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1993 Ryder Cup

30th Ryder Cup; golf tournament in England

30th Ryder Cup; golf tournament in England

FieldValue
nameRyder Cup
year1993
logo1993 Ryder Cup logo.png
dates24–26 September 1993
venueThe Belfry, Brabazon Course
locationWishaw, Warwickshire, England
homeEurope
awayUSA
homecaptainBernard Gallacher
awaycaptainTom Watson
homescore13
awayscore15
resultUnited States wins

|UK 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. Through 2023, this is the most recent U.S. victory in Europe and also the last time the U.S. retained the Cup.

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. The U.S. television coverage in 1985 was a highlight show on ESPN in early November, over a month after its completion. NBC took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina.

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:

  • Day 1 (Friday) — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 fourball (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, 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. 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. 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. 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.

NameAgePoints
rankWorld
rankingPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
SCO Bernard Gallacher44Non-playing captain
DEU Bernhard Langer361362511–9–554.00
ENG Nick Faldo362183117–12–258.06
SCO Colin Montgomerie30316131–1–150.00
ITA Costantino Rocca364400Rookie
ENG Barry Lane335350Rookie
WAL Ian Woosnam35675218–10–345.24
ENG Peter Baker257640Rookie
ENG Mark James398315197–11–139.47
SCO Sam Torrance409376214–12–530.95
SWE Joakim Haeggman2410590Rookie
ESP José María Olazábal2712931510–3–273.33
ESP Seve Ballesteros36382163017–8–565.00

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

NameAgePoints
rankWorld
rankingPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Tom Watson44Non-playing captain
Paul Azinger3315295–4–055.56
Fred Couples3326273–3–150.00
Tom Kite433862413–7–462.50
Lee Janzen294220Rookie
Corey Pavin33515131–2–033.33
Payne Stewart366113125–6–145.83
John Cook357130Rookie
Davis Love III298120Rookie
Chip Beck37926274–2–164.29
Jim Gallagher Jr.3210530Rookie
Raymond Floyd5122237279–15–338.89
Lanny Wadkins43327473018–10–263.33

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

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA2Overall2
Torrance/JamesUSA 4 & 3**Wadkins/Pavin**
**Woosnam/Langer**Europe 7 & 5Azinger/Stewart
Ballesteros/OlazábalUSA 2 & 1**Kite/Love III**
**Faldo/Montgomerie**Europe 4 & 3Floyd/Couples
2Session2

Afternoon four-ball

EuropeResultsUSA4Overall3
**Woosnam/Baker**Europe 1 upGallagher/Janzen
Langer/LaneUSA 4 & 2**Wadkins/Pavin**
Faldo/MontgomeriehalvedAzinger/Couples
**Ballesteros/Olazábal**Europe 4 & 3Love III/Kite
2Session1

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA7Overall4
**Faldo/Montgomerie**Europe 3 & 2Wadkins/Pavin
**Langer/Woosnam**Europe 2 & 1Couples/Azinger
Baker/LaneUSA 3 & 2**Floyd/Stewart**
**Ballesteros/Olazábal**Europe 2 & 1Love III/Kite
3Session1

Afternoon four-ball

EuropeResultsUSA8Overall7
Faldo/MontgomerieUSA 2 up**Cook/Beck**
James/RoccaUSA 5 & 4**Pavin/Gallagher**
**Woosnam/Baker**Europe 6 & 5Couples/Azinger
Olazábal/HaeggmanUSA 2 & 1**Floyd/Stewart**
1Session3

Sunday's singles matches

EuropeResultsUSA13Overall15
Ian WoosnamhalvedFred Couples
Barry LaneUSA 1 up**Chip Beck**
**Colin Montgomerie**Europe 1 upLee Janzen
**Peter Baker**Europe 2 upCorey Pavin
**Joakim Haeggman**Europe 1 upJohn Cook
Mark JamesUSA 3 & 2**Payne Stewart**
Costantino RoccaUSA 1 up**Davis Love III**
Seve BallesterosUSA 3 & 2**Jim Gallagher**
José María OlazábalUSA 2 up**Raymond Floyd**
Bernhard LangerUSA 5 & 3**Tom Kite**
Nick FaldohalvedPaul Azinger
Sam TorrancehalvedLanny Wadkins
4Session7

Individual player records

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

Source:

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Peter Baker33–1–01–0–00–1–02–0–0
Seve Ballesteros22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Nick Faldo32–1–20–0–12–0–00–1–1
Joakim Haeggman11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
Mark James00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Barry Lane00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Bernhard Langer22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Colin Montgomerie3.53–1–11–0–02–0–00–1–1
José María Olazábal22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Costantino Rocca00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Sam Torrance0.50–1–10–0–10–1–00–0–0
Ian Woosnam4.54–0–10–0–12–0–02–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Azinger10–3–20–0–10–2–0
Chip Beck22–0–01–0–00–0–0
John Cook11–1–00–1–00–0–0
Fred Couples10–3–20–0–10–2–0
Raymond Floyd33–1–01–0–01–1–0
Jim Gallagher Jr.22–1–01–0–00–0–0
Lee Janzen00–2–00–1–00–0–0
Tom Kite22–2–01–0–01–1–0
Davis Love III22–2–01–0–01–1–0
Corey Pavin33–2–00–1–01–1–0
Payne Stewart33–1–01–0–01–1–0
Lanny Wadkins2.52–1–10–0–11–1–0

References

References

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