Europe's Rory McIlroy reacts to chants from the crowd on the first tee before a singles match at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Europe's Rory McIlroy reacts to chants from the crowd on the first tee before a singles match at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Europe's Rory McIlroy stretches on the first tee before a singles match at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Europe's Rory McIlroy walks off the first tee during a singles match at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
USA's Phil Mickelson, left, shakes hands with Jack Nicklaus on the first hole before a singles match at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Europe's Luke Donald reacts after missing a birdie putt on the third hole during a singles match at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) ? Europe's comeback plan is on track, with Luke Donald winning the day's first match at the Ryder Cup.
The Europeans still trail 10-7 after Donald's 2-and-1 victory over Bubba Watson, with the Americans needing only 4? points to regain the Ryder Cup. But the Americans lead just one of the other first six matches.
The biggest comeback in Ryder Cup history was by the Americans at Brookline in 1999. Trailing by the same deficit, the U.S. front-loaded its singles lineup and raced to a 6-0 lead. European captain Jose Maria Olazabal is using a similar strategy, and Donald didn't disappoint. He was in control the entire day; Watson didn't win a hole until the 15th.
Donald clinched the match with a gorgeous sand shot on 17, getting within a foot, and was rewarded with cheers of "Ole! Ole! Ole!"
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