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class="den">2</span></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: middle;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="46" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/69px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/92px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-style: italic;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Europe wins the <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1995_Ryder_Cup" title="1995 Ryder Cup">1995</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1999_Ryder_Cup" title="1999 Ryder Cup">1999</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:257px"><div style="position:relative;width:255px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Spain.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Valderrama Golf Club is located in Spain"><img alt="Valderrama Golf Club is located in Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Relief_Map_of_Spain.png/255px-Relief_Map_of_Spain.png" decoding="async" width="255" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Relief_Map_of_Spain.png/383px-Relief_Map_of_Spain.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Relief_Map_of_Spain.png/510px-Relief_Map_of_Spain.png 2x" data-file-width="1197" data-file-height="1027" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:83.68%;left:31.102%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Valderrama Golf Club"><img alt="Valderrama Golf Club" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><small>Valderrama<br />Golf Club</small></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Spain.png" title="File:Relief Map of Spain.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></div></div></div> <p>The <b>32nd <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a> Matches</b> were held at the <a href="/wiki/Valderrama_Golf_Club" title="Valderrama Golf Club">Valderrama Golf Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sotogrande" title="Sotogrande">Sotogrande</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, marking the first time the event was contested in <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a>. The European team won the competition by a margin of 14<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> to 13<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> and retained the <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a>. </p><p>The Europeans held a 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>–5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> lead heading into the final day, but the Americans mounted a comeback by winning the singles matches 8–4 but fell just short. <a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Colin Montgomerie</a> halved the final match with <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hoch" title="Scott Hoch">Scott Hoch</a> (conceding a 15-foot (4.6 m) par putt on the final hole) to seal the outright victory for the Europeans. </p><p>This was the first of six consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through <a href="/wiki/2023_Ryder_Cup" title="2023 Ryder Cup">2023</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Match_play" title="Match play">match play</a> event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 1997 was as follows: </p> <ul><li><b>Day 1</b> (Friday) – 4 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session</li> <li><b>Day 2</b> (Saturday) – 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session</li> <li><b>Day 3</b> (Sunday) – 12 singles matches</li></ul> <p>With a total of 28 points, 14<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The qualifying period remained the same, starting with the <a href="/wiki/Canon_European_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon European Masters">Canon European Masters</a> in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1996 and ending with the <a href="/wiki/BMW_International_Open" title="BMW International Open">BMW International Open</a> on 31 August, the remaining two team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. Prior to the final event <a href="/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Mart%C3%ADn_(golfer)" title="Miguel Ángel Martín (golfer)">Miguel Ángel Martín</a> was in 10th place in the points list. He had, however, not played since <a href="/wiki/1997_Open_Championship" title="1997 Open Championship">The Open Championship</a> because of a wrist injury. In the final event both <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">José María Olazábal</a> and <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballesteros announced his wildcards on the Thursday, choosing Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miguel Ángel Martín had a world ranking of 79 at the time of the Ryder Cup. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <td colspan="8"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/50px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/75px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/100px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> <b>Team Europe</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Age </th> <th>Points<br />rank </th> <th>World<br />ranking </th> <th>Previous<br />Ryder Cups </th> <th>Matches </th> <th>W–L–H </th> <th>Winning<br />percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seve_Ballesteros" title="Seve Ballesteros">Seve Ballesteros</a> </td> <td>40</td> <td colspan="6">Non-playing captain </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Colin Montgomerie</a> </td> <td>34</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>13</td> <td>6–5–2</td> <td>53.85 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Darren_Clarke" title="Darren Clarke">Darren Clarke</a> </td> <td>29</td> <td>2</td> <td>33</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Bernhard Langer</a> </td> <td>40</td> <td>3</td> <td>20</td> <td>8</td> <td>34</td> <td>15–14–5</td> <td>51.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Woosnam" title="Ian Woosnam">Ian Woosnam</a> </td> <td>39</td> <td>4</td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>29</td> <td>13–11–5</td> <td>53.45 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Per-Ulrik_Johansson" title="Per-Ulrik Johansson">Per-Ulrik Johansson</a> </td> <td>30</td> <td>5</td> <td>42</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1–2–0</td> <td>33.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Lee Westwood</a> </td> <td>24</td> <td>6</td> <td>32</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Garrido" title="Ignacio Garrido">Ignacio Garrido</a> </td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>78</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bj%C3%B8rn" title="Thomas Bjørn">Thomas Bjørn</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td>8</td> <td>73</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Costantino_Rocca" title="Costantino Rocca">Costantino Rocca</a> </td> <td>40</td> <td>9</td> <td>43</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>3–4–0</td> <td>42.86 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">José María Olazábal</a> </td> <td>31</td> <td>11</td> <td>57</td> <td>4</td> <td>20</td> <td>12–6–2</td> <td>65.00 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ffa;"> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Nick Faldo</a> </td> <td>40</td> <td>27</td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>41</td> <td>21–16–4</td> <td>56.10 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ffa;"> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jesper_Parnevik" title="Jesper Parnevik">Jesper Parnevik</a> </td> <td>32</td> <td>–</td> <td>18</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <td colspan="8"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>Team USA</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Age </th> <th>Points<br />rank </th> <th>World<br />ranking </th> <th>Previous<br />Ryder Cups </th> <th>Matches </th> <th>W–L–H </th> <th>Winning<br />percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Kite" title="Tom Kite">Tom Kite</a> </td> <td>47</td> <td colspan="6">Non-playing captain </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> </td> <td>21</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Justin_Leonard" title="Justin Leonard">Justin Leonard</a> </td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Tom Lehman</a> </td> <td>38</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2–1–0</td> <td>66.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Davis_Love_III" title="Davis Love III">Davis Love III</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>5–4–0</td> <td>55.56 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Jim Furyk</a> </td> <td>27</td> <td>5</td> <td>21</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a> </td> <td>27</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>3–0–0</td> <td>100.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Maggert" title="Jeff Maggert">Jeff Maggert</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>7</td> <td>28</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>2–2–0</td> <td>50.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Meara" title="Mark O'Meara">Mark O'Meara</a> </td> <td>40</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>2–5–1</td> <td>31.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hoch" title="Scott Hoch">Scott Hoch</a> </td> <td>41</td> <td>9</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="3">Rookie </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Faxon" title="Brad Faxon">Brad Faxon</a> </td> <td>36</td> <td>10</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1–2–0</td> <td>33.33 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ffa;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Janzen" title="Lee Janzen">Lee Janzen</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>15</td> <td>39</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0–2–0</td> <td>0.00 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ffa;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Couples" title="Fred Couples">Fred Couples</a> </td> <td>37</td> <td>17</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>16</td> <td>5–7–4</td> <td>43.75 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Captains picks are shown in yellow;<sup id="cite_ref-ktcoppk_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktcoppk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Official_World_Golf_Ranking" title="Official World Golf Ranking">world rankings</a> and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Friday's_matches"><span id="Friday.27s_matches"></span>Friday's matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Friday's matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morning_four-ball">Morning four-ball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Morning four-ball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/50px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/75px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/100px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> </th> <th style="width:5.5em;">Results </th> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">Olazábal</a>/<a href="/wiki/Costantino_Rocca" title="Costantino Rocca">Rocca</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 1 up </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davis_Love_III" title="Davis Love III">Love III</a>/<a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Mickelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Faldo</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Westwood</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 1 up </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_Couples" title="Fred Couples">Couples</a>/<a href="/wiki/Brad_Faxon" title="Brad Faxon">Faxon</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jesper_Parnevik" title="Jesper Parnevik">Parnevik</a>/<a href="/wiki/Per-Ulrik_Johansson" title="Per-Ulrik Johansson">Johansson</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 1 up </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Lehman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Furyk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Montgomerie</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Langer</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 3 & 2 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Woods</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Meara" title="Mark O'Meara">O'Meara</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfd;"> <td>2 </td> <td>Session </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#afa;"> <th>2 </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>2 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Afternoon_foursomes">Afternoon foursomes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Afternoon foursomes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/50px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/75px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/100px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> </th> <th style="width:5.5em;">Results </th> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Costantino_Rocca" title="Costantino Rocca">Rocca</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">Olazábal</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 1 up </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hoch" title="Scott Hoch">Hoch</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lee_Janzen" title="Lee Janzen">Janzen</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Langer</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Montgomerie</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 5 & 3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Meara" title="Mark O'Meara">O'Meara</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Woods</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Faldo</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Westwood</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 3 & 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Leonard" title="Justin Leonard">Leonard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jeff_Maggert" title="Jeff Maggert">Maggert</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesper_Parnevik" title="Jesper Parnevik">Parnevik</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Garrido" title="Ignacio Garrido">Garrido</a> </td> <td>halved </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Lehman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Mickelson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfd;"> <td>2<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td> <td>Session </td> <td>1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#afa;"> <th>4<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>3<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Saturday's_matches"><span id="Saturday.27s_matches"></span>Saturday's matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Saturday's matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morning_four-ball_2">Morning four-ball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Morning four-ball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/50px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/75px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/100px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> </th> <th style="width:5.5em;">Results </th> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Montgomerie</a>/<a href="/wiki/Darren_Clarke" title="Darren Clarke">Clarke</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 1 up </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Couples" title="Fred Couples">Couples</a>/<a href="/wiki/Davis_Love_III" title="Davis Love III">Love III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Woosnam" title="Ian Woosnam">Woosnam</a>/<a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bj%C3%B8rn" title="Thomas Bjørn">Bjørn</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 2 & 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Leonard" title="Justin Leonard">Leonard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Brad_Faxon" title="Brad Faxon">Faxon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Faldo</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Westwood</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 2 & 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Woods</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Meara" title="Mark O'Meara">O'Meara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">Olazábal</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Garrido" title="Ignacio Garrido">Garrido</a> </td> <td>halved </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Mickelson</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Lehman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfd;"> <td>3<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td> <td>Session </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#afa;"> <th>8 </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>4 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Afternoon_foursomes_2">Afternoon foursomes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Afternoon foursomes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/50px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/75px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/100px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> </th> <th style="width:5.5em;">Results </th> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Montgomerie</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Langer</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 1 up </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Janzen" title="Lee Janzen">Janzen</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Furyk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Faldo</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Westwood</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 2 & 1 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hoch" title="Scott Hoch">Hoch</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jeff_Maggert" title="Jeff Maggert">Maggert</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesper_Parnevik" title="Jesper Parnevik">Parnevik</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Garrido" title="Ignacio Garrido">Garrido</a> </td> <td>halved </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Leonard" title="Justin Leonard">Leonard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Woods</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">Olazábal</a>/<a href="/wiki/Costantino_Rocca" title="Costantino Rocca">Rocca</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 5 & 4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davis_Love_III" title="Davis Love III">Love III</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fred_Couples" title="Fred Couples">Couples</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfd;"> <td>2<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td> <td>Session </td> <td>1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#afa;"> <th>10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sunday's_singles_matches"><span id="Sunday.27s_singles_matches"></span>Sunday's singles matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sunday's singles matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#dfd;"> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/50px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/75px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/100px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> </th> <th style="width:5.5em;">Results </th> <th style="width:12em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Woosnam" title="Ian Woosnam">Ian Woosnam</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 8 & 7 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_Couples" title="Fred Couples">Fred Couples</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Per-Ulrik_Johansson" title="Per-Ulrik Johansson">Per-Ulrik Johansson</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 3 & 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davis_Love_III" title="Davis Love III">Davis Love III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesper_Parnevik" title="Jesper Parnevik">Jesper Parnevik</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 5 & 4 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Meara" title="Mark O'Meara">Mark O'Meara</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Clarke" title="Darren Clarke">Darren Clarke</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 2 & 1 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Costantino_Rocca" title="Costantino Rocca">Costantino Rocca</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 4 & 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bj%C3%B8rn" title="Thomas Bjørn">Thomas Bjørn</a> </td> <td>halved </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Leonard" title="Justin Leonard">Justin Leonard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Garrido" title="Ignacio Garrido">Ignacio Garrido</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 7 & 6 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Tom Lehman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Bernhard Langer</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><img alt="Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> 2 & 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Faxon" title="Brad Faxon">Brad Faxon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Lee Westwood</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 3 & 2 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Maggert" title="Jeff Maggert">Jeff Maggert</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">José María Olazábal</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> 1 up </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lee_Janzen" title="Lee Janzen">Lee Janzen</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Nick Faldo</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_player_records">Individual player records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Individual player records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player. </p><p>Source: <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Points</th> <th>Overall</th> <th>Singles</th> <th>Foursomes</th> <th>Fourballs </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bj%C3%B8rn" title="Thomas Bjørn">Thomas Bjørn</a></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1–0–1</td> <td>0–0–1</td> <td>0–0–0</td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Darren_Clarke" title="Darren Clarke">Darren Clarke</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–0–0</td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Nick Faldo</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2–3–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>1–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Garrido" title="Ignacio Garrido">Ignacio Garrido</a></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0–1–3</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–0–2</td> <td>0–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Per-Ulrik_Johansson" title="Per-Ulrik Johansson">Per-Ulrik Johansson</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2–0–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>0–0–0</td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Bernhard Langer</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>3–1–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>2–0–0</td> <td>0–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Colin Montgomerie</a></td> <td>3.5</td> <td>3–1–1</td> <td>0–0–1</td> <td>2–0–0</td> <td>1–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Olaz%C3%A1bal" title="José María Olazábal">José María Olazábal</a></td> <td>2.5</td> <td>2–2–1</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>1–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jesper_Parnevik" title="Jesper Parnevik">Jesper Parnevik</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1–1–2</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–0–2</td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Costantino_Rocca" title="Costantino Rocca">Costantino Rocca</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>3–1–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Lee Westwood</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2–3–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>1–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Woosnam" title="Ian Woosnam">Ian Woosnam</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–0–0</td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Points</th> <th>Overall</th> <th>Singles</th> <th>Foursomes</th> <th>Fourballs </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Couples" title="Fred Couples">Fred Couples</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2–2–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>1–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Faxon" title="Brad Faxon">Brad Faxon</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1–2–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–0–0</td> <td>1–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Jim Furyk</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1–2–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hoch" title="Scott Hoch">Scott Hoch</a></td> <td>2.5</td> <td>2–0–1</td> <td>0–0–1</td> <td>2–0–0</td> <td>0–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Janzen" title="Lee Janzen">Lee Janzen</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2–1–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>0–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Tom Lehman</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1–1–2</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>0–0–1</td> <td>0–1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Justin_Leonard" title="Justin Leonard">Justin Leonard</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0–2–2</td> <td>0–0–1</td> <td>0–1–1</td> <td>0–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Davis_Love_III" title="Davis Love III">Davis Love III</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0–4–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>0–2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Maggert" title="Jeff Maggert">Jeff Maggert</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2–1–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>1–1–0</td> <td>0–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1–1–2</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>0–0–1</td> <td>0–1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Meara" title="Mark O'Meara">Mark O'Meara</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2–2–0</td> <td>1–0–0</td> <td>0–1–0</td> <td>1–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1–3–1</td> <td>0–1–0</td> 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href="/wiki/2005_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2005 U.S. Open (golf)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2006 U.S. Open (golf)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2007 U.S. Open (golf)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2008 U.S. Open (golf)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2009 U.S. Open (golf)">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2010 U.S. Open (golf)">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2011 U.S. Open (golf)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2012 U.S. Open (golf)">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2013 U.S. Open (golf)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2014 U.S. Open (golf)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2020 U.S. Open (golf)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2021 U.S. Open (golf)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2022 U.S. Open (golf)">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2023 U.S. Open (golf)">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2024 U.S. Open (golf)">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Ryder_Cup" title="1959 Ryder Cup">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Ryder_Cup" title="1991 Ryder Cup">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Ryder_Cup" title="1993 Ryder Cup">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Ryder_Cup" title="1995 Ryder Cup">1995</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Ryder_Cup" title="1999 Ryder Cup">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Ryder_Cup" title="2002 Ryder Cup">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Ryder_Cup" title="2004 Ryder Cup">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Ryder_Cup" title="2006 Ryder Cup">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Ryder_Cup" title="2008 Ryder Cup">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Ryder_Cup" title="2010 Ryder Cup">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Ryder_Cup" title="2012 Ryder Cup">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Ryder_Cup" title="2014 Ryder Cup">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ryder_Cup" title="2016 Ryder Cup">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Ryder_Cup" title="2018 Ryder Cup">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Ryder_Cup" title="2021 Ryder Cup">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Ryder_Cup" title="2023 Ryder Cup">2023</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Ryder_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Ryder Cup">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Presidents_Cup" title="Presidents Cup">Presidents Cup</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Presidents_Cup" title="2000 Presidents Cup">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Presidents_Cup" title="2003 Presidents Cup">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Presidents_Cup" title="2005 Presidents Cup">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Presidents_Cup" title="2007 Presidents Cup">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Presidents_Cup" title="2009 Presidents Cup">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Presidents_Cup" title="2011 Presidents Cup">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Presidents_Cup" title="2013 Presidents Cup">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Presidents_Cup" title="2015 Presidents Cup">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Presidents_Cup" title="2017 Presidents Cup">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Presidents_Cup" title="2019 Presidents Cup">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Presidents_Cup" title="2022 Presidents Cup">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Presidents_Cup" title="2024 Presidents Cup">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Open_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Championship">Open Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Open_Championship" title="2016 Open Championship">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Open_Championship" title="2017 Open Championship">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Open_Championship" title="2018 Open Championship">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Open_Championship" title="2019 Open Championship">2019</a></li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/2020_Open_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Open Championship">2020</a></s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Open_Championship" title="2021 Open Championship">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Open_Championship" title="2022 Open Championship">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Open_Championship" title="2023 Open Championship">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Open_Championship" title="2024 Open Championship">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Other events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Open" title="Phoenix Open">Phoenix Open</a> (CBS Super Bowl years 2007, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Honda_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="The Honda Classic">The Honda Classic</a> (1987–present, except Winter Olympic years in 2018 and 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGC-Mexico_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WGC-Mexico Championship">WGC-Mexico Championship</a> (2017–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valspar_Championship" title="Valspar Championship">Valspar Championship</a> (2007–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Palmer_Invitational" title="Arnold Palmer Invitational">Arnold Palmer Invitational</a> (1987–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_Houston_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell Houston Open">Shell Houston Open</a> (2007–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valero_Texas_Open" title="Valero Texas Open">Valero Texas Open</a> (2012–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGC-Cadillac_Match_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="WGC-Cadillac Match Play">WGC-Cadillac Match Play</a> (2007–present, except Winter Olympic years 2010 and 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Players_Championship" title="The Players Championship">The Players Championship</a> (1988–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bank_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsche Bank Championship">Deutsche Bank Championship</a> (2007–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Northern_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="The Northern Trust">The Northern Trust</a> (alternates with CBS, 2022-)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BMW_Championship_(PGA_Tour)" title="BMW Championship (PGA Tour)">BMW Championship</a> (2007–present, alternates with CBS, 2022-)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tour_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tour Championship">The Tour Championship</a> (2007–present, alternates with CBS, 2022-)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayakoba_Golf_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayakoba Golf Classic">Mayakoba Golf Classic</a> (2020-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_World_Challenge" title="Hero World Challenge">Hero World Challenge</a> (2007–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/QBE_Shootout" title="QBE Shootout">QBE Shootout</a> (2007–2013, 2017–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Majors and<br />special events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senior_PGA_Championship" title="Senior PGA Championship">Senior PGA Championship</a> (1990-2019, 2021-)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_PGA_Championship" title="Women's PGA Championship">Women's PGA Championship</a> (2015-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evian_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Evian Championship">Evian Championship</a> (2013-2019, 2021-)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_British_Open" title="Women's British Open">Women's British Open</a> (2016-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Open_Championship" title="Senior Open Championship">Senior Open Championship</a> (2016-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Solheim_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="The Solheim Cup">The Solheim Cup</a> (1994-2002, 2017-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Crown" title="International Crown">International Crown</a> (2016-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Women%27s_Open" title="U.S. Women's Open">U.S. Women's Open</a> (1995–2014, 2020-)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senior_Open" title="U.S. Senior Open">U.S. Senior Open</a> (1995–2014, 2021-)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senior_Women%27s_Open" title="U.S. Senior Women's Open">U.S. Senior Women's Open</a> (2021-)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sentry_Tournament_of_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="Sentry Tournament of Champions">Sentry Tournament of Champions</a> (2012–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humana_Challenge" class="mw-redirect" title="Humana Challenge">Bob Hope Classic</a> (mid 1960s–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Trust_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Trust Open">Northern Trust Open</a> (2010, CBS Super Bowl year)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BellSouth_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="BellSouth Classic">BellSouth Classic</a> (1999–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zurich_Classic_of_New_Orleans" title="Zurich Classic of New Orleans">Zurich Classic of New Orleans</a> (2007–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tradition" title="The Tradition">The Tradition</a> (2007–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Players_Championship" title="Senior Players Championship">Senior Players Championship</a> (2007–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skins_Game_(PGA_Tour)" title="Skins Game (PGA Tour)">Skins Game</a> (1983–1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBC_Golf_commentators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NBC Golf commentators">Key figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hicks_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Hicks (sportscaster)">Dan Hicks</a> (play-by-play)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a> (play-by-play)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sands" title="Steve Sands">Steve Sands</a> (play-by-play)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Faxon" title="Brad Faxon">Brad Faxon</a> (analyst)</li> <li>John Wood (on-course reporter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notah_Begay_III" title="Notah Begay III">Notah Begay III</a> (on-course reporter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smylie_Kaufman" title="Smylie Kaufman">Smylie Kaufman</a> (on-course reporter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Byrum" title="Curt Byrum">Curt Byrum</a> (on-course reporter)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By event</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Open_Championship_broadcasters" title="List of The Open Championship broadcasters">Open Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ryder_Cup_broadcasters" title="List of Ryder Cup broadcasters">Ryder Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._Open_(golf)_broadcasters" title="List of U.S. Open (golf) broadcasters">U.S. Open</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music composers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Rowland" title="Bruce Rowland">Bruce Rowland</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_Snowy_River_(soundtrack)" title="The Man from Snowy River (soundtrack)"><i>The Man from Snowy River</i></a> "Main Title")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni">Yanni</a> ("In Celebration of Man")</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_broadcasting_contracts_in_the_United_States#Golf" title="Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States">Television contract history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_on_television" title="PGA Tour on television">PGA Tour on television</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_Channel" title="Golf Channel">Golf Channel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/1987_Masters_Tournament" title="1987 Masters Tournament">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Masters_Tournament" title="1988 Masters Tournament">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Masters_Tournament" title="1989 Masters Tournament">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Masters_Tournament" title="1990 Masters Tournament">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Masters_Tournament" title="1991 Masters Tournament">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Masters_Tournament" title="1992 Masters Tournament">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Masters_Tournament" title="1993 Masters Tournament">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Masters_Tournament" title="1994 Masters Tournament">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Masters_Tournament" title="1995 Masters Tournament">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Masters_Tournament" title="1996 Masters Tournament">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Masters_Tournament" title="1997 Masters Tournament">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Masters_Tournament" title="1998 Masters Tournament">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Masters_Tournament" title="1999 Masters Tournament">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Masters_Tournament" title="2000 Masters Tournament">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Masters_Tournament" title="2001 Masters Tournament">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Masters_Tournament" title="2002 Masters Tournament">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Masters_Tournament" title="2003 Masters Tournament">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Masters_Tournament" title="2004 Masters Tournament">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Masters_Tournament" title="2005 Masters Tournament">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Masters_Tournament" title="2006 Masters Tournament">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Masters_Tournament" title="2007 Masters Tournament">2007</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup Matches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1989_Ryder_Cup" title="1989 Ryder Cup">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Ryder_Cup" title="1991 Ryder Cup">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Ryder_Cup" title="1993 Ryder Cup">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Ryder_Cup" title="1995 Ryder Cup">1995</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Ryder_Cup" title="1999 Ryder Cup">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Ryder_Cup" title="2002 Ryder Cup">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Ryder_Cup" title="2004 Ryder Cup">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Ryder_Cup" title="2006 Ryder Cup">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Ryder_Cup" title="2010 Ryder Cup">2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Other events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Shark_Shootout" class="mw-redirect" title="The Shark Shootout">The Shark Shootout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope_Chrysler_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Hope Chrysler Classic">Bob Hope Chrysler Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buick_Invitational" class="mw-redirect" title="Buick Invitational">Buick Invitational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FBR_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="FBR Open">FBR Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Pebble_Beach_Nat%27l_Pro-Am" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Pebble Beach Nat'l Pro-Am">AT&T Pebble Beach Nat'l Pro-Am</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Nissan Open">Nissan Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Classic_of_Tucson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chrysler Classic of Tucson">Chrysler Classic of Tucson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Championship_at_Doral" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Championship at Doral">Ford Championship at Doral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Honda Classic">Honda Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Hill_Invitational" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay Hill Invitational">Bay Hill Invitational presented by MasterCard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BellSouth_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="BellSouth Classic">BellSouth Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verizon_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Heritage">Verizon Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_Houston_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell Houston Open">Shell Houston Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zurich_Classic_of_New_Orleans" title="Zurich Classic of New Orleans">Zurich Classic of New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wachovia_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Wachovia Championship">Wachovia Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EDS_Byron_Nelson_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="EDS Byron Nelson Championship">EDS Byron Nelson Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America_Colonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of America Colonial">Bank of America Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_PGA_Championship" title="Senior PGA Championship">Senior PGA Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FedEx_St._Jude_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="FedEx St. Jude Classic">FedEx St. Jude Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Barclays Classic">Barclays Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemper_Open" title="Kemper Open">Booz Allen Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buick_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Buick Championship">Buick Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cialis_Western_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Cialis Western Open">Cialis Western Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Senior_Players_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Senior Players Championship">Ford Senior Players Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Deere_Classic" title="John Deere Classic">John Deere Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.C._Open_presented_by_Turning_Stone_Resort" class="mw-redirect" title="B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort">B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Bank_Championship_in_Milwaukee" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee">U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buick_Open" title="Buick Open">Buick Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_INTERNATIONAL" class="mw-redirect" title="The INTERNATIONAL">The INTERNATIONAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bank_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsche Bank Championship">Deutsche Bank Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Classic_of_Greensboro" class="mw-redirect" title="Chrysler Classic of Greensboro">Chrysler Classic of Greensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fry%27s.com_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Fry's.com Open">Fry's.com Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Chrysler Championship">Chrysler Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrill_Lynch_Shootout" class="mw-redirect" title="Merrill Lynch 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