1987 Muirfield Village, Columbus, Ohio
Captains: Jack Nicklaus (US), Tony Jacklin (Europe)
EUROPE 15 - USA 13
Team USA
Team Europe celebrates with the trophy
Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal after winningFollowing 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 Four-Ball 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.
 United States |
 Europe |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Four-Ball: 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 |
| Four-Ball: 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 |
