"down four points entering the final round of play, things looked bleak for the us, which had not won the ryder cup since 1993. no ryder cup team had ever come back from a deficit of two points or more. but us captain ben crenshaw said later that he just had a feeling that something special would happen that day. the americans were on fire all day, chipping away at the european lead. on the 17th green during the penultimate match between american justin leonard and spainard jose maria olazabal, leonard sank a 45-foot putt that seemingly sealed the comeback. the american team stormed the green, an act that the european assistant captain would label 'disgusting' because olazabal still had to putt out. when he missed, the us had completed the biggest comeback in ryder cup history."
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