Thomas Björn -- Vice Captain
| VICE-CAPTAIN INFORMATION |
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| Age: 41 |
| Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Birthplace: Silkeborg, Denmark |
| Birthdate: January 18, 1971 |
| Fanily: Wife: Pernilla (m. 1998); Children: Filippa (1999), Oliver and Julia (twins) (2003) |
| Turned Professional: 1993 |
| RYDER CUP EXPERIENCE |
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Years Played: 1997 (winners), 02 (winners), 04 (Vice Captain) (winners), 2010 (Vice Captain) (winners), 12 (Vice Captain) |
| Total Matches: 6 |
| Career Ryder Cup Record (W-L-H): 3-2-1 |
| Singles (W-L-H): 1-0-1 |
| Foursomes (W-L-H): 0-2-0 |
| Fourballs (W-L-H): 2-0-0 |
| Total Points Won: 3½ |
| Total Points Won Point %: 58.3 |
| 1997: Valderrama Golf Club |
| Europe 14 1/2, United States 13 1/2 |
| Day 2 Fourballs: Björn/Woosnam beat Leonard/Faxon (2 and 1) |
| Singles: Björn (halved) with Leonard |
| 2002: The Belfry |
| Europe 15 1/2, United States 12 1/2 |
| Day 1 Fourballs: Björn/Clarke beat Woods/Azinger (1 hole) |
| Day 1 Foursomes: Björn/Clarke lost to Sutton/Verplank (2 and 1) |
| Day 2 Foursomes: Björn/Clarke lost to Woods/Love III (4 and 3) |
| Singles: Björn beat Cink (2 and 1) |
| VICE-CAPTAIN NOTES |
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*Became the first Dane to play in The Ryder Cup at Club de Golf Valderrama in 1997. *Has played in two Ryder Cup Matches and has been on the winning side both times, in 1997 and 2002. |
| CAREER VICTORIES |
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EUROPEAN TOUR INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE VICTORIES: Total 13 1996 Loch Lomond World Invitational 1998 Heineken Classic, Peugeot Open de España 1999 The Sarazen World Open 2000 BMW International Open 2001 Dubai Desert Classic 2002 BMW International Open 2005 The Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters (play-off) 2006 Nissan Irish Open 2010 Estoril Open de Portugal 2011 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy, Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (play-off), Omega European Masters |
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EUROPEAN TOUR CHALLENGE TOUR VICTORIES: Total 4 1995 Himmerland Open, Interlaken Open, Esbjerg Danish Closed, Coca-Cola Open |
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INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT VICTORIES: Total 2 1999 Dunlop Phoenix (JPN) 2003 Dunlop Phoenix (JPN) |
| OTHER PROFESSIONAL MATCH PLAY PERFORMANCES |
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| Royal Trophy 2006 (winners) |