Deja P.u.

In classy blue three-button suits the U.S. players are clear winners on style points, but as a subtext for the match the outfits offer a bit of ominous foreshadowing: The Americans look as if they're running for Congress, while the Europeans appear ready to go clubbing in South Beach.

At the closing ceremonies the Yanks, appropriately dressed for dinner at the member-guest, once again take the sartorial honors, while the Euros--with their coral-colored sport coats, mock turtlenecks and moussed hair with blond highlights--call to mind a reunion of an '80s alt-synth rock band. Moral of the story: When you deal out an 18 1/2 - 9 1/2 thrashing, you can wear whatever you damn well please.

Adam Rapoport is the style editor at GQ magazine.

MEANWHILE, AT THE TEXAS OPEN

Tour rookie Eric Axley won for the first time, by shooting a 15-under 265 at La Cantera Golf Club in San Antonio. Axley, a 32-year-old lefty from Knoxville, Tenn., hadn't had a top 20 finish in 23 previous starts this year and was 183rd on the money list.

Chris Riley, fall guy of the 2004 Ryder Cup, tied for fifth and said he was glad to be in San Antonio rather than in Straffan, Ireland. "I'm not sad or bitter," he said. "I really don't feel like I had to prove myself there again."

ANSWERS FROM THE COVER

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Trivia Sorenstam has won eight money titles. Woods has won six.

FINAL THOUGHTS