The
European Team never caught up after their difficult start on the
first day of the match when they only secured 1.5 points with the
win of Matteo Manassero/Daisy Nielsen against Andrew Yun/Erynne
Lee in the afternoon four-ball and the halved match of Julien Brun/Adrian
Otaegui against Cameron Peck/Cory Whitsett in the morning foursomes.
The singles
on the second day were all won by the American team with the exception
of the halved match performed by Carly Booth against Jennifer Johnson.
The
European team was composed of Anna Arrese (SPA), Carly Booth (SCO),
Leona Maguire (IRE), Lisa Maguire (IRE), Daisy Nielsen (DEN), Kelly
Tidy (ENG) for the girls and Julien Brun (FRA), Stanislas Gautier
(FRA), Moritz Lampert (GER), Chris Lloyd (ENG), Matteo Manassero
(ITA), Adrian Otaegui (SPA), for the boys under the captaincy of
Gerald Stangl (AUT).
This has been the first
defeat of the European Team since the 1997 match won by America
7-5. No doubt Europe will do their best to regain the title in 2010
when the match will be played in Scotland.