1983 Ryder Cup

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1983 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		PGA National Golf Club
Location		Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Captains		Jack Nicklaus (US) Tony Jacklin (EU)
14½   13½
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1981		1985»

The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ to 13½ points.

Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Friday's matches 3.1 Morning foursomes 3.2 Afternoon four-ball 4 Saturday's matches 4.1 Morning four-ball 4.2 Afternoon foursomes 5 Sunday's singles matches 6 References

[edit] Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1983 was as follows:

• Day 1 (Friday) — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
• Day 2 (Saturday) — 4 four-ball 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, 14½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

[edit] Teams

Team United States Captain: Jack Nicklaus Fuzzy Zoeller Jay Haas Gil Morgan Bob Gilder Ben Crenshaw Calvin Peete Curtis Strange Tom Kite Craig Stadler Lanny Wadkins Raymond Floyd Tom Watson

Team Europe Captain: Tony Jacklin Severiano Ballesteros Nick Faldo Bernhard Langer Gordon J. Brand Sandy Lyle Brian Waites Paul Way Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam José Maria Cañizares Ken Brown Bernard Gallacher

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Gallacher/Lyle	5 & 4	Watson/Crenshaw
Faldo/Langer	4 & 2	Wadkins/Stadler
Cañizares/Torrance	4 & 3	Floyd/Gilder
Ballesteros/Way	2 & 1	Kite/Peete
2	Session	2
2	Overall	2

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Waites/Brown	2 & 1	Morgan/Zoeller
Faldo/Langer	2 & 1	Watson/Haas
Ballesteros/Way	1 hole	Floyd/Strange
Torrance/Woosnam	halved	Crenshaw/Peete
2½	Session	1½
4½	Overall	3½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
Waites/Brown	1 hole	Wadkins/Stadler
Faldo/Langer	4 & 2	Crenshaw/Peete
Ballesteros/Way	halved	Morgan/Haas
Torrance/Woosnam	5 & 4	Watson/Gilder
1½	Session	2½
6	Overall	6

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Faldo/Langer	3 & 2	Kite/Floyd
Torrance/Cañizares	7 & 5	Morgan/Wadkins
Ballesteros/Way	2 & 1	Watson/Gilder
Waites/Brown	3 & 2	Haas/Strange
2	Session	2
8	Overall	8

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Severiano Ballesteros	halved	Fuzzy Zoeller
Nick Faldo	2 & 1	Jay Haas
Bernhard Langer	2 holes	Gil Morgan
Gordon J. Brand	2 holes	Bob Gilder
Sandy Lyle	3 & 1	Ben Crenshaw
Brian Waites	1 hole	Calvin Peete
Paul Way	2 & 1	Curtis Strange
Sam Torrance	halved	Tom Kite
Ian Woosnam	3 & 2	Craig Stadler
José Maria Cañizares	halved	Lanny Wadkins
Ken Brown	4 & 3	Raymond Floyd
Bernard Gallacher	2 & 1	Tom Watson
5½	Session	6½
13½	Overall	14½

[edit] References