1995 Ryder Cup

31st Ryder Cup Matches
Dates   September 22–24
Venue   Oak Hill Country Club
Location   Pittsford, New York
Captains   Lanny Wadkins (USA)
Bernard Gallacher (Europe)
  13½   14½  
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
«1993 1997»

The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York. The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup.

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Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 1995 was as follows:

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.

Teams

Team USA

Captain: Lanny Wadkins

Team Europe

Captain: Bernard Gallacher

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

Results
Faldo/Montgomerie 1 hole Pavin/Lehman
Torrance/Rocca 3 & 2 Haas/Couples
Clark/James 4 & 3 Love III/Maggert
Langer/Johansson 1 hole Crenshaw/Strange
2 Session 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon four-ball

Results
Gilford/Ballesteros 4 & 3 Faxon/Jacobsen
Torrance/Rocca 6 & 5 Maggert/Roberts
Faldo/Montgomerie 3 & 2 Couples/Love III
Langer/Johansson 6 & 4 Pavin/Mickelson
1 Session 3
3 Overall 5

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Results
Faldo/Montgomerie 4 & 2 Strange/Haas
Torrance/Rocca 6 & 5 Love III/Maggert
Woosnam/Walton 1 hole Roberts/Jacobsen
Langer/Gilford 4 & 3 Pavin/Lehman
3 Session 1
6 Overall 6

Afternoon four-ball

Results
Torrance/Montgomerie 4 & 2 Faxon/Couples
Woosnam/Rocca 3 & 2 Love III/Crenshaw
Ballesteros/Gilford 3 & 2 Haas/Mickelson
Faldo/Langer 1 hole Pavin/Roberts
1 Session 3
7 Overall 9

Sunday's singles matches

Results
Seve Ballesteros 4 & 3 Tom Lehman
Howard Clark 1 hole Peter Jacobsen
Mark James 4 & 3 Jeff Maggert
Ian Woosnam halved Fred Couples
Costantino Rocca 3 & 2 Davis Love III
David Gilford 1 hole Brad Faxon
Colin Montgomerie 3 & 1 Ben Crenshaw
Nick Faldo 1 hole Curtis Strange
Sam Torrance 2 & 1 Loren Roberts
Bernhard Langer 3 & 2 Corey Pavin
Philip Walton 1 hole Jay Haas
Per-Ulrik Johansson 2 & 1 Phil Mickelson
Session
14½ Overall 13½

References