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Boo Weekley recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and, as usual, delivered some memorable quotes and stories, including what can happen when you mix car keys with greasy fingers and a port-o-potty.

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Check out these interviews with Boo Weekley from the victorious United States Team as well as Ian Poulter and Robert Karlsson from the European Team.

Team USA, featuring FootJoy players, and Ryder Cup rookies, Ben Curtis, Boo Weekley, Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan and JB Holmes outdueled the European team in Sunday’s Singles to win the Ryder Cup for the first time in nine years. The final tally was 16.5 - 11.5, the Americans’ largest margin of victory since 1981.

The European Team, seeking it’s fourth consecutive Cup and threatening to make this competition irrelevant with another dominating performance, included FJ players Soren Hansen, Graeme McDowell, Robert Karlsson, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Lee Westwood.

The rookies were the story of this competition, especially under the intense pressure Sunday afternoon, as JB Holmes (2&1), Boo Weekley (4&2) and Ben Curtis (2&1) grabbed huge points in the singles matches while Mahan grabbed an important half point in a duel that came down to the 18th hole. JB and Boo were crowd-favorites and point producers throughout the week with both posting records of 2-0-1 in the chase for the elusive Ryder Cup. Hunter Mahan was also strong with a 2-0-3 record. Not bad for the three first-timers.

On the European side, Ian Poulter was the star of this year’s matches with a final record of 4-1-0.

Visit the official Ryder Cup site for more.

Check out these interviews with two of the stars from Saturday at the Ryder Cup, Boo Weekley and Ian Poulter.

The United States Ryder Cup team continues to hold a slim 2 point lead (9-7) over the Europeans after a wild Saturday in Kentucky. The U.S. captain found some magic in two all-FootJoy pairings that battled two of Europe’s strongest teams and fired up the already-raucous crowd with some stellar golf in the afternoon fourball. Boo Weekley (white ReelFit, SciFlex glove) and J.B. Holmes (brown DryJoys Traditional, RainGrip glove) had the gallery behind them as they battled back-and-forth with fellow FootJoy players Lee Westwood (white Classics Dry Premiere) and Soren Hansen (white Classics) en route to a 2&1 upset victory. Also scoring a win for the U.S. team with a halve was the duo of Steve Stricker (custom brown ReelFit, StaSof glove) and Ben Curtis (brown MyJoys with American flag logo, StaSof glove). Talk about a nailbiter, this match featured only two lead changes, on the 2nd hole when Curtis sank an 8-footer for the lead and the 10th hole when the Europeans squared the match. All the remaining holes were halved, as was the match after the teams both made clutch birdies on the 18th green. The U.S. team now needs 5.5 points in tomorrow’s 12 Singles matches to capture the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1999 while the Europeans need seven to win the Cup for the fourth consecutive time.

To commemorate the 37th Ryder Cup, and to ensure our players are sporting the best and most stylish equipment available, we’ve once again developed some exclusive products for the players competing this week at Valhalla. Check out the slideshow below to see the limited edition product and then click below and enter to win your very own!

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One of the reasons Europe has won the last three, and five of the last six, Ryder Cup matches is 35-year-old Englishman Lee Westwood. About to compete in his sixth Ryder Cup, Westwood is quietly dominant, having amassed 15.5 points in his career which is the most of any player who will tee it up on both teams this year. He’s competed in 25 matches, overall, and, with rookies playing a huge part on both squads, Westwood’s experience could go a long way towards victory. Something to watch as the matches get underway tomorrow morning. Westwood is almost exclusively a Classics guy and, so far this week, has been wearing these all white traditional Classics Dry Premiere, as well as this new “wave” pattern which has been very popular.

Click here for a great story on Westwood from Jim McCabe at the Boston Globe.

Check out these preview interviews following Wednesday’s practice rounds.

The teams have arrived at Valhalla and the 37th Ryder Cup is underway as the players took to the course yesterday for the first practice round. Always a very loose, entertaining day and an opportunity to interact with the fans, practice rounds also enable the captains to try out some of their potential pairings. Did the captains give a preview of who might play together on Friday morning? Click here for analysis.

Following Tuesdays practice rounds, the players from the U.S. team filed into the media center for individual interviews. Click on the following links to hear what some of the FJ players had to say: Boo Weekley (a must-read), JB Holmes (who drove the island green at 330-yard par 4 13th hole), Kenny Perry, Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan.

The final pieces to the United States Ryder Cup team puzzle were added yesterday when the captain’s picks were announced, and FootJoy will be well represented among the three rookies who were chosen. JB Holmes, Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan will all make their Ryder Cup debut at Valhalla when the matches commence in two weeks and they’ll be carrying the FJ banner when they tee it up against the Europeans. JB, who will be a fan favorite among the crowds in his native Kentucky, has become a DryJoys Tech ambassador, wearing them almost exclusively now, and actually just ordered some MyJoys so keep an eye out for some unique creations. It’s also well known that he wears a RainGrip glove going back to his days playing high school golf and battling the humidity during the summer months. Steve Stricker, a veteran of two Presidents Cup teams (1996, 2007), wears a StaSof glove and loves his all white DryJoys Traditional (MyJoys) and all white ReelFits. Hunter Mahan, who is known for wearing some flashy Classics as well as a StaSof glove, was on the 2007 Presidents Cup team with Stricker so brings some international match play experience to the team.

Steve Stricker: “Very excited to be getting that call last night,” Stricker said. “I was on the other end of a couple calls throughout my career; and to get that one, that’s why I asked Paul right away if this was a good call for a bad call. I needed to know, and obviously it was a good call.”

Hunter Mahan: “I’ve got the best feelings in the world right now,” Mahan said. “I’m on the Ryder Cup team and there’s nothing more to say than that, and I wish it started tomorrow. I think we are all pretty excited about it, and very much looking forward to it and excited about having it in the States and having so much fan support, so it’s going to be a great event.”

The Ryder Cup begins in September 16 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.