1993 Ryder Cup

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1993 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		The Belfry
Location		Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains		Bernard Gallacher (EU) Tom Watson (US)
13   15
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1991		1995»

The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England (near Sutton Coldfield). The United States team won the competition by a margin of 15 to 13 points.

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 Singles 6 References

[edit] Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used from 1991 to 2002 was as follows:

• 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

With a total of 28 points, 14½ 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.

[edit] Teams

Team Europe Captain: Bernard Gallacher Ian Woosnam Barry Lane Colin Montgomerie Peter Baker Joakim Haeggman Mark James Costantino Rocca Severiano Ballesteros José María Olazábal Bernhard Langer Nick Faldo Sam Torrance

Team United States Captain: Tom Watson Fred Couples Chip Beck Lee Janzen Corey Pavin John Cook Payne Stewart Davis Love III Jim Gallagher, Jr. Raymond Floyd Tom Kite Paul Azinger Lanny Wadkins

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
Torrance/James	4 & 3	Wadkins/Pavin
Woosnam/Langer	7 & 5	Azinger/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal	2 & 1	Kite/Love III
Faldo/Montgomerie	4 & 3	Floyd/Couples
2	Session	2
2	Overall	2

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Woosnam/Baker	1 hole	Gallagher, Jr./Janzen
Langer/Lane	4 & 2	Wadkins/Pavin
Faldo/Montgomerie	halved	Azinger/Couples
Ballesteros/Olazábal	4 & 3	Love III/Kite
2½	Session	1½
4½	Overall	3½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Faldo/Montgomerie	3 & 2	Wadkins/Pavin
Langer/Woosnam	2 & 1	Couples/Azinger
Baker/Lane	3 & 2	Floyd/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal	2 & 1	Love III/Kite
3	Session	1
7½	Overall	4½

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Faldo/Montgomerie	1 hole	Cook/Beck
James/Rocca	5 & 4	Pavin/Gallagher, Jr.
Woosnam/Baker	6 & 5	Couples/Azinger
Olazábal/Haeggman	2 & 1	Floyd/Stewart
1	Session	3
8½	Overall	7½

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Singles

	Results
Ian Woosnam	halved	Fred Couples
Barry Lane	1 hole	Chip Beck
Colin Montgomerie	1 hole	Lee Janzen
Peter Baker	2 holes	Corey Pavin
Joakim Haeggman	1 hole	John Cook
Mark James	3 & 2	Payne Stewart
Costantino Rocca	1 hole	Davis Love III
Severiano Ballesteros	3 & 2	Jim Gallagher, Jr.
José María Olazábal	2 holes	Raymond Floyd
Bernhard Langer	5 & 3	Tom Kite
Nick Faldo	halved	Paul Azinger
Sam Torrance	halved	Lanny Wadkins
4½	Session	7½
13	Overall	15

[edit] References