1981 Ryder Cup
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The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ – 9½ points.
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[edit] Teams
[edit] 
Team Europe
Captain: 
John Jacobs
Sam Torrance- Sandy Lyle
- Bernard Gallacher
- Mark James
Des Smyth
Bernhard Langer
Manuel Piñero- José Maria Cañizares
- Nick Faldo
- Howard Clark
- Peter Oosterhuis
- Eamonn Darcy
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Team United States
Captain: Dave Marr
- Lee Trevino
- Tom Kite
- Bill Rogers
- Larry Nelson
- Ben Crenshaw
- Bruce Lietzke
- Jerry Pate
- Hale Irwin
- Johnny Miller
- Tom Watson
- Raymond Floyd
- Jack Nicklaus
[edit] Friday's matches
[edit] Morning Foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Langer/Piñero |  1 hole |
Trevino/Nelson |
| Lyle/James |  2 & 1 |
Rogers/Lietzke |
| Gallacher/Smyth | 3 and 2 |
Irwin/Floyd |
| Oosterhuis/Faldo | 4 & 3 |
Watson/Nicklaus |
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 2 |
[edit] Afternoon Four-Ball
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Torrance/Clark | halved | Kite/Miller |
| Lyle/James | 3 & 2 |
Crenshaw/Pate |
| Smyth/Cañizares | 6 & 5 |
Rogers/Lietzke |
| Gallacher/Darcy | 2 & 1 |
Irwin/Floyd |
| 2 ½ | Four-Ball | 1 ½ |
| 4 ½ | Overall | 3 ½ |
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Morning Four-Ball
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Faldo/Torrance | 7 & 5 |
Trevino/Pate |
| Lyle/James | 1 hole |
Nelson/Kite |
| Langer/Piñero | 2 & 1 |
Floyd/Irwin |
| Cañizares/Smyth | 3 & 2 |
Nicklaus/Watson |
| 1 | Four-Ball | 3 |
| 5 ½ | Overall | 6 ½ |
[edit] Afternoon Foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Oosterhuis/Torrance | 2 & 1 |
Trevino/Pate |
| Langer/Piñero | 3 & 2 |
Nicklaus/Watson |
| Lyle/James | 3 & 2 |
Rogers/Floyd |
| Smyth/Gallacher | 3 & 2 |
Kite/Nelson |
| 0 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 5 ½ | Overall | 10 ½ |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Singles
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Torrance | 5 & 3 |
Lee Trevino |
| Sandy Lyle | 3 & 2 |
Tom Kite |
| Bernard Gallacher | halved | Bill Rogers |
| Mark James | 2 holes |
Larry Nelson |
| Des Smyth | 6 & 4 |
Ben Crenshaw |
| Bernhard Langer | halved | Bruce Lietzke |
| Manuel Piñero | 4 & 2 |
Jerry Pate |
| José Maria Cañizares | 1 hole |
Hale Irwin |
| Nick Faldo | 2 & 1 |
Johnny Miller |
| Howard Clark | 4 & 3 |
Tom Watson |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 1 hole |
Raymond Floyd |
| Eamonn Darcy | 5 & 3 |
Jack Nicklaus |
| 4 | Singles | 8 |
| 9 ½ | Overall | 18 ½ |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1981 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- Ryder Cup – 1981. About:Golf. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- Ryder Cup history: 1981. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
| 1979 Ryder Cup 17 11 |
1981 Ryder Cup 18½ 9½ |
1983 Ryder Cup 14½ 13½ |
