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This article presents information about golfer Hal Sutton. Motivation is never a problem for Ryder Cup captains, but Hal Sutton will be carrying a special grudge when he attempts to wrest the cup from his European counterpart Bernhard Langer. As a hobby Sutton raises cutting horses, and on the golf course he has the strut of an Old West gunslinger, which is complemented by the square jaw and barrel chest of the Marlboro Man and the gravelly drawl of Hoss Cartwright. Sutton has won 14 times on the PGATour, including the 1983 PGA Championship and the 2000 Players Championship, but one of the defining moments of his career came in a conference room on the sixth floor of the Four Seasons hotel in Boston. "I believe there's more talent here on the sixth floor than there is on the fifth," he said, gesturing to the floor below, where the European team was staying. "But we've got to play with more emotion. We've got to raise our fists and get the crowd into it," Sutton says. The next day Sutton was sent out second in the U.S. lineup, and he was a fist-pumping, foot-stomping revelation, whipping his singles opponent to help generate the momentum for the Americans' historic comeback.

This article focuses on the career of golfer Bernhard Langer. Langer's steely resolve is his defining trait as a golfer. A 2002 inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame, Langer holds European tour records for most consecutive cuts made and most consecutive years with at least one win, both marks a testament to his Teutonic consistency. Nothing in golf moves Langer like the Ryder Cup. He is one of the greatest players in the event's history, having racked up a 21-15-6 record in 10 appearances, a victory total exceeded only by Arnold Palmer and Nick Faldo. At the 2002 Cup, Langer went 3-0-1 at the age of 45 to lead the European upset.