1987 Muirfield Village, Columbus, Ohio

Captains: Jack Nicklaus (US), Tony Jacklin (Europe)
EUROPE 15 - USA 13

PHOTOS FROM 1987

Team USA
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Team Europe celebrates with the trophy
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Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal after winning
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Following the opening ceremonies, European Captain Tony Jacklin invited PGA European Tour Executive Director Ken Schofield and the Tour's chief administrators into a bungalow for cocktails. The officials were greeted by the European Team who spent the next two hours outlining their disappointment with a variety of issues on Tour. This "clearing of the air" meeting, European officials believed, helped relieve the tension of the team and opened the door for a memorable Ryder Cup performance. Europe went out and posted its most impressive victory and its first triumph on U.S. soil. Europe built a 10 ½ to 5 ½ lead after two days, sparked by three victories by the Spanish duo of Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal. Europe won all four afternoon fourballs on the second day of competition, with its players 29 under par through the 65 holes played to America's 22-under par. During the singles, Ireland's Eamonn Darcy defeated Ben Crenshaw, 1-up, after a rollercoaster match. Darcy went 2-up after six holes and Crenshaw snapped his putter in disgust, putting the remainder of the match with a 1-iron and the edge of his sand wedge.

Europe		United States
Foursomes: Morning
S Torrance & H Clark	0	C Strange & T Kite (4 & 2)	1
K Brown & B Langer	0	H Sutton & D Pohl (2 & 1)	1
N Faldo & I Woosnam (2 holes)	1	L Wadkins & L Mize	0
S Ballesteros & J M Olazábal (1 hole)	1	L Nelson & P Stewart	0
Fourballs: Afternoon
G Brand Jr & J Rivero (3 & 2)	1	B Crenshaw & S Simpson	0
A Lyle & B Langer (1 hole)	1	A Bean & M Calcavecchia	0
N Faldo & I Woosnam (2 & 1)	1	H Sutton & D Pohl	0
S Ballesteros & J M Olazábal (2 & 1)	1	C Strange & T Kite	0
Foursomes: Morning
J Rivero & G Brand Jr	0	C Strange & T Kite (3 & 1)	1
N Faldo & I Woosnam (halved)	½	H Sutton & L Mize (halved)	½
A Lyle & B Langer (2 & 1)	1	L Wadkins & L Nelson	0
S Ballesteros & J M Olazábal (1 hole)	1	B Crenshaw & P Stewart	0
Fourballs: Afternoon
N Faldo & I Woosnam (5 & 4)	1	C Strange & T Kite	0
E Darcy & G Brand Jr	0	A Bean & P Stewart (3 & 2)	1
S Ballesteros & J M Olazábal	0	H Sutton & L Mize (2 & 1)	1
S Lyle & B Langer (1 hole)	1	L Wadkins & L Nelson	0
Singles
I Woosnam	0	A Bean (1 hole)	1
H Clark (1 hole)	1	D Pohl	0
S Torrance (halved)	½	L Mize (halved)	½
N Faldo	0	M Calcavecchia (1 hole)	1
J M Olazábal	0	P Stewart (2 holes)	1
J Rivero	0	S Simpson (2 & 1)	1
A Lyle	0	T Kite (3 & 2)	1
E Darcy (1 hole)	1	B Crenshaw	0
B Langer (halved)	½	L Nelson (halved)	½
S Ballesteros (2 & 1)	1	C Strange	0
K Brown	0	L Wadkins (3 & 2)	1
G Brand Jr (halved)	½	H Sutton (halved)	½

• Europe Secure Ryder Cup After Singles Success
• EUROPE WIN THE RYDER CUP
• All the Drama from the Final Afternoon
• Europe Take Record Lead into Singles
• Langer's men set for singles showdown

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