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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 ...
There have been a total of 1040 individual matches played in the 44 Ryder Cups. Of these the United States has won 501, Europe (including Great Britain/Great Britain and Ireland up to 1977) has won 396 with 143 matches halved. Thus the United States have scored a total of 572½ points to Europe's 467½. [1]
The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. The event is jointly administered by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe, the latter a joint venture of the PGA European Tour (60%), the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland (20%), and the PGAs of Europe (20%). [1] [2]
The following American Ryder Cup players are or have been related: [2] Joe Turnesa and Jim Turnesa were brothers. Jay Hebert and Lionel Hebert were brothers. Sam Snead was the uncle of J. C. Snead. Bob Goalby was the uncle of Jay Haas. Haas's mother Shirley was the sister of Goalby. [3] Jack Burke Jr. and Dave Marr were second cousins. [4]
The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held 7–9 October 1965 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. For the first time commercialisation started to make a presence on site. [citation needed] The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 1 ⁄ 2 to 12 1 ⁄ 2 points. [1] [2]
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Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship and then was on a plane that night headed to France to play in the Ryder Cup. Ditto for Jim Furyk in 2010, when he won the FedEx Cup in Atlanta and headed ...
However, since 1995, Europe has won 9 of the past 13 events. The United States holds the Ryder Cup following its 19-to-9 demolition in Whistling Straits in 2016, but has not won in Europe in 30 years.