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Youngest non-playing European captain: Tony Jacklin – 39 years, 99 days in 1983; Oldest Ryder Cup captain: Tom Watson – 65 years, 22 days in 2014; Oldest European captain: J.H. Taylor – 62 years, 99 days in 1933; Oldest playing captain: Ted Ray – 50 years, 67 days in 1927; Oldest playing United States captain: Sam Snead – 47 years ...
The Ryder Cup is a golf competition contested by teams from Europe and the United States. The competition was originally contested between Great Britain and the United States; players from the Channel Islands also appeared on the British team, Republic of Ireland golfers were added to the British team in 1953 (although the team name was only changed to 'Great Britain and Ireland' for the 1973 ...
The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between European and United States teams. The competition is contested every two years, with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy.
The following European Ryder Cup players are or have been related: [2] Peter Alliss was the son of Percy Alliss. Ignacio Garrido is the son of Antonio Garrido. Ernest Whitcombe, Charles Whitcombe and Reg Whitcombe were brothers. All three played together in the 1935 Ryder Cup. Bernard Hunt and Geoffrey Hunt were brothers. They played together ...
The 1999 U.S. Ryder Cup Team was chosen on the basis of points compiled by the PGA of America, early 1998, through the 81st PGA Championship, August 12–15, 1999. Points were awarded for top-10 finishes at PGA Tour co-sponsored or sanctioned events, with added emphasis on major championships and events played during the Ryder Cup year.
In the second match, Åberg and Hovland defeated Scheffler and Koepka 9 and 7, the biggest victory in an 18-hole match in Ryder Cup history. [59] At the end of day 2, Europe held a 10 1 ⁄ 2 –5 1 ⁄ 2 lead going into Sunday's 12 singles and no side has come from five back to win in the event's 96-year history. [60]
(That would be June of this year.) But he's already won the European Masters, and that gave Donald enough comfort that the 23-year-old Aberg can handle the otherworldly pressure of the Ryder Cup ...
The European team won their second consecutive competition by a score of 15 to 13 points in probably the most historic Ryder Cup. After an unbeaten record of 13–0 spanning sixty years, the U.S. team lost for the first time on home soil.