1983 Ryder Cup

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The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ – 13½ points.

Contents 1 Teams 1.1 Team Europe 1.2 Team United States 2 Friday's matches 2.1 Morning Foursomes 2.2 Afternoon Four-Ball 3 Saturday's matches 3.1 Morning Four-Ball 3.2 Afternoon Foursomes 4 Sunday's matches 4.1 Singles 5 References

[edit] Teams

[edit] Team Europe

Captain: Tony Jacklin

• Severiano Ballesteros
• Nick Faldo
• Bernhard Langer
• Gordon J. Brand
• Sandy Lyle
• Brian Waites
• Paul Way
• Sam Torrance
• Ian Woosnam
• José Maria Cañizares
• Ken Brown
• Bernard Gallacher

[edit] Team United States

Captain: Jack Nicklaus

• Fuzzy Zoeller
• Jay Haas
• Gil Morgan
• Bob Gilder
• Ben Crenshaw
• Calvin Peete
• Curtis Strange
• Tom Kite
• Craig Stadler
• Lanny Wadkins
• Raymond Floyd
• Tom Watson

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning Foursomes

	Results
Gallacher/Lyle	5 & 4	Watson/Crenshaw
Faldo/Langer	4 & 2	Wadkins/Stadler
Cañizares/Torrance	4 & 3	Floyd/Gilder
Ballesteros/Way	2 & 1	Kite/Peete
2	Foursomes	2
2	Overall	2

[edit] Afternoon Four-Ball

	Results
Waites/Brown	2 & 1	Morgan/Zoeller
Faldo/Langer	2 & 1	Watson/Haas
Ballesteros/Way	1 hole	Floyd/Strange
Torrance/Woosnam	halved	Crenshaw/Peete
2 ½	Four-Ball	1 ½
4 ½	Overall	3 ½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning Four-Ball

	Results
Waites/Brown	1 hole	Wadkins/Stadler
Faldo/Langer	4 & 2	Crenshaw/Peete
Ballesteros/Way	halved	Morgan/Haas
Torrance/Woosnam	5 & 4	Watson/Gilder
1 ½	Four-Ball	2 ½
6	Overall	6

[edit] Afternoon Foursomes

	Results
Faldo/Langer	3 & 2	Kite/Floyd
Torrance/Cañizares	7 & 5	Morgan/Wadkins
Ballesteros/Way	2 & 1	Watson/Gilder
Waites/Brown	3 & 2	Haas/Strange
2	Foursomes	2
8	Overall	8

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Singles

	Results
Severiano Ballesteros	halved	Fuzzy Zoeller
Nick Faldo	2 & 1	Jay Haas
Bernhard Langer	2 holes	Gil Morgan
Gordon J. Brand	2 holes	Bob Gilder
Sandy Lyle	3 & 1	Ben Crenshaw
Brian Waites	1 hole	Calvin Peete
Paul Way	2 & 1	Curtis Strange
Sam Torrance	halved	Tom Kite
Ian Woosnam	3 & 2	Craig Stadler
José Maria Cañizares	halved	Lanny Wadkins
Ken Brown	4 & 3	Raymond Floyd
Bernard Gallacher	2 & 1	Tom Watson
5 ½	Singles	6 ½
13 ½	Overall	14 ½

[edit] References

1981 Ryder Cup 18½ 9½

1983 Ryder Cup 14½ 13½

1985 Ryder Cup 16½ 11½