Andrew Magee
American PGA Tour winner on BBC Radio 5 live

I'm just looking at the matches the Americans won. Reed won with eight birdies, so there's some good golf out there. We just don't have the depth that Europe do.

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Poulter still duelling with Webb Simpson, that game still alive down the 18th. Poulter has missed a stack of putts today but Simpson hasn't been in much form either, which might explain why he's been hidden away at the bottom of the American pack. Fine approach by Simpson, he's got a chance to close out this match...

Furyk's eagle attempt misses a couple of inches to the left and Garcia has won the match to make it 15½ - 9½ to Europe. The Americans are taking a beating, there's no getting away from it.

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Europe's Rory McIlroy speaking to Sky Sports: "We are really happy for Jamie Donaldson to get the job done. He has played really well this week, been great in the team room, lots of fun, and it was superb that the last shot fell to him.

"I cannot speak highly enough of the captain. Paul McGinley has left no stone unturned. Everything has tied in, from the people he has got to come and talk to us to the imagery and messages in the team room. He has been planning these days for the last two years."

Garcia cosies his ball up to the hole at 18 and that will be conceded. Furyk needs this 15-footer to win the hole and halve the match...

Europe up

Victor Dubuisson stole a march on Johnson on 13 and the American needs to make a clutch putt on 14 to stay one down, which he does.

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Europe captain Paul McGinley: "Proud is how I feel. Everyone has been huge - the player, the caddies, the vice-captains, all the backroom staff - it has been a huge team effort.

"The pleasure you get when you look at the expression on a face like Jamie's. A big factor was coming out jumping in the foursomes, wave after wave after wave. We had a plan and structure with three or four big ideas and we kept coming back to those. That proved right.

"This sense of pride for the players and the happiness of the people in the stands, that is what you do it for. It is not the same as playing and I told the players to enjoy it because these days go quick."

Furyk going with hybrid into the 18th and that's a pearly queen, leaving himself a very makeable eagle putt back down the hill. Anything you can do, says Garcia, I can do just as well and that's a beauty from the Spaniard. Off comes the cap as he bowls down the 18th fairway, stalking the hawkish Furyk.

Graeme McDowell beat Jordan Spieth 2&1

Henrik Stenson lost to Patrick Reed 1UP

Rory McIlroy beat Rickie Fowler 5&4

Justin Rose halved with Hunter Mahan

Stephen Gallacher lost to Phil Mickelson 3&1

Martin Kaymer beat Bubba Watson 4&2

Thomas Bjorn lost to Matt Kuchar 4&3

Sergio Garcia v Jim Furyk - Europe 1UP after 17

Ian Poulter v Webb Simpson - A/S after 16

Jamie Donaldson beat Keegan Bradley 4&3

Lee Westwood v Jimmy Walker - USA 2UP after 14

Victor Dubuisson v Zach Johnson - Europe 1UP after 13

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Jamie Donaldson: "That was a perfect yardage, all I had to do was make a good contact and start it on the right line. I knew the crowd were gathering and things were coming down to my game and obviously I was just trying to win my point. It was vital I kept plugging away.

"This is pretty damn special. It's hard to put it into words. There's nothing quite like the Ryder Cup. I've played all over the world and quite a few majors and this is the pinnacle of it all.

"I played under Paul McGinley at the Seve Trophy and I knew he would be sensational here. He's been an inspirational captain."

Garcia driving into the wind at 18, finds the fairway. Furyk safely away, as punters stream towards the exits all around him. This is always a rather eerie, ghostly period, after the spoils have already been decided and players are doing it only for pride.

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Rory McIlroy: "I can't say enough about our captain Paul McGinley. He's put so much hard work into this the last two years. This is a different win to Medinah. We were in control the whole way. The three wins I've been involved in have been very different wins. I'm just delighted to be able to join in these celebrations."

Henrik Stenson: "What a shot from Jamie to close out the match. He's played phenomenal and what a pleasure for him."

Alex Donaldson (Jamie Donaldson's brother): "Jamie's worked really, really hard over the last couple of years and his performances have been building up to something big."

Jamie's mum Jackie: "I'm in seventh heaven. It's unbelievable, I just want to cry."

We do have plenty of golf still out there, the days of shaking hands and heading off for a lager because the event is won and lost are long gone. On the 17th, Furyk has a six-footer to keep his game against Garcia alive... spunky from the old fella, who hasn't won a Ryder Cup singles since Oakland Hills in 2004.

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Well, I don't think anybody expected Europe's victory to be as comfortable as this and what a fantastic way to seal things - Welshman Jamie Donaldson only secured his place a few weeks ago after winning the Czech Masters. Just wasn't enough poke in this American team, and you could say the same for quite a few recent Ryder Cups.

Bernard Gallacher
Three-time European Ryder Cup captain on BBC Radio 5 live

"That's one of the greatest shots you could ever see under this pressure. He ignored where Keegan Bradley's ball was and made a beeline for the flag."

Donaldson laced an iron to two feet after Bradley's approach to 20 feet. The American looked at captain Tom Watson, who said 'Pick it up. They've won'.

Europe up

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Bradley has conceded and EUROPE HAVE WON THE RYDER CUP for the eighth time in the last 10 stagings...

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Gleneagles

"The 15th green has been among the quietest on the course all week. It's way out on the fringes, abutting only the quiet side of the 14th fairway and the 16th tee. And suddenly it is like the last days of Rome."

Back on 15, here's Bradley thrashing out of the rough and what a shot that is, right into the guts of the green. Donaldson, meanwhile, has almost stuck his in - remarkable shot and we have handshakes all round now as reality finally sets in...

Europe up

Furyk and Garcia both went close with their approaches at 16 and here's the former missing with his eagle attempt. Not so Garcia, who feathers his putt into the right-hand side of the cup. It's party time now on the course, Gleneagles rocking and rolling.