1979 Ryder Cup

23rd Ryder Cup held September 14–16 August 2019 Ryder Cup 1979 September 14–16, 1979 The Greenbrier,The Greenbrier Course White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia USA Europe Billy Casper John Jacobs 17 11 United States wins West Virginia 1 37.787 -80.314 type:event it The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held September 14–16, 1979, in the United States, at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup. For the first time, players from continental Europe took part in the Ryder Cup (specifically, Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido of Spain).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mudaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1694,6912469 The Age Melbourne, Australia Ryder Cup goes Continental May 31, 1978 26 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cfpLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2522,4135809 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press British receive help in Ryder Cup change May 30, 1978 19 The new Team Europe replaced Great Britain and Ireland as the official opposition to the United States. It was hoped that the change would help raise the profile of the competition and bring about the end of near total domination by the United States that had existed since the end of the Second World War. However the change made no real impact at the first attempt as the United States won the competition easily by a score of 17 to 11 points and led after every session.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1095397/index.htm https://archive.today/20130814204655/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1095397/index.htm dead August 14, 2013 Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan The U.S. rookies were rough Ryders September 24, 1979 26 Ballesteros and Garrido played together in all four team sessions and were 1–3; both lost their singles matches on Sunday. All four of Ballesteros' losses came against Larry Nelson.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HtYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YesFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4734%2C2765513 Miami News Not-so-good loser September 17, 1979 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4wEkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4556%2C1488489 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Nelson-led Yanks retain Ryder Cup September 17, 1979 19 Jack Nicklaus, age 39, failed to make the team for the first time since missing his first chance at making the team in 1967. Tom Watson left the day before the competition for the birth of his first child and was replaced on the team by first alternate Mark Hayes.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=plgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c3wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3180,5274234 St. Petersburg Times wire services U.S. minus Watson as Ryder Cup starts September 14, 1979 6C Format The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was similar to the formats used from 1963 through 1975, but with fewer singles matches: Day 1 — 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session Day 2 — 4 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball matches in an afternoon session Day 3 — 12 singles matches, 6 each in morning and afternoon sessions With a total of 28 points, 14 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes. Teams USA 50px Team USANameAgePointsrankPreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageBilly Casper 48 Non-playing captainGil Morgan 32 0 RookieHubert Green 32 1 2 2–0–0 100.00Larry Nelson 32 0 RookieJohn Mahaffey 31 0 RookieTom Kite 29 0 RookieLee Trevino 39 4 22 11–6–5 61.36Hale Irwin 34 2 8 6–1–1 81.25Lanny Wadkins 29 1 3 3–0–0 100.00Andy Bean 26 0 RookieFuzzy Zoeller 27 0 RookieLee Elder 45 0 RookieMark Hayes 30 0 Rookie Mark Hayes replaced Tom Watson. Europe 50px Team EuropeNameAgePointsrankPreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageENG John Jacobs 54 Non-playing captainESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 22 1 0 RookieENG Mark James 25 2 1 3 0–3–0 0.00SCO Brian Barnes 34 3 5 20 7–12–1 37.50SCO Bernard Gallacher 30 4 5 20 8–8–4 50.00SCO Sandy Lyle 21 5 0 RookieSCO Ken Brown 22 6 1 1 0–1–0 0.00ESP 1977 Antonio Garrido 35 7 0 RookieENG Tony Jacklin 35 8 6 31 12–12–7 50.00ENG Michael King 29 9 0 RookieENG Nick Faldo 22 10 1 3 3–0–0 100.00IRL Des Smyth 26 12 0 RookieENG Peter Oosterhuis 31 – 4 21 12–6–3 64.29 The wild card selections are shown in yellow. Friday's matches September 14, 1979 Morning four-ball Europe 50px Results USA 50pxGarrido/BallesterosUSA 2 & 1Wadkins/NelsonBrown/JamesUSA 3 & 2Trevino/ZoellerOosterhuis/FaldoUSA 2 & 1Bean/ElderGallacher/BarnesEurope 2 & 1Irwin/Mahaffey 1 Session 3 1 Overall 3 Afternoon foursomes Europe 50px Results USA 50pxBrown/SmythUSA 7 & 6Irwin/KiteBallesteros/GarridoEurope 3 & 2Zoeller/GreenLyle/JacklinhalvedTrevino/MorganGallacher/BarnesUSA 4 & 3Wadkins/Nelson 1 Session 2 2 Overall 5 Saturday's matches September 15, 1979 Morning foursomes Europe 50px Results USA 50pxJacklin/LyleEurope 5 & 4Elder/MahaffeyFaldo/OosterhuisEurope 6 & 5Bean/KiteGallacher/BarnesEurope 2 & 1Zoeller/HayesBallesteros/GarridoUSA 3 & 2Wadkins/Nelson 3 Session 1 5 Overall 6 Afternoon four-ball Europe 50px Results USA 50pxBallesteros/GarridoUSA 5 & 4Wadkins/NelsonJacklin/LyleUSA 1 upIrwin/KiteGallacher/BarnesEurope 3 & 2Trevino/ZoellerFaldo/OosterhuisEurope 1 upElder/Hayes 2 Session 2 7 Overall 8 Sunday's matches September 16, 1979 Morning singles Europe 50px Results USA 50pxBernard GallacherEurope 3 & 2Lanny WadkinsSeve BallesterosUSA 3 & 2Larry NelsonTony JacklinUSA 1 upTom KiteAntonio GarridoUSA 1 upMark HayesMichael KingUSA 4 & 3Andy BeanBrian BarnesUSA 1 upJohn Mahaffey 1 Session 5 8 Overall 13 Afternoon singles Europe 50px Results USA 50pxNick FaldoEurope 3 & 2Lee ElderDes SmythUSA 5 & 3Hale IrwinPeter OosterhuisUSA 2 upHubert GreenKen BrownEurope 1 upFuzzy ZoellerSandy LyleUSA 2 & 1Lee TrevinoMark JameshalvedMark James withdrew because of injury. Gil Morgan was also injured, so this match was not actually played.Gil Morgan 2 Session 3 11 Overall 17 Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player. Source: http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/ 2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide October 5, 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074322/http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/ October 6, 2014 United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsAndy Bean 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Lee Elder 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Hubert Green 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Mark Hayes 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Hale Irwin 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0Tom Kite 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–0John Mahaffey 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Gil Morgan 1 0–0–2 0–0–1 0–0–1 0–0–0Larry Nelson 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0Lee Trevino 2.5 2–1–1 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–1–0Lanny Wadkins 4 4–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 2–0–0Fuzzy Zoeller 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–1–0 Europe Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsSeve Ballesteros 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–2–0Brian Barnes 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2–0–0Ken Brown 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Nick Faldo 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0Bernard Gallacher 4 4–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2–0–0Antonio Garrido 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–2–0Tony Jacklin 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 0–1–0Mark James 0.5 0–1–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 0–1–0Michael King 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0Sandy Lyle 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 0–1–0Peter Oosterhuis 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0Des Smyth 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 Controversy and fallout Due to their behaviour both on and off the course, the PGA levied Mark James and Ken Brown with the highest fines in professional golf up to that point. Both forfeited their match fee of £1000, with James receiving an additional £500 fine and Brown a suspension from international duty for 12 months. It was reported that James had failed to wear team uniform when requested, missed meetings and misbehaved during social functions. In addition to missing meetings and behaving improperly at social functions, Brown was also cited for his attitude towards playing partner Des Smyth and their opponents during the opening afternoon foursomes matches.Brown and James pay heavy penalty https://www.newspapers.com/image/1144353663/ 25 September 2025 The Times 29 November 1979 20 newspapers.com subscriptionDobereiner Peter Expensive way of growing up https://www.newspapers.com/image/260614943/ 25 September 2025 The Guardian 29 November 1979 28 newspapers.com subscription Video You Tube: 1979 Ryder Cup   Sunday singles References http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1979.html Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1979 Results The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive 2007-03-14 October 22, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061022153401/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1979.html dead https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/3911529.stm Ryder Cup history: 1979 BBC Sport 2007-03-14 2004-09-13 External links PGA of America: 1979 Ryder Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20061023171557/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/rydercup_detail.cfm?tournament_id=724&tourn_name_id=9&dateid=1979 October 23, 2006 About.com: 1979 Ryder Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20140108153402/http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1979.htm January 8, 2014 expanded Category:Ryder Cup Category:Golf tournaments in West Virginia Category:Sports in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Category:The Greenbrier Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Category:1979 controversies Ryder Cup