Ryder Cup
History
Ryder Cup
History
Era 1
Early Years
1927 - 1937
Era 2
The Formative Years
1947 - 1967
Era 3
American Domination
1969 - 1983
Era 4
Europe Emerges
1985 - 2016
1927
Worcester Country Club,
Worcester, Massachusetts
9½
Walter Hagen
USA Captain
2½ Ted Ray
GB Captain

1929
Moortown Golf Club,
Leeds, England
5
Walter Hagen
USA Captain
7 George Duncan
GB Captain

1931
Scioto Country Club,
Columbus, Ohio
9
Walter Hagen
USA Captain
3 Charles Whitcombe
GB Captain

1933
Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club,
Southport, England
5½
Walter Hagen
USA Captain
6½ JH Taylor
GB Captain
1935
Ridgewood Country Club,
Ridgewood, New Jersey
9
Walter Hagen
USA Captain
3 Charles Whitcombe
GB Captain

1937
Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club,
Southport, England
8
Walter Hagen
USA Captain
4 Charles Whitcombe
GB Captain
1947
Portland Golf Club,
Portland, Oregon
11
Ben Hogan
USA Captain
1 Henry Cotton
GB Captain
1949
Ganton Golf Club,
Scarborough, England
7
Ben Hogan
USA Captain
5 Charles Whitcombe
GB Captain

1951
Pinehurst Resort,
Pinehurst, North Carolina
9½
Sam Snead
USA Captain
2½ Arthur Lacey
GB Captain

1953
Wentworth Golf Club,
Wentworth, England
6½
Lloyd Mangrum
USA Captain
5½ Henry Cotton
GB Captain

1955
Thunderbird Golf & Country Club,
Palm Springs, California
8
Chick Habert
USA Captain
4 Dai Rees
GB Captain

1957
Lindrick Golf Club,
Yorkshire, England
4½
Jack Burke
USA Captain
7½ Dai Rees
GB Captain

1959
Eldorado Country Club,
Palm Desert, California
8½
Sam Snead
USA Captain
3½ Dai Rees
GB Captain

1961
Royal Lytham & St. Annes,
St. Annes, England
14½
Jerry Barber
USA Captain
9½ Dai Rees
GB Captain
1963
East Lake Golf Club,
Atlanta, Georgia
23
Arnold Palmer
USA Captain
9 John Fallon
GB Captain
1965
Royal Birkdale Golf Club,
Southport, England
19½
Byron Nelson
USA Captain
12½ Harry Weetman
GB Captain

1967
Champions Golf Club,
Houston, Texas
23½
Ben Hogan
USA Captain
8½ Dai Rees
GB Captain

1969
Royal Birkdale Golf Club,
Southport, England
16
Sam Snead
USA Captain
16 Eric Brown
GB Captain

1971
Old Warson Country Club,
St. Louis, Missouri
18½
Jay Hebert
USA Captain
13½ Eric Brown
GB Captain

1973
Muirfield Golf Club,
Muirfield, Scotland
19
Jack Burke
USA Captain
13 Bernard Hunt
GB & I Captain

1975
Laurel Valley Golf Club,
Ligonier, Pennsylvania
21
Arnold Palmer
USA Captain
11 Bernard Hunt
GB & I Captain

1977
Royal Lytham & St. Annes,
St. Annes, England
12½
Dow Finsterwald
USA Captain
7½ Brian Huggett
GB & I Captain

1979
The Greenbrier,
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
17
Billy Casper
USA Captain
11 John Jacobs
Europe Captain

1981
Walton Heath Golf Club,
Surrey, England
18½
Billy Casper
USA Captain
9½ John Jacobs
Europe Captain

1983
PGA National,
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
14½
Jack Nicklaus
USA Captain
13½ Tony Jacklin
Europe Captain

1985
The Belfry,
Sutton Coldfield, England
11½
Lee Trevino
USA Captain
16½ Tony Jacklin
Europe Captain

1987
Muirfield Village Golf Club,
Dublin, Ohio
13
Jack Nicklaus
USA Captain
15 Tony Jacklin
Europe Captain

1989
The Belfry,
Sutton Coldfield, England
14
Raymond Floyd
USA Captain
14 Tony Jacklin
Europe Captain

1991
Kiawah Island Golf Resort,
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
14½
Dave Stockton
USA Captain
13½ Bernard Gallacher
Europe Captain

1993
The Belfry,
Sutton Coldfield, England
15
Tom Watson
USA Captain
13 Bernard Gallacher
Europe Captain

1995
Oak Hill Country Club,
Rochester, New York
13½
Lanny Wadkins
USA Captain
14½ Bernard Gallacher
Europe Captain

1997
Valderrama Golf Club,
Sotogrande, Spain
13½
Tom Kite
USA Captain
14½ Seve Ballesteros
Europe Captain

1999
The Country Club,
Brookline, Massachusetts
14½
Ben Crenshaw
USA Captain
13½ Mark James
Europe Captain

2002
The Belfry,
Sutton Coldfield, England
12½
Curtis Strange
USA Captain
15½ Sam Torrance
Europe Captain

2004
Oakland Hills Golf Club,
Bloomfield Township, Michigan
9½
Hal Sutton
USA Captain
18½ Bernhard Langer
Europe Captain

2006
The K Club,
Straffan, Ireland
9½
Tom Lehman
USA Captain
18½ Ian Woosnam
Europe Captain

2008
Valhalla Golf Club,
Louisville, Kentucky
16½
Paul Azinger
USA Captain
11½ Nick Faldo
Europe Captain

2010
Celtic Manor Resort,
Southport, Wales
13½
Corey Pavin
USA Captain
14½ Colin Montgomerie
Europe Captain

2012
Medinah Country Club,
Medinah, Illinois
13½
Davis Love III
USA Captain
14½ Jose Maria Olazabal
Europe Captain

2014
Gleneagles Resort,
Perthshire, Scotland
11½
Tom Watson
USA Captain
16½ Paul McGinley
Europe Captain

2016
Hazeltine National Golf Club,
Chaska, Minnesota
17
Davis Love III
USA Captain
11 Darren Clarke
Europe Captain
