Tiger returns to Ryder Cup as a wildcard

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, golf's most prominent players for more than two decades, never realized the Ryder Cup would mean so much.

For Woods, it's the culmination of a comeback that began in January after a fourth surgery on his lower back.

For Mickelson, more than setting a record by playing his 12th Ryder Cup, the 48-year-old gets what he believes will be his last chance to capture the gold trophy away from home.