26th Ryder Cup Matches
Dates13–15 September 1985
VenueThe Belfry, Brabazon Course
LocationWishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains
Europe 161⁄2 111⁄2 United States
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
The Belfry is located in England
The Belfry
The Belfry
Location in England

The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held 13–15 September 1985 at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 161⁄2 to 111⁄2 points. This marked the first U.S. loss since 1957, previously the sole U.S. loss in fifty years.

A key turning point in the matches came Saturday morning, when Craig Stadler missed a two-foot putt on the 18th hole, which would have earned a win for him and Curtis Strange over Europe's Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle. The match was halved, so instead of the U.S. being in the lead through three stages, the overall score was tied at 6-6. Europe went on to win three of the four Saturday afternoon matches. "In the past, it was always us who missed those putts," said European captain Tony Jacklin. "That has to crush them."[1]

Europe took that two-point lead into the Sunday singles and increased their lead throughout Sunday. It fell to Sam Torrance to secure the winning margin when he holed a 22-foot (7 m) putt on the 18th hole to defeat Andy North 1 up and go up 141⁄2 to 81⁄2, a six-point margin with five matches on the course.[2][3]

This was the last Ryder Cup played in Europe that was not shown on live television in the United States.[4] The USA Network first televised it in 1989 on cable with video provided by the BBC.[5][6] NBC Sports took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina,[7] and 1993 marked the first time a major U.S. network televised it live from Europe.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1985 was as follows:

  • Day 1 — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 — 4 four-ball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 — 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

Nine of the European team were chosen from the 1985 European Tour money list at the conclusion of the Benson & Hedges International Open on 18 August with the remaining three team members being chosen immediately after the final event by the team captain, Tony Jacklin. Prior to the final event Christy O'Connor Jnr was in the 9th qualifying position. However he missed the cut in the Benson & Hedges International Open and was overtaken by José María Cañizares, O'Connor finishing just £115.89 behind Cañizares. Jacklin's choices of Nick Faldo and Ken Brown were widely expected but his choice of José Rivero was a surprise.[8]

Europe Team Europe
Name Age Points
rank		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
England Tony Jacklin 41Non-playing captain
Scotland Sandy Lyle 2713113–7–131.82
Scotland Sam Torrance 322291–5–327.78
Wales Ian Woosnam 273130–2–116.67
West Germany Bernhard Langer 284295–3–161.11
England Paul Way 225153–1–170.00
England Howard Clark 316231–1–150.00
Spain Seve Ballesteros 2872103–5–240.00
Spain Manuel Piñero 338142–2–050.00
Spain José María Cañizares 389262–3–141.67
Spain José Rivero 290Rookie
Scotland Ken Brown 28383–5–037.50
England Nick Faldo 2841511–4–073.33

Captains picks are shown in yellow.[9]

United States Team USA
Name Age Points
rank		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Lee Trevino 45Non-playing captain
Andy North 35–0Rookie
Hubert Green 38–243–1–075.00
Curtis Strange 301131–2–033.33
Lanny Wadkins 3523129–2–179.17
Raymond Floyd 4335195–11–334.21
Calvin Peete 424142–1–162.50
Mark O'Meara 2850Rookie
Craig Stadler 326132–1–066.67
Hal Sutton 2770Rookie
Peter Jacobsen 3180Rookie
Tom Kite 3593117–2–272.73
Fuzzy Zoeller 3310271–5–121.43

North qualified by virtue of winning the 1985 U.S. Open, while Green qualified by winning the 1985 PGA Championship.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

Europe Results United States
Ballesteros/Piñero Europe 2 & 1 Strange/O'Meara
Langer/Faldo United States 3 & 2 Peete/Kite
Lyle/Brown United States 4 & 3 Wadkins/Floyd
Clark/Torrance United States 3 & 2 Stadler/Sutton
1 Session 3
1 Overall 3

Afternoon four-ball

Europe Results United States
Way/Woosnam Europe 1 up Zoeller/Green
Ballesteros/Piñero Europe 2 & 1 North/Jacobsen
Langer/Cañizares halved Stadler/Sutton
Torrance/Clark United States 1 up Floyd/Wadkins
21⁄2 Session 11⁄2
31⁄2 Overall 41⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

Europe Results United States
Torrance/Clark Europe 2 & 1 Kite/North
Way/Woosnam Europe 4 & 3 Green/Zoeller
Ballesteros/Piñero United States 3 & 2 O'Meara/Wadkins
Langer/Lyle halved Stadler/Strange
21⁄2 Session 11⁄2
6 Overall 6

Afternoon foursomes

Europe Results United States
Cañizares/Rivero Europe 7 & 5 Kite/Peete
Ballesteros/Piñero Europe 5 & 4 Stadler/Sutton
Way/Woosnam United States 4 & 2 Strange/Jacobsen
Langer/Brown Europe 3 & 2 Floyd/Wadkins
3 Session 1
9 Overall 7

Sunday's singles matches

Europe Results United States
Manuel Piñero Europe 3 & 1 Lanny Wadkins
Ian Woosnam United States 2 & 1 Craig Stadler
Paul Way Europe 2 up Raymond Floyd
Seve Ballesteros halved Tom Kite
Sandy Lyle Europe 3 & 2 Peter Jacobsen
Bernhard Langer Europe 5 & 4 Hal Sutton
Sam Torrance Europe 1 up Andy North
Howard Clark Europe 1 up Mark O'Meara
José Rivero United States 1 up Calvin Peete
Nick Faldo United States 3 & 1 Hubert Green
José María Cañizares Europe 2 up Fuzzy Zoeller
Ken Brown United States 4 & 2 Curtis Strange
71⁄2 Session 41⁄2
161⁄2 Overall 111⁄2

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Source: [10]

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Seve Ballesteros3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
Ken Brown11–2–00–1–01–1–00–0–0
José María Cañizares2.52–0–11–0–01–0–00–0–1
Howard Clark22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Nick Faldo00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Bernhard Langer32–1–21–0–01–1–00–0–2
Sandy Lyle1.51–1–11–0–00–1–00–0–1
Manuel Piñero44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
José Rivero11–1–00–1–01–0–00–0–0
Sam Torrance22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Paul Way33–1–01–0–00–1–02–0–0
Ian Woosnam22–2–00–1–00–1–02–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Raymond Floyd22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Hubert Green11–2–01–0–00–0–00–2–0
Peter Jacobsen11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Tom Kite1.51–2–10–0–11–1–00–1–0
Andy North00–3–00–1–00–0–00–2–0
Mark O'Meara11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Calvin Peete22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Craig Stadler32–1–21–0–01–1–00–0–2
Curtis Strange2.52–1–11–0–01–1–00–0–1
Hal Sutton1.51–2–10–1–01–1–00–0–1
Lanny Wadkins33–2–00–1–01–1–02–0–0
Fuzzy Zoeller00–3–00–1–00–0–00–2–0

References

  1. ↑ https://vault.si.com/vault/1985/09/23/the-empire-strikes-back
  2. ↑ McDermott, Barry (23 September 1985). "The Empire Strikes Back". Sports Illustrated. p. 44.
  3. ↑ "North falls as US loses Ryder Cup". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. 16 September 1985. p. 6, part 2.
  4. ↑ "Ryder Cup matches scheduled for TV". Palm Beach Daily News. 3 October 1985. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "Ryder Cup will be televised". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 31 January 1989. p. 3C.
  6. ↑ Modoono, Bill (21 September 1989). "Ryder Cup play creates fuzzy picture". Pittsburgh Press. p. C3.
  7. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (26 September 1991). "U.S. losses put Ryder Cup golf back on network". Eugene Register-Guard. (New York Times). p. 8D.
  8. ↑ "Jacklin's surprise choice". The Times, 19 August 1985; p. 19; Issue 62220.
  9. ↑ Kelley, Brent. "Ryder Cup captain's picks and how they've fared". About.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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