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32nd Ryder Cup Matches
Logo
Dates26–28 September 1997
VenueValderrama Golf Club
LocationSotogrande, Spain
Captains
Europe 141⁄2 131⁄2 United States
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
← 1995
1999 →
Valderrama Golf Club is located in Spain
Valderrama Golf Club
Valderrama
Golf Club
class=notpageimage|
Location in Spain

The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe. The European team won the competition by a margin of 141⁄2 to 131⁄2 and retained the Ryder Cup.

The Europeans held a 101⁄2–51⁄2 lead heading into the final day, but the Americans mounted a comeback by winning the singles matches 8–4 but fell just short. Colin Montgomerie halved the final match with Scott Hoch (conceding a 15-foot (4.6 m) par putt on the final hole) to seal the outright victory for the Europeans.

This was the first of seven consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2023.

Format

[edit]

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 1997 was as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) – 4 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 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

[edit]

The selection process for the European team remained largely unchanged from that used in 1995 with two captain's picks. If captain Ballesteros qualified automatically, he had the choice of standing down and selecting a third player.[1] The qualifying period remained the same, starting with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1996 and ending with the BMW International Open on 31 August, the remaining two team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. Prior to the final event Miguel Ángel Martín was in 10th place in the points list. He had, however, not played since The Open Championship because of a wrist injury. In the final event both José María Olazábal and Pádraig Harrington had chances to overtake Martin but neither succeeded. Olazábal finished 11th in the final points list with Harrington 12th. Because of uncertainty about Martin's fitness, the announcement of the two captain's picks, which was to have been immediately after the BMW International Open, was cancelled.[2] On the Tuesday Martin was given an ultimatum that he was required to play 18 holes the following day to demonstrate that he would be fit to play in the Ryder Cup. Martin refused and was replaced by Olazábal, who had finished in the next qualifying place.[3] Ballesteros announced his wildcards on the Thursday, choosing Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik.[4] Miguel Ángel Martín had a world ranking of 79 at the time of the Ryder Cup.

Europe Team Europe
NameAgePoints
rank		World
ranking		Previous
Ryder Cups		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Spain Seve Ballesteros40Non-playing captain
Scotland Colin Montgomerie34153136–5–253.85
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke292330Rookie
Germany Bernhard Langer4032083415–14–551.47
Wales Ian Woosnam3942572913–11–553.45
Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson30542131–2–033.33
England Lee Westwood246320Rookie
Spain Ignacio Garrido257780Rookie
Denmark Thomas Bjørn268730Rookie
Italy Costantino Rocca40943273–4–042.86
Spain José María Olazábal31115742012–6–265.00
England Nick Faldo402715104121–16–456.10
Sweden Jesper Parnevik32–180Rookie

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup.

United States Team USA
NameAgePoints
rank		World
ranking		Previous
Ryder Cups		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Tom Kite47Non-playing captain
Tiger Woods21120Rookie
Justin Leonard252110Rookie
Tom Lehman3836132–1–066.67
Davis Love III33410295–4–055.56
Jim Furyk275210Rookie
Phil Mickelson2768133–0–0100.00
Jeff Maggert33728142–2–050.00
Mark O'Meara4089382–5–131.25
Scott Hoch419130Rookie
Brad Faxon361016131–2–033.33
Lee Janzen331539120–2–00.00
Fred Couples3717124165–7–443.75

Captains picks are shown in yellow;[5] the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

[edit]

Morning four-ball

[edit]
EuropeResultsUnited States
Olazábal/RoccaEurope 1 upLove III/Mickelson
Faldo/WestwoodUnited States 1 upCouples/Faxon
Parnevik/JohanssonEurope 1 upLehman/Furyk
Montgomerie/LangerUnited States 3 & 2Woods/O'Meara
2Session2
2Overall2

Afternoon foursomes

[edit]
EuropeResultsUnited States
Rocca/OlazábalUnited States 1 upHoch/Janzen
Langer/MontgomerieEurope 5 & 3O'Meara/Woods
Faldo/WestwoodEurope 3 & 2Leonard/Maggert
Parnevik/GarridohalvedLehman/Mickelson
21⁄2Session11⁄2
41⁄2Overall31⁄2

Saturday's matches

[edit]

Morning four-ball

[edit]
EuropeResultsUnited States
Montgomerie/ClarkeEurope 1 upCouples/Love III
Woosnam/BjørnEurope 2 & 1Leonard/Faxon
Faldo/WestwoodEurope 2 & 1Woods/O'Meara
Olazábal/GarridohalvedMickelson/Lehman
31⁄2Session1⁄2
8Overall4

Afternoon foursomes

[edit]
EuropeResultsUnited States
Montgomerie/LangerEurope 1 upJanzen/Furyk
Faldo/WestwoodUnited States 2 & 1Hoch/Maggert
Parnevik/GarridohalvedLeonard/Woods
Olazábal/RoccaEurope 5 & 4Love III/Couples
21⁄2Session11⁄2
101⁄2Overall51⁄2

Sunday's singles matches

[edit]
EuropeResultsUnited States
Ian WoosnamUnited States 8 & 7Fred Couples
Per-Ulrik JohanssonEurope 3 & 2Davis Love III
Jesper ParnevikUnited States 5 & 4Mark O'Meara
Darren ClarkeUnited States 2 & 1Phil Mickelson
Costantino RoccaEurope 4 & 2Tiger Woods
Thomas BjørnhalvedJustin Leonard
Ignacio GarridoUnited States 7 & 6Tom Lehman
Bernhard LangerEurope 2 & 1Brad Faxon
Lee WestwoodUnited States 3 & 2Jeff Maggert
José María OlazábalUnited States 1 upLee Janzen
Nick FaldoUnited States 3 & 2Jim Furyk
Colin MontgomeriehalvedScott Hoch
4Session8
141⁄2Overall131⁄2

Individual player records

[edit]

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Source: [6]

Europe

[edit]
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Thomas Bjørn1.51–0–10–0–10–0–01–0–0
Darren Clarke11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Nick Faldo22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Ignacio Garrido1.50–1–30–1–00–0–20–0–1
Per-Ulrik Johansson22–0–01–0–00–0–01–0–0
Bernhard Langer33–1–01–0–02–0–00–1–0
Colin Montgomerie3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
José María Olazábal2.52–2–10–1–01–1–01–0–1
Jesper Parnevik21–1–20–1–00–0–21–0–0
Costantino Rocca33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Lee Westwood22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Ian Woosnam11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0

United States

[edit]
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Fred Couples22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Brad Faxon11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Jim Furyk11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Scott Hoch2.52–0–10–0–12–0–00–0–0
Lee Janzen22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Tom Lehman21–1–21–0–00–0–10–1–1
Justin Leonard10–2–20–0–10–1–10–1–0
Davis Love III00–4–00–1–00–1–00–2–0
Jeff Maggert22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Phil Mickelson21–1–21–0–00–0–10–1–1
Mark O'Meara22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Tiger Woods1.51–3–10–1–00–1–11–1–0

[7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Ballesteros at home in captain's role". The Times, 23 February 1996; p. 40; Issue 65510.
  2. ^ "Ballesteros is forced to play waiting game". The Times, 1 September 1997; p. 56; Issue 65983.
  3. ^ "Europe rule out Martin". The Times, 3 September 1997; p. 48; Issue 65985.
  4. ^ "Ryder Cup call goes to Faldo and Parnevik". The Times, 5 September 1997; p. 44; Issue 65987.
  5. ^ Sirak, Ron (20 August 1997). "Kite should have picked himself for Ryder Cup". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 19.
  6. ^ "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. ^ "2014 Ryder Cup Media Guide - Issue 1". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

36°16′59″N 5°19′41″W / 36.283°N 5.328°W / 36.283; -5.328

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997_Ryder_Cup&oldid=1309004185"

    32nd Ryder Cup Matches
    Logo
    Dates26–28 September 1997
    VenueValderrama Golf Club
    LocationSotogrande, Spain
    Captains
    Europe 141⁄2 131⁄2 United States
    Europe wins the Ryder Cup
    Valderrama Golf Club is located in Spain
    Valderrama Golf Club
    Valderrama
    Golf Club
    class=notpageimage|
    Location in Spain

    The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, marking the first time the event was contested in continental Europe. The European team won the competition by a margin of 141⁄2 to 131⁄2 and retained the Ryder Cup.

    The Europeans held a 101⁄2–51⁄2 lead heading into the final day, but the Americans mounted a comeback by winning the singles matches 8–4 but fell just short. Colin Montgomerie halved the final match with Scott Hoch (conceding a 15-foot (4.6 m) par putt on the final hole) to seal the outright victory for the Europeans.

    This was the first of seven consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2023.

    Format

    The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 1997 was as follows:

    • Day 1 (Friday) – 4 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
    • Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
    • Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches

    With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 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

    The selection process for the European team remained largely unchanged from that used in 1995 with two captain's picks. If captain Ballesteros qualified automatically, he had the choice of standing down and selecting a third player.[1] The qualifying period remained the same, starting with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1996 and ending with the BMW International Open on 31 August, the remaining two team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. Prior to the final event Miguel Ángel Martín was in 10th place in the points list. He had, however, not played since The Open Championship because of a wrist injury. In the final event both José María Olazábal and Pádraig Harrington had chances to overtake Martin but neither succeeded. Olazábal finished 11th in the final points list with Harrington 12th. Because of uncertainty about Martin's fitness, the announcement of the two captain's picks, which was to have been immediately after the BMW International Open, was cancelled.[2] On the Tuesday Martin was given an ultimatum that he was required to play 18 holes the following day to demonstrate that he would be fit to play in the Ryder Cup. Martin refused and was replaced by Olazábal, who had finished in the next qualifying place.[3] Ballesteros announced his wildcards on the Thursday, choosing Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik.[4] Miguel Ángel Martín had a world ranking of 79 at the time of the Ryder Cup.

    Europe Team Europe
    NameAgePoints
    rank    		World
    ranking    		Previous
    Ryder Cups    		MatchesW–L–HWinning
    percentage
    Spain Seve Ballesteros40Non-playing captain
    Scotland Colin Montgomerie34153136–5–253.85
    Northern Ireland Darren Clarke292330Rookie
    Germany Bernhard Langer4032083415–14–551.47
    Wales Ian Woosnam3942572913–11–553.45
    Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson30542131–2–033.33
    England Lee Westwood246320Rookie
    Spain Ignacio Garrido257780Rookie
    Denmark Thomas Bjørn268730Rookie
    Italy Costantino Rocca40943273–4–042.86
    Spain José María Olazábal31115742012–6–265.00
    England Nick Faldo402715104121–16–456.10
    Sweden Jesper Parnevik32–180Rookie

    Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup.

    United States Team USA
    NameAgePoints
    rank    		World
    ranking    		Previous
    Ryder Cups    		MatchesW–L–HWinning
    percentage
    Tom Kite47Non-playing captain
    Tiger Woods21120Rookie
    Justin Leonard252110Rookie
    Tom Lehman3836132–1–066.67
    Davis Love III33410295–4–055.56
    Jim Furyk275210Rookie
    Phil Mickelson2768133–0–0100.00
    Jeff Maggert33728142–2–050.00
    Mark O'Meara4089382–5–131.25
    Scott Hoch419130Rookie
    Brad Faxon361016131–2–033.33
    Lee Janzen331539120–2–00.00
    Fred Couples3717124165–7–443.75

    Captains picks are shown in yellow;[5] the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1997 Ryder Cup.

    Friday's matches

    Morning four-ball

    EuropeResultsUnited States
    Olazábal/RoccaEurope 1 upLove III/Mickelson
    Faldo/WestwoodUnited States 1 upCouples/Faxon
    Parnevik/JohanssonEurope 1 upLehman/Furyk
    Montgomerie/LangerUnited States 3 & 2Woods/O'Meara
    2Session2
    2Overall2

    Afternoon foursomes

    EuropeResultsUnited States
    Rocca/OlazábalUnited States 1 upHoch/Janzen
    Langer/MontgomerieEurope 5 & 3O'Meara/Woods
    Faldo/WestwoodEurope 3 & 2Leonard/Maggert
    Parnevik/GarridohalvedLehman/Mickelson
    21⁄2Session11⁄2
    41⁄2Overall31⁄2

    Saturday's matches

    Morning four-ball

    EuropeResultsUnited States
    Montgomerie/ClarkeEurope 1 upCouples/Love III
    Woosnam/BjørnEurope 2 & 1Leonard/Faxon
    Faldo/WestwoodEurope 2 & 1Woods/O'Meara
    Olazábal/GarridohalvedMickelson/Lehman
    31⁄2Session1⁄2
    8Overall4

    Afternoon foursomes

    EuropeResultsUnited States
    Montgomerie/LangerEurope 1 upJanzen/Furyk
    Faldo/WestwoodUnited States 2 & 1Hoch/Maggert
    Parnevik/GarridohalvedLeonard/Woods
    Olazábal/RoccaEurope 5 & 4Love III/Couples
    21⁄2Session11⁄2
    101⁄2Overall51⁄2

    Sunday's singles matches

    EuropeResultsUnited States
    Ian WoosnamUnited States 8 & 7Fred Couples
    Per-Ulrik JohanssonEurope 3 & 2Davis Love III
    Jesper ParnevikUnited States 5 & 4Mark O'Meara
    Darren ClarkeUnited States 2 & 1Phil Mickelson
    Costantino RoccaEurope 4 & 2Tiger Woods
    Thomas BjørnhalvedJustin Leonard
    Ignacio GarridoUnited States 7 & 6Tom Lehman
    Bernhard LangerEurope 2 & 1Brad Faxon
    Lee WestwoodUnited States 3 & 2Jeff Maggert
    José María OlazábalUnited States 1 upLee Janzen
    Nick FaldoUnited States 3 & 2Jim Furyk
    Colin MontgomeriehalvedScott Hoch
    4Session8
    141⁄2Overall131⁄2

    Individual player records

    Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

    Source: [6]

    Europe

    PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
    Thomas Bjørn1.51–0–10–0–10–0–01–0–0
    Darren Clarke11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
    Nick Faldo22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
    Ignacio Garrido1.50–1–30–1–00–0–20–0–1
    Per-Ulrik Johansson22–0–01–0–00–0–01–0–0
    Bernhard Langer33–1–01–0–02–0–00–1–0
    Colin Montgomerie3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
    José María Olazábal2.52–2–10–1–01–1–01–0–1
    Jesper Parnevik21–1–20–1–00–0–21–0–0
    Costantino Rocca33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
    Lee Westwood22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
    Ian Woosnam11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0

    United States

    PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
    Fred Couples22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
    Brad Faxon11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
    Jim Furyk11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
    Scott Hoch2.52–0–10–0–12–0–00–0–0
    Lee Janzen22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
    Tom Lehman21–1–21–0–00–0–10–1–1
    Justin Leonard10–2–20–0–10–1–10–1–0
    Davis Love III00–4–00–1–00–1–00–2–0
    Jeff Maggert22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
    Phil Mickelson21–1–21–0–00–0–10–1–1
    Mark O'Meara22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
    Tiger Woods1.51–3–10–1–00–1–11–1–0

    [7]

    References

    1. ^ "Ballesteros at home in captain's role". The Times, 23 February 1996; p. 40; Issue 65510.
    2. ^ "Ballesteros is forced to play waiting game". The Times, 1 September 1997; p. 56; Issue 65983.
    3. ^ "Europe rule out Martin". The Times, 3 September 1997; p. 48; Issue 65985.
    4. ^ "Ryder Cup call goes to Faldo and Parnevik". The Times, 5 September 1997; p. 44; Issue 65987.
    5. ^ Sirak, Ron (20 August 1997). "Kite should have picked himself for Ryder Cup". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 19.
    6. ^ "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
    7. ^ "2014 Ryder Cup Media Guide - Issue 1". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
    • "Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1997 Results". The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
    • "Ryder Cup – 1997". About:Golf. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
    • "Ryder Cup history: 1997". BBC Sport. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
    • "Ryder Cup Live Coverage from Golf in Spain in 1997". Golf in Spain. 27 August 2013.

    36°16′59″N 5°19′41″W / 36.283°N 5.328°W / 36.283; -5.328

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