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Ryder Cup brings pressure like no other in professional golf

By Bob Harig
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Even the best players in golf, those who have prospered under the pressure of major championships and other tournaments, find the Ryder Cup stress test to be immense, sometimes intolerable. The three-day, match-play competition between the United States and Europe has a way of making stars stammer, the world's elite wilt. That is why European captain Nick Faldo had his 12-man team congregate around the first tee at Valhalla Golf Club earlier this week, with the veterans poin ...

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