1997 Ryder Cup

32nd Ryder Cup Matches
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Dates 26–28 September 1997
Venue Valderrama Golf Club
Location Sotogrande, Spain
Captains
Europe 14½ 13½ United States
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
Valderrama
Golf Club
Location in Spain

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 14½ to 13½ and retained the Ryder Cup.

The Europeans held a 10½–5½ 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-foot (4.6 m) par putt on the final hole) to seal the outright victory for the Europeans.

This was the first of five consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2014.

Format

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

With a total of 28 points, 14½ 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.[1] 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 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.[2] 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.[3] Ballesteros announced his wildcards on the Thursday, choosing Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik.[4] Miguel Ángel Martín had a world ranking of 79 at the time of the Ryder Cup.

Europe Team Europe
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Spain Seve Ballesteros 40 Non-playing captain
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 34 1 5 3 13 6–5–2 53.85
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 29 2 33 0 Rookie
Germany Bernhard Langer 40 3 20 8 34 15–14–5 51.47
Wales Ian Woosnam 39 4 25 7 29 13–11–5 53.45
Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson 30 5 42 1 3 1–2–0 33.33
England Lee Westwood 24 6 32 0 Rookie
Spain Ignacio Garrido 25 7 78 0 Rookie
Denmark Thomas Bjørn 26 8 73 0 Rookie
Italy Costantino Rocca 40 9 43 2 7 3–4–0 42.86
Spain José María Olazábal 31 11 57 4 20 12–6–2 65.00
England Nick Faldo 40 27 15 10 41 21–16–4 56.10
Sweden Jesper Parnevik 32 – 18 0 Rookie

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

United States Team USA
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Tom Kite 47 Non-playing captain
Tiger Woods 21 1 2 0 Rookie
Justin Leonard 25 2 11 0 Rookie
Tom Lehman 38 3 6 1 3 2–1–0 66.67
Davis Love III 33 4 10 2 9 5–4–0 55.56
Jim Furyk 27 5 21 0 Rookie
Phil Mickelson 27 6 8 1 3 3–0–0 100.00
Jeff Maggert 33 7 28 1 4 2–2–0 50.00
Mark O'Meara 40 8 9 3 8 2–5–1 31.25
Scott Hoch 41 9 13 0 Rookie
Brad Faxon 36 10 16 1 3 1–2–0 33.33
Lee Janzen 33 15 39 1 2 0–2–0 0.00
Fred Couples 37 17 12 4 16 5–7–4 43.75

Captains picks are shown in yellow;[5] the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

Europe Results United States
Olazábal/Rocca Europe 1 up Love III/Mickelson
Faldo/Westwood United States 1 up Couples/Faxon
Parnevik/Johansson Europe 1 up Lehman/Furyk
Montgomerie/Langer United States 3 & 2 Woods/O'Meara
2 Session 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon foursomes

Europe Results United States
Rocca/Olazábal United States 1 up Hoch/Janzen
Langer/Montgomerie Europe 5 & 3 O'Meara/Woods
Faldo/Westwood Europe 3 & 2 Leonard/Maggert
Parnevik/Garrido halved Lehman/Mickelson
2½ Session 1½
4½ Overall 3½

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

Europe Results United States
Montgomerie/Clarke Europe 1 up Couples/Love III
Woosnam/Bjørn Europe 2 & 1 Leonard/Faxon
Faldo/Westwood Europe 2 & 1 Woods/O'Meara
Olazábal/Garrido halved Mickelson/Lehman
3½ Session ½
8 Overall 4

Afternoon foursomes

Europe Results United States
Montgomerie/Langer Europe 1 up Janzen/Furyk
Faldo/Westwood United States 2 & 1 Hoch/Maggert
Parnevik/Garrido halved Leonard/Woods
Olazábal/Rocca Europe 5 & 4 Love III/Couples
2½ Session 1½
10½ Overall 5½

Sunday's singles matches

Europe Results United States
Ian Woosnam United States 8 & 7 Fred Couples
Per-Ulrik Johansson Europe 3 & 2 Davis Love III
Jesper Parnevik United States 5 & 4 Mark O'Meara
Darren Clarke United States 2 & 1 Phil Mickelson
Costantino Rocca Europe 4 & 2 Tiger Woods
Thomas Bjørn halved Justin Leonard
Ignacio Garrido United States 7 & 6 Tom Lehman
Bernhard Langer Europe 2 & 1 Brad Faxon
Lee Westwood United States 3 & 2 Jeff Maggert
José María Olazábal United States 1 up Lee Janzen
Nick Faldo United States 3 & 2 Jim Furyk
Colin Montgomerie halved Scott Hoch
4 Session 8
14½ Overall 13½

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

Source: [6]

Europe

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Thomas Bjørn 1.5 1–0–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 1–0–0
Darren Clarke 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–0
Nick Faldo 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Ignacio Garrido 1.5 0–1–3 0–1–0 0–0–2 0–0–1
Per-Ulrik Johansson 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0
Bernhard Langer 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–0
Colin Montgomerie 3.5 3–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0
José María Olazábal 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–1
Jesper Parnevik 2 1–1–2 0–1–0 0–0–2 1–0–0
Costantino Rocca 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–0
Lee Westwood 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Ian Woosnam 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–0

United States

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Fred Couples 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0
Brad Faxon 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0
Jim Furyk 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Scott Hoch 2.5 2–0–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–0–0
Lee Janzen 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0
Tom Lehman 2 1–1–2 1–0–0 0–0–1 0–1–1
Justin Leonard 1 0–2–2 0–0–1 0–1–1 0–1–0
Davis Love III 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0
Jeff Maggert 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0
Phil Mickelson 2 1–1–2 1–0–0 0–0–1 0–1–1
Mark O'Meara 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0
Tiger Woods 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–1–0

[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ballesteros at home in captain's role". The Times, 23 February 1996; pg. 40; Issue 65510.
  2. ↑ "Ballesteros is forced to play waiting game". The Times, 1 September 1997; pg. 56; Issue 65983.
  3. ↑ "Europe rule out Martin". The Times, 3 September 1997; pg. 48; Issue 65985.
  4. ↑ "Ryder Cup call goes to Faldo and Parnevik". The Times, 5 September 1997; pg. 44; Issue 65987.
  5. ↑ Sirak, Ron (20 August 1997). "Kite should have picked himself for Ryder Cup". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 19.
  6. ↑ "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. ↑ http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/issue1/page140.htm

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