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Published: September 19, 2008

PADRAIG HARRINGTON

•Age: 37

•Country: Ireland

•World ranking: 4

•Ryder Cup teams: 4

•Ryder Cup record: 7-8-2

•Ryder Cup moment: Walking all the way to the 17th green at Brookline to check the hole location, and winning his match against Mark O'Meara in his Ryder Cup debut.

SERGIO GARCIA

•Age: 28

•Country: Spain

•World ranking: 5

•Ryder Cup teams: 4

•Ryder Cup record: 14-4-2

•Ryder Cup moment: Has a 75 percent rate of earning points, the highest of any European on this team. That includes an astounding 8-0 record in foursomes.

LEE WESTWOOD

•Age: 35

•Country: England

•World ranking: 12

•Ryder Cup teams: 5

•Ryder Cup record: 14-8-3

•Ryder Cup moment: Holed a 4-foot par putt at Oakland Hills to assure Europe retaining the cup. It was his first singles victory.

HENRIK STENSON

•Age: 32

•Country: Sweden

•World ranking: 7

•Ryder Cup teams: 1

•Ryder Cup record: 1-1-1

•Ryder Cup moment: Holing the winning putt at The K Club.

ROBERT KARLSSON

•Age: 38

•Country: Sweden

•World ranking: 17

•Ryder Cup teams: 1

•Ryder Cup record: 0-1-2

•Ryder Cup moment: Losing to Tiger Woods in singles at his first Ryder Cup.

MIGUEL A. JIMENEZ

•Age: 44

•Country: Spain

•World ranking: 19

•Ryder Cup teams: 2

•Ryder Cup record: 2-5-2

•Ryder Cup moment: Losing to Chris DiMarco twice in the '04 Ryder Cup.

GRAEME McDOWELL

•Age: 29

•Country: Northern Ireland

•World ranking: 32

•Ryder Cup team: Rookie

•Ryder Cup record: 0-0-0

•Ryder Cup moment: Helped lead Great Britain & Ireland to victory in the 2001 Walker Cup.

JUSTIN ROSE

•Age: 28

•Country: England

•World ranking: 13

•Ryder Cup teams: Rookie

•Ryder Cup record: 0-0-0

•Ryder Cup moment: Played in the Walker Cup at age 17 and has represented England three times in the World Cup.

SOREN HANSEN

•Age: 34

•Country: Denmark

•World ranking: 42

•Ryder Cup team: Rookie

•Ryder Cup record: 0-0-0

•Ryder Cup moment: Has represented Denmark six times in the World Cup.

OLIVER WILSON

•Age: 27

•Country: England

•World ranking: 48

•Ryder Cup team: Rookie

•Ryder Cup record: 0-0-0

•Ryder Cup moment: Was unbeaten in the 2003 Walker Cup, beating Bill Haas in singles.

PAUL CASEY

•Age: 31

•Country: England

•World ranking: 38

•Ryder Cup teams: 2

•Ryder Cup record: 3-1-2

•Ryder Cup moment: Making a hole-in-one to win a foursomes match with David Howell on the 14th hole of The K Club.

IAN POULTER

•Age: 32

•Country: England

•World ranking: 29

•Ryder Cup teams: 1

•Ryder Cup record: 1-1-0

•Ryder Cup moment: Being picked by Nick Faldo after not trying to make the European team on his own.

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