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1983 Ryder Cup

Men's golf competition in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Men's golf competition in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

FieldValue
nameRyder Cup
year1983
datesOctober 14–16, 1983
venuePGA National Golf Club
locationPalm Beach Gardens, Florida
homeUSA
awayEurope
homecaptainJack Nicklaus
awaycaptainTony Jacklin
homescore14
awayscore13
resultUnited States wins

|USA |USA Florida The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held October 14–16, 1983 at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The United States team won the competition by a score of 14 to 13 points, the closest Ryder Cup since the tie in 1969. In their third competition with players from the continent, Europe showed the ability to realistically challenge the Americans. This was the first of four occasions that Tony Jacklin was the European captain and the sole occasion that his side lost.

Entering the singles matches on Sunday, the competition was even at 8 points each. Jacklin put his best players out early, while U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus saved his for last. With ten matches complete and the score at 13 points each, the outcome depended on the two singles matches remaining on the course, between José María Cañizares and Lanny Wadkins and Bernard Gallacher and Tom Watson. The U.S. victory is generally accredited to Wadkins, who hit a wedge to less than three feet (0.9 m) on the par-5 18th hole to win the hole with a birdie and halve his match against Canizares. Gallacher had trailed all day, but Watson bogeyed 16 and was only 1 up with two holes to play. He had another bogey at the par-3 17th, but Gallacher's three-foot putt for bogey missed and ended the match at 2 & 1 and gave the U.S. the winning point.

This was the 13th consecutive win at home for the U.S. team, but they would have to wait until the 2021 Ryder Cup to post consecutive home victories. It was also the last victory for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup for eight years, until 1991.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1983 was as follows:

  • Day 1 — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 — 4 four-ball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 — 12 singles matches With a total of 28 points, 14 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

The American qualification rules remained unchanged from 1981 with 11 of the team being selected from a points list. The final place in the team was allocated to the winner of the 1983 PGA Championship (which finished on August 7), provided he was not in the top 11, in which case the 12th player in the points list would qualify. Qualification based on the points list finished after the Western Open on July 3. Tom Watson needed to win the final event to guarantee his place but finished second, lifting him from 14th to 12th place in the points list and pushing Hale Irwin out of that position. The PGA Championship was won by Hal Sutton with Jack Nicklaus second. Sutton was only in his third year as a professional and hence ineligible and so Watson retained his place on the team.

NameAgePoints
rankPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus43Non-playing captain
Lanny Wadkins331287–1–087.50
Raymond Floyd4124155–7–343.33
Tom Kite333286–1–181.25
Fuzzy Zoeller314151–4–020.00
Craig Stadler3050Rookie
Jay Haas2960Rookie
Gil Morgan377120–0–250.00
Calvin Peete4080Rookie
Ben Crenshaw319121–1–050.00
Bob Gilder32100Rookie
Curtis Strange28110Rookie
Tom Watson3412275–2–071.43

The European team was chosen entirely from the 1983 European Tour money list as at the conclusion of the St. Mellion Timeshare TPC on September 18. Prior to the final event 10 of the players had guaranteed their places with Manuel Piñero in 11th position and Gordon J. Brand in 12th. Brand made sure of his place with fifth place in the TPC but Piñero was overtaken by Paul Way who finished second to lift him to 11th place in the list.

NameAgePoints
rankPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
ENG Tony Jacklin39Non-playing captain
ENG Nick Faldo2613107–3–070.00
ESP Seve Ballesteros262151–4–020.00
FRG Bernhard Langer263141–2–137.50
SCO Sandy Lyle254293–5–138.89
SCO Ken Brown265241–3–025.00
ESP José María Cañizares366131–2–033.33
ENG Brian Waites4370Rookie
SCO Sam Torrance308140–3–112.50
WAL Ian Woosnam2590Rookie
SCO Bernard Gallacher341072913–11–553.45
ENG Paul Way20110Rookie
ENG Gordon J. Brand28120Rookie

Friday's matches

October 14, 1983

Morning foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA2Overall2
Gallacher/LyleUSA 5 & 4**Watson/Crenshaw**
**Faldo/Langer**Europe 4 & 2Wadkins/Stadler
**Cañizares/Torrance**Europe 4 & 3Floyd/Gilder
Ballesteros/WayUSA 2 & 1**Kite/Peete**
2Session2

Afternoon four-ball

EuropeResultsUSA4Overall3
**Waites/Brown**Europe 2 & 1Morgan/Zoeller
Faldo/LangerUSA 2 & 1**Watson/Haas**
**Ballesteros/Way**Europe 1 upFloyd/Strange
Torrance/WoosnamhalvedCrenshaw/Peete
2Session1

Saturday's matches

October 15, 1983

Morning four-ball

EuropeResultsUSA6Overall6
Waites/BrownUSA 1 up**Wadkins/Stadler**
**Faldo/Langer**Europe 4 & 2Crenshaw/Peete
Ballesteros/WayhalvedMorgan/Haas
Torrance/WoosnamUSA 5 & 4**Watson/Gilder**
1Session2

Afternoon foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA8Overall8
**Faldo/Langer**Europe 3 & 2Kite/Floyd
Torrance/CañizaresUSA 7 & 5**Morgan/Wadkins**
**Ballesteros/Way**Europe 2 & 1Watson/Gilder
Waites/BrownUSA 3 & 2**Haas/Strange**
2Session2

Sunday's singles matches

October 16, 1983

EuropeResultsUSA13Overall14
Seve BallesteroshalvedFuzzy Zoeller
**Nick Faldo**Europe 2 & 1Jay Haas
**Bernhard Langer**Europe 2 upGil Morgan
Gordon J. BrandUSA 2 up**Bob Gilder**
Sandy LyleUSA 3 & 1**Ben Crenshaw**
Brian WaitesUSA 1 up**Calvin Peete**
**Paul Way**Europe 2 & 1Curtis Strange
Sam TorrancehalvedTom Kite
Ian WoosnamUSA 3 & 2**Craig Stadler**
José María CañizareshalvedLanny Wadkins
**Ken Brown**Europe 4 & 3Raymond Floyd
Bernard GallacherUSA 2 & 1**Tom Watson**
5Session6

Individual player records

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

Source:

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Ben Crenshaw2.52–1–11–0–01–0–0
Raymond Floyd00–4–00–1–00–2–0
Bob Gilder22–2–01–0–00–2–0
Jay Haas2.52–1–10–1–01–0–0
Tom Kite1.51–1–10–0–11–1–0
Gil Morgan1.51–2–10–1–01–0–0
Calvin Peete2.52–1–11–0–01–0–0
Craig Stadler22–1–01–0–00–1–0
Curtis Strange11–2–00–1–01–0–0
Lanny Wadkins2.52–1–10–0–11–1–0
Tom Watson44–1–01–0–01–1–0
Fuzzy Zoeller0.50–1–10–0–10–0–0

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Seve Ballesteros32–1–20–0–11–1–01–0–1
Gordon J. Brand00–1–00–1–00–0–00–0–0
Ken Brown22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
José María Cañizares1.51–1–10–0–11–1–00–0–0
Nick Faldo44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
Bernard Gallacher00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Bernhard Langer44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
Sandy Lyle00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Sam Torrance21–2–20–0–11–1–00–1–1
Brian Waites11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Paul Way3.53–1–11–0–01–1–01–0–1
Ian Woosnam0.50–2–10–1–00–0–00–1–1

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References

References

  1. (October 17, 1983). "Nicklaus 'thrilled' with U.S. victory". Eugene Register-Guard.
  2. Jenkins, Dan. (October 25, 1983). "A close call for Captain Jack".
  3. Moffett, Dan. (October 17, 1983). "Americans' Cup victory is no easy Ryder". Palm Beach Post.
  4. Moffett, Dan. (October 17, 1983). "Jacklin's strategy almost paid off while Nicklaus saved best for last". Palm Beach Post.
  5. (September 26, 2012). "Ballesteros' Bunker Shot Among Best From Ryder Cup". TSN.
  6. "Ryder Cup '83: Close Call For Captain Jack".
  7. "Unsure Watson teeters on a tightrope". ''The Times'', Tuesday, July 6, 1983; pg. 26; Issue 61577.
  8. "A cub called Sutton follows the tracks of the Golden Bear". ''The Times'', Tuesday, Aug 9, 1983; pg. 18; Issue 61606.
  9. "Watson may call off". ''The Times'', Thursday, Aug 4, 1983; pg. 21; Issue 61602.
  10. "Money list to decide team for Ryder Cup". ''The Times'', Friday, September 17 1982; pg. 18; Issue 61340.
  11. "Ample consolation for Way as he is beaten by Langer". ''The Times'', Monday, September 19 1983; pg. 27; Issue 61641.
  12. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide".
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