1985 Ryder Cup

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1985 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		The Belfry
Location		Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains		Tony Jacklin (EU) Lee Trevino (US)
16½   11½
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
«1983		1987»

The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. The European team won the competition by a score of 16½ to 11½ 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 Europe Captain: Tony Jacklin Manuel Piñero Ian Woosnam Paul Way Severiano Ballesteros Sandy Lyle Bernhard Langer Sam Torrance Howard Clark José Rivero Nick Faldo José Maria Cañizares Ken Brown

Team United States Captain: Lee Trevino Lanny Wadkins Craig Stadler Raymond Floyd Tom Kite Peter Jacobsen Hal Sutton Andy North Mark O'Meara Calvin Peete Hubert Green Fuzzy Zoeller Curtis Strange

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Ballesteros/Piñero	2 & 1	Strange/O'Meara
Langer/Faldo	3 & 2	Peete/Kite
Lyle/Brown	4 & 3	Wadkins/Floyd
Clark/Torrance	3 & 2	Stadler/Sutton
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Way/Woosnam	1 hole	Zoeller/Green
Ballesteros/Piñero	2 & 1	North/Jacobsen
Langer/Cañizares	halved	Stadler/Sutton
Torrance/Clark	1 hole	Floyd/Wadkins
2½	Session	1½
3½	Overall	4½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
Torrance/Clark	2 & 1	Kite/North
Way/Woosnam	4 & 3	Green/Zoeller
Ballesteros/Piñero	3 & 2	O'Meara/Wadkins
Langer/Lyle	halved	Stadler/Strange
2½	Session	1½
6	Overall	6

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Cañizares/Rivero	4 & 3	Kite/Peete
Ballesteros/Piñero	5 & 4	Stadler/Sutton
Way/Woosnam	4 & 2	Strange/Jacobsen
Langer/Brown	3 & 2	Floyd/Wadkins
3	Session	1
9	Overall	7

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Manuel Piñero	3 & 1	Lanny Wadkins
Ian Woosnam	2 & 1	Craig Stadler
Paul Way	2 holes	Raymond Floyd
Severiano Ballesteros	halved	Tom Kite
Sandy Lyle	3 & 2	Peter Jacobsen
Bernhard Langer	5 &	Hal Sutton
Sam Torrance	1 hole	Andy North
Howard Clark	1 hole	Mark O'Meara
José Rivero	1 hole	Calvin Peete
Nick Faldo	3 & 1	Hubert Green
José Maria Cañizares	2 holes	Fuzzy Zoeller
Ken Brown	4 & 2	Curtis Strange
7½	Session	4½
16½	Overall	11½

[edit] References