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2004 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament in Michigan, U.S.

Golf tournament in Michigan, U.S.

FieldValue
nameRyder Cup
year2004
logoRyderCup2004Logo.jpg
datesSeptember 17–19, [2004](2004-in-golf)
venueOakland Hills Country Club
South Course
locationBloomfield Township, Michigan
homeUSA
awayEurope
homecaptainHal Sutton
awaycaptainBernhard Langer
homescore9
awayscore18
resultEurope wins

South Course |USA Michigan#USA The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19, 2004, in the United States at the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit.

The European team won the competition by a margin of 18 to 9 points, The victory margin was the largest by a European team in the history of the event, and the largest by either side since 1981, when Team USA defeated Team Europe by the same score. It was also the largest margin of defeat for the USA since the competition started in 1927.

Television

In the United States, live Friday coverage was provided by USA Network. Bill Macatee and Peter Kostis hosted from the 18th tower. NBC Sports presented live coverage of the Saturday and Sunday matches. Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller hosted from the 18th tower, Bob Murphy called holes, while on-course reporters were Gary Koch, Mark Rolfing, Roger Maltbie, and Ed Sneed.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format changed slightly from used from that used from 1991 to 2002, with the order of play swapped on the second day:

  • 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

NameAgeResidencePoints
rankWorld
rankingPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Hal Sutton47Shreveport, LouisianaNon-playing captain
Tiger Woods28Windermere, Florida123155–8–240.00
Phil Mickelson34Rancho Santa Fe, California244168–5–359.38
Davis Love III40Sea Island, Georgia365218–9–447.62
Jim Furyk34Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida4113113–6–236.36
Kenny Perry44Franklin, Kentucky5160Rookie
David Toms37Shreveport, Louisiana622153–1–170.00
Chad Campbell30Lewisville, Texas7140Rookie
Chris DiMarco36Orlando, Florida8170Rookie
Fred Funk48Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida9590Rookie
Chris Riley30Las Vegas, Nevada10400Rookie
Jay Haas50Greenville, South Carolina1223283–4–143.75
Stewart Cink31Duluth, Georgia1410131–2–033.33

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2004 Ryder Cup.

As vice-captains, United States captain Hal Sutton selected Jack Burke and Steve Jones, to assist him during the tournament.

NameAgeResidencePoints rank
(World)Points rank
(European)World
rankingPrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
DEU Bernhard Langer47Anhausen, Germany
Boca Raton, Florida, USANon-playing captain
IRL Pádraig Harrington33Dublin, Ireland158273–3–150.00
ESP Sergio García24Borriol, Spain223122106–3–165.00
NIR Darren Clarke36Chobham, England33153124–6–241.67
ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez40Málaga, Spain4120151–2–240.00
ENG Lee Westwood31Worksop, England52413157–8–046.67
FRA Thomas Levet36Warfield, England74430Rookie
ENG Paul Casey27Weybridge, England
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA86270Rookie
ENG David Howell29Weybridge, England137380Rookie
IRL Paul McGinley37Sunningdale, England11867130–1–233.33
ENG Ian Poulter28Milton Keynes, England109600Rookie
ENG Luke Donald26High Wycombe, England
Chicago, Illinois, USA936360Rookie
SCO Colin Montgomerie41Troon, Scotland19166262816–7–566.07

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2004 Ryder Cup.

As vice-captains, European captain Bernhard Langer selected Joakim Haeggman and Anders Forsbrand to assist him during the tournament.

Thursday practice

Image:ColinMontgomerie2004RyderCup.jpg|Colin Montgomerie Image:PadraigHarrington2004RyderCup.jpg|Pádraig Harrington Image:Thomas Levet.jpg|Thomas Levet Image:JimFuryk2004RyderCup1.jpg|Jim Furyk Image:FredFunk2004RyderCup.jpg|Fred Funk Image:TigerWoods2004RyderCup1.jpg|Tiger Woods Image:ChadCampbell2004RyderCup.jpg|Chad Campbell Image:StewartCink2004RyderCup.jpg|Stewart Cink

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

U.S. captain Hal Sutton put his top pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the first match of the Ryder Cup, hoping to come out to a quick lead. The decision backfired on Sutton, as the Woods/Mickelson pairing fell behind almost from the start, eventually losing. Only a 7-foot par putt by Chris Riley on the 18th hole of his match kept Team USA from being shut out by Team Europe. Team USA never had the lead during any of the first day's four-ball matches.

EuropeResultsUSA3Overall
**Montgomerie/Harrington**Europe 2 & 1Mickelson/Woods
**Clarke/Jiménez**Europe 5 & 4Campbell/Love III
McGinley/DonaldhalvedRiley/Cink
**García/Westwood**Europe 4 & 3Toms/Furyk
3Session

Afternoon foursomes

The afternoon alternate-shot session was almost as good for Team Europe as the morning session. Mickelson and Woods lost an early lead in their match, leaving Woods winless in the first day of his last three Ryder Cups. Team USA picked up its first full point, but Europe ended the day with a 6–1 lead, its largest lead after the first day in Ryder Cup history.

EuropeResultsUSA6Overall1
Jiménez/LevetUSA 3 & 2**DiMarco/Haas**
**Montgomerie/Harrington**Europe 4 & 2Love III/Funk
**Clarke/Westwood**Europe 1 upMickelson/Woods
**García/Donald**Europe 2 & 1Perry/Cink
3Session1

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

EuropeResultsUSA8Overall4
García/WestwoodhalvedHaas/DiMarco
Clarke/PoulterUSA 4 & 3**Woods/Riley**
**Casey/Howell**Europe 1 upFuryk/Campbell
Montgomerie/HarringtonUSA 3 & 2**Cink/Love III**
1Session2

Afternoon foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA11Overall5
**Clarke/Westwood**Europe 5 & 4Haas/DiMarco
Jiménez/LevetUSA 4 & 3**Mickelson/Toms**
**García/Donald**Europe 1 upFuryk/Funk
**Harrington/McGinley**Europe 4 & 3Love III/Woods
3Session1

Sunday's singles matches

EuropeResultsUSA18Overall9
Paul CaseyUSA 3 & 2**Tiger Woods**
**Sergio García**Europe 3 & 2Phil Mickelson
Darren ClarkehalvedDavis Love III
David HowellUSA 6 & 4**Jim Furyk**
**Lee Westwood**Europe 1 upKenny Perry
**Colin Montgomerie**Europe 1 upDavid Toms
Luke DonaldUSA 5 & 3**Chad Campbell**
Miguel Ángel JiménezUSA 1 up**Chris DiMarco**
**Thomas Levet**Europe 1 upFred Funk
**Ian Poulter**Europe 3 & 2Chris Riley
**Pádraig Harrington**Europe 1 upJay Haas
**Paul McGinley**Europe 3 & 2Stewart Cink
7Session4

Individual player records

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

Source:

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Chad Campbell11–2–01–0–00–0–0
Stewart Cink1.51–2–10–1–00–1–0
Chris DiMarco2.52–1–11–0–01–1–0
Fred Funk00–3–00–1–00–2–0
Jim Furyk11–3–01–0–00–1–0
Jay Haas1.51–2–10–1–01–1–0
Davis Love III1.51–3–10–0–10–2–0
Phil Mickelson11–3–00–1–01–1–0
Kenny Perry00–2–00–1–00–1–0
Chris Riley1.51–1–10–1–00–0–0
David Toms11–2–00–1–01–0–0
Tiger Woods22–3–01–0–00–2–0

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Casey11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Darren Clarke3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
Luke Donald2.52–1–10–1–02–0–00–0–1
Sergio García4.54–0–11–0–02–0–01–0–1
Pádraig Harrington44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
David Howell11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Miguel Ángel Jiménez11–3–00–1–00–2–01–0–0
Thomas Levet11–2–01–0–00–2–00–0–0
Paul McGinley2.52–0–11–0–01–0–00–0–1
Colin Montgomerie33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Ian Poulter11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
Lee Westwood4.54–0–11–0–02–0–01–0–1

References

References

  1. Montgomerie is widely credited as having holed the winning putt, although Ian Poulter birdied on the 15th hole of his match to guarantee a half point and so mathematically win the Ryder Cup seconds before Montgomerie. This was commentated on by course commentators and [[BBC Radio 5 Live]], whose Golf correspondent Ian Carter recalled in the ''[[News of the World]]'': "My editor said Poulter was three up seconds before Monty hit his putt. Then Colin's putt went in - you can imagine the situation. To have overruled his achievement would have been like trying to deny Alan Shearer a goal that went in off a defender." "This man won us Ryder Cup - not Monty" ''News of the World'' (London); September 26, 2004; Geoff Sweet; p. 75. Frank Keating of ''The Guardian'' also noted this chain of events, writing "radio logged the fact that it was not Montgomerie's putt which actually clinched the cup but Poulter's, a matter of seconds before and a few holes behind." "Golf, Cricket: Notes from the touchline" ''[[The Guardian]]'' (Manchester); Sep 24, 2004; Frank Keating; p. 34. Notwithstanding, Poulter was still in a [[Dormie]] position at this time (3 holes up with 3 to play) and players in this position can still be disqualified and thus lose their match. A similar situation took place [[2006 Ryder Cup. 2 years later]].
  2. (19 September 2004). "Europe win Ryder Cup". BBC Sport.
  3. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide".
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