The Ryder Cup has gained something of a reputation for unpredictability in recent decades, but in a year in which a homestanding European team was considered a heavy favorite to defend their 2012 victory at Medinah, things largely went according to form.  There was no shortage of heroes for a European squad which boasted four of the top six players in the Official World Ranking plus additional stalwarts like reigning U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer, Ryder Cup veteran Graeme McDowell and French up-and-comer Victor Dubuisson.  Indeed, it would be difficult to choose a European MVP, though 2013 U.S. Open Champion Justin Rose might well carry a ballot, having gone 3-0-2 for the week, including a trio of Foursomes/Four Ball victories while teamed with Henrik Stenson.  McDowell also emerged undeafeated, going 3-0-0 behind a pair of Foursomes wins with Dubuisson and a clutch come-from-behind Singles triumph over Jordan Spieth in the always-important opening match on Sunday.  And then there was world number one Rory McIlroy and Ryder Cup rookie Jamie Donaldson, the former scoring a key Singles point by routing Rickie Fowler 5 & 4 in match number three, the latter marking his first appearance by going 3-1-0 and scoring the clinching point upon stiffing his approach at the 15th hole to close out Keegan Bradley.  Meanwhile, with several of Captain Tom Watson’s lineup decisions coming under considerable scrutiny, the United States could only draw real solace from the performance of Patrick Reed, who teamed with fellow rookie Jordan Spieth to go 2-0-1 in the Foursomes/Four Balls, then took down the imposing Stenson in the Singles.  On the downside for the U.S., Bubba Watson, Zach Johnson, Webb Simpson and Fowler all failed to earn a single victory, and Matt Kuchar only avoided matching them by beating Thomas Bjorn in Singles.  So in the end, things went reasonably as expected, with the Europeans rather easily dispatching the Americans by a 16½ to 11½ margin.....................Against a field whose depth was boosted by the event’s co-sanctioning by the Asian Tour, 45-year-old Hiroyuki Fujita claimed his 18th career Japan Golf Tour title at the Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf, storming home with a closing 66 to beat a trio of players by two.  The 2012 Japan Tour Order of Merit winner, Fujita lingered quietly around the lead for much of the week, initially trailing first round leader Cameron Smith by two after carding a 68, then joiningg a fivesome in a tie for fourth at the halfway mark, two back of Australian Adam Bland.  Fujita stumbled a bit on Saturday however, with bogeys at the 17th and 18th pushing him to a 73 and seemingly dashing his hopes, as he then stood in a 10-way tie for 14th, four strokes behind 54-hole pacesetter Wen-Chong Liang of China.  But Liang would shoot himself oit of the lead with three early bogeys on Sunday, and while numerous other contenders played steady, unspectacular golf, Fujita caught fire, birdieing five of his first 15 holes to move into contention before bogeying the long par-4 17th, then birdieing 575-yard closer to clinch a two-shot victory.