Ryder Cup
golf trophy
Ryder Cup, biennial professional team golf event first held in 1927. It was played between teams of golfers from the United States and Great Britain until the 1970s, when the British team was expanded to include players from Ireland (1973) and from all of Europe (1979).
The trophy was donated by Samuel Ryder, a British seed merchant, for a biennial golf competition to alternate between British and U.S. venues. The players for each side were chosen by professional golf associations. The competition has been match play, foursomes (partners taking alternate strokes) one day and singles the next; in 1963 there was added a day of four-ball play (each player plays his own ball, and each team counts only the better score on each hole). Each match is worth one point to the winning side.
Results of the Ryder Cup are provided in the table.
year
result
1927
United States 9 1/2, Great Britain 2 1/2
1929
Great Britain 7, United States 5
1931
United States 9, Great Britain 3
1933
Great Britain 6 1/2, United States 5 1/2
1935
United States 9, Great Britain 3
1937
United States 8, Great Britain 4
1939–45
not held
1947
United States 11, Great Britain 1
1949
United States 7, Great Britain 5
1951
United States 9 1/2, Great Britain 2 1/2
1953
United States 6 1/2, Great Britain 5 1/2
1955
United States 8, Great Britain 4
1957
Great Britain 7 1/2, United States 4 1/2
1959
United States 8 1/2, Great Britain 3 1/2
1961
United States 14 1/2, Great Britain 9 1/2
1963
United States 23, Great Britain 9
1965
United States 19 1/2, Great Britain 12 1/2
1967
United States 23 1/2, Great Britain 8 1/2
1969
United States 16, Great Britain 16
1971
United States 18 1/2, Great Britain 13 1/2
1973
United States 19, Great Britain 13
1975
United States 21, Great Britain 11
1977
United States 12 1/2, Great Britain 7 1/2
1979
United States 17, Europe 11
1981
United States 18 1/2, Europe 9 1/2
1983
United States 14 1/2, Europe 13 1/2
1985
Europe 16 1/2, United States 11 1/2
1987
Europe 15, United States 13
1989
Europe 14, United States 14
1991
United States 14 1/2, Europe 13 1/2
1993
United States 15, Europe 13
1995
Europe 14 1/2, United States 13 1/2
1997
Europe 14 1/2, United States 13 1/2
1999
United States 14 1/2, Europe 13 1/2
2001
postponed until 2002
2002
Europe 15 1/2, United States 12 1/2
2004
Europe 18 1/2, United States 9 1/2
2006
Europe 18 1/2, United States 9 1/2
2008
United States 16 1/2, Europe 11 1/2
2010
Europe 14 1/2, United States 13 1/2
2012
Europe 14 1/2, United States 13 1/2
2014
Europe 16 1/2, United States 11 1/2
2016
United States 17, Europe 11
2018
Europe 17 1/2, United States 10 1/2
2020
postponed until 2021
2021
United States 19, Europe 9
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