Tiger Woods tees off at Oakland Hills as he and Chris Riley take on Darren Clarke and Ian Poulter in the fourballs Jay Haas celebrates a birdie as the Americans begin their fightback by winning the first hole in three of the fourballs Colin Montgomerie teams up with Padraig Harrington again, but the duo lose 3&2 to Stewart Cink and Davis Love III Riley and Woods gel together well as a partnership and dominate Poulter and Clarke on the way to a 4&3 win Tiger Woods gets in on the tub-thumping action as cries of 'U-S-A, U-S-A' reverberate around the Oakland Hills course Sergio Garcia sinks a monster putt at the 16th to stay all square in the match against Jay Haas and Chris DiMarco Lee Westwood misses a match-winning birdie putt at the 18th, but he and Garcia halt the home side's momentum Casey and Howell are both Ryder Cup rookies but it doesn't show as they win a thriller to hand Europe an 8-4 lead Darren Clarke and Ian Poulter head down the first fairway at the start of their foursomes match at the 35th Ryder Cup Thomas Levet reacts after he and partner Jimenez are beaten by Phil Mickelson and David Toms Spain's Sergio Garcia celebrates after sinking a putt on the fifth hole to help keep Europe on top Tiger Woods bites his club in frustration as he and Davis Love lose 4&3 to Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley It's all smiles for European captain Bernhard Langer as he sees his side take a seemingly decisive 11-5 lead into the final day
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