1981 Ryder Cup

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1981 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Walton Heath Golf Club
Location		Surrey, England
Captains		John Jacobs (EU) Dave Marr (US)
9½   18½
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1979		1983»

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 to 9½ points.

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

[edit] Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was adjusted slightly from the 1979 event, with the order of play swapped on the first two days and the third day singles matches held in a single session:

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

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

[edit] Teams

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

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	Session	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
2½	Session	1½
4½	Overall	3½

[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	Session	3
5½	Overall	6½

[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	Session	4
5½	Overall	10½

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	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	Session	8
9½	Overall	18½

[edit] References