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1987 Ryder Cup

27th edition; golf tournament in Ohio, U.S.

Field	Value
name	Ryder Cup
year	1987
dates	September 25–27, 1987
venue	Muirfield Village Golf Club
location	Dublin, Ohio
home	USA
away	Europe
homecaptain	Jack Nicklaus
awaycaptain	Tony Jacklin
homescore	13
awayscore	15
result	Europe wins

|USA |USA Ohio

The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 25–27, 1987 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus. The European team won their second consecutive competition by a score of 15 to 13 points in probably the most historic Ryder Cup. After an unbeaten record of 13–0 spanning sixty years, the U.S. team lost for the first time on home soil.

Europe took a lead of 5 points into the Sunday singles matches, but the U.S. fought back strongly to narrow the deficit. Eamonn Darcy, who previously had a very poor Ryder Cup record, defeated Ben Crenshaw at the last hole to get Europe to 13 points. Crenshaw had broken his putter in a moment of frustration after the sixth hole and putted with his 1 iron for the last dozen holes. Bernhard Langer then halved his match with Larry Nelson and when Seve Ballesteros defeated Curtis Strange 2 & 1 to total 14 points, the European victory was secured.

This was the last Ryder Cup in which the U.S. team did not employ captain's selections. Europe used captain's picks in 1979, 1981, 1985, and this year.

Muirfield Village, founded and designed by U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus, has hosted the Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour since 1976. The 2013 Presidents Cup was held at the same course.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1987 adjusted slightly from the previous three events, with the order of play on the second day swapped:

Day 1 (Friday) — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
Day 2 (Saturday) — 4 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball matches in an afternoon session
Day 3 (Sunday) — 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

Name	Age	Points
rank	World
ranking	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus	47	Non-playing captain
Scott Simpson	32	–	13	0	Rookie
Larry Nelson	40	–	28	2	9	9–0–0	100.00
Payne Stewart	30	1	5	0	Rookie
Ben Crenshaw	35	2	11	2	6	3–2–1	58.33
Curtis Strange	32	3	4	2	7	3–3–1	50.00
Hal Sutton	29	4	21	1	4	1–2–1	37.50
Larry Mize	29	5	15	0	Rookie
Lanny Wadkins	37	6	9	4	17	12–4–1	73.53
Dan Pohl	32	7	25	0	Rookie
Tom Kite	37	8	17	4	15	8–4–3	63.33
Mark Calcavecchia	27	9	32	0	Rookie
Andy Bean	34	10	36	1	3	2–1–0	66.67

Simpson qualified by virtue of winning the 1987 U.S. Open, while Nelson qualified by winning the 1987 PGA Championship.

The selection process for the European team remained unchanged from 1985, with nine players chosen from the 1987 European Tour money list at the conclusion of the German Open on August 30 and the remaining three team members being chosen immediately afterwards by the team captain, Tony Jacklin. Prior to the final event Eamonn Darcy was in the 9th qualifying place with Mats Lanner in 10th. Lanner finished just one shot ahead of Darcy in the German Open and Darcy retained his qualifying place. Jacklin's choices were Ken Brown, Sandy Lyle and José María Olazábal.

Name	Age	Points
rank	World
ranking	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
ENG Tony Jacklin	43	Non-playing captain
WAL Ian Woosnam	29	1	12	2	7	2–4–1	35.71
ENG Nick Faldo	30	2	20	5	17	11–6–0	64.71
ENG Howard Clark	33	3	42	3	7	3–3–1	50.00
ESP Seve Ballesteros	30	4	2	3	15	6–6–3	50.00
SCO Gordon Brand Jnr	29	5	40	0	Rookie
SCO Sam Torrance	34	6	54	3	13	3–7–3	34.62
FRG Bernhard Langer	30	7	3	3	14	7–4–3	60.71
ESP José Rivero	32	8	68=	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
IRL Eamonn Darcy	35	9	112	3	9	0–7–2	11.11
ESP José María Olazábal	21	11	43	0	Rookie
SCO Sandy Lyle	29		7	4	14	4–8–2	35.71
SCO Ken Brown	30		77=	4	11	4–7–0	36.36

Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1987 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

Europe	Results	USA
Torrance/Clark	USA 4 & 2	Strange/Kite
Brown/Langer	USA 2 & 1	Sutton/Pohl
Faldo/Woosnam	Europe 2 up	Wadkins/Mize
Ballesteros/Olazábal	Europe 1 up	Nelson/Stewart
2	Session	2

Afternoon four-ball

Europe	Results	USA
Brand/Rivero	Europe 3 & 2	Crenshaw/Simpson
Lyle/Langer	Europe 1 up	Bean/Calcavecchia
Faldo/Woosnam	Europe 2 & 1	Sutton/Pohl
Ballesteros/Olazábal	Europe 2 & 1	Strange/Kite
4	Session	0

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Europe	Results	USA
Rivero/Brand	USA 3 & 1	Strange/Kite
Faldo/Woosnam	halved	Sutton/Mize
Lyle/Langer	Europe 2 & 1	Wadkins/Nelson
Ballesteros/Olazábal	Europe 1 up	Crenshaw/Stewart
2	Session	1

Afternoon four-ball

Europe	Results	USA
Faldo/Woosnam	Europe 5 & 4	Strange/Kite
Darcy/Brand	USA 3 & 2	Bean/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal	USA 2 & 1	Sutton/Mize
Lyle/Langer	Europe 1 up	Wadkins/Nelson
2	Session	2

Sunday's singles matches

Europe	Results	USA
Ian Woosnam	USA 1 up	Andy Bean
Howard Clark	Europe 1 up	Dan Pohl
Sam Torrance	halved	Larry Mize
Nick Faldo	USA 1 up	Mark Calcavecchia
José María Olazábal	USA 2 up	Payne Stewart
José Rivero	USA 2 & 1	Scott Simpson
Sandy Lyle	USA 3 & 2	Tom Kite
Eamonn Darcy	Europe 1 up	Ben Crenshaw
Bernhard Langer	halved	Larry Nelson
Seve Ballesteros	Europe 2 & 1	Curtis Strange
Ken Brown	USA 3 & 2	Lanny Wadkins
Gordon Brand Jnr	halved	Hal Sutton
4	Session	7

Individual player records

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

Source:

United States

Player	Points		Overall	Singles
Andy Bean	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0
Mark Calcavecchia	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0
Ben Crenshaw	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Tom Kite	3	3–2–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
Larry Mize	2	1–1–2	0–0–1	0–1–1
Larry Nelson	0.5	0–3–1	0–0–1	0–2–0
Dan Pohl	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Scott Simpson	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0
Payne Stewart	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	0–2–0
Curtis Strange	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	2–0–0
Hal Sutton	3	2–1–2	0–0–1	1–0–1
Lanny Wadkins	1	1–3–0	1–0–0	0–2–0

Europe

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Seve Ballesteros	4	4–1–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	1–1–0
Gordon Brand Jnr	1.5	1–2–1	0–0–1	0–1–0	1–1–0
Ken Brown	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Howard Clark	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Eamonn Darcy	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Nick Faldo	3.5	3–1–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	2–0–0
Bernhard Langer	3.5	3–1–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	2–0–0
Sandy Lyle	3	3–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
José María Olazábal	3	3–2–0	0–1–0	2–0–0	1–1–0
José Rivero	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Sam Torrance	0.5	0–1–1	0–0–1	0–1–0	0–0–0
Ian Woosnam	3.5	3–1–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	2–0–0

References

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