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			{{Short description\|Golf tournament in Ireland}}
	The '''36th ] Matches''' were held between ] and ], ] at ], ], ], ]. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½, equalling their record winning margin of ]. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories.<ref>The sequence from 1985-1987-1989 included a tie in 1989, retaining the trophy for Europe.</ref> Swedish rookie ] made the winning putt, just moments after ] had sunk a putt to ensure Europe retained the trophy.<ref>If the ']' situation is taken into account, then half points can be 'virtually' added from matches still in play where Europe were guaranteed half a point. From this viewpoint, Europe's retention of the trophy was sealed when David Howell sealed his win over Brett Wetterich, and the win was certain when Luke Donald beat Chad Campbell. However, because players in a 'dormie' situation can still be disqualified and lose their match, the scoreboard and the records of the tournament only take account of concluded matches, and so the records credit Donald with ensuring that Europe retained the trophy and rookie Henrik Stenson with guaranteeing the victory.</ref>
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2021}}
			{{Infobox team golf tournament
			\| name = Ryder Cup
			\| year = 2006
			\| logo = 2006 Ryder Cup.svg
			\| dates = 22–24 September ]
			\| venue = ]
			\| location = ], ]
			\| home = Europe
			\| away = USA
			\| homecaptain = ]
			\| awaycaptain = ]
			\| homescore = 18{{1/2}}
			\| awayscore = 9{{1/2}}
			\| result = Europe wins
			}}
			{{Location map
			\|Ireland
			\|relief = 1
			\|label = K Club
			\|lat = 53.307
			\|long = -6.625
			\|caption = Location in ]
			\|marksize = 5
			\|float =
			\|background =
			\|width = 238
			}}
			The '''36th Ryder Cup Matches''' were held 22–24 September ] in ] at the Palmer Course of the ] in ], ], west of ]. It was the first time the event was played in Ireland.

			Europe won by 18{{1/2}} to 9{{1/2}} points, equalling their record winning margin of ] for their third consecutive win, a first for Europe.<ref>The sequence from 1985-1987-1989 included a tie in ], retaining the trophy for Europe.</ref> Swedish rookie ] made the winning putt, just moments after ] sank a putt to ensure Europe retained the trophy.<ref>If the ']' situation is taken into account, then half points can be 'virtually' added from matches still in play where Europe were guaranteed half a point. From this viewpoint, Europe's retention of the trophy was sealed when David Howell won over Brett Wetterich, and the win was certain when Donald beat Chad Campbell. However, because players in a 'dormie' situation can still be disqualified and lose their match, the scoreboard and the records of the tournament only take account of concluded matches, and so the records credit Donald with ensuring that Europe retained the trophy and Stenson with guaranteeing the victory.</ref>
	==The teams==
	The top ten players for the USA and Europe as determined by their points performance (variously calculated by their local PGA) received an automatic place on the team. The remaining two players on each team were selected at the discretion of the team Captain. Team USA was finalized on ], while qualification for Team Europe ended on ]. The ] shown are as of ] 2006, the last set issued before the Ryder Cup. The average ranking of the American team was 29.4 and that of the European team 22.8.

			==Course==
	{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
			The K Club has two ]-designed championship courses and the 36th Ryder Cup was held on the ''Palmer Course'' (also known as the North or Old Course). The course is a parkland course located on the banks of the ], threaded through mature woodlands on the ] country estate.
	\|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"

	\|colspan="6"\|]   '''Team USA'''
			==Television==
	\|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
			Domestically, ] provided live coverage of all sessions.

			In the United States, coverage of the first day was recorded live, but presented on tape-delay by ]. ] hosted from the 18th tower. On Saturday, ] presented coverage on tape, but recorded live. NBC then aired the singles live on Sunday morning. ] and ] hosted from the 18th tower, ] and ] called holes, while on-course reporters were ], ], and ]. To provide a European perspective, NBC used former European team player ] as a guest analyst on the Saturday afternoon session. Faldo had worked in the same role for NBC at the ], and at the time of the 2006 edition was in between jobs, having worked as an analyst for ] from 2004 to 2006, but having signed with ] for 2007 and beyond.

			==Format==
			The ] is a ] event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in ] and 2006 was as follows:
			*'''Day 1''' (Friday) – 4 ] (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 ] (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
			*'''Day 2''' (Saturday) – 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
			*'''Day 3''' (Sunday) – 12 singles matches
			With a total of 28 points, 14{{1/2}} points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

			==Team qualification and selection==
			===Europe===
			The European team consisted of:
			* '''The top five players on the Ryder Cup World Points List'''
			**Total points earned in ] events from {{Nowrap\|1 September}} 2005 to {{Nowrap\|27 August}} 2006 and then only in the ], which ended on 3 September
			* '''The five players, not qualified above, on the Ryder Cup European Points List'''
			**Money earned in official ] events from {{Nowrap\|1 September}} 2005 to {{Nowrap\|3 September}} 2006
			* '''Two captain's picks'''

			===United States===
			The United States team consisted of:
			* '''The top ten players on the Ryder Cup Points List'''
			**Total points earned in ] events from 22 August 2004 to 20 August 2006. Points were awarded for top-10 finishes in these events based on the following table:
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd !! 4th !! 5th !! 6th !! 7th !! 8th !! 9th !! 10th
			\|-
			\| 2004 Regular events \|\| 75 \|\| 45 \|\| 40 \|\| 35 \|\| 30 \|\| 25 \|\| 20 \|\| 15 \|\| 10 \|\| 5
			\|-
			\| 2005 Regular events \|\| 75 \|\| 45 \|\| 40 \|\| 35 \|\| 30 \|\| 25 \|\| 20 \|\| 15 \|\| 10 \|\| 5
			\|-
			\| 2005 Majors \|\| 450 \|\| 225 \|\| 200 \|\| 175 \|\| 150 \|\| 125 \|\| 100 \|\| 75 \|\| 50 \|\| 25
			\|-
			\| 2006 Regular events \|\| 375 \|\| 180 \|\| 160 \|\| 140 \|\| 120 \|\| 100 \|\| 80 \|\| 60 \|\| 40 \|\| 20
			\|-
			\| 2006 Majors \|\| 675 \|\| 360 \|\| 320 \|\| 280 \|\| 240 \|\| 200 \|\| 160 \|\| 120 \|\| 80 \|\| 40
			\|}
			* '''Two captain's picks'''

			==Teams==
			]
			{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center"
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
			\| colspan="10"\|{{flagicon\|Europe\|size=50px}} '''Team Europe'''
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
	!Name		!Name
	!Age		!Age
	!Residence		!Residence
	!~~align="center"\|~~Points<br/>~~rank~~		!Points rank<br/>(World)
	!~~World~~<br/> ~~ranking~~		!Points rank<br/>(European)
			!World<br/>ranking
	!Notes
			!Previous<br/>Ryder Cups
			!Matches
			!W–L–H
			!Winning<br/>percentage
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} ]
	\|]
			\| 48 \|\| align=left\|], partly in England and partly in Wales<br>and ] \|\| colspan="7" \| Non-playing captain
	\|align="center"\|47
	\|]
	\|
	\|
	\|Non-playing captain
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} ]
	\|]
			\| 30 \|\| align=left\|], UAE \|\| 1 \|\| 3 \|\| 11 \|\| 0 \|\| colspan="3"\|Rookie
	\|align="center"\|30
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|1
	\|align="center"\|1
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	\|]
			\| 28 \|\| align=left\|], England<br>and ], ], USA \|\| 2 \|\| 8 \|\| 9 \|\| 1 \|\| 4 \|\| 2–1–1 \|\| 62.50
	\|align="center"\|36
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|2
	\|align="center"\|2
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	\|]
			\| 26 \|\| align=left\|], Spain \|\| 3 \|\| 4 \|\| 8 \|\| 3 \|\| 15 \|\| 10–3–2 \|\| 73.33
	\|align="center"\|36
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|3
	\|align="center"\|3
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	\|]
			\| 31 \|\| align=left\|], England \|\| 4 \|\| 2 \|\| 13 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 1–1–0 \|\| 50.00
	\|align="center"\|32
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|4
	\|align="center"\|22
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]
	\|]
			\| 43 \|\| align=left\|], England \|\| 5 \|\| 1 \|\| 14 \|\| 7 \|\| 32 \|\| 19–8–5 \|\| 67.19
	\|align="center"\|39
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|5
	\|align="center"\|16
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	\|]
			\| 29 \|\| align=left\|], England<br>and ], USA \|\| 7 \|\| 5 \|\| 17 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 1–1–0 \|\| 50.00
	\|align="center"\|38
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|6
	\|align="center"\|15
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} ]
	\|]
			\| 37 \|\| align=left\|Monaco \|\| 10 \|\| 6 \|\| 36 \|\| 0 \|\| colspan="3"\|Rookie
	\|align="center"\|30
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|7
	\|align="center"\|60
	\|Ryder Cup rookie
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} ]
	\|]
			\| 35 \|\| align=left\|], Ireland \|\| 8 \|\| 7 \|\| 18 \|\| 3 \|\| 12 \|\| 7–4–1 \|\| 62.50
	\|align="center"\|31
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|8
	\|align="center"\|64
	\|Ryder Cup rookie
	\|-
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|30
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|9
	\|align="center"\|42
	\|Ryder Cup rookie
	\|-
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|33
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|10
	\|align="center"\|68
	\|Ryder Cup rookie
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} ]
	\|]
			\| 39 \|\| align=left\|], England \|\| 17 \|\| 9 \|\| 53 \|\| 2 \|\| 6 \|\| 2–1–3 \|\| 58.33
	\|align="center"\|33
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|12
	\|align="center"\|23
	\|Captain's pick
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	\|]
			\| 40 \|\| align=left\|], Spain \|\| 6 \|\| 10 \|\| 19 \|\| 6 \|\| 28 \|\| 15–8–5 \|\| 62.50
	\|align="center"\|42
			\|- style="background:#ffa;"
	\|]
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|NIR}} ]
	\|align="center"\|20
			\| 38 \|\| align=left\|], England \|\| 13 \|\| 30 \|\| 24 \|\| 4 \|\| 17 \|\| 7–7–3 \|\| 50.00
	\|align="center"\|37
			\|- style="background:#ffa;"
	\|Captain's pick
			\| align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
			\| 33 \|\| align=left\|], England \|\| 14 \|\| 21 \|\| 51 \|\| 4 \|\| 20 \|\| 11–8–1 \|\| 57.50
	\|}		\|}

			Captains picks are shown in yellow; the ] and records are at the start of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

			As vice-captains, European captain Ian Woosnam selected ] and ], to assist him during the tournament.
	{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;"

	\|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
			{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center"
	\|colspan=5\| ]   '''Team Europe'''
	\|- ~~bgcolor~~="#~~ddffdd~~"		\|- style="background:#dfd;"
			\| colspan="9"\|{{flagicon\|USA\|size=50px}} '''Team USA'''
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
	!Name		!Name
	!Age		!Age
	!Residence		!Residence
	!~~World~~<br/> ~~ranking~~		!Points<br/>rank
			!World<br/>ranking
	!Notes
			!Previous<br/>Ryder Cups
			!Matches
			!W–L–H
			!Winning<br/>percentage
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 47 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| colspan="6" \| Non-playing captain
	\|align="center"\|48
	\|], ], ]<br>and ]
	\|
	\|Non-playing captain
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 30 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 4 \|\| 20 \|\| 7–11–2 \|\| 40.00
	\|align="center"\|28
	\|], ]<br>and ], ]
	\|align="center"\|9
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 36 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 5 \|\| 20 \|\| 9–8–3 \|\| 52.50
	\|align="center"\|26
	\|], ]
	\|align="center"\|8
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 36 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 4 \|\| 15 \|\| 4–9–2 \|\| 33.33
	\|align="center"\|30
	\|], ]
	\|align="center"\|11
	\|Ryder Cup rookie
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 32 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 4 \|\| 22 \|\| 1 \|\| 3 \|\| 1–2–0 \|\| 33.33
	\|align="center"\|31
	\|], ]
	\|align="center"\|13
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 39 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 5 \|\| 16 \|\| 2 \|\| 8 \|\| 4–3–1 \|\| 56.25
	\|align="center"\|43
	\|], ]
	\|align="center"\|14
	\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 38 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 6 \|\| 15 \|\| 1 \|\| 4 \|\| 2–1–1 \|\| 62.50
	\|align="center"\|37
	\|]
	\|align="center"\|36
	\|Ryder Cup rookie
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 30 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 7 \|\| 60 \|\| 0 \|\| colspan="3"\|Rookie
	\|align="center"\|29
	\|], ]<br>and ], ]
	\|align="center"\|17
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 31 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 8 \|\| 64 \|\| 0 \|\| colspan="3"\|Rookie
	\|align="center"\|35
	\|], ]
	\|align="center"\|18
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 30 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 9 \|\| 42 \|\| 0 \|\| colspan="3"\|Rookie
	\|align="center"\|40
	\|], ]
	\|align="center"\|19
	\|-		\|-
			\| align=left\|]
	\|] ]
			\| 33 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 10 \|\| 68 \|\| 0 \|\| colspan="3"\|Rookie
	\|align="center"\|39
			\|- style="background:#ffa;"
	\|], ]
	\|align=~~"center"~~\|53		\| align=left\|]
			\| 33 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 12 \|\| 23 \|\| 2 \|\| 7 \|\| 2–4–1 \|\| 35.71
			\|- style="background:#ffa;"
			\| align=left\|]
			\| 42 \|\| align=left\|] \|\| 20 \|\| 37 \|\| 1 \|\| 3 \|\| 2–1–0 \|\| 66.67
			\|}

			Captains picks are shown in yellow; the ] and records are at the start of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

			As vice-captains, United States captain Tom Lehman selected ] and ], to assist him during the tournament.

			==Friday's matches==
			===Morning four-ball===
			{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|Europe\|size=50px}}
			! style="width:5.5em;"\| Results
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|USA\|size=50px}}
			\|-
			\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} 1 up
			\|''']/]'''
			\|-
			\|]/]
			\|halved
			\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|''']/]'''
	\|] ]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 3 & 2
	\|align="center"\|38
			\|]/]
	\|], ]
	\|align="center"\|24
	\|Captain's pick
	\|-		\|-
	\|] ]		\|''']/]'''
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 1 up
	\|align="center"\|33
			\|]/]
	\|], ]
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
	\|align="center"\|51
			\| 2{{1/2}}
	\|Captain's pick
			\| Session
			\| 1{{1/2}}
			\|- style="background:#afa;"
			! 2{{1/2}}
			! Overall
			! 1{{1/2}}
	\|}		\|}

			===Afternoon foursomes===
	==Friday, September 22==
			{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
	===Four-ball ===
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
	{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|Europe\|size=50px}}
	\|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
			! style="width:5.5em;"\| Results
	! width=160\| ]
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|USA\|size=50px}}
	! Results
	! width=160\| ]
	\|-		\|-
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|halved
	\|] 1 up
	~~\|align="center"~~\|]/]		\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|~~Match~~ halved		\|halved
	~~\|align="center"~~\|]/]		\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|halved
	\|] 3 and 2
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|''']/]'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 2 up
	\|] 1 up
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|- ~~bgcolor~~="#~~ddffdd~~"		\|- style="background:#dfd;"
			\| 2{{1/2}}
	\|align="center"\| 2 ½
			\| Session
	\|align="center"\| Four-balls
			\| 1{{1/2}}
	\|align="center"\| 1 ½
	\|- ~~bgcolor~~="#~~aaffaa~~"		\|- style="background:#afa;"
			! 5
	!align="center"\| 2 ½
	!~~align="center"\|~~ Overall		! Overall
			! 3
	!align="center"\| 1 ½
	\|}		\|}

	==~~=Foursomes~~ ~~pairings=~~==		==Saturday's matches==
			===Morning four-ball===
	{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
			{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
	\|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
	! width=160\| ]
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|Europe\|size=50px}}
	! Results
			! style="width:5.5em;"\| Results
	! width=160\| ]
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|USA\|size=50px}}
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align="center"~~\|]/]		\|]/]
	\|~~Match~~ halved		\|halved
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|''']/]'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 3 & 2
	\|Match halved
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|''']/]'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 3 & 2
	\|Match halved
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|]/]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} 2 & 1
	\|\|] 2 up
			\|''']/]'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|- ~~bgcolor~~="#~~ddffdd~~"		\|- style="background:#dfd;"
			\| 2{{1/2}}
	\|align="center"\| 2½
			\| Session
	\|align="center"\| Foursomes
			\| 1{{1/2}}
	\|align="center"\| 1½
	\|- ~~bgcolor~~="#~~aaffaa~~"		\|- style="background:#afa;"
			! 7{{1/2}}
	!align="center"\| 5
	!~~align="center"\|~~ Overall		! Overall
			! 4{{1/2}}
	!align="center"\| 3
	\|}		\|}

			===Afternoon foursomes===
	==Saturday, September 23==
			{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
	===Four-ball ===
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|Europe\|size=50px}}
			! style="width:5.5em;"\| Results
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|USA\|size=50px}}
			\|-
			\|''']/]'''
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 2 & 1
			\|]/]
			\|-
			\|]/]
			\|halved
			\|]/]
			\|-
			\|''']/]'''
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 5 & 4
			\|]/]
			\|-
			\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} 3 & 2
			\|''']/]'''
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
			\| 2{{1/2}}
			\| Session
			\| 1{{1/2}}
			\|- style="background:#afa;"
			! 10
			! Overall
			! 6
			\|}

			==Sunday's singles matches==
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			{\| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align:center;"
	\|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
			\|- style="background:#dfd;"
	! width=160\| ]
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|Europe\|size=50px}}
	! Results
			! style="width:5.5em;"\| Results
	! width=160\| ]
			! style="width:12em;"\| {{flagicon\|USA\|size=50px}}
	\|-		\|-
			\|''']'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 1 up
	\|Match halved
			\|]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align="center"~~\|]/]		\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} 4 & 3
	\|] 3 and 2
			\|''']'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|''']'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 2 & 1
	\|] 3 and 2
	~~\|align="center"~~\|]/]		\|]
	\|-		\|-
			\|]
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} 3 & 2
	\|] 2 and 1
			\|''']'''
	\|align="center"\|]/]
			\|-
	\|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
			\|''']'''
	\|align="center"\| 2½
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 2 & 1
	\|align="center"\| Four-balls
			\|]
	\|align="center"\| 1½
			\|-
	\|- bgcolor="#aaffaa"
			\|]
	!align="center"\| 7½
			\|halved<ref>After Europe had already won, McGinley conceded a 25-foot birdie putt to Henry on the 18th hole, halving their match. If Henry had putted and missed, Europe's final total would have been a record victory over the Americans. McGinley conceded the putt because an almost-naked spectator ran across the green and jumped into the lake as Henry was about to putt.{{dead link\|date=September 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} This was reported on radio stations and in newspapers but not shown on television. McGinley's action has been described as an example of the "sportsmanship that has come to signify the Ryder Cup." {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928055148/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/usa/news/sunday_lede092406.html \|date=28 September 2008 }}</ref>
	!align="center"\| Overall
			\|]
	!align="center"\| 4½
			\|-
			\|''']'''
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Europe}} 3 & 2
			\|]
			\|-
			\|''']'''
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			==Individual player records==
	===Foursomes pairings===
			Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 3 \|\| 2–0–2 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 0–0–2
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 3 \|\| 3–0–0 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 0–0–0 \|\| 2–0–0
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 3 \|\| 3–0–0 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 2–0–0 \|\| 0–0–0
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 4 \|\| 4–1–0 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 2–0–0 \|\| 2–0–0
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0–4–1 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 0–1–1 \|\| 0–2–0
			\|-
			\|align=left\|] \|\| 2.5 \|\| 2–0–1 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 1–0–1 \|\| 0–0–0
			\|-
			\|align=left\|] \|\| 1 \|\| 0–1–2 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 0–0–0 \|\| 0–0–2
			\|-
			\|align=left\|] \|\| 1 \|\| 0–1–2 \|\| 0–0–1 \|\| 0–1–1 \|\| 0–0–0
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 2 \|\| 1–1–2 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 0–0–2 \|\| 0–1–0
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	\|] 2 and 1
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 3 \|\| 3–0–0 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 0–0–0 \|\| 2–0–0
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	\|Match halved
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 1.5 \|\| 1–1–1 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 0–0–1 \|\| 0–1–0
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	\|] 5 and 4
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|-		\|-
			\|align=left\|] \|\| 4 \|\| 3–0–2 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 0–0–2 \|\| 2–0–0
	\|align="center"\|]/]
	\|] 3 and 2
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	\|align="center"\| Foursomes
	\|align="center"\| 1½
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	!align="center"\| Overall
	!align="center"\| 6
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	==~~Sunday,~~ ~~September 24~~==		===United States===
			{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
	===Singles===
			! Player !! Points \|\| Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 1 \|\| 0–1–2 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 0–0–2 \|\| 0–0–0
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	\|] 1 up
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 2.5 \|\| 1–1–3 \|\| 1–0–0 \|\| 0–1–1 \|\| 0–0–2
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	\|] 4 and 3
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	\|] 2 and 1
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 2 \|\| 2–3–0 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 1–1–0 \|\| 1–1–0
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	\|] 3 and 2
	\|align="center"\|]
	\|-		\|-
			\|align=left\|] \|\| 1.5 \|\| 0–0–3 \|\| 0–0–1 \|\| 0–0–0 \|\| 0–0–2
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	\|] 2 and 1
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 1.5 \|\| 1–2–1 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 0–1–1 \|\| 1–0–0
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	\|Match halved<ref>After Europe had already won, McGinley conceded a 25-foot birdie putt to Henry on the 18th hole, halving their match. If Henry had putted and missed, Europe's final total would have been a record victory over the Americans. McGinley's action has been described as an example of the "sportsmanship that has come to signify the Ryder Cup." </ref>
	\|align="center"\|]
	\|-		\|-
			\|align=left\|] \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0–4–1 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 0–1–1 \|\| 0–2–0
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	\|] 3 and 2
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			\|align=left\|] \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0–1–1 \|\| 0–1–0 \|\| 0–0–1 \|\| 0–0–0
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	\|] 3 and 2
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	\|] 5 and 4
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	\|] 2 and 1
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	\|] 2 up
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	!align="center"\| 9½
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Golf tournament in Ireland

36th Ryder Cup Matches

Dates

22–24 September 2006

Venue

The K Club

Location

County Kildare, Ireland

Captains

Ian Woosnam (Europe)
Tom Lehman (USA)

181⁄2

91⁄2

Europe wins the Ryder Cup

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K Clubclass=notpageimage| Location in Ireland

The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 in Ireland at the Palmer Course of the K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, west of Dublin. It was the first time the event was played in Ireland.

Europe won by 181⁄2 to 91⁄2 points, equalling their record winning margin of two years earlier for their third consecutive win, a first for Europe. Swedish rookie Henrik Stenson made the winning putt, just moments after Luke Donald sank a putt to ensure Europe retained the trophy.

Course

The K Club has two Arnold Palmer-designed championship courses and the 36th Ryder Cup was held on the Palmer Course (also known as the North or Old Course). The course is a parkland course located on the banks of the River Liffey, threaded through mature woodlands on the Straffan country estate.

Television

Domestically, Sky Sports provided live coverage of all sessions.

In the United States, coverage of the first day was recorded live, but presented on tape-delay by USA Network. Bill Macatee hosted from the 18th tower. On Saturday, NBC Sports presented coverage on tape, but recorded live. NBC then aired the singles live on Sunday morning. Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller hosted from the 18th tower, Gary Koch and Bob Murphy called holes, while on-course reporters were Mark Rolfing, Roger Maltbie, and Dottie Pepper. To provide a European perspective, NBC used former European team player Nick Faldo as a guest analyst on the Saturday afternoon session. Faldo had worked in the same role for NBC at the 2002 Ryder Cup, and at the time of the 2006 edition was in between jobs, having worked as an analyst for ABC Sports from 2004 to 2006, but having signed with CBS Sports for 2007 and beyond.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 2004 and 2006 was as follows:

Day 1 (Friday) – 4 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Team qualification and selection

Europe

The European team consisted of:

The top five players on the Ryder Cup World Points List
- Total points earned in Official World Golf Ranking events from 1 September 2005 to 27 August 2006 and then only in the BMW International Open, which ended on 3 September
The five players, not qualified above, on the Ryder Cup European Points List
- Money earned in official European Tour events from 1 September 2005 to 3 September 2006
Two captain's picks

United States

The United States team consisted of:

The top ten players on the Ryder Cup Points List
- Total points earned in PGA Tour events from 22 August 2004 to 20 August 2006. Points were awarded for top-10 finishes in these events based on the following table:

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2004 Regular events	75	45	40	35	30	25	20	15	10	5
2005 Regular events	75	45	40	35	30	25	20	15	10	5
2005 Majors	450	225	200	175	150	125	100	75	50	25
2006 Regular events	375	180	160	140	120	100	80	60	40	20
2006 Majors	675	360	320	280	240	200	160	120	80	40

Two captain's picks

Teams

Name	Age	Residence	Points rank (World)	Points rank (European)	World ranking	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team Europe
Ian Woosnam	48	Llanymynech, partly in England and partly in Wales and Jersey	Non-playing captain
Henrik Stenson	30	Dubai, UAE	1	3	11	0	Rookie
Luke Donald	28	High Wycombe, England and Chicago, Illinois, USA	2	8	9	1	4	2–1–1	62.50
Sergio García	26	Borriol, Spain	3	4	8	3	15	10–3–2	73.33
David Howell	31	Weybridge, England	4	2	13	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Colin Montgomerie	43	Oxshott, England	5	1	14	7	32	19–8–5	67.19
Paul Casey	29	Weybridge, England and Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	7	5	17	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Robert Karlsson	37	Monaco	10	6	36	0	Rookie
Pádraig Harrington	35	Dublin, Ireland	8	7	18	3	12	7–4–1	62.50
Paul McGinley	39	Sunningdale, England	17	9	53	2	6	2–1–3	58.33
José María Olazábal	40	Fuenterrabia, Spain	6	10	19	6	28	15–8–5	62.50
Darren Clarke	38	Chobham, England	13	30	24	4	17	7–7–3	50.00
Lee Westwood	33	Worksop, England	14	21	51	4	20	11–8–1	57.50

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

As vice-captains, European captain Ian Woosnam selected Peter Baker and Des Smyth, to assist him during the tournament.

Name	Age	Residence	Points rank	World ranking	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team USA
Tom Lehman	47	Austin, Minnesota	Non-playing captain
Tiger Woods	30	Windermere, Florida	1	1	4	20	7–11–2	40.00
Phil Mickelson	36	Rancho Santa Fe, California	2	2	5	20	9–8–3	52.50
Jim Furyk	36	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	3	3	4	15	4–9–2	33.33
Chad Campbell	32	Lewisville, Texas	4	22	1	3	1–2–0	33.33
David Toms	39	Monroe, Louisiana	5	16	2	8	4–3–1	56.25
Chris DiMarco	38	Orlando, Florida	6	15	1	4	2–1–1	62.50
Vaughn Taylor	30	Augusta, Georgia	7	60	0	Rookie
J. J. Henry	31	Fairfield, Connecticut	8	64	0	Rookie
Zach Johnson	30	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	9	42	0	Rookie
Brett Wetterich	33	Cincinnati, Ohio	10	68	0	Rookie
Stewart Cink	33	Huntsville, Alabama	12	23	2	7	2–4–1	35.71
Scott Verplank	42	Dallas, Texas	20	37	1	3	2–1–0	66.67

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

As vice-captains, United States captain Tom Lehman selected Corey Pavin and Loren Roberts, to assist him during the tournament.

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

	Results
Harrington/Montgomerie	1 up	Woods/Furyk
Casey/Karlsson	halved	Cink/Henry
García/Olazábal	3 & 2	Toms/Wetterich
Clarke/Westwood	1 up	Mickelson/DiMarco
21⁄2	Session	11⁄2
21⁄2	Overall	11⁄2

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Harrington/McGinley	halved	Campbell/Johnson
Howell/Stenson	halved	Cink/Toms
Westwood/Montgomerie	halved	Mickelson/DiMarco
Donald/García	2 up	Woods/Furyk
21⁄2	Session	11⁄2
5	Overall	3

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

	Results
Casey/Karlsson	halved	Cink/Henry
García/Olazábal	3 & 2	Mickelson/DiMarco
Clarke/Westwood	3 & 2	Woods/Furyk
Stenson/Harrington	2 & 1	Verplank/Johnson
21⁄2	Session	11⁄2
71⁄2	Overall	41⁄2

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
García/Donald	2 & 1	Mickelson/Toms
Montgomerie/Westwood	halved	Campbell/Taylor
Casey/Howell	5 & 4	Cink/Johnson
Harrington/McGinley	3 & 2	Furyk/Woods
21⁄2	Session	11⁄2
10	Overall	6

Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Colin Montgomerie	1 up	David Toms
Sergio García	4 & 3	Stewart Cink
Paul Casey	2 & 1	Jim Furyk
Robert Karlsson	3 & 2	Tiger Woods
Luke Donald	2 & 1	Chad Campbell
Paul McGinley	halved	J. J. Henry
Darren Clarke	3 & 2	Zach Johnson
Henrik Stenson	4 & 3	Vaughn Taylor
David Howell	5 & 4	Brett Wetterich
José María Olazábal	2 & 1	Phil Mickelson
Lee Westwood	2 up	Chris DiMarco
Pádraig Harrington	4 & 3	Scott Verplank
81⁄2	Session	31⁄2
181⁄2	Overall	91⁄2

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Source:

Europe

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Paul Casey	3	2–0–2	1–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–2
Darren Clarke	3	3–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	2–0–0
Luke Donald	3	3–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–0–0
Sergio García	4	4–1–0	0–1–0	2–0–0	2–0–0
Pádraig Harrington	0.5	0–4–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	0–2–0
David Howell	2.5	2–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	0–0–0
Robert Karlsson	1	0–1–2	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–2
Paul McGinley	1	0–1–2	0–0–1	0–1–1	0–0–0
Colin Montgomerie	2	1–1–2	1–0–0	0–0–2	0–1–0
José María Olazábal	3	3–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	2–0–0
Henrik Stenson	1.5	1–1–1	1–0–0	0–0–1	0–1–0
Lee Westwood	4	3–0–2	1–0–0	0–0–2	2–0–0

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Chad Campbell	1	0–1–2	0–1–0	0–0–2	0–0–0
Stewart Cink	2.5	1–1–3	1–0–0	0–1–1	0–0–2
Chris DiMarco	0.5	0–3–1	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–2–0
Jim Furyk	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
J. J. Henry	1.5	0–0–3	0–0–1	0–0–0	0–0–2
Zach Johnson	1.5	1–2–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1–0–0
Phil Mickelson	0.5	0–4–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	0–2–0
Vaughn Taylor	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–0–0
David Toms	0.5	0–3–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	0–1–0
Scott Verplank	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0
Brett Wetterich	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Tiger Woods	3	3–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–1–0

References

The sequence from 1985-1987-1989 included a tie in 1989, retaining the trophy for Europe.
If the 'dormie' situation is taken into account, then half points can be 'virtually' added from matches still in play where Europe were guaranteed half a point. From this viewpoint, Europe's retention of the trophy was sealed when David Howell won over Brett Wetterich, and the win was certain when Donald beat Chad Campbell. However, because players in a 'dormie' situation can still be disqualified and lose their match, the scoreboard and the records of the tournament only take account of concluded matches, and so the records credit Donald with ensuring that Europe retained the trophy and Stenson with guaranteeing the victory.
After Europe had already won, McGinley conceded a 25-foot birdie putt to Henry on the 18th hole, halving their match. If Henry had putted and missed, Europe's final total would have been a record victory over the Americans. McGinley conceded the putt because an almost-naked spectator ran across the green and jumped into the lake as Henry was about to putt. This was reported on radio stations and in newspapers but not shown on television. McGinley's action has been described as an example of the "sportsmanship that has come to signify the Ryder Cup." Archived 28 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
"2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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