1997 Ryder Cup

32nd edition; golf tournament in Spain August 2020 Ryder Cup 1997 RyderCup1997Logo.png 26–28 September 1997 Valderrama Golf Club Sotogrande, Spain Europe USA Seve Ballesteros Tom Kite 14 13 Europe wins Spain 1 36.283 -5.328 type:event it The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe. The European team won the competition by a margin of 14 to 13 and retained the Ryder Cup. The Europeans held a 10–5 lead heading into the final day, but the Americans mounted a comeback by winning the singles matches 8–4 but fell just short. Colin Montgomerie halved the final match with Scott Hoch (conceding a 15 ft on par putt on the final hole) to seal the outright victory for the Europeans. This was the first of seven consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2023. Format The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 1997 was as follows: Day 1 (Friday) – 4 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches With a total of 28 points, 14 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. Teams The selection process for the European team remained largely unchanged from that used in 1995 with two captain's picks. If captain Ballesteros qualified automatically, he had the choice of standing down and selecting a third player."Ballesteros at home in captain's role". The Times, 23 February 1996; p. 40; Issue 65510. The qualifying period remained the same, starting with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1996 and ending with the BMW International Open on 31 August, the remaining two team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. Prior to the final event Miguel Ángel Martín was in 10th place in the points list. He had, however, not played since The Open Championship because of a wrist injury. In the final event both José María Olazábal and Pádraig Harrington had chances to overtake Martin but neither succeeded. Olazábal finished 11th in the final points list with Harrington 12th. Because of uncertainty about Martin's fitness, the announcement of the two captain's picks, which was to have been immediately after the BMW International Open, was cancelled."Ballesteros is forced to play waiting game". The Times, 1 September 1997; p. 56; Issue 65983. On the Tuesday Martin was given an ultimatum that he was required to play 18 holes the following day to demonstrate that he would be fit to play in the Ryder Cup. Martin refused and was replaced by Olazábal, who had finished in the next qualifying place."Europe rule out Martin". The Times, 3 September 1997; p. 48; Issue 65985. Ballesteros announced his wildcards on the Thursday, choosing Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik."Ryder Cup call goes to Faldo and Parnevik". The Times, 5 September 1997; p. 44; Issue 65987. Miguel Ángel Martín had a world ranking of 79 at the time of the Ryder Cup. Europe 50px Team EuropeNameAgePointsrankWorldrankingPreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageESP Seve Ballesteros 40 Non-playing captainSCO Colin Montgomerie 34 1 5 3 13 6–5–2 53.85NIR Darren Clarke 29 2 33 0 RookieDEU Bernhard Langer 40 3 20 8 34 15–14–5 51.47WAL Ian Woosnam 39 4 25 7 29 13–11–5 53.45SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson 30 5 42 1 3 1–2–0 33.33ENG Lee Westwood 24 6 32 0 RookieESP Ignacio Garrido 25 7 78 0 RookieDNK Thomas Bjørn 26 8 73 0 RookieITA Costantino Rocca 40 9 43 2 7 3–4–0 42.86ESP José María Olazábal 31 11 57 4 20 12–6–2 65.00ENG Nick Faldo 40 27 15 10 41 21–16–4 56.10SWE Jesper Parnevik 32 – 18 0 Rookie Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup. USA 50px Team USANameAgePointsrankWorldrankingPreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageTom Kite 47 Non-playing captainTiger Woods 21 1 2 0 RookieJustin Leonard 25 2 11 0 RookieTom Lehman 38 3 6 1 3 2–1–0 66.67Davis Love III 33 4 10 2 9 5–4–0 55.56Jim Furyk 27 5 21 0 RookiePhil Mickelson 27 6 8 1 3 3–0–0 100.00Jeff Maggert 33 7 28 1 4 2–2–0 50.00Mark O'Meara 40 8 9 3 8 2–5–1 31.25Scott Hoch 41 9 13 0 RookieBrad Faxon 36 10 16 1 3 1–2–0 33.33Lee Janzen 33 15 39 1 2 0–2–0 0.00Fred Couples 37 17 12 4 16 5–7–4 43.75 Captains picks are shown in yellow;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jss0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1728%2C5734727 Lodi News-Sentinel Associated Press Sirak Ron Kite should have picked himself for Ryder Cup 20 August 1997 19 the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup. Friday's matches Morning four-ball Europe 50px Results USA 50pxOlazábal/RoccaEurope 1 upLove III/MickelsonFaldo/WestwoodUSA 1 upCouples/FaxonParnevik/JohanssonEurope 1 upLehman/FurykMontgomerie/LangerUSA 3 & 2Woods/O'Meara 2 Session 2 2 Overall 2 Afternoon foursomes Europe 50px Results USA 50pxRocca/OlazábalUSA 1 upHoch/JanzenLanger/MontgomerieEurope 5 & 3O'Meara/WoodsFaldo/WestwoodEurope 3 & 2Leonard/MaggertParnevik/GarridohalvedLehman/Mickelson 2 Session 1 4 Overall 3 Saturday's matches Morning four-ball Europe 50px Results USA 50pxMontgomerie/ClarkeEurope 1 upCouples/Love IIIWoosnam/BjørnEurope 2 & 1Leonard/FaxonFaldo/WestwoodEurope 2 & 1Woods/O'MearaOlazábal/GarridohalvedMickelson/Lehman 3 Session 8 Overall 4 Afternoon foursomes Europe 50px Results USA 50pxMontgomerie/LangerEurope 1 upJanzen/FurykFaldo/WestwoodUSA 2 & 1Hoch/MaggertParnevik/GarridohalvedLeonard/WoodsOlazábal/RoccaEurope 5 & 4Love III/Couples 2 Session 1 10 Overall 5 Sunday's singles matches Europe 50px Results USA 50pxIan WoosnamUSA 8 & 7Fred CouplesPer-Ulrik JohanssonEurope 3 & 2Davis Love IIIJesper ParnevikUSA 5 & 4Mark O'MearaDarren ClarkeUSA 2 & 1Phil MickelsonCostantino RoccaEurope 4 & 2Tiger WoodsThomas BjørnhalvedJustin LeonardIgnacio GarridoUSA 7 & 6Tom LehmanBernhard LangerEurope 2 & 1Brad FaxonLee WestwoodUSA 3 & 2Jeff MaggertJosé María OlazábalUSA 1 upLee JanzenNick FaldoUSA 3 & 2Jim FurykColin MontgomeriehalvedScott Hoch 4 Session 8 14 Overall 13 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 5 October 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074322/http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/ 6 October 2014 Europe Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsThomas Bjørn 1.5 1–0–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 1–0–0Darren Clarke 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–0Nick Faldo 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Ignacio Garrido 1.5 0–1–3 0–1–0 0–0–2 0–0–1Per-Ulrik Johansson 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0Bernhard Langer 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Colin Montgomerie 3.5 3–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0José María Olazábal 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–1Jesper Parnevik 2 1–1–2 0–1–0 0–0–2 1–0–0Costantino Rocca 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–0Lee Westwood 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Ian Woosnam 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsFred Couples 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Brad Faxon 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0Jim Furyk 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Scott Hoch 2.5 2–0–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–0–0Lee Janzen 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0Tom Lehman 2 1–1–2 1–0–0 0–0–1 0–1–1Justin Leonard 1 0–2–2 0–0–1 0–1–1 0–1–0Davis Love III 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0Jeff Maggert 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0Phil Mickelson 2 1–1–2 1–0–0 0–0–1 0–1–1Mark O'Meara 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Tiger Woods 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–1–0 http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/issue1/page140.htm 2014 Ryder Cup Media Guide - Issue 1 25 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141007214605/http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/issue1/page140.htm 7 October 2014 usurped References http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1997.html Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1997 Results The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive 2007-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718190817/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1997.html 18 July 2011 dead http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1997.htm Ryder Cup – 1997 About:Golf 2007-03-14 25 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161025054908/http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1997.htm dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3913439.stm Ryder Cup history: 1997 BBC Sport 2007-03-14 13 September 2004 http://www.golfinspain.com/prehistoria/ryder97/home.html Ryder Cup Live Coverage from Golf in Spain in 1997 Golf in Spain 27 August 2013 expanded Category:Ryder Cup Category:Golf tournaments in Spain Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Ryder Cup