1979 Ryder Cup

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1979 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		The Greenbrier
Location		White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Captains		Billy Casper (US) John Jacobs (EU)
17   11
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1977		1981»

The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 17 to 11 points. This was the first time that golfers from continental Europe took part in the Ryder Cup (specifically, Spanish golfers Severiano Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido), with Team Europe replacing Team Great Britain and Ireland.

Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Friday's matches 3.1 Morning four-ball 3.2 Afternoon foursomes 4 Saturday's matches 4.1 Morning foursomes 4.2 Afternoon four-ball 5 Sunday's matches 5.1 Morning singles 5.2 Afternoon singles 6 References

[edit] Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was similar to the formats used from 1963 through 1975, but with fewer singles matches:

• Day 1 (Friday) — 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
• Day 2 (Saturday) — 4 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball matches in an afternoon session
• Day 3 (Sunday) — 12 singles matches, 6 each in morning and afternoon sessions

With a total of 28 points, 14½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

[edit] Teams

Team United States Captain: Billy Casper Lanny Wadkins Larry Nelson Tom Kite Mark Hayes Andy Bean John Mahaffey Lee Elder Hale Irwin Hubert Green Fuzzy Zoeller Lee Trevino Gil Morgan

Team Europe Captain: John Jacobs Bernard Gallacher Severiano Ballesteros Tony Jacklin Antonio Garrido Michael King Brian Barnes Nick Faldo Des Smyth Peter Oosterhuis Ken Brown Sandy Lyle Mark James

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
Garrido/Ballesteros	2 & 1	Wadkins/Nelson
Brown/James	3 & 2	Trevino/Zoeller
Oosterhuis/Faldo	2 & 1	Bean/Elder
Gallacher/Barnes	2 & 1	Irwin/Mahaffey
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Brown/Smyth	7 & 6	Irwin/Kite
Ballesteros/Garrido	3 & 2	Zoeller/Green
Lyle/Jacklin	halved	Trevino/Morgan
Gallacher/Barnes	4 & 3	Wadkins/Nelson
1½	Session	2½
2½	Overall	5½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Jacklin/Lyle	5 & 4	Elder/Mahaffey
Faldo/Oosterhuis	6 & 5	Bean/Kite
Gallacher/Barnes	2 & 1	Zoeller/Hayes
Ballesteros/Garrido	3 & 2	Wadkins/Nelson
3	Session	1
5½	Overall	6½

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Ballesteros/Garrido	5 & 4	Wadkins/Nelson
Jacklin/Lyle	1 hole	Irwin/Kite
Gallacher/Barnes	3 & 2	Trevino/Zoeller
Faldo/Oosterhuis	1 hole	Elder/Hayes
2	Session	2
7½	Overall	8½

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Bernard Gallacher	3 & 2	Lanny Wadkins
Severiano Ballesteros	3 & 2	Larry Nelson
Tony Jacklin	1 hole	Tom Kite
Antonio Garrido	1 hole	Mark Hayes
Michael King	4 & 3	Andy Bean
Brian Barnes	1 hole	John Mahaffey
1	Session	5
8½	Overall	13½

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
Nick Faldo	3 & 2	Lee Elder
Des Smyth	5 & 3	Hale Irwin
Peter Oosterhuis	2 holes	Hubert Green
Ken Brown	1 hole	Fuzzy Zoeller
Sandy Lyle	2 & 1	Lee Trevino
Mark James	halved [1]	Gil Morgan
2½	Session	3½
11	Overall	17

1. ^ Mark James withdrew because of injury, so this match was not actually played.

[edit] References