The Legacy Golf Course announces that it will host a one-day regional qualifying event for the Duff Challenge on October 3rd with tee times beginning at 10 a.m.

Pure Perception Sports announces their participation in the 2004 PGA Fall Expo, Sept. 21 -22, at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

SHOT develops The Master Caddy, a portable ball cleaning system that makes cleaning golf balls easy and convenient.

Three players fired an even par 72 at St. Petersburg Country Club to lead five golfers who advanced to the Florida State Mid-Amateur Championship at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach on September 23-26.

Curtis Madson earns medalist honors at Orange County National Golf Center in Winter Garden to lead three golfers who qualified for the 2004 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.

Jason Wilmoth joins Legendary Marketing, The World's Leader in Golf Marketing, as a marketing success specialist.

The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) Division of Tourism announces that although it is finalizing the process of assessing the impact of Hurricane Ivan, based on extensive reports there appears to be minimal damage to the golf course properties on the state's Gulf Coast.

PGA TOUR golfer Fred Funk commits to play in the Atlantic City Commemorative presented by MasterCard, the 25th anniversary celebration event of the PGA TOUR's Champions Tour

All three member courses of the Rose Hall, Montego Bay Golf Association escape major hurricane damage and report they are ready for the gorgeous Caribbean fall season.

Ben Sutton Golf School, the nation's longest-running golf instruction destination based just south of Tampa, celebrates its 35th anniversary with the introduction of a series of new, cutting-edge For Women Only and Player's School Programs.

Gil Morgan commits to the SAS Championship presented by Forbes.

Golf Range Magazine, the trade magazine focused on "Golf Ranges" and "Short Courses" announces its annual listing of the Top 50 Golf Instructors in America.

Mississippi State men's golf opens the 2004-2005 campaign on Monday, Sept. 20 in the Raising Cane Classic in Hattiesburg, MS.

Kelly Gosse and Ken Godwin defeats two teams in a playoff to earn their second title of the year and win the Florida State Mid-Senior Four-Ball North Championship.

The Greg Norman Collection announces that effective immediately, Ken Medley, Vice President Sales, National Accounts will assume responsibility for the company's International Sales operations.

Andrew Colvin wins the boys division of the first Florida Junior Tour (FJT) event of the 2004-2005 season while Andrea Messer got the win in the girls division at Orange County National Golf Center in Winter Garden.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Europeans defeated the American team in the 35th Ryder Cup Matches with a score of 18-and-a-half to 9-and-a-half.

JULIUS MASON: A very depressed European Ryder Cup Team at the head table at this moment, ladies and gentlemen. (Laughter.) While we are waiting for the rest of the team --

THOMAS LEVET: (Introducing team). On his left, the midget. (Paul McGinley).

Just next to him, one guy, he works out so much we call him, "Arnold" (Laughter.) (Paul Casey).

On the extreme left, Mr. Ryder Cup, the mean machine, don't play against him in singles, you lost already. (Colin Montgomerie).

And on his right, from England, is the bad man, he's got the good drive. And he shows it on the course, Mr. Trousers, Ian Poulter. (Laughter.)

And here on my left, the guy that when he wins one point, it's not one point he puts on the board, it's ten. (David Howell). (Laughter.)

You ready? (To Julius).

SERGIO GARCIA: Bernhard's not here.

JULIUS MASON: Folks, for the sake of time, I bet there are probably some questions you might have, so we'll go ahead and take some questions while we wait for the captain to join us. First of all on mic No. 3, please.

Q. For Sergio, sorry to interrupt your ice cream.

SERGIO GARCIA: It's not ice cream, it's a crab leg.

Q. In your match when you went down two, at that point, the top 5 matches, the Americans are leading, what did you say to yourself or what was your thinking when you went down to Phil to kind of change the tide there?

SERGIO GARCIA: Well, I was just mainly trying to be positive. I knew that the way I was playing all week long, I knew that I had a good chance of winning. I just had to probably relax. I think I came out probably wanting it too much. You know, I was a bit nervous at the beginning and it showed up in a couple of shots. But, you know, thankfully, I got to the ninth hole, I hit a great tee shot and I had a huge putt there. Since then, you know, I was totally under control. I felt like I was doing the things I wanted to do. I felt like I was having a chance on every hole. I knew that if I get something going, just at least show my partners that I was getting back into the game, and having a chance of winning that point, I knew that it could help a little bit.

Q. Could you talk a little about Bernhard Langer, the job he did as captain and why you think he was such a good captain this week?

COLIN MONTGOMERIE: Yes, quite good, actually, because he's not here so I can talk about him. (Laughter.)

THOMAS LEVET: Did he really?

COLIN MONTGOMERIE: We in Europe have been very fortunate over the years to have such great captains and I've played for a number of them. No one better than Bernhard.

We in Europe are quite close. You know, we all travel together and we all spend a lot more time together than possibly the U.S. Team do as a whole. As we've been saying all week, that we tend to play for each other, and it's huge, that. You can see how delighted we all are, not individually, but as a team. And it's most important to have that feeling. That was brought together by Bernhard very, very much over the last year.

I didn't know I was in this team until half an hour before the selection was made, but I knew that Bernhard would get this team together and play for each other and that's what we did this week, and it proved conclusively from Friday morning what a team we were. That's what I'd like to thank Bernhard for, and also, for picking me.

Q. Just talk about what this week was like for you and whether or not you would like to try to be a captain again and maybe even try to play as a player again on this team.

CAPTAIN BERNHARD LANGER: Maybe both. I might be too old to be on this team as a player, I don't know. I might try in two years time, but I'll have to wait and see how things go.

I haven't been asked to be captain again and I'm not sure -- I need time to think about that. But I think there's other guys who deserve a shot at it and I don't want to take that opportunity away from them. But obviously, we'll have to see and wait what the Ryder Cup Committee comes up with, who they think is the best man for the job, and then we'll take it from there. We've got a whole year to think about it.

Q. Talk about what it was like this week.

CAPTAIN BERNHARD LANGER: It's hard to put into words. I can't talk enough about these 12 guys here, the three assistant captains that I had, the caddies, the wives, even the staff, I mean, just everybody did an outstanding job. They all gave 100%, and sometimes more. As I said earlier in the year or in the week, the players do the job. You know, I can only prepare the way and make them feel comfortable, encourage them and provide everything they need. But in the end, they are the ones who hit the shots and holed the putts, and they have done an incredible job.

Q. Monty, you've had a difficult time with the American crowds over the years, and this time it was a little bit different. They received you very warmly. Can you talk a little bit about that?

COLIN MONTGOMERIE: Yeah, I don't want to go into the past. I'd like to talk about today and I think that it was not just myself that was received warmly, I think all of our team were. I think we made a huge effort to make that happen. I think from the first day, we arrived here, Bernhard's decision to allow us to sign autographs and be open with the crowd worked in our favor and not just myself. I think everybody was treated well here in Detroit and Michigan and it worked well for us all.

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