Continental Europe won the Seve Trophy for the first time in 13 years on Sunday, Francesco Molinari keeping his cool to edge out Great Britain and Ireland's Chris Wood in the final singles match at St Nom La Breteche. GB and Ireland had emerged triumphant in each of the last six contests, and headed into the final day locked at 9-9 with Jose Maria Olazabal's side after a spirited fightback in Saturday's foursomes. There remained little to separate the teams as the singles competition progressed in north-central France. And, just as at last year's Ryder Cup at Medinah, it all came down to Molinari in the anchor role to seal the victory. The Italian held his nerve for a 3&2 triumph over Englishman Wood to hand Continental Europe a 15-13 success.
Tiger Woods secured the winning point as the USA beat the Internationals 18.5-15.5 to retain the Presidents Cup. Leading 14-8 going into Sunday's singles at Muirfield Village in Ohio, it seemed a formality for Fred Couples' men and for most of the afternoon the result never seemed in doubt. Hunter Mahan, Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson moved the US onto 17 points but International wins courtesy of Jason Day, Graham DeLaet and Ernie Els stalled the victory celebrations. Still needing to find an 18th point to secure outright victory, the US were held up further as Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and Charl Schwartzel claimed victories. But Tiger Woods, in the ninth match down, kept his cool to hold off Richard Sterne and bank the winning point for the third Presidents Cup running.
