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How Two Matches and One Hole Helped the U.S. Get Off to an Ideal Ryder Cup Start

The difference on Friday was how the two teams played Le Golf National's 18th hole.
Michael Rosenberg|
How Two Matches and One Hole Helped the U.S. Get Off to an Ideal Ryder Cup Start
How Two Matches and One Hole Helped the U.S. Get Off to an Ideal Ryder Cup Start

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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and feature stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of “War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest.” Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year’s best sportswriting. He is married with three children.