Casey hole-in-one "I know where the ball is, it's very safe. As for the four-iron there's one in my locker room. I haven't checked to see if it's mine, though."- Paul Casey apparently still unsure of the exact location of his four-iron after it flew out of his hand and seemingly into the gallery during his hole-in-one celebrations.

Wild card picks vindicated

"I'd just like to put on record that Ian Woosnam's wild card picks have been totally justified. That's five points out of six (Clarke/Westwood) without loss. They've totally justified Woosie's selections."

- Colin Mongtomerie. justifying Woosie's wild card picks.

Short tall Woosie

Sergio Garcia: "He might be a short man but he's got a huge heart."

Colin Montgomerie:"Yes, you're right, he is a short man. There's no question about that, Sergio. He's a short man with a very, very big heart." Sergio Garcia: "But I still think he has grown about three inches this week."

Being winning captain beats all

Interviewer: Would winning the Ryder Cup top everything you achieved as a player?

Woosnam: "It will be if we win. This will be the most satisfactory thing I've ever done in my life, because it's all right playing for yourself and there's only one person to let down. But when you're looking after 12 guys, it's a different matter altogether.

"Anyway, I think I'll retire after this, I think I'll need a year to recover from this."

Lehman keeps the faith

"I've been feeling great about this team for a long time now and I've been feeling great about this Ryder Cup for a long time. And I can tell you right now that our team does not feel this match is over by any stretch of the imagination."

- Tom Lehman remaining upbeat despite the 10-6 deficit going into the final day singles.

Putting the question

Reporter: "Why do you think your team is being out-putted?"

Tom Lehman: "Do you have an answer for me?"

Reporter: "No, I'm asking you."

Lehman: "I'm asking you. If I knew the answer, I'd tell my team."

Remembering Brookline

Reporter: "Why is it you guys putt better than the Americans?"

Darren Clarke: Got no idea, really. The best greens in the world are on the PGA Tour week-in week-out. I have no answer to that."

"I can tell you, in 1999 there were plenty of putts holed by the US team, I can certainly think of one!"

- Jose Maria Olazabal, referring to Justin Leonard's Ryder Cup-winning putt on 17 at Brookline, the last time the Spaniard played in the competition.

In out of the rain

Reporter: "Are you pair not disappointed at not playing again this afternoon?"

Darren Clarke: "I think it's great to be sitting in here, don't you Jose?"

Jose Maria Olazabal: "Oh yeah".

Clarke: "This is just fine. It's pissing rain out there so what you gonna do, go out there and get soaked trying to make four-footers all day or sit in here? No, this is just fine!"

Words of encouragement

"It was an emotional high and an emotional low, I don't really have much else to say."

- Zach Johnson after an inspired winning performance in the morning fourballs (his first Ryder Cup win) before getting thumped 5 and 4 in the foursomes and being brought back down to earth by Paul Casey's hole-in-one.

"He called and woke me in the middle of the night and said 'Dude, we're playing'. He told me all the ground rules and how he wanted to tee off first so I just said: 'Hey, whatever you want to do'. He actually woke me to tell me that."

- Scott Verplank on excitable playing partner Zach Johnson.

Hot reception

"We walked onto the first tee to a smattering of applause and obviously we're playing home-boy, Paddy (Harrington). Everybody knew the Irishman was coming, then it came, the loud, raucous roar and cheers."

- Verplank on first-tee welcome.

"I said: 'Zach, this is like the Hawkeyes and we're going into the big house'. Zach said 'This is it right here, it doesn't get any better than this'. He was right, there's nothing quite like going to somebody else's house and giving them a fight."

- Verplank, who alongside Johnson beat Harrington and Henrik Stenson.