2016 Ryder Cup

41st Ryder Cup Matches
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Dates September 30 – October 2, 2016
Venue Hazeltine National Golf Club
Location Chaska, Minnesota
Captains
United States 17 11 Europe
United States wins the Ryder Cup
Hazeltine National
Golf Club
Location in the United States
Hazeltine National
Golf Club
Location in Minnesota

The 41st Ryder Cup Matches were held in the United States from September 30 to October 2, 2016, at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Europe entered the competition as the cup holders, having won in 2014 in Scotland for their third consecutive win.

The United States won for the first time since 2008 at Valhalla, and featured the most lopsided American victory since a 9-point win in 1981 at Walton Heath. As in 2008, the U.S. never trailed during the tournament. Ryan Moore defeated Lee Westwood by 1 hole to reclaim the Cup with three matches still in progress. Captain Davis Love III dedicated the win to Arnold Palmer, who had passed away earlier in the week. A bag from Palmer's captaincy in the 1975 Cup was placed on the first tee during Friday's opening foursomes to honor "The King", and Team USA also swept the opening foursomes on Friday morning for the first time since 1975 when Palmer had been captain. Two days after the matches, the majority of Team USA attended Palmer's public memorial in his hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and brought the trophy after Palmer's daughter Amy had asked the team if they could do so.[1]

Format

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

On the first two days there are 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches with the home captain choosing which are played in the morning and which in the afternoon.

With a total of 28 points available, 14½ points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion, Europe, to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes according to the current format.

Course

Crowds gather around the 17th hole at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota during the 2016 Ryder Cup

The announcement that the PGA of America had selected Hazeltine as the venue for the 2016 Ryder Cup was made on April 22, 2002.[2]

The order of holes is different from that normally used for the course. The front nine are current holes 1–4 and 14–18 while the back nine are current holes 10–13 and 5–9.[3]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4424296332103526424021864753,7714526065182484484055721764323,8577,628
Par445345434364543445343672

Television

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Sky Sports provided live coverage with Sky Sports 4 rebranded to Sky Sports Ryder Cup for the week of the tournament. The BBC showed highlights each evening on free-to-air television. In the US, the Golf Channel and NBC televised the event live.[4]

Task Force

Following the European victory in the 2014 Ryder Cup, the PGA of America created a "Ryder Cup Task Force". The Task Force consisted of three PGA officials and eight players with Ryder Cup experience. There were three previous Ryder Cup captains: Raymond Floyd, Tom Lehman and Davis Love III together with Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods. The Task Force considered a number of issues including the selection of the Ryder Cup captain and vice-captains and the team selection process.[5]

The conclusions of the Task Force were announced on February 24, 2015, with the announcement of a number of changes for the 2016 contest. Davis Love III was selected as the captain, while new criteria were specified for the selection of vice-captains. In addition a number of changes were made to the team selection process for 2016. The 11-man Task Force was disbanded after the announcement and replaced with a smaller 6-man "Ryder Cup Committee" which included Love, Mickelson and Woods.[6]

Team qualification and selection

United States United States

The United States qualification rules were announced by the Task Force on February 24, 2015. The majority of the team was selected from the Ryder Cup points list which was based on prize money won in important tournaments. Generally one point was awarded for every $1,000 earned. The team consisted of:[6]

There were a number of changes from 2014. The number of captain's picks was increased from three to four with the selections being made later than previously, especially moving the fourth and last pick to less than a week before the Ryder Cup, right after the completion of the Tour Championship. The qualifying events included both the 2015 World Golf Championships events and The Players Championship, on top of the four 2015 major championships as in previous years, but only included 2016 PGA Tour events actually played in 2016, thus excluded any other event played in 2015. The qualifying period was also extended because the Olympic Games had moved the timeslot for the 2016 PGA Championship which took place already at the end of July.

The leading 15 players (and including the last captain's pick who were in 20th place) in the final points list[7] were:

Position Name Points
1 Dustin Johnson 11975.111
2 Jordan Spieth 11400.143
3 Phil Mickelson 5919.636
4 Patrick Reed 5710.371
5 Jimmy Walker 5337.662
6 Brooks Koepka 4890.375
7 Brandt Snedeker 4432.539
8 Zach Johnson 4359.597
9 Bubba Watson 4210.011
10 J. B. Holmes 4179.466
11 Rickie Fowler 4079.528
12 Matt Kuchar 4035.220
13 Scott Piercy 3356.841
14 Bill Haas 3239.755
15 Jim Furyk 3032.852
...
20 Ryan Moore 2877.193

Players in qualifying places are shown in green. Captain's picks are shown in yellow.

Europe Europe

The European team qualification rules were announced on May 26, 2015. The basic qualification rules were unchanged from those for the 2014 event. The team consisted of:[8][9]

Only European members of the European Tour were eligible for the team and players could only earn points in the above two lists while they were a member of the European Tour. Paul Casey was not a member of the European Tour and was ineligible to earn points or be selected to the team.[10] Russell Knox was not yet a member of the European Tour when he won the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions. Two weeks after that win, he took up membership in order to try to qualify for the Ryder Cup,[11] but the money and the 89.9 OWGR points he had earned since the start of the qualification period[12] did not count toward his Ryder Cup point totals. If these OWGR points had counted, he would have qualified easily by finishing fourth on the world ranking list; instead, he finished in tenth place, 12.36 OWGR points from automatic qualification, and was not selected as a captain's pick.[13]

The leading 15 players in the final Ryder Cup European point list[14] were:

Position Name Points
1 Rory McIlroy 4,171,716.36
2 Danny Willett 4,059,360.67
3 Henrik Stenson 3,554,055.09
4 Chris Wood 2,593,023.46
5 Andy Sullivan 2,472,016.00
6 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2,289,796.46
7 Rafael Cabrera-Bello 2,191,913.62
8 Søren Kjeldsen 1,848,804.54
9 Thomas Pieters 1,761,162.28
10 Tyrrell Hatton 1,688,068.41
11 Martin Kaymer 1,676,848.54
12 Victor Dubuisson 1,675,632.53
13 Thorbjørn Olesen 1,628,788.97
14 Shane Lowry 1,535,713.87
15 Lee Westwood 1,525,566.25

Players in qualifying places are shown in green. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. Players written in italics qualified through the Ryder Cup World points list below. Two players qualifying through that list were not in the top 15, as they mainly played on the USPGA tour during the qualification process.

The leading 15 players in the final Ryder Cup world point list[15] were:

Position Name Points
1 Henrik Stenson 380.31
2 Rory McIlroy 319.97
3 Danny Willett 271.99
4 Sergio García 207.95
5 Rafael Cabrera-Bello 179.42
6 Justin Rose 173.09
7 Chris Wood 163.06
8 Andy Sullivan 153.80
9 Matthew Fitzpatrick 153.58
10 Russell Knox 141.22
11 Thomas Pieters 141.18
12 Søren Kjeldsen 121.19
13 Martin Kaymer 120.90
14 Lee Westwood 117.67
15 Tyrrell Hatton 114.35

Players in qualifying places are shown in green. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. Players written in italics qualified through the European points list above.

Teams

Captains

Darren Clarke was named as the European captain on February 18, 2015.[16] He was selected by a five-man selection panel consisting of the last three Ryder Cup captains: Paul McGinley, José María Olazábal, Colin Montgomerie, another ex-Ryder Cup player David Howell and the European Tour chief executive George O'Grady.[17]

Davis Love III was named the United States captain on February 24, 2015.[18] He had previously captained the 2012 team.

Vice-captains

Each captain selects a number of vice-captains to assist him during the tournament.

Clarke selected Thomas Bjørn, Pádraig Harrington, and Paul Lawrie as European team vice-captains in May 2016.[19] He added Ian Poulter in June[20] and Sam Torrance in July.[21]

Tom Lehman was named as a United States vice-captain at the same press conference that Love was named as captain.[18] In November 2015 three more vice-captains were named: Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods. All three had been members of the American Task Force.[22] On September 27, 2016, Love selected Bubba Watson as the fifth vice captain.[23]

Players

United States Team USA
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Love, DavisDavis Love III 52 Non-playing captain
Johnson, DustinDustin Johnson 32 1 2 2 7 4–3–0 57.14
Spieth, JordanJordan Spieth 23 2 4 1 4 2–1–1 62.50
Mickelson, PhilPhil Mickelson 46 3 15 10 41 16–19–6 46.34
Reed, PatrickPatrick Reed 26 4 8 1 4 3–0–1 87.50
Walker, JimmyJimmy Walker 37 5 16 1 5 1–1–3 50.00
Koepka, BrooksBrooks Koepka 26 6 22 0 Rookie
Snedeker, BrandtBrandt Snedeker 35 7 23 1 3 1–2–0 33.33
Johnson, ZachZach Johnson 40 8 28 4 14 6–6–2 50.00
Holmes, J. B.J. B. Holmes 34 10 21 1 3 2–0–1 83.33
Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler 27 11 9 2 8 0–3–5 31.25
Kuchar, MattMatt Kuchar 38 12 17 3 11 4–5–2 45.45
Moore, RyanRyan Moore 33 20 31 0 Rookie

Davis Love III announced three captain's picks at 11:00 EDT on September 12. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. Ryan Moore was announced as the final captain's pick during halftime of the Sunday night NFL game on September 25. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 2016 Ryder Cup.[24]

Europe Team Europe
Name Country Age Points rank
(European)		 Points rank
(World)		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Clarke, DarrenDarren Clarke  Northern Ireland 48 Non-playing captain
McIlroy, RoryRory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 27 1 2 3 3 14 6–4–4 57.14
Willett, DannyDanny Willett  England 28 2 3 10 0 Rookie
Stenson, HenrikHenrik Stenson  Sweden 40 3 1 5 3 11 5–4–2 54.55
Wood, ChrisChris Wood  England 28 4 7 32 0 Rookie
Garcia, SergioSergio García  Spain 36 17 4 12 7 32 18–9–5 64.06
Cabrerabello, RafaelRafael Cabrera-Bello  Spain 32 7 5 30 0 Rookie
Rose, JustinJustin Rose  England 36 26 6 11 3 14 9–3–2 71.43
Sullivan, AndyAndy Sullivan  England 29 5 8 50 0 Rookie
Fitzpatrick, MatthewMatthew Fitzpatrick  England 22 6 9 44 0 Rookie
Westwood, LeeLee Westwood  England 43 15 14 46 9 41 20–15–6 56.10
Kaymer, MartinMartin Kaymer  Germany 31 11 13 48 3 10 4–3–3 55.00
Pieters, ThomasThomas Pieters  Belgium 24 9 11 42 0 Rookie

Darren Clarke announced the three captain's picks at 12.30 BST on August 30. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 2016 Ryder Cup.[25]

Friday's matches

The tournament begins with the alternate shot foursomes in the morning followed by four fourball matches in the afternoon.[26] The pairings for the foursomes were announced on Thursday September 29.[27]

Morning foursomes

Team USA swept the morning foursomes. It was the first time since 1975 that they had swept the opening session and the first time since 1981 that they had swept any session.[28][29][30]

Europe Results United States
Stenson/Rose United States 3 & 2 Spieth/Reed
McIlroy/Sullivan United States 1 up Mickelson/Fowler
García/Kaymer United States 4 & 2 Walker/Z. Johnson
Westwood/Pieters United States 5 & 4 D. Johnson/Kuchar
0 Session 4
0 Overall 4

Afternoon fourballs

Europe Results United States
Rose/Stenson Europe 5 & 4 Spieth/Reed
García/Cabrera-Bello Europe 3 & 2 Holmes/Moore
Kaymer/Willett United States 5 & 4 Snedeker/Koepka
McIlroy/Pieters Europe 3 & 2 D. Johnson/Kuchar
3 Session 1
3 Overall 5

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Europe Results United States
McIlroy/Pieters Europe 4 & 2 Fowler/Mickelson
Stenson/Fitzpatrick United States 3 & 2 Snedeker/Koepka
Rose/Wood Europe 1 up Walker/Z. Johnson
García/Cabrera-Bello halved Reed/Spieth
2½ Session 1½
5½ Overall 6½

Afternoon fourballs

Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth played together for the fourth time in the 2016 Ryder Cup and, having been paired together three times in 2014, became the first American pairing to play seven matches. By winning their match they also equaled the American record of 5 points set by Gardner Dickinson and Arnold Palmer in 1967 and 1971.[31][32]

Europe Results United States
McIlroy/Pieters Europe 3 & 1 Koepka/D. Johnson
Willett/Westwood United States 1 up Holmes/Moore
Kaymer/García United States 2 & 1 Mickelson/Kuchar
Rose/Stenson United States 2 & 1 Reed/Spieth
1 Session 3
6½ Overall 9½

Sunday's singles matches

The deciding moment for the USA with reaching 14½ points to clinch victory belonged to Ryan Moore who defeated Lee Westwood on the 18th green.[33] Thomas Pieters became the first European rookie to score 4 points, beating the previous record of 3½ set by Paul Way in 1983 and by Sergio García and Paul Lawrie in 1999.[34][35][36]

Europe Results United States Timetable
Rory McIlroy United States 1 up Patrick Reed 2nd: 7½–10½
Henrik Stenson Europe 3 & 2 Jordan Spieth 1st: 7½–9½
Thomas Pieters Europe 3 & 2 J. B. Holmes 3rd: 8½–10½
Justin Rose United States 1 up Rickie Fowler 5th: 9½–11½
Rafael Cabrera-Bello Europe 3 & 2 Jimmy Walker 4th: 9½–10½
Sergio García halved Phil Mickelson 7th: 10–13
Lee Westwood United States 1 up Ryan Moore 9th: 10–15
Andy Sullivan United States 3 & 1 Brandt Snedeker 8th: 10–14
Chris Wood United States 1 up Dustin Johnson 11th: 10–17
Danny Willett United States 5 & 4 Brooks Koepka 6th: 9½–12½
Martin Kaymer Europe 1 up Matt Kuchar 12th: 11–17
Matthew Fitzpatrick United States 4 & 3 Zach Johnson 10th: 10–16
4½ Session 7½
11 Overall 17

Individual player records

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

USA

Player Points Matches Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler 2 3 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0
Holmes, J. B.J. B. Holmes 1 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0
Johnson, DustinDustin Johnson 2 4 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–2–0
Johnson, ZachZach Johnson 2 3 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0
Koepka, BrooksBrooks Koepka 3 4 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0
Kuchar, MattMatt Kuchar 2 4 2–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0
Mickelson, PhilPhil Mickelson 2.5 4 2–1–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–0
Moore, RyanRyan Moore 2 3 2–1–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0
Reed, PatrickPatrick Reed 3.5 5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
Snedeker, BrandtBrandt Snedeker 3 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0
Spieth, JordanJordan Spieth 2.5 5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
Walker, JimmyJimmy Walker 1 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–0–0

Europe

Player Points Matches Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Cabrerabello, RafaelRafael Cabrera-Bello 2.5 3 2–0–1 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–0
Fitzpatrick, MatthewMatthew Fitzpatrick 0 2 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0
Garcia, SergioSergio García 2 5 1–2–2 0–0–1 0–1–1 1–1–0
Kaymer, MartinMartin Kaymer 1 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0
McIlroy, RoryRory McIlroy 3 5 3–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2–0–0
Pieters, ThomasThomas Pieters 4 5 4–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2–0–0
Rose, JustinJustin Rose 2 5 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Stenson, HenrikHenrik Stenson 2 5 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0
Sullivan, AndyAndy Sullivan 0 2 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0
Westwood, LeeLee Westwood 0 3 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Willett, DannyDanny Willett 0 3 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–2–0
Wood, ChrisChris Wood 1 2 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–0–0

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