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1997 Ryder Cup

32nd edition; golf tournament in Spain

32nd edition; golf tournament in Spain

FieldValue
nameRyder Cup
year1997
logoRyderCup1997Logo.png
dates26–28 September 1997
venueValderrama Golf Club
locationSotogrande, Spain
homeEurope
awayUSA
homecaptainSeve Ballesteros
awaycaptainTom Kite
homescore14
awayscore13
resultEurope wins

|Spain Golf Club 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 14 to 13 and retained the Ryder Cup.

The Europeans held a 10–5 lead heading into the final day, but the Americans mounted a comeback by winning the singles matches 8–4 but fell just short. Colin Montgomerie halved the final match with Scott Hoch (conceding a 15 ft par putt on the final hole) to seal the outright victory for the Europeans.

This was the first of seven consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2023.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 1997 was as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) – 4 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome 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.

Teams

The selection process for the European team remained largely unchanged from that used in 1995 with two captain's picks. If captain Ballesteros qualified automatically, he had the choice of standing down and selecting a third player. The qualifying period remained the same, starting with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1996 and ending with the BMW International Open on 31 August, the remaining two team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. Prior to the final event Miguel Ángel Martín was in 10th place in the points list. He had, however, not played since The Open Championship because of a wrist injury. In the final event both José María Olazábal and Pádraig Harrington had chances to overtake Martin but neither succeeded. Olazábal finished 11th in the final points list with Harrington 12th. Because of uncertainty about Martin's fitness, the announcement of the two captain's picks, which was to have been immediately after the BMW International Open, was cancelled. On the Tuesday Martin was given an ultimatum that he was required to play 18 holes the following day to demonstrate that he would be fit to play in the Ryder Cup. Martin refused and was replaced by Olazábal, who had finished in the next qualifying place. Ballesteros announced his wildcards on the Thursday, choosing Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik. Miguel Ángel Martín had a world ranking of 79 at the time of the Ryder Cup.

NameAgePoints
rankWorld
rankingPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
ESP Seve Ballesteros40Non-playing captain
SCO Colin Montgomerie34153136–5–253.85
NIR Darren Clarke292330Rookie
DEU Bernhard Langer4032083415–14–551.47
WAL Ian Woosnam3942572913–11–553.45
SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson30542131–2–033.33
ENG Lee Westwood246320Rookie
ESP Ignacio Garrido257780Rookie
DNK Thomas Bjørn268730Rookie
ITA Costantino Rocca40943273–4–042.86
ESP José María Olazábal31115742012–6–265.00
ENG Nick Faldo402715104121–16–456.10
SWE Jesper Parnevik32–180Rookie

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup.

NameAgePoints
rankWorld
rankingPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Tom Kite47Non-playing captain
Tiger Woods21120Rookie
Justin Leonard252110Rookie
Tom Lehman3836132–1–066.67
Davis Love III33410295–4–055.56
Jim Furyk275210Rookie
Phil Mickelson2768133–0–0100.00
Jeff Maggert33728142–2–050.00
Mark O'Meara4089382–5–131.25
Scott Hoch419130Rookie
Brad Faxon361016131–2–033.33
Lee Janzen331539120–2–00.00
Fred Couples3717124165–7–443.75

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

EuropeResultsUSA2Overall2
**Olazábal/Rocca**Europe 1 upLove III/Mickelson
Faldo/WestwoodUSA 1 up**Couples/Faxon**
**Parnevik/Johansson**Europe 1 upLehman/Furyk
Montgomerie/LangerUSA 3 & 2**Woods/O'Meara**
2Session2

Afternoon foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA4Overall3
Rocca/OlazábalUSA 1 up**Hoch/Janzen**
**Langer/Montgomerie**Europe 5 & 3O'Meara/Woods
**Faldo/Westwood**Europe 3 & 2Leonard/Maggert
Parnevik/GarridohalvedLehman/Mickelson
2Session1

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

EuropeResultsUSA8Overall4
**Montgomerie/Clarke**Europe 1 upCouples/Love III
**Woosnam/Bjørn**Europe 2 & 1Leonard/Faxon
**Faldo/Westwood**Europe 2 & 1Woods/O'Meara
Olazábal/GarridohalvedMickelson/Lehman
3Session

Afternoon foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA10Overall5
**Montgomerie/Langer**Europe 1 upJanzen/Furyk
Faldo/WestwoodUSA 2 & 1**Hoch/Maggert**
Parnevik/GarridohalvedLeonard/Woods
**Olazábal/Rocca**Europe 5 & 4Love III/Couples
2Session1

Sunday's singles matches

EuropeResultsUSA14Overall13
Ian WoosnamUSA 8 & 7**Fred Couples**
**Per-Ulrik Johansson**Europe 3 & 2Davis Love III
Jesper ParnevikUSA 5 & 4**Mark O'Meara**
Darren ClarkeUSA 2 & 1**Phil Mickelson**
**Costantino Rocca**Europe 4 & 2Tiger Woods
Thomas BjørnhalvedJustin Leonard
Ignacio GarridoUSA 7 & 6**Tom Lehman**
**Bernhard Langer**Europe 2 & 1Brad Faxon
Lee WestwoodUSA 3 & 2**Jeff Maggert**
José María OlazábalUSA 1 up**Lee Janzen**
Nick FaldoUSA 3 & 2**Jim Furyk**
Colin MontgomeriehalvedScott Hoch
4Session8

Individual player records

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

Source:

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Thomas Bjørn1.51–0–10–0–10–0–01–0–0
Darren Clarke11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Nick Faldo22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Ignacio Garrido1.50–1–30–1–00–0–20–0–1
Per-Ulrik Johansson22–0–01–0–00–0–01–0–0
Bernhard Langer33–1–01–0–02–0–00–1–0
Colin Montgomerie3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
José María Olazábal2.52–2–10–1–01–1–01–0–1
Jesper Parnevik21–1–20–1–00–0–21–0–0
Costantino Rocca33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Lee Westwood22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Ian Woosnam11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Fred Couples22–2–01–0–00–1–0
Brad Faxon11–2–00–1–00–0–0
Jim Furyk11–2–01–0–00–1–0
Scott Hoch2.52–0–10–0–12–0–0
Lee Janzen22–1–01–0–01–1–0
Tom Lehman21–1–21–0–00–0–1
Justin Leonard10–2–20–0–10–1–1
Davis Love III00–4–00–1–00–1–0
Jeff Maggert22–1–01–0–01–1–0
Phil Mickelson21–1–21–0–00–0–1
Mark O'Meara22–2–01–0–00–1–0
Tiger Woods1.51–3–10–1–00–1–1

References

References

  1. "Ballesteros at home in captain's role". ''The Times'', 23 February 1996; p. 40; Issue 65510.
  2. "Ballesteros is forced to play waiting game". ''The Times'', 1 September 1997; p. 56; Issue 65983.
  3. "Europe rule out Martin". ''The Times'', 3 September 1997; p. 48; Issue 65985.
  4. "Ryder Cup call goes to Faldo and Parnevik". ''The Times'', 5 September 1997; p. 44; Issue 65987.
  5. Sirak, Ron. (20 August 1997). "Kite should have picked himself for Ryder Cup". Lodi News-Sentinel.
  6. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide".
  7. "2014 Ryder Cup Media Guide - Issue 1".
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