Justin Rose on the Miracle in Medinah | Medinah Memories

Ryder Cup is the best tournament in golf

I am English, a grown man 61 years old. I have watched this many times... I have cried every time

Ian Poulter could be ranked 500+ in the World Rankings .. and still come out and win his Ryder Cup matches. The man is a match play beast.

Superb piece of film. Great history, and what a man Justin Rose is. Great respect for how he altered his celebrations at 18 given the proximity to Phil. Proper class act!

Great look back at an amazing event with incredibly disappointing result as an American, but I can appreciate it now more when I look back and see it though the eyes of a class act like Justin Rose. I don't think there is much argument that these were the two greatest Ryder Cup teams to face each other during my lifetime. The US would be the favorite because we were at home and had Tiger and Phil leading the team, though both were past their prime, especially Tiger. To go along with that, the US had a great group of rising stars in Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Jason Dufner, Zach Johnson, Dustin Johnson and Keegan Bradley. Justin is right that the US had the more natural pairs, which is rare for the Americans. I never thought of that before, but it is obvious thinking back on it. On the otherhand, the Euro team per the World Rankings might have had the best team they'd ever had. That team had 4 of the top 5 ranked players in the world in Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood. That isn't even counting Martin Kaymer, who was #1 in the world just the year before, or Graeme McDowell who was #4 in the world the prior year as well. When you add in two of the greatest Ryder Cup players of all time in Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter, you have a truly great team that underachieved the first two days of the event. Sure, no one thought Sunday would happen the way it did because of what we saw the prior two days, but when you put the 12 Euros up against the 12 Americans, the Euros were favored to win the majority of the matches. Unlike what happened in Brookline in '99, when the US team dominated the Euros on Sunday, the Sunday matches were almost all closely fought matches with all but 3 of them making it to the 17th green or beyond. It was actually the 17th hole that doomed the US team. Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk both saw their matches, which they led, turn on that hole. And they weren't alone. The 17th was a true hole of horror for the US team all day long. For me the Furyk-Sergio match was the key. Furyk led most the way. Sergio for a rare time did not have a great Ryder Cup and was not particularly playing good golf. Even after the Euros ran off the first 5 wins, the US would have followed with the next 4 matches if it hadn't been for Furyk's collapse. In a way, it was the perfect encapsulation of the Ryder Cup careers of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Jim Furyk- great American players with terrible Ryder Cup records. Their generation would herald the beginning of Euro domination at the Ryder Cup.

That's an incredible video, Justin you are one classy gentleman

Can remember this like it was yesterday. That point Justin Rose pointed Seve on his top I bawled my eyes out. Amazing memories. 😍👌🤷🏻‍♂️

Thank you for sharing your story. Justin is one of my favorite golfers.❤❤❤

Excellent video. Not in the video, but my best memory was Mickelson giving Rose a thumbs up as he putted at 17. Great sportsmanship

What a gorgeous piece. Thank you, European Tour, for making this accessible on YouTube. Thank you, Justin Rose, for telling your story with such honest and compassion for all involved. Truly breathtaking. And I say this as an American too young to know this was even happening at the time! :)

I’m a massive sports fan but not a golfer, never really played, never really watched! But I had sky sports at the time of this and have to say, this is still one of the greatest sporting moments I have ever seen… watching it unfold, I could not believe what I was seeing! The tension was unreal!

Justine Rose...you are a superstar. Even as an Australian I love the Ryder Cup. It's the best golf tournament by far. Go Europe.

I remember on the Sunday thinking - I'll just pop the golf on to see how its going but couldn't bare watching the Yanks win. In the end the next 4 or 5 hours were amongst the best of my life. Just amazing.

Watching this to get excited for this weekend !!

I don't think that we will ever see another Ryder Cup like this one, very special for many reasons.

Thank you so much Justin.

Mind-blowing event. I can remember kneeling in front of the tv when Kaymer stood over that putt to win his match. The agony of it and then the ecstasy. Brilliant.

What a top bloke . Great clip

Gracias a todo el equipo europeo por haber honrado la memoria de Seve. La mejor Ryder Cup de la historia.

Justin rose is a top geezer..he's so humble for a guy in his position..I really like the guy..🇬🇧