30th Ryder Cup Matches
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Dates24–26 September 1993
VenueThe Belfry, Brabazon Course
LocationWishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains
Europe 13 15 United States
United States wins the Ryder Cup
The Belfry is located in England
The Belfry
The Belfry
Location in England

The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held in England at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, near Sutton Coldfield. The United States team won a second consecutive Ryder Cup, by a margin of 15 to 13 points. Europe took a slender one point lead into the Sunday singles matches in what was a close contest. Davis Love III secured victory for the U.S. by defeating Costantino Rocca at the last hole, 1 up.[1] Through 2023, this is the most recent U.S. victory in Europe and also the last time the U.S. retained the Cup.

This was the first Ryder Cup played in Europe to be televised live in the United States by a major network, NBC. The 1989 edition was carried by the USA Network on cable, with video provided by the BBC.[2][3] The U.S. television coverage in 1985 was a highlight show on ESPN in early November, over a month after its completion.[4] NBC took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina.[5]

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format predominantly used from 1987 to 1999 was as follows:

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

With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes - matches that were level after 18 holes were deemed a draw with half a point going to each team.

Teams

The selection process for the European team remained similar to that used since 1985, with nine players chosen from a money list at the conclusion of the Volvo German Open on 29 August and the remaining three team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. The beginning of the qualifying period was, however, extended to start with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1992 rather than starting in January 1993. The change was made so that there would be more opportunities for the leading players to qualify by right.[6] In 1991 two of the three captain's picks were given to José María Olazábal and Nick Faldo, then ranked two and three in the world, who had played most of their golf in the US and did not qualify automatically. A few European players declined invitations to the 1993 PGA Championship to play in the Hohe Brücke Austrian Open in order to gain Ryder Cup points.[7] At this time prize money in the major championships played in the USA did not earn Ryder Cup points. Prior to the final event Sam Torrance had to withdraw from the final event because of injury but none of the other challengers for automatic places were able to pass him. Joakim Haeggman tied for 6th place in the German Open and rose from 14th to 10th place in the points list while Ronan Rafferty tied for 20th place and finished 11th.[8][9] Gallacher made his picks on 30 August. It was widely expected that he would choose Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal as two of his selections and most interest centred on whether he would select Haeggman or Rafferty.[10]

Europe Team Europe
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Scotland Bernard Gallacher 44Non-playing captain
Germany Bernhard Langer 361362511–9–554.00
England Nick Faldo 362183117–12–258.06
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 30316131–1–150.00
Italy Costantino Rocca 364400Rookie
England Barry Lane 335350Rookie
Wales Ian Woosnam 35675218–10–345.24
England Peter Baker 257640Rookie
England Mark James 398315197–11–139.47
Scotland Sam Torrance 409376214–12–530.95
Sweden Joakim Haeggman 2410590Rookie
Spain José María Olazábal 2712931510–3–273.33
Spain Seve Ballesteros 36382163017–8–565.00

Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1993 Ryder Cup.

United States Team USA
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Tom Watson 44Non-playing captain
Paul Azinger 3315295–4–055.56
Fred Couples 3326273–3–150.00
Tom Kite 433862413–7–462.50
Lee Janzen 294220Rookie
Corey Pavin 33515131–2–033.33
Payne Stewart 366113125–6–145.83
John Cook 357130Rookie
Davis Love III 298120Rookie
Chip Beck 37926274–2–164.29
Jim Gallagher Jr. 3210530Rookie
Raymond Floyd 5122237279–15–338.89
Lanny Wadkins 43327473018–10–263.33

Captains picks are shown in yellow.[11][12] The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1993 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

Europe Results United States
Torrance/James United States 4 & 3 Wadkins/Pavin
Woosnam/Langer Europe 7 & 5 Azinger/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal United States 2 & 1 Kite/Love III
Faldo/Montgomerie Europe 4 & 3 Floyd/Couples
2 Session 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon four-ball

Europe Results United States
Woosnam/Baker Europe 1 up Gallagher/Janzen
Langer/Lane United States 4 & 2 Wadkins/Pavin
Faldo/Montgomerie halved Azinger/Couples
Ballesteros/Olazábal Europe 4 & 3 Love III/Kite
21⁄2 Session 11⁄2
41⁄2 Overall 31⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Europe Results United States
Faldo/Montgomerie Europe 3 & 2 Wadkins/Pavin
Langer/Woosnam Europe 2 & 1 Couples/Azinger
Baker/Lane United States 3 & 2 Floyd/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal Europe 2 & 1 Love III/Kite
3 Session 1
71⁄2 Overall 41⁄2

Afternoon four-ball

Europe Results United States
Faldo/Montgomerie United States 2 up Cook/Beck
James/Rocca United States 5 & 4 Pavin/Gallagher
Woosnam/Baker Europe 6 & 5 Couples/Azinger
Olazábal/Haeggman United States 2 & 1 Floyd/Stewart
1 Session 3
81⁄2 Overall 71⁄2

Sunday's singles matches

Europe Results United States
Ian Woosnam halved Fred Couples
Barry Lane United States 1 up Chip Beck
Colin Montgomerie Europe 1 up Lee Janzen
Peter Baker Europe 2 up Corey Pavin
Joakim Haeggman Europe 1 up John Cook
Mark James United States 3 & 2 Payne Stewart
Costantino Rocca United States 1 up Davis Love III
Seve Ballesteros United States 3 & 2 Jim Gallagher
José María Olazábal United States 2 up Raymond Floyd
Bernhard Langer United States 5 & 3 Tom Kite
Nick Faldo halved Paul Azinger
Sam Torrance halved[13] Lanny Wadkins
41⁄2 Session 71⁄2
13 Overall 15

Individual player records

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

Source: [14]

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Peter Baker33–1–01–0–00–1–02–0–0
Seve Ballesteros22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Nick Faldo32–1–20–0–12–0–00–1–1
Joakim Haeggman11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
Mark James00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Barry Lane00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Bernhard Langer22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Colin Montgomerie3.53–1–11–0–02–0–00–1–1
José María Olazábal22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Costantino Rocca00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Sam Torrance0.50–1–10–0–10–1–00–0–0
Ian Woosnam4.54–0–10–0–12–0–02–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Azinger10–3–20–0–10–2–00–1–1
Chip Beck22–0–01–0–00–0–01–0–0
John Cook11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Fred Couples10–3–20–0–10–2–00–1–1
Raymond Floyd33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Jim Gallagher Jr.22–1–01–0–00–0–01–1–0
Lee Janzen00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Tom Kite22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Davis Love III22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Corey Pavin33–2–00–1–01–1–02–0–0
Payne Stewart33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Lanny Wadkins2.52–1–10–0–11–1–01–0–0

References

  1. ↑ "1993 - USA win Belfry battle". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ryder Cup will be televised". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 31 January 1989. p. 3C.
  3. ↑ Modoono, Bill (21 September 1989). "Ryder Cup play creates fuzzy picture". Pittsburgh Press. p. C3.
  4. ↑ "Ryder Cup matches scheduled for TV". Palm Beach Daily News. 3 October 1985. p. 7.
  5. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (26 September 1991). "U.S. losses put Ryder Cup golf back on network". Eugene Register-Guard. (New York Times). p. 8D.
  6. ↑ "Ryder Cup qualifying period is lengthened". The Times, 17 December 1991; p. 34; Issue 64205.
  7. ↑ "Ryder Cup his toll of fourth major". The Times, 11 August 1993; p. 38; Issue 64720.
  8. ↑ "Gallacher to place faith in Rafferty". The Times, 30 August 1993; p. 19; Issue 64735.
  9. ↑ "Langer ends doubts over putting with easy victory". The Times, 30 August 1993; p. 26; Issue 64735.
  10. ↑ "Gallacher picks Haeggman as his final choice". The Times, 31 August 1993; p. 19; Issue 64736.
  11. ↑ "Floyd: Watson missed Ryder Cup pick - himself". Nashua Telegraph. Associated Press. 17 August 1993. p. 24.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Sam Torrance withdrew because of injury, so this match was not actually played.
  14. ↑ "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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