List of European Ryder Cup golfers
Encyclopedia
This is a complete list of golf
ers who have played against the United States
in the Ryder Cup
for the following teams: Great Britain: 1927
to 1971
Great Britain and
Ireland: 1973
to 1977
Europe: 1979
to 2010
^ In the final team but did not play in any matches.
+ Selected or qualified for the team but withdrew and was replaced. Abe Mitchell
(in 1927
) was ill and was replaced by Herbert Jolly, Herbert Jolly (in 1931
) withdrew due to lack of form and was replaced by Arthur Havers
, José María Olazábal
(in 1995
) withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Ian Woosnam
and Miguel Ángel Martín (in 1997
) withdrew due to injury and was replaced by José María Olazábal
.
W = Matches won, L = Matches lost, H = Matches halved
In this table the appearances includes players who were in the final team but were not selected for any matches. It does not include those who were initially selected or who qualified but were later replaced. Thus Mitchell (1927), Jolly (1931), Olazábal (1995) and Martín (1997) are excluded.
This table excludes José María Olazábal
(in 1995
) and Miguel Ángel Martín (in 1997
) who withdrew due to injury and were replaced in the team. Martín never played in a Ryder Cup team.
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ers who have played against the United States
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in the Ryder Cup
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for the following teams: Great Britain: 1927
1927 Ryder Cup
The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup...
to 1971
1971 Ryder Cup
The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point...
Great Britain and
Ireland: 19731973 Ryder Cup
The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points...
to 1977
1977 Ryder Cup
The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup...
Europe: 1979
1979 Ryder Cup
The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup...
to 2010
2010 Ryder Cup
The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the...
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Jimmy Adams Jimmy Adams (golfer) James Adams was a Scottish professional golfer who was chosen for five Ryder Cup sides and achieved high finishes in The Open Championship on several occasions .... |
1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Percy Alliss Percy Alliss Percy Alliss was an English professional golfer. He was the father of commentator and former golfer Peter Alliss.... |
1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... ^, 1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... , 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... |
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Peter Alliss Peter Alliss Peter Alliss is an English professional golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary, often displaying a witty demeanour... |
1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... , 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... , 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... , 1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... , 1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... , 1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... |
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Laurie Ayton | 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... ^ |
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Peter Baker Peter Baker (golfer) Peter A. Baker is an English professional golfer.Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and currently lives near Wolverhampton. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex.... |
1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... |
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Seve Ballesteros | 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Harry Bannerman Harry Bannerman Harry Bannerman is a Scottish professional golfer. He is best known for playing in the 1971 Ryder Cup, winning two and a half points out of five... |
1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Brian Barnes Brian Barnes (golfer) Brian Barnes is a professional golfer. He was born in Addington, Surrey, England, and lives in England, but he represented Scotland at the international level... |
1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... , 1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... , 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... |
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Maurice Bembridge Maurice Bembridge Maurice Bembridge is an English golfer.Bembridge turned professional at an early age in 1960 and won the British Assistants’ Professional Championship in 1966 and 1967... |
1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... , 1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... |
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Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won thirteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1999 he also became the first Dane to qualify for a European Ryder Cup team... |
1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... |
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Aubrey Boomer | 1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... , 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... |
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Ken Bousfield Ken Bousfield Ken Bousfield was one of the leading British golfers of the immediate post-World War II period.Bousfield won a number of tournaments on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s, including the British PGA Championship, which is the second most prestigious tournament in the United Kingdom after... |
1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... ^, 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... , 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... |
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Hugh Boyle Hugh Boyle (golfer) Hugh Boyle is a former Irish professional golfer best known for his achievements in the mid 1960s.Boyle was born in O'Meath Co. Louth, Republic of Ireland. In 1966 he was the winner of both the Yominri Open and the Daks Tournament and in the following year gained a second place in the PGA and... |
1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... |
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Harry Bradshaw Harry Bradshaw (golfer) Harry Bradshaw was a leading Irish professional golfer of the 1940s and 1950s.Bradshaw was born in Delgany, Wicklow. He was the son of the Delgany professional golfer Ned Bradshaw and he and his three brothers Jimmy, Eddie and Hughie all became professional golfers... |
1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... |
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Gordon Brand, Jnr Gordon Brand, Jnr Gordon Brand, Jnr is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Brand was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 1981 and quickly achieved success. He won that year's European Tour Qualifying School, and went on to win two European Tour events in his rookie season... |
1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... |
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Gordon J. Brand Gordon J. Brand Gordon John Brand is an English professional golfer.Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years. During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top-100 16 times... |
1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... |
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Paul Broadhurst Paul Broadhurst Paul Andrew Broadhurst is an English golfer, originally from Atherstone in Warwickshire.Broadhurst was the leading amateur at the 1988 Open Championship. He joined the European Tour in 1989, picked up his first win at the Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open that year, and was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie... |
1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... |
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Eric Brown Eric Brown (golfer) Eric Chalmers Brown was a Scottish professional golfer.Brown was born in Bathgate and played at the local golf course. He represented Great Britain in the Ryder Cup in 1953, 1955, 1957 and 1959 and had a 4-4-0 win-loss-half record. He won all of his four singles matches but lost his four foursomes... |
1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... |
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Ken Brown Ken Brown (golfer) Ken Brown is a Scottish former European Tour golfer who now works as a golf broadcaster and writer, primarily for the BBC. He also works as part of the commentary team for the international coverage of the European Tour on selected events which are not covered by the BBC... |
1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... |
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Stewart Burns | 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... ^ |
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Dick Burton | 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Jack Busson | 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Peter Butler Peter Butler (golfer) Peter J. Butler is an English professional golfer.Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 Peter J. Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.Butler was... |
1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... , 1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... |
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José Maria Cañizares | 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... |
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Paul Casey Paul Casey Paul Alexander Casey is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankings.... |
2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... |
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Alex Caygill Alex Caygill Gordon Alexander Caygill is an English professional golfer.Caygill was born in Appleby. He turned professional in 1962 with great expectations having twice won the British Youths Championship. He quickly had success, winning the 1963 Rediffusion Tournament, but he did not win again on the circuit... |
1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... |
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Clive Clark | 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... |
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Howard Clark | 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Darren Clarke Darren Clarke Darren Christopher Clarke is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the... |
1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... , 1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... , 2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... |
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Neil Coles Neil Coles Neil Chapman Coles, MBE is an English professional golfer. As of 2005, Coles is only the second man to win a professional golf tournament in six different decades, starting in the 1950s and extending into the 21st century.Coles was born in England... |
1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... , 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... , 1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... , 1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... , 1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... , 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... |
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Andrew Coltart Andrew Coltart Andrew John Coltart is a Scottish professional golfer.-Junior and amateur:Coltart was born in Dumfries. As an amateur, he won the 1987 Scottish Boys Championship and the 1991 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and participated in the 1991 Walker Cup.-Professional:Coltart turned... |
1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... |
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Archie Compston Archie Compston Archibald Edward Wones Compston was an English professional golfer. Through the 1920s he built a reputation as a formidable match play golfer, in an era when many professionals made more money from "challenge" matches against fellow pros, or wealthy amateurs, than from tournament golf.Compston was... |
1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... , 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Henry Cotton | 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... , 1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... |
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Bill Cox | 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... |
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Allan Dailey | 1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... ^ |
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Fred Daly Fred Daly (golfer) Frederick Daly was a Northern Irish professional golfer who was best known for winning The Open Championship of 1947 at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.Daly was born in Portrush, County Antrim... |
1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Eamonn Darcy Eamonn Darcy Eamonn Darcy is one of the most successful golfers produced by the Republic of Ireland.Darcy was born in Delgany, County Wicklow. He turned professional in 1968 and played on the European Tour from 1972, winning four European Tour tournaments. His best years were 1975, when he came third on the... |
1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... , 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... |
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William Davies | 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... |
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Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (golfer) Peter Dawson is an English professional golfer.Dawson was born in Doncaster. He was a member of the European Tour in the 1970s and won his sole European Tour title at the 1975 Double Diamond Strokeplay. However his most consistent season by far was 1977, when he finished seventh on the European... |
1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... |
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Luke Donald Luke Donald Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he... |
2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... , 2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Norman Drew Norman Drew Norman Vico Drew is a Northern Irish professional golfer.Drew was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and started his golfing career at Balmoral Golf Club in Belfast. From a young age he was renowned for his short game. Drew turned professional in 1954.Drew played in the 1959 Ryder Cup at Eldorado... |
1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... |
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George Duncan George Duncan (golfer) George Duncan was a Scottish professional golfer.Duncan was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire. He was first apprenticed as a carpenter and rejected a chance to become a professional footballer at Aberdeen to become a golf professional... |
1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... , 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Syd Easterbrook Syd Easterbrook Sydney Easterbrook was an English professional golfer. He won the Irish Open in 1934 and was a member of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team in 1931 and 1933. In 1933, he won the deciding match for Great Britain by beating Denny Shute on the final hole.-References:... |
1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... |
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Nick Faldo Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No... |
1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... |
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John Fallon John Fallon (golfer) Johnny Fallon was a Scottish professional golfer whose career spanned the years either side of World War II. Although never a winner of a major tournament of note, Fallon often contended with high finishes - he lost the final of the 1954 British PGA Matchplay Championship, and was perhaps most... |
1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Niclas Fasth Niclas Fasth Niclas Fasth is a Swedish professional golfer.Fasth was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1993 and won three events on the second tier European Challenge Tour that year. Since 1994 he has been a member of the European Tour for every season except for 1999. He qualified for the U.S... |
2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... |
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Max Faulkner Max Faulkner Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner, OBE was an English professional golfer who won The Open Championship in 1951 and was renowned for his colourful dress sense.... |
1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... |
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David Feherty David Feherty David Feherty is a former professional golfer on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He now works as a writer and broadcaster with CBS Sports and Golf Channel.Feherty was born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland... |
1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... |
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Ross Fisher Ross Fisher Ross Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state... |
2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Pierre Fulke Pierre Fulke Pierre Olof Fulke is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.Fulke was born in Nyköping. He turned professional in 1989.... |
2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... |
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George Gadd | 1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... ^ |
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Bernard Gallacher Bernard Gallacher Bernard Gallacher, OBE is a Scottish professional golfer.Gallacher was born in Bathgate, Scotland. He took up golf at the age of eleven. In 1965 he won the Lothians Golf Assocation Boys Championship. He won the 1967 Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same... |
1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... , 1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... , 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... |
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Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings... |
1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... , 2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... |
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John Garner John Garner (golfer) John R. Garner is an English professional golfer.During his playing career, Garner won one European Tour event, when he defeated Neil Coles in the final of the Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship in 1972... |
1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... ^ |
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Antonio Garrido | 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... |
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Ignacio Garrido Ignacio Garrido Ignacio Garrido is a Spanish professional golfer. He is the eldest son of Antonio Garrido who won five times on the European Tour and who played in the 1979 Ryder Cup.His uncle, German Garrido, also has won on the European Tour.... |
1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... |
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David Gilford David Gilford David Gilford is an English professional golfer.Gilford was born in Crewe. He won the English Amateur in 1984 and turned professional in 1986.... |
1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Eric Green | 1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... ^ |
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Malcolm Gregson Malcolm Gregson Malcolm Edward Gregson is an English professional golfer.Gregson was born in Leicester. He turned professional in 1961 and was in his prime in the 1960s, before the official establishment of the European Tour in 1972... |
1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... |
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Joakim Haeggman Joakim Haeggman Karl Sven Joakim Haeggman is a Swedish European Tour golfer. He turned professional in 1989 and won his place on the Tour at that year's qualifying school. He has won three events on the European Tour, and several other professional events... |
1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... |
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Tom Haliburton | 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... , 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... |
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Søren Hansen Søren Hansen Søren Hansen is a Danish professional golfer.Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year.... |
2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... |
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Peter Hanson Peter Hanson Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the... |
2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Jack Hargreaves | 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... ^ |
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Pádraig Harrington Padraig Harrington Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:... |
1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... , 2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... , 2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Arthur Havers Arthur Havers Arthur Gladstone Havers was an English professional golfer who won the 1923 Open Championship at Royal Troon.Havers was born in Norwich, England. He had first qualified for the Open in 1914 at the age of sixteen... |
1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... |
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Jimmy Hitchcock Jimmy Hitchcock (golfer) James Hitchcock is an English professional golfer.Hitchcock was born in Bromley. He won several major professional tournaments including the 1960 British Masters and the 1965 Agfa-Gevaert Tournament... |
1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... |
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Bert Hodson | 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Reg Horne Reg Horne Reginald W. Horne was an English professional golfer whose most notable success came in winning the British PGA Matchplay Championship shortly after World War II had ended in 1945... |
1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... ^ |
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Tommy Horton Tommy Horton Thomas Alfred Horton, MBE is an English professional golfer.Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside. He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. He has been more... |
1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... , 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... |
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David Howell David Howell (golfer) David Alexander Howell is an English professional golfer from Swindon. His career to date peaked in 2006, when he was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for a short time.... |
2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... |
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Brian Huggett Brian Huggett Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE is a Welsh professional golfer. In 2006 he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.... |
1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... , 1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... , 1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... , 1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... |
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Bernard Hunt Bernard Hunt Bernard John Hunt, MBE is an English professional golfer.Hunt was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 1946 and was a leading player on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. He topped the Order of Merit, which was then points-based, in 1958, 1960 and 1965... |
1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... , 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... , 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... , 1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... , 1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... , 1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... |
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Geoffrey Hunt | 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... |
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Guy Hunt Guy Hunt (golfer) Guy L. Hunt is an English professional golfer.Hunt was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. He turned professional as a sixteen year old in 1963. He finished second on the Order of Merit in the first official season of the European Tour in 1972, having had eleven top ten finishes. He also... |
1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... |
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Tony Jacklin Tony Jacklin Anthony Jacklin CBE is an English golfer, who was the most successful British player of his generation. He was also the most successful European Ryder Cup captain ever.-Early life and education:... |
1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... , 1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... , 1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... , 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... |
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John Jacobs John Jacobs (English golfer) John R.M. Jacobs OBE is an English professional golfer, coach, entrepreneur, writer and administrator. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.... |
1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Mark James | 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Edward Jarman | 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Miguel Ángel Jiménez Miguel Angel Jiménez Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:... |
1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... , 2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Per-Ulrik Johansson Per-Ulrik Johansson Per-Ulrik Johansson is a Swedish golfer. Like many European golfers he took a golf scholarship in the United States as sports scholarships do not exist in Europe... |
1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... |
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Herbert Jolly | 1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... + |
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Robert Karlsson Robert Karlsson Robert Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and as of 2011 on the PGA Tour.-Career:... |
2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... |
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Martin Kaymer Martin Kaymer Martin Kaymer is a German professional golfer. He became the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings on 27 February 2011 after his runner-up finish in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.... |
2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Michael King Michael King (golfer) Michael G. King is an English professional golfer.King was born in Reading, Berkshire. As an amateur, he won the Lytham Trophy in 1973, and played in the Walker Cup in 1969 and 1973.... |
1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... |
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Sam King Sam King Samuel Leonard King was an English professional golfer, best known for playing on three Ryder Cup teams.... |
1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... , 1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Arthur Lacey Arthur Lacey Arthur Lacey was an English professional golfer who finished in the top ten of The Open Championship on a number of occasions in the 1930s... |
1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... |
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Barry Lane Barry Lane Barry Lane is an English professional golfer.Lane was born in Hayes, Middlesex. He turned professional in 1976 and first played on the European Tour in 1982. For the first few seasons he failed to finish high enough on the Order of Merit to retain his card and he made several visits to the... |
1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... |
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Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986... |
1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... |
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Paul Lawrie Paul Lawrie Paul Stewart Lawrie MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999.-Life and career:... |
1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... |
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Arthur Lees Arthur Lees Arthur Lees was an English professional golfer who played from the 1930s to 1960s. He was a member of four Great Britain Ryder Cup teams in the late 1940s and 1950s, and won several tournaments in Europe during his career... |
1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Thomas Levet Thomas Levet Thomas Levet is a French professional golfer who is a member of the European Tour and former member of the PGA Tour.Levet was born in Paris, France... |
2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... |
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Sandy Lyle Sandy Lyle Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s... |
1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... |
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Miguel Ángel Martín | 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... + |
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Jimmy Martin Jimmy Martin (golfer) Jimmy Martin was an Irish professional golfer who enjoyed three victories on the British circuit in the 1960s, including the Piccadilly Medal in 1964 and the Carroll's International in 1968.Martin was born in Wicklow... |
1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... |
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Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell MBE is a Northern Irish professional golfer.McDowell has won seven events on the European Tour, including the 2010 U.S. Open which was also his first win on the PGA Tour... |
2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... , 2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Paul McGinley Paul McGinley Paul McGinley is an Irish golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is most famous for holing the winning putt for the European team in the 2002 Ryder Cup. He currently resides in Sunningdale, England.... |
2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... , 2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... |
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Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down. He has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional. He had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007... |
2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Peter Mills | 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... ^ |
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Abe Mitchell Abe Mitchell Henry Abraham Mitchell was an English professional golfer.Mitchell was born in East Grinstead, Sussex. He was runner-up in the 1912 Amateur Championship, losing to John Ball on the second extra hole... |
1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... +, 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... |
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Ralph Moffitt | 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... |
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Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team... |
2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Francesco Molinari Francesco Molinari Francesco Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour and was a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team.-Background and amateur career:... |
2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Colin Montgomerie Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE is a Scottish professional golfer, often referred to by one of his nicknames 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999, and 31... |
1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... , 1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... , 2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... |
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Christy O'Connor Jnr Christy O'Connor Jnr Christy O'Connor Jnr is an Irish golfer. He is known as "Junior" because he is the nephew of another leading Irish golfer Christy O'Connor.O'Connor was born in Galway. He turned professional in 1967... |
1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... |
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Christy O'Connor Snr Christy O'Connor Snr Christy O'Connor is a former Irish professional golferO'Connor was born in Knocknacarra, Galway. He turned professional in 1946. Throughout the 1960s he won at least one professional event during each year on the British Tour, a level of consistent success matched by very few other players... |
1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... , 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... , 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... , 1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... , 1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... , 1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... |
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John O'Leary John O'Leary (golfer) John O'Leary is an Irish professional golfer.O'Leary was born in Dublin. He turned professional in 1970 and played on the European Tour until 1989. Despite finishing highly on the Order of Merit every season though 1987, he won only twice on the tour... |
1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... |
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José María Olazábal José María Olazábal José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:... |
1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... +, 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... , 1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... |
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Peter Oosterhuis Peter Oosterhuis Peter A. Oosterhuis is an English professional golfer and golf analyst.-Early years, amateur golf:Oosterhuis was born in London... |
1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... , 1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... , 1977 1977 Ryder Cup The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 12½ to 7½ points. The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup... , 1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... |
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Alf Padgham Alf Padgham Alfred Harry Padgham was one of the leading British professional golfers of the 1930s and 1940s.Padgham was born in Caterham, Surrey... |
1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... , 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... |
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John Panton John Panton John Panton, MBE was a Scottish professional golfer, who represented Great Britain three times in the Ryder Cup.Panton was born in Pitlochry. He turned professional in 1935 and took up a job in the local golf club shop... |
1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... |
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Jesper Parnevik Jesper Parnevik Jesper Bo Parnevik is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2000 and 2001.-Early years:... |
1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... , 1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... |
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Alf Perry Alf Perry Alfred Perry was an English professional golfer. His greatest achievement was winning The Open Championship in 1935.Perry was born in Coulsdon, Surrey, England. He worked as a club professional at Leatherhead Golf Club in addition to playing in the few organised tournaments that there were at the... |
1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... , 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... |
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Manuel Piñero Manuel Piñero Manuel Piñero Sanchez is a Spanish professional golfer.Piñero was born in Badajoz. He turned professional in 1968 and established himself on the European Tour in the early 1970s. He won nine titles on the Tour, the most prestigious of them the 1977 British PGA Championship... |
1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... |
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Lionel Platts | 1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... |
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Eddie Polland Eddie Polland Edward Polland is a Northern Irish professional golfer.Polland was born in Newcastle, County Down. He turned professional in 1968 and won four times on the European Tour between 1973 and 1980. He played in the Ryder Cup in 1973.... |
1973 1973 Ryder Cup The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points... |
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Ian Poulter Ian Poulter Ian James Poulter is an English professional golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has previously been as high as number five in the world rankings... |
2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... , 2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Phillip Price Phillip Price John Phillip Price is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Professional golfer:Price turned professional in 1989 and qualified for membership of the European Tour for the 1991 season via the 1990 Qualifying School. His best year on the tour came in 2000, when he finished... |
2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... |
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Ronan Rafferty Ronan Rafferty Ronan P. Rafferty is an Northern Irish professional golfer, who formerly played on the European Tour.Rafferty was born in Newry, Northern Ireland. He won the Boys Amateur Championship aged fifteen and played in the Walker Cup aged seventeen... |
1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... |
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Ted Ray Ted Ray (golfer) Edward R. G. "Ted" Ray was a British professional golfer born on the Isle of Jersey. He won two major championships and contended in many others during the early years of the 20th century.-Biography:... |
1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... |
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Dai Rees Dai Rees David James Rees, CBE was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United States at Lindrick Golf... |
1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... , 1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... , 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... |
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Steven Richardson Steven Richardson Steven Richardson is an English professional golfer.Richardson was born in Windsor, Berkshire. He won the English Amateur in 1989 and turned professional later that year. He made a strong start to his professional career, finishing in 29th place on the European Tour Order of Merit in his rookie... |
1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... |
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José Rivero José Rivero José Rivero is a Spanish golfer. He started his golf career as a caddie and turned professional in 1973. He was a full member of the European Tour from 1983 to 2001 and he won four European Tour events... |
1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... |
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Fred Robson | 1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... , 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Costantino Rocca Costantino Rocca Costantino Rocca is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour. He has five European Tour wins and is best known for his second place finish in the 1995 Open Championship.-Career outline:Rocca... |
1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... |
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Justin Rose Justin Rose Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour... |
2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... |
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Jarmo Sandelin Jarmo Sandelin Jarmo Sakari Sandelin is a Swedish professional golfer.Sandelin was born in Imatra, Finland but grew up in Sweden, and is now a Swedish citizen... |
1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... |
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Syd Scott | 1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Henrik Stenson Henrik Stenson Henrik Stenson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays both on the US and European tours. He has spent over 100 weeks ranked in the World top ten and his career high ranking of fourth is the best by any Swedish golfer.-Career:... |
2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... |
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Des Smyth Des Smyth Desmond John Smyth is an Irish professional golfer.Smyth was born in Drogheda, County Louth. He turned professional in 1974 and was a member of the European Tour for over a quarter of a century. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit was seventh in 1988... |
1979 1979 Ryder Cup The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup... , 1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... |
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Dave Thomas Dave Thomas (golfer) David Charles Thomas is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leading golfers during the 1950s and 1960s with many tournament victories around Europe, including the News of the World Match Play and the Belgian, Dutch and French Open championships... |
1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... , 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... , 1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... , 1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... |
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Sam Torrance Sam Torrance Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was... |
1981 1981 Ryder Cup The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States.-Format:The... , 1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Peter Townsend Peter Townsend (golfer) Peter Michael Paul Townsend is an English professional golfer.Townsend was born in Cambridge. Following a successful amateur career, during which he won both the Brabazon Trophy and Lytham Trophy, he turned professional at the end of 1966... |
1969 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The competition ended in a draw at 16 to 16 points, when America's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Britain's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all... , 1971 1971 Ryder Cup The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Jean van de Velde | 1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... |
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Brian Waites Brian Waites Brian Waites is an English professional golfer.Waites turned professional in 1957 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1970s and 1980s. He was in his prime between 1978 and 1984, ranking between 10th and 22nd on the Order of Merit in each of those seven years. He won two European... |
1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... |
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Philip Walton Philip Walton Philip Walton is an Irish professional golfer.Walton attended Oklahoma State University in the United States and played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup in 1981 and 1983... |
1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Charlie Ward Charlie Ward (golfer) Charles Harold Ward was a prominent English golfer of the 1940s, winner of the British Order of Merit in both 1948 and 1949, and twice finishing third in The Open Championship, in 1948 and 1951... |
1947 1947 Ryder Cup The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1... , 1949 1949 Ryder Cup The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 to 5 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Paul Way Paul Way Paul G. Way is an English professional golfer.Way was born in Kingsbury, Middlesex. He went to the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge, Kent... |
1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... |
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Harry Weetman Harry Weetman Harry Weetman was an English professional golfer.Weetman won many tournaments on the British PGA circuit in the pre-European Tour era and won the Harry Vardon Trophy for lowest stroke average in 1952 and 1956... |
1951 1951 Ryder Cup The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1953 1953 Ryder Cup The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1955 1955 Ryder Cup The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1957 1957 Ryder Cup The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team led by captain Dai Rees beat the United States team by a score of 7½ to 4½ points, winning the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.... , 1959 1959 Ryder Cup The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points. The British who were once again led by Dai Rees were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively... , 1961 1961 Ryder Cup The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 9½ points.-Format:... , 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... |
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Lee Westwood Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons... |
1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... , 1999 1999 Ryder Cup The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were held between September 24–26 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.... , 2002 2002 Ryder Cup The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held between 27–29 September 2002, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England .... , 2004 2004 Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ points, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his... , 2006 2006 Ryder Cup The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 2006 at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Team Europe won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points, equalling their record winning margin of 2 years earlier. This was the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories... , 2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... , 2010 2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup matches were held 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, Wales. It was the first time the competition was staged in Wales. With the USA as the defending Cup holder the event was played on the newly-constructed Twenty 10 course, specifically designed for the... |
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Charles Whitcombe Charles Whitcombe Charles Whitcombe was the second of the three Whitcombe brothers who were all successful English professional golfers in the 1920s and 1930s and - despite never winning The Open Championship like his younger brother Reg - could be considered the most prominent of the three, winning the British PGA... |
1927 1927 Ryder Cup The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup... , 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1933 1933 Ryder Cup The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is... , 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1937 1937 Ryder Cup The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England.The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.-Format:... |
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Ernest Whitcombe | 1929 1929 Ryder Cup The 2nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, England. It was very cold, with hail and at one point heavy snow on the greens. About two thousand spectators saw America gain a narrow lead before the Great Britain team won singles on the final day and thus the competition... , 1931 1931 Ryder Cup The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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Reg Whitcombe Reg Whitcombe Reginald Arthur Whitcombe was an English professional golfer.Whitcombe began his career at Came Down Golf Club in Dorset and served in the British armed forces during World War I. He was the professional at Parkstone Golf Club from 1 January 1928 until his death in 1957... |
1935 1935 Ryder Cup The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... |
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George Will | 1963 1963 Ryder Cup The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, now known as East Lake Golf Club, at that time located in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.... , 1965 1965 Ryder Cup The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.-Format:... , 1967 1967 Ryder Cup The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas.The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team.-Format:The... |
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Oliver Wilson Oliver Wilson Oliver John Wilson is an English professional golfer.Wilson was born in Mansfield, England, where his golfing career began at Coxmoor Golf Club.... |
2008 2008 Ryder Cup The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the... |
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Norman Wood | 1975 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points... |
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Ian Woosnam Ian Woosnam Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup... |
1983 1983 Ryder Cup The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points but for the first time the Europeans showed that they had the ability to compete at their level and that it would only be a... , 1985 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first time Team USA had not retained the cup since 1957.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match... , 1987 1987 Ryder Cup The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.The European team won the competition by a score of 15 to 13 points... , 1989 1989 Ryder Cup The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each... , 1991 1991 Ryder Cup The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.The United States team won the competition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when Germany's Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the 18th hole of the final match, a... , 1993 1993 Ryder Cup The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England . The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.-Format:... , 1995 1995 Ryder Cup The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point... , 1997 1997 Ryder Cup The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup.... |
^ In the final team but did not play in any matches.
+ Selected or qualified for the team but withdrew and was replaced. Abe Mitchell
Abe Mitchell
Henry Abraham Mitchell was an English professional golfer.Mitchell was born in East Grinstead, Sussex. He was runner-up in the 1912 Amateur Championship, losing to John Ball on the second extra hole...
(in 1927
1927 Ryder Cup
The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. USA Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup...
) was ill and was replaced by Herbert Jolly, Herbert Jolly (in 1931
1931 Ryder Cup
The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point...
) withdrew due to lack of form and was replaced by Arthur Havers
Arthur Havers
Arthur Gladstone Havers was an English professional golfer who won the 1923 Open Championship at Royal Troon.Havers was born in Norwich, England. He had first qualified for the Open in 1914 at the age of sixteen...
, José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
(in 1995
1995 Ryder Cup
The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point...
) withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Ian Woosnam
Ian Woosnam
Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup...
and Miguel Ángel Martín (in 1997
1997 Ryder Cup
The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup....
) withdrew due to injury and was replaced by José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
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Playing record
O = Overall, S = Singles matches, Fs = Foursome matches, Fb = Fourball matchesW = Matches won, L = Matches lost, H = Matches halved
| Cty | Player | First year | Last year | Ryder Cups | Matches | Points | Average | O W | O L | O H | S W | S L | S H | Fs W | Fs L | Fs H | Fb W | Fb L | Fb H |
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Jimmy Adams Jimmy Adams (golfer) James Adams was a Scottish professional golfer who was chosen for five Ryder Cup sides and achieved high finishes in The Open Championship on several occasions .... |
1947 | 1953 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.286 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Percy Alliss Percy Alliss Percy Alliss was an English professional golfer. He was the father of commentator and former golfer Peter Alliss.... |
1929 | 1937 | 4 | 6 | 3.5 | 0.583 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Peter Alliss Peter Alliss Peter Alliss is an English professional golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary, often displaying a witty demeanour... |
1953 | 1969 | 8 | 30 | 12.5 | 0.417 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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Laurie Ayton | 1949 | 1949 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Baker Peter Baker (golfer) Peter A. Baker is an English professional golfer.Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and currently lives near Wolverhampton. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex.... |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.750 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Seve Ballesteros | 1979 | 1995 | 8 | 37 | 22.5 | 0.608 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
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Harry Bannerman Harry Bannerman Harry Bannerman is a Scottish professional golfer. He is best known for playing in the 1971 Ryder Cup, winning two and a half points out of five... |
1971 | 1971 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Brian Barnes Brian Barnes (golfer) Brian Barnes is a professional golfer. He was born in Addington, Surrey, England, and lives in England, but he represented Scotland at the international level... |
1969 | 1979 | 6 | 25 | 10.5 | 0.420 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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Maurice Bembridge Maurice Bembridge Maurice Bembridge is an English golfer.Bembridge turned professional at an early age in 1960 and won the British Assistants’ Professional Championship in 1966 and 1967... |
1969 | 1975 | 4 | 16 | 6.5 | 0.406 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won thirteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1999 he also became the first Dane to qualify for a European Ryder Cup team... |
1997 | 2002 | 2 | 6 | 3.5 | 0.583 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Aubrey Boomer | 1927 | 1929 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ken Bousfield Ken Bousfield Ken Bousfield was one of the leading British golfers of the immediate post-World War II period.Bousfield won a number of tournaments on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s, including the British PGA Championship, which is the second most prestigious tournament in the United Kingdom after... |
1949 | 1961 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0.500 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Hugh Boyle Hugh Boyle (golfer) Hugh Boyle is a former Irish professional golfer best known for his achievements in the mid 1960s.Boyle was born in O'Meath Co. Louth, Republic of Ireland. In 1966 he was the winner of both the Yominri Open and the Daks Tournament and in the following year gained a second place in the PGA and... |
1967 | 1967 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Harry Bradshaw Harry Bradshaw (golfer) Harry Bradshaw was a leading Irish professional golfer of the 1940s and 1950s.Bradshaw was born in Delgany, Wicklow. He was the son of the Delgany professional golfer Ned Bradshaw and he and his three brothers Jimmy, Eddie and Hughie all became professional golfers... |
1953 | 1957 | 3 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Gordon J. Brand Gordon J. Brand Gordon John Brand is an English professional golfer.Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years. During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top-100 16 times... |
1983 | 1983 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Gordon Brand, Jnr Gordon Brand, Jnr Gordon Brand, Jnr is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Brand was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 1981 and quickly achieved success. He won that year's European Tour Qualifying School, and went on to win two European Tour events in his rookie season... |
1987 | 1989 | 2 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.357 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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Paul Broadhurst Paul Broadhurst Paul Andrew Broadhurst is an English golfer, originally from Atherstone in Warwickshire.Broadhurst was the leading amateur at the 1988 Open Championship. He joined the European Tour in 1989, picked up his first win at the Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open that year, and was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie... |
1991 | 1991 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Eric Brown Eric Brown (golfer) Eric Chalmers Brown was a Scottish professional golfer.Brown was born in Bathgate and played at the local golf course. He represented Great Britain in the Ryder Cup in 1953, 1955, 1957 and 1959 and had a 4-4-0 win-loss-half record. He won all of his four singles matches but lost his four foursomes... |
1953 | 1959 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0.500 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ken Brown Ken Brown (golfer) Ken Brown is a Scottish former European Tour golfer who now works as a golf broadcaster and writer, primarily for the BBC. He also works as part of the commentary team for the international coverage of the European Tour on selected events which are not covered by the BBC... |
1977 | 1987 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0.308 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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Stewart Burns | 1929 | 1929 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Dick Burton | 1935 | 1949 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.400 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Jack Busson | 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Peter Butler Peter Butler (golfer) Peter J. Butler is an English professional golfer.Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 Peter J. Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.Butler was... |
1965 | 1973 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0.286 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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José Maria Cañizares | 1981 | 1989 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0.545 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Paul Casey Paul Casey Paul Alexander Casey is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankings.... |
2004 | 2008 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0.556 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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Alex Caygill Alex Caygill Gordon Alexander Caygill is an English professional golfer.Caygill was born in Appleby. He turned professional in 1962 with great expectations having twice won the British Youths Championship. He quickly had success, winning the 1963 Rediffusion Tournament, but he did not win again on the circuit... |
1969 | 1969 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Clive Clark | 1973 | 1973 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Howard Clark | 1977 | 1995 | 6 | 15 | 7.5 | 0.500 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Darren Clarke Darren Clarke Darren Christopher Clarke is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the... |
1997 | 2006 | 5 | 20 | 11.5 | 0.575 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
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Neil Coles Neil Coles Neil Chapman Coles, MBE is an English professional golfer. As of 2005, Coles is only the second man to win a professional golf tournament in six different decades, starting in the 1950s and extending into the 21st century.Coles was born in England... |
1961 | 1977 | 8 | 40 | 15.5 | 0.388 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
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Andrew Coltart Andrew Coltart Andrew John Coltart is a Scottish professional golfer.-Junior and amateur:Coltart was born in Dumfries. As an amateur, he won the 1987 Scottish Boys Championship and the 1991 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and participated in the 1991 Walker Cup.-Professional:Coltart turned... |
1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Archie Compston Archie Compston Archibald Edward Wones Compston was an English professional golfer. Through the 1920s he built a reputation as a formidable match play golfer, in an era when many professionals made more money from "challenge" matches against fellow pros, or wealthy amateurs, than from tournament golf.Compston was... |
1927 | 1931 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.250 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Henry Cotton | 1929 | 1947 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0.333 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Bill Cox | 1935 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.167 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Allan Dailey | 1933 | 1933 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Fred Daly Fred Daly (golfer) Frederick Daly was a Northern Irish professional golfer who was best known for winning The Open Championship of 1947 at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.Daly was born in Portrush, County Antrim... |
1947 | 1953 | 4 | 8 | 3.5 | 0.438 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Eamonn Darcy Eamonn Darcy Eamonn Darcy is one of the most successful golfers produced by the Republic of Ireland.Darcy was born in Delgany, County Wicklow. He turned professional in 1968 and played on the European Tour from 1972, winning four European Tour tournaments. His best years were 1975, when he came third on the... |
1975 | 1987 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0.182 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
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William Davies | 1931 | 1933 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (golfer) Peter Dawson is an English professional golfer.Dawson was born in Doncaster. He was a member of the European Tour in the 1970s and won his sole European Tour title at the 1975 Double Diamond Strokeplay. However his most consistent season by far was 1977, when he finished seventh on the European... |
1977 | 1977 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Luke Donald Luke Donald Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he... |
2004 | 2010 | 3 | 11 | 8.5 | 0.773 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Norman Drew Norman Drew Norman Vico Drew is a Northern Irish professional golfer.Drew was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and started his golfing career at Balmoral Golf Club in Belfast. From a young age he was renowned for his short game. Drew turned professional in 1954.Drew played in the 1959 Ryder Cup at Eldorado... |
1959 | 1959 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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George Duncan George Duncan (golfer) George Duncan was a Scottish professional golfer.Duncan was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire. He was first apprenticed as a carpenter and rejected a chance to become a professional footballer at Aberdeen to become a golf professional... |
1927 | 1931 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.400 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Syd Easterbrook Syd Easterbrook Sydney Easterbrook was an English professional golfer. He won the Irish Open in 1934 and was a member of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team in 1931 and 1933. In 1933, he won the deciding match for Great Britain by beating Denny Shute on the final hole.-References:... |
1931 | 1933 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Nick Faldo Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No... |
1977 | 1997 | 11 | 46 | 25 | 0.543 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
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John Fallon John Fallon (golfer) Johnny Fallon was a Scottish professional golfer whose career spanned the years either side of World War II. Although never a winner of a major tournament of note, Fallon often contended with high finishes - he lost the final of the 1954 British PGA Matchplay Championship, and was perhaps most... |
1955 | 1955 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Niclas Fasth Niclas Fasth Niclas Fasth is a Swedish professional golfer.Fasth was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1993 and won three events on the second tier European Challenge Tour that year. Since 1994 he has been a member of the European Tour for every season except for 1999. He qualified for the U.S... |
2002 | 2002 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.167 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Max Faulkner Max Faulkner Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner, OBE was an English professional golfer who won The Open Championship in 1951 and was renowned for his colourful dress sense.... |
1947 | 1957 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0.125 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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David Feherty David Feherty David Feherty is a former professional golfer on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He now works as a writer and broadcaster with CBS Sports and Golf Channel.Feherty was born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland... |
1991 | 1991 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Ross Fisher Ross Fisher Ross Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state... |
2010 | 2010 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Pierre Fulke Pierre Fulke Pierre Olof Fulke is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.Fulke was born in Nyköping. He turned professional in 1989.... |
2002 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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George Gadd | 1927 | 1927 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Bernard Gallacher Bernard Gallacher Bernard Gallacher, OBE is a Scottish professional golfer.Gallacher was born in Bathgate, Scotland. He took up golf at the age of eleven. In 1965 he won the Lothians Golf Assocation Boys Championship. He won the 1967 Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same... |
1969 | 1983 | 8 | 31 | 15.5 | 0.500 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings... |
1999 | 2008 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 0.667 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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John Garner John Garner (golfer) John R. Garner is an English professional golfer.During his playing career, Garner won one European Tour event, when he defeated Neil Coles in the final of the Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship in 1972... |
1971 | 1973 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Antonio Garrido | 1979 | 1979 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.200 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Ignacio Garrido Ignacio Garrido Ignacio Garrido is a Spanish professional golfer. He is the eldest son of Antonio Garrido who won five times on the European Tour and who played in the 1979 Ryder Cup.His uncle, German Garrido, also has won on the European Tour.... |
1997 | 1997 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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David Gilford David Gilford David Gilford is an English professional golfer.Gilford was born in Crewe. He won the English Amateur in 1984 and turned professional in 1986.... |
1991 | 1995 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0.500 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Eric Green | 1947 | 1947 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Malcolm Gregson Malcolm Gregson Malcolm Edward Gregson is an English professional golfer.Gregson was born in Leicester. He turned professional in 1961 and was in his prime in the 1960s, before the official establishment of the European Tour in 1972... |
1967 | 1967 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Joakim Haeggman Joakim Haeggman Karl Sven Joakim Haeggman is a Swedish European Tour golfer. He turned professional in 1989 and won his place on the Tour at that year's qualifying school. He has won three events on the European Tour, and several other professional events... |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Tom Haliburton | 1961 | 1963 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Søren Hansen Søren Hansen Søren Hansen is a Danish professional golfer.Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year.... |
2008 | 2008 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.167 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Peter Hanson Peter Hanson Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the... |
2010 | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Jack Hargreaves | 1951 | 1951 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Pádraig Harrington Padraig Harrington Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:... |
1999 | 2010 | 6 | 25 | 10.5 | 0.420 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
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Arthur Havers Arthur Havers Arthur Gladstone Havers was an English professional golfer who won the 1923 Open Championship at Royal Troon.Havers was born in Norwich, England. He had first qualified for the Open in 1914 at the age of sixteen... |
1927 | 1933 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0.500 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Jimmy Hitchcock Jimmy Hitchcock (golfer) James Hitchcock is an English professional golfer.Hitchcock was born in Bromley. He won several major professional tournaments including the 1960 British Masters and the 1965 Agfa-Gevaert Tournament... |
1965 | 1965 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Bert Hodson | 1931 | 1931 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Reg Horne Reg Horne Reginald W. Horne was an English professional golfer whose most notable success came in winning the British PGA Matchplay Championship shortly after World War II had ended in 1945... |
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Tommy Horton Tommy Horton Thomas Alfred Horton, MBE is an English professional golfer.Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside. He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. He has been more... |
1975 | 1977 | 2 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.188 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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David Howell David Howell (golfer) David Alexander Howell is an English professional golfer from Swindon. His career to date peaked in 2006, when he was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for a short time.... |
2004 | 2006 | 2 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.700 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Brian Huggett Brian Huggett Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE is a Welsh professional golfer. In 2006 he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.... |
1963 | 1975 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 0.480 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
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Bernard Hunt Bernard Hunt Bernard John Hunt, MBE is an English professional golfer.Hunt was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 1946 and was a leading player on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. He topped the Order of Merit, which was then points-based, in 1958, 1960 and 1965... |
1953 | 1969 | 8 | 28 | 9 | 0.321 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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Geoffrey Hunt | 1963 | 1963 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Guy Hunt Guy Hunt (golfer) Guy L. Hunt is an English professional golfer.Hunt was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. He turned professional as a sixteen year old in 1963. He finished second on the Order of Merit in the first official season of the European Tour in 1972, having had eleven top ten finishes. He also... |
1975 | 1975 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.167 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Tony Jacklin Tony Jacklin Anthony Jacklin CBE is an English golfer, who was the most successful British player of his generation. He was also the most successful European Ryder Cup captain ever.-Early life and education:... |
1967 | 1979 | 7 | 35 | 17 | 0.486 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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John Jacobs John Jacobs (English golfer) John R.M. Jacobs OBE is an English professional golfer, coach, entrepreneur, writer and administrator. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.... |
1955 | 1955 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Mark James | 1977 | 1995 | 7 | 24 | 8.5 | 0.354 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
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Edward Jarman | 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Miguel Ángel Jiménez Miguel Angel Jiménez Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:... |
1999 | 2010 | 4 | 15 | 5.5 | 0.367 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Per-Ulrik Johansson Per-Ulrik Johansson Per-Ulrik Johansson is a Swedish golfer. Like many European golfers he took a golf scholarship in the United States as sports scholarships do not exist in Europe... |
1995 | 1997 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.600 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Herbert Jolly | 1927 | 1927 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Robert Karlsson Robert Karlsson Robert Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and as of 2011 on the PGA Tour.-Career:... |
2006 | 2008 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0.429 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Martin Kaymer Martin Kaymer Martin Kaymer is a German professional golfer. He became the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings on 27 February 2011 after his runner-up finish in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.... |
2010 | 2010 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.625 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Michael King Michael King (golfer) Michael G. King is an English professional golfer.King was born in Reading, Berkshire. As an amateur, he won the Lytham Trophy in 1973, and played in the Walker Cup in 1969 and 1973.... |
1979 | 1979 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Sam King Sam King Samuel Leonard King was an English professional golfer, best known for playing on three Ryder Cup teams.... |
1937 | 1949 | 3 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.300 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Arthur Lacey Arthur Lacey Arthur Lacey was an English professional golfer who finished in the top ten of The Open Championship on a number of occasions in the 1930s... |
1933 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Barry Lane Barry Lane Barry Lane is an English professional golfer.Lane was born in Hayes, Middlesex. He turned professional in 1976 and first played on the European Tour in 1982. For the first few seasons he failed to finish high enough on the Order of Merit to retain his card and he made several visits to the... |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986... |
1981 | 2002 | 10 | 42 | 24 | 0.571 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
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Paul Lawrie Paul Lawrie Paul Stewart Lawrie MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999.-Life and career:... |
1999 | 1999 | 1 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.700 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Arthur Lees Arthur Lees Arthur Lees was an English professional golfer who played from the 1930s to 1960s. He was a member of four Great Britain Ryder Cup teams in the late 1940s and 1950s, and won several tournaments in Europe during his career... |
1947 | 1955 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0.500 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Thomas Levet Thomas Levet Thomas Levet is a French professional golfer who is a member of the European Tour and former member of the PGA Tour.Levet was born in Paris, France... |
2004 | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Sandy Lyle Sandy Lyle Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s... |
1979 | 1987 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 0.444 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell MBE is a Northern Irish professional golfer.McDowell has won seven events on the European Tour, including the 2010 U.S. Open which was also his first win on the PGA Tour... |
2008 | 2010 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0.625 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Paul McGinley Paul McGinley Paul McGinley is an Irish golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is most famous for holing the winning putt for the European team in the 2002 Ryder Cup. He currently resides in Sunningdale, England.... |
2002 | 2006 | 3 | 9 | 4.5 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down. He has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional. He had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007... |
2010 | 2010 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Jimmy Martin Jimmy Martin (golfer) Jimmy Martin was an Irish professional golfer who enjoyed three victories on the British circuit in the 1960s, including the Piccadilly Medal in 1964 and the Carroll's International in 1968.Martin was born in Wicklow... |
1965 | 1965 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Peter Mills | 1957 | 1959 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Abe Mitchell Abe Mitchell Henry Abraham Mitchell was an English professional golfer.Mitchell was born in East Grinstead, Sussex. He was runner-up in the 1912 Amateur Championship, losing to John Ball on the second extra hole... |
1929 | 1933 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0.667 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ralph Moffitt | 1961 | 1961 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team... |
2010 | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Francesco Molinari Francesco Molinari Francesco Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour and was a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team.-Background and amateur career:... |
2010 | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.167 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Colin Montgomerie Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE is a Scottish professional golfer, often referred to by one of his nicknames 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999, and 31... |
1991 | 2006 | 8 | 36 | 23.5 | 0.653 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
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Christy O'Connor Snr Christy O'Connor Snr Christy O'Connor is a former Irish professional golferO'Connor was born in Knocknacarra, Galway. He turned professional in 1946. Throughout the 1960s he won at least one professional event during each year on the British Tour, a level of consistent success matched by very few other players... |
1955 | 1973 | 10 | 36 | 13 | 0.361 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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Christy O'Connor Jnr Christy O'Connor Jnr Christy O'Connor Jnr is an Irish golfer. He is known as "Junior" because he is the nephew of another leading Irish golfer Christy O'Connor.O'Connor was born in Galway. He turned professional in 1967... |
1975 | 1989 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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José María Olazábal José María Olazábal José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:... |
1987 | 2006 | 7 | 31 | 20.5 | 0.661 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
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John O'Leary John O'Leary (golfer) John O'Leary is an Irish professional golfer.O'Leary was born in Dublin. He turned professional in 1970 and played on the European Tour until 1989. Despite finishing highly on the Order of Merit every season though 1987, he won only twice on the tour... |
1975 | 1975 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Peter Oosterhuis Peter Oosterhuis Peter A. Oosterhuis is an English professional golfer and golf analyst.-Early years, amateur golf:Oosterhuis was born in London... |
1971 | 1981 | 6 | 28 | 15.5 | 0.554 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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Alf Padgham Alf Padgham Alfred Harry Padgham was one of the leading British professional golfers of the 1930s and 1940s.Padgham was born in Caterham, Surrey... |
1933 | 1937 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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John Panton John Panton John Panton, MBE was a Scottish professional golfer, who represented Great Britain three times in the Ryder Cup.Panton was born in Pitlochry. He turned professional in 1935 and took up a job in the local golf club shop... |
1951 | 1961 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Jesper Parnevik Jesper Parnevik Jesper Bo Parnevik is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2000 and 2001.-Early years:... |
1997 | 2002 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0.545 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Alf Perry Alf Perry Alfred Perry was an English professional golfer. His greatest achievement was winning The Open Championship in 1935.Perry was born in Coulsdon, Surrey, England. He worked as a club professional at Leatherhead Golf Club in addition to playing in the few organised tournaments that there were at the... |
1933 | 1937 | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.125 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Manuel Piñero Manuel Piñero Manuel Piñero Sanchez is a Spanish professional golfer.Piñero was born in Badajoz. He turned professional in 1968 and established himself on the European Tour in the early 1970s. He won nine titles on the Tour, the most prestigious of them the 1977 British PGA Championship... |
1981 | 1985 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0.667 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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Lionel Platts | 1965 | 1965 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0.400 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Eddie Polland Eddie Polland Edward Polland is a Northern Irish professional golfer.Polland was born in Newcastle, County Down. He turned professional in 1968 and won four times on the European Tour between 1973 and 1980. He played in the Ryder Cup in 1973.... |
1973 | 1973 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Ian Poulter Ian Poulter Ian James Poulter is an English professional golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has previously been as high as number five in the world rankings... |
2004 | 2010 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0.727 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
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Phillip Price Phillip Price John Phillip Price is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Professional golfer:Price turned professional in 1989 and qualified for membership of the European Tour for the 1991 season via the 1990 Qualifying School. His best year on the tour came in 2000, when he finished... |
2002 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ronan Rafferty Ronan Rafferty Ronan P. Rafferty is an Northern Irish professional golfer, who formerly played on the European Tour.Rafferty was born in Newry, Northern Ireland. He won the Boys Amateur Championship aged fifteen and played in the Walker Cup aged seventeen... |
1989 | 1989 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ted Ray Ted Ray (golfer) Edward R. G. "Ted" Ray was a British professional golfer born on the Isle of Jersey. He won two major championships and contended in many others during the early years of the 20th century.-Biography:... |
1927 | 1927 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Dai Rees Dai Rees David James Rees, CBE was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of World War II.The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United States at Lindrick Golf... |
1937 | 1961 | 9 | 18 | 7.5 | 0.417 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steven Richardson Steven Richardson Steven Richardson is an English professional golfer.Richardson was born in Windsor, Berkshire. He won the English Amateur in 1989 and turned professional later that year. He made a strong start to his professional career, finishing in 29th place on the European Tour Order of Merit in his rookie... |
1991 | 1991 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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José Rivero José Rivero José Rivero is a Spanish golfer. He started his golf career as a caddie and turned professional in 1973. He was a full member of the European Tour from 1983 to 2001 and he won four European Tour events... |
1985 | 1987 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.400 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Fred Robson | 1927 | 1931 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0.333 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Costantino Rocca Costantino Rocca Costantino Rocca is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour. He has five European Tour wins and is best known for his second place finish in the 1995 Open Championship.-Career outline:Rocca... |
1993 | 1997 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0.545 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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Justin Rose Justin Rose Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour... |
2008 | 2008 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.750 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Jarmo Sandelin Jarmo Sandelin Jarmo Sakari Sandelin is a Swedish professional golfer.Sandelin was born in Imatra, Finland but grew up in Sweden, and is now a Swedish citizen... |
1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Syd Scott | 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Des Smyth Des Smyth Desmond John Smyth is an Irish professional golfer.Smyth was born in Drogheda, County Louth. He turned professional in 1974 and was a member of the European Tour for over a quarter of a century. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit was seventh in 1988... |
1979 | 1981 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0.286 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Henrik Stenson Henrik Stenson Henrik Stenson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays both on the US and European tours. He has spent over 100 weeks ranked in the World top ten and his career high ranking of fourth is the best by any Swedish golfer.-Career:... |
2006 | 2008 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0.429 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Dave Thomas Dave Thomas (golfer) David Charles Thomas is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leading golfers during the 1950s and 1960s with many tournament victories around Europe, including the News of the World Match Play and the Belgian, Dutch and French Open championships... |
1959 | 1967 | 4 | 18 | 5.5 | 0.306 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
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Sam Torrance Sam Torrance Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was... |
1981 | 1995 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 0.357 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
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Peter Townsend Peter Townsend (golfer) Peter Michael Paul Townsend is an English professional golfer.Townsend was born in Cambridge. Following a successful amateur career, during which he won both the Brabazon Trophy and Lytham Trophy, he turned professional at the end of 1966... |
1969 | 1971 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0.273 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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Jean van de Velde | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Brian Waites Brian Waites Brian Waites is an English professional golfer.Waites turned professional in 1957 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1970s and 1980s. He was in his prime between 1978 and 1984, ranking between 10th and 22nd on the Order of Merit in each of those seven years. He won two European... |
1983 | 1983 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Philip Walton Philip Walton Philip Walton is an Irish professional golfer.Walton attended Oklahoma State University in the United States and played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup in 1981 and 1983... |
1995 | 1995 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Charlie Ward Charlie Ward (golfer) Charles Harold Ward was a prominent English golfer of the 1940s, winner of the British Order of Merit in both 1948 and 1949, and twice finishing third in The Open Championship, in 1948 and 1951... |
1947 | 1951 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.167 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Paul Way Paul Way Paul G. Way is an English professional golfer.Way was born in Kingsbury, Middlesex. He went to the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge, Kent... |
1983 | 1985 | 2 | 9 | 6.5 | 0.722 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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Harry Weetman Harry Weetman Harry Weetman was an English professional golfer.Weetman won many tournaments on the British PGA circuit in the pre-European Tour era and won the Harry Vardon Trophy for lowest stroke average in 1952 and 1956... |
1951 | 1963 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0.200 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Lee Westwood Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons... |
1997 | 2010 | 7 | 33 | 19 | 0.576 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
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Charles Whitcombe Charles Whitcombe Charles Whitcombe was the second of the three Whitcombe brothers who were all successful English professional golfers in the 1920s and 1930s and - despite never winning The Open Championship like his younger brother Reg - could be considered the most prominent of the three, winning the British PGA... |
1927 | 1937 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0.556 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ernest Whitcombe | 1929 | 1935 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.250 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Reg Whitcombe Reg Whitcombe Reginald Arthur Whitcombe was an English professional golfer.Whitcombe began his career at Came Down Golf Club in Dorset and served in the British armed forces during World War I. He was the professional at Parkstone Golf Club from 1 January 1928 until his death in 1957... |
1935 | 1935 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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George Will | 1963 | 1967 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0.200 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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Oliver Wilson Oliver Wilson Oliver John Wilson is an English professional golfer.Wilson was born in Mansfield, England, where his golfing career began at Coxmoor Golf Club.... |
2008 | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Norman Wood | 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Ian Woosnam Ian Woosnam Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup... |
1983 | 1997 | 8 | 31 | 16.5 | 0.532 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
In this table the appearances includes players who were in the final team but were not selected for any matches. It does not include those who were initially selected or who qualified but were later replaced. Thus Mitchell (1927), Jolly (1931), Olazábal (1995) and Martín (1997) are excluded.
European country records
| Country | # appearances | # events | # players | Most capped player(#) |
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| 56 | 16 | 22 | Nick Faldo Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No... (10) |
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| 34 | 16 | 9 | Seve Ballesteros (8) | |
| 33 | 14 | 9 | Sam Torrance Sam Torrance Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was... (8) Colin Montgomerie Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE is a Scottish professional golfer, often referred to by one of his nicknames 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999, and 31... (8) |
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| 15 | 11 | 6 | Pádraig Harrington Padraig Harrington Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:... (6) |
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| 14 | 8 | 9 | Jesper Parnevik Jesper Parnevik Jesper Bo Parnevik is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2000 and 2001.-Early years:... (3) |
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| 11 | 11 | 2 | Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986... (10) |
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| 10 | 9 | 5 | Darren Clarke Darren Clarke Darren Christopher Clarke is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the... (5) |
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| 9 | 9 | 2 | Ian Woosnam Ian Woosnam Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup... (8) |
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| 5 | 4 | 3 | Costantino Rocca Costantino Rocca Costantino Rocca is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour. He has five European Tour wins and is best known for his second place finish in the 1995 Open Championship.-Career outline:Rocca... (3) |
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| 3 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won thirteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1999 he also became the first Dane to qualify for a European Ryder Cup team... (2) |
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| 2 | 2 | 2 | Jean van de Velde (1) Thomas Levet Thomas Levet Thomas Levet is a French professional golfer who is a member of the European Tour and former member of the PGA Tour.Levet was born in Paris, France... (1) |
This table excludes José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
(in 1995
1995 Ryder Cup
The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point...
) and Miguel Ángel Martín (in 1997
1997 Ryder Cup
The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe.The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ and retained the Cup....
) who withdrew due to injury and were replaced in the team. Martín never played in a Ryder Cup team.