1993 Ryder Cup

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30th Ryder Cup Matches
1993 Ryder Cup logo.png
Dates24–26 September 1993
Venue The Belfry, Brabazon Course
Location Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains
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The Belfry
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Location in England

The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held in England at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, near Sutton Coldfield. The United States team won a second consecutive Ryder Cup, by a margin of 15 to 13 points. Europe took a slender one point lead into the Sunday singles matches in what was a close contest. Davis Love III secured victory for the U.S. by defeating Costantino Rocca at the last hole, 1 up. [1] Through 2023, this is the most recent U.S. victory in Europe and also the last time the U.S. retained the Cup.

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This was the first Ryder Cup played in Europe to be televised live in the United States by a major network, NBC. The 1989 edition was carried by the USA Network on cable, with video provided by the BBC. [2] [3] The U.S. television coverage in 1985 was a highlight show on ESPN in early November, over a month after its completion. [4] NBC took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina. [5]

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format predominantly used from 1987 to 1999 was as follows:

With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes - matches that were level after 18 holes were deemed a draw with half a point going to each team.

Teams

The selection process for the European team remained similar to that used since 1985, with nine players chosen from a money list at the conclusion of the Volvo German Open on 29 August and the remaining three team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. The beginning of the qualifying period was, however, extended to start with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1992 rather than starting in January 1993. The change was made so that there would be more opportunities for the leading players to qualify by right. [6] In 1991 two of the three captain's picks were given to José María Olazábal and Nick Faldo, then ranked two and three in the world, who had played most of their golf in the US and did not qualify automatically. A few European players declined invitations to the 1993 PGA Championship to play in the Hohe Brücke Austrian Open in order to gain Ryder Cup points. [7] At this time prize money in the major championships played in the USA did not earn Ryder Cup points. Prior to the final event Sam Torrance had to withdraw from the final event because of injury but none of the other challengers for automatic places were able to pass him. Joakim Haeggman tied for 6th place in the German Open and rose from 14th to 10th place in the points list while Ronan Rafferty tied for 20th place and finished 11th. [8] [9] Gallacher made his picks on 30 August. It was widely expected that he would choose Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal as two of his selections and most interest centred on whether he would select Haeggman or Rafferty. [10]

Flag of Europe.svg  Team Europe
NameAgePoints
rank		World
ranking		Previous
Ryder Cups		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Flag of Scotland.svg Bernard Gallacher 44Non-playing captain
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 361362511–9–554.00
Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo 362183117–12–258.06
Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 30316131–1–150.00
Flag of Italy.svg Costantino Rocca 364400Rookie
Flag of England.svg Barry Lane 335350Rookie
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam 35675218–10–345.24
Flag of England.svg Peter Baker 257640Rookie
Flag of England.svg Mark James 398315197–11–139.47
Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Torrance 409376214–12–530.95
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Haeggman 2410590Rookie
Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal 2712931510–3–273.33
Flag of Spain.svg Seve Ballesteros 36382163017–8–565.00

Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1993 Ryder Cup.

Flag of the United States.svg  Team USA
NameAgePoints
rank		World
ranking		Previous
Ryder Cups		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Tom Watson 44Non-playing captain
Paul Azinger 3315295–4–055.56
Fred Couples 3326273–3–150.00
Tom Kite 433862413–7–462.50
Lee Janzen 294220Rookie
Corey Pavin 33515131–2–033.33
Payne Stewart 366113125–6–145.83
John Cook 357130Rookie
Davis Love III 298120Rookie
Chip Beck 37926274–2–164.29
Jim Gallagher Jr. 3210530Rookie
Raymond Floyd 5122237279–15–338.89
Lanny Wadkins 43327473018–10–263.33

Captains picks are shown in yellow. [11] [12] The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1993 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

Flag of Europe.svg Results Flag of the United States.svg
Torrance/James Flag of the United States.svg 4 & 3 Wadkins/Pavin
Woosnam/Langer Flag of Europe.svg 7 & 5 Azinger/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal Flag of the United States.svg 2 & 1 Kite/Love III
Faldo/Montgomerie Flag of Europe.svg 4 & 3 Floyd/Couples
2Session2
2Overall2

Afternoon four-ball

Flag of Europe.svg Results Flag of the United States.svg
Woosnam/Baker Flag of Europe.svg 1 up Gallagher/Janzen
Langer/Lane Flag of the United States.svg 4 & 2 Wadkins/Pavin
Faldo/Montgomerie halved Azinger/Couples
Ballesteros/Olazábal Flag of Europe.svg 4 & 3 Love III/Kite
21⁄2Session11⁄2
41⁄2Overall31⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Flag of Europe.svg Results Flag of the United States.svg
Faldo/Montgomerie Flag of Europe.svg 3 & 2 Wadkins/Pavin
Langer/Woosnam Flag of Europe.svg 2 & 1 Couples/Azinger
Baker/Lane Flag of the United States.svg 3 & 2 Floyd/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal Flag of Europe.svg 2 & 1 Love III/Kite
3Session1
71⁄2Overall41⁄2

Afternoon four-ball

Flag of Europe.svg Results Flag of the United States.svg
Faldo/Montgomerie Flag of the United States.svg 2 up Cook/Beck
James/Rocca Flag of the United States.svg 5 & 4 Pavin/Gallagher
Woosnam/Baker Flag of Europe.svg 6 & 5 Couples/Azinger
Olazábal/Haeggman Flag of the United States.svg 2 & 1 Floyd/Stewart
1Session3
81⁄2Overall71⁄2

Sunday's singles matches

Flag of Europe.svg Results Flag of the United States.svg
Ian Woosnam halved Fred Couples
Barry Lane Flag of the United States.svg 1 up Chip Beck
Colin Montgomerie Flag of Europe.svg 1 up Lee Janzen
Peter Baker Flag of Europe.svg 2 up Corey Pavin
Joakim Haeggman Flag of Europe.svg 1 up John Cook
Mark James Flag of the United States.svg 3 & 2 Payne Stewart
Costantino Rocca Flag of the United States.svg 1 up Davis Love III
Seve Ballesteros Flag of the United States.svg 3 & 2 Jim Gallagher
José María Olazábal Flag of the United States.svg 2 up Raymond Floyd
Bernhard Langer Flag of the United States.svg 5 & 3 Tom Kite
Nick Faldo halved Paul Azinger
Sam Torrance halved [13] Lanny Wadkins
41⁄2Session71⁄2
13Overall15

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Source: [14]

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Peter Baker 33–1–01–0–00–1–02–0–0
Seve Ballesteros 22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Nick Faldo 32–1–20–0–12–0–00–1–1
Joakim Haeggman 11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
Mark James 00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Barry Lane 00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Bernhard Langer 22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Colin Montgomerie 3.53–1–11–0–02–0–00–1–1
José María Olazábal 22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Costantino Rocca 00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Sam Torrance 0.50–1–10–0–10–1–00–0–0
Ian Woosnam 4.54–0–10–0–12–0–02–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Azinger 10–3–20–0–10–2–00–1–1
Chip Beck 22–0–01–0–00–0–01–0–0
John Cook 11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Fred Couples 10–3–20–0–10–2–00–1–1
Raymond Floyd 33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Jim Gallagher Jr. 22–1–01–0–00–0–01–1–0
Lee Janzen 00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Tom Kite 22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Davis Love III 22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Corey Pavin 33–2–00–1–01–1–02–0–0
Payne Stewart 33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Lanny Wadkins 2.52–1–10–0–11–1–01–0–0

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