1989 Ryder Cup

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1989 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		The Belfry
Location		Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains		Tony Jacklin (EU) Raymond Floyd (US)
14   14
Europe retains the Ryder Cup
«1987		1991»

The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England (near Sutton Coldfield). For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 to 14 points, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.

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 foursomes 4.2 Afternoon four-ball 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 1989 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 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball 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, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

[edit] Teams

Team Europe Captain: Tony Jacklin Severiano Ballesteros Bernhard Langer José María Olazábal Ronan Rafferty Howard Clark Mark James Christy O'Connor Jnr José Maria Cañizares Gordon Brand, Jnr Sam Torrance Nick Faldo Ian Woosnam

Team United States Captain: Raymond Floyd Paul Azinger Chip Beck Payne Stewart Mark Calcavecchia Tom Kite Mark O'Meara Fred Couples Ken Green Mark McCumber Tom Watson Lanny Wadkins Curtis Strange

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Faldo/Woosnam	halved	Kite/Strange
Clark/James	1 hole	Wadkins/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal	halved	Watson/Beck
Langer/Rafferty	2 & 1	Calcavecchia/Green
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Torrance/Brand	1 hole	Strange/Azinger
Clark/James	3 & 2	Couples/Wadkins
Faldo/Woosnam	2 holes	Calcavecchia/McCumber
Ballesteros/Olazábal	6 & 5	Watson/O'Meara
4	Session	0
5	Overall	3

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Woosnam/Faldo	3 & 2	Wadkins/Stewart
Brand/Torrance	4 & 3	Beck/Azinger
O'Connor/Rafferty	3 & 2	Calcavecchia/Green
Ballesteros/Olazábal	1 hole	Kite/Strange
2	Session	2
7	Overall	5

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Faldo/Woosnam	2 & 1	Beck/Azinger
Langer/Cañizares	2 & 1	Kite/McCumber
Clark/James	1 hole	Stewart/Strange
Ballesteros/Olazábal	4 & 2	Calcavecchia/Green
2	Session	2
9	Overall	7

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Severiano Ballesteros	1 hole	Paul Azinger
Bernhard Langer	3 & 2	Chip Beck
José María Olazábal	1 hole	Payne Stewart
Ronan Rafferty	1 hole	Mark Calcavecchia
Howard Clark	8 & 7	Tom Kite
Mark James	3 & 2	Mark O'Meara
Christy O'Connor Jnr	1 hole	Fred Couples
José Maria Cañizares	1 hole	Ken Green
Gordon Brand, Jnr	1 hole	Mark McCumber
Sam Torrance	3 & 1	Tom Watson
Nick Faldo	1 hole	Lanny Wadkins
Ian Woosnam	2 holes	Curtis Strange
5	Session	7
14	Overall	14

[edit] References