight birdies in Thursday's fourballs.
Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal again failed to score.
The Spanish pair went down to Justin Rose and Ian Poulter 3&1.
Westwood paid tribute to partner Howell, who was called in on Sunday night as replacement for Darren Clarke.
 | EUROPE 3�-6� GB&I Garcia/Bjorn lost to Westwood/Howell (5&3) Jacquelin/Cejka beat Lawrie/Montgomerie (2&1) Jimenez/Garrido lost to Casey/Davis (2 holes) Jacobson/Fasth beat Harrington/Price (1 hole) Olazabal/Ballesteros lost to Poulter/Rose (3&1) |
"We fit well together and relax," he said. "We did the right things at the right time and rolling in the putts always deflates the opposition." Continental Europe again had Alex Cejka and Raphael Jacquelin to thank for not allowing Colin Montgomerie's side to get further ahead - and Montgomerie played a part.
One down with two to play, Montgomerie and Paul Lawrie hit their tee shots to within five feet of the flag on the 17th.
Lawrie's miss meant Montgomerie had to hole his to take the game down the last, but he also missed.
Next to the same hole were Paul Casey and Brian Davis, but with a very different outcome.
Casey holed out from sand to go one-up, then sealed a second successive victory over Ignacio Garrido and Miguel Angel Jimenez with a seven-iron to eight feet on the downwind 466-yard last.
Swedes Fredrik Jacobson and Niclas Fasth gave Europe their second win of the day, Fasth making a 25-foot putt on the last for victory over Padraig Harrington and Phillip Price.
But in the last game, Rose and Poulter hit back from their first day defeat to Cejka and Jacquelin by beating Ballesteros and Olazabal.
They were five-up after 11, but the Spaniards took the next three holes and might have made it four in a row.
However, Olazabal failed to get up and down from sand on the long 15th and the most successful partnership in Ryder Cup history suffered another defeat.
The match continues on Saturday with greensomes, where both players drive and one ball is chosen, and the more familiar foursomes.
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