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1979 Ryder Cup
23rd Ryder Cup Matches Teams
Dates September 14–16
Venue The Greenbrier, The Greenbrier Course Team USA
Team Europe
Captain: Billy Casper
Location White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Captain: John Jacobs
• Lanny Wadkins
• Larry Nelson • Bernard Gallacher
Captains Billy Casper (USA)
John Jacobs (Europe) • Tom Kite • Seve Ballesteros
• Mark Hayes • Tony Jacklin
• Andy Bean • Antonio Garrido
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• John Mahaffey • Michael King
United States retains the Ryder Cup • Lee Elder
• Brian Barnes
• Hale Irwin
«1977 1981» • Nick Faldo
• Hubert Green
• Des Smyth
• Fuzzy Zoeller
The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Greenbrier • Peter Oosterhuis
• Lee Trevino
Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West • Ken Brown
• Gil Morgan
Virginia. It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder
• Sandy Lyle
Cup. For the first time players from continental Europe
• Mark James
took part in the Ryder Cup (specifically, Spanish golfers
Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido), to form Team
Europe which replaced Team Great Britain and Ireland as Friday’s matches
the official opposition to the United States. It was hoped
that the historic change would help bring about the end Morning four-ball
of near total domination by the United States that had
existed since the end of the Second World War. However Results
the change made no real impact at the first attempt as
the United States won the competition easily by a score
Garrido/Ballesteros 2 & 1 Wadkins/Nelson
of 17 to 11 points.
Brown/James 3 & 2 Trevino/Zoeller
Format Oosterhuis/Faldo 2 & 1 Bean/Elder
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match Gallacher/Barnes 2 & 1 Irwin/Mahaffey
worth one point. The competition format was similar to
1 Session 3
the formats used from 1963 through 1975, but with fewer
singles matches: 1 Overall 3
• — 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in a morning
session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in Afternoon foursomes
an afternoon session
• — 4 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 Results
four-ball matches in an afternoon session
• — 12 singles matches, 6 each in morning and
Brown/Smyth 7 & 6 Irwin/Kite
afternoon sessions
With a total of 28 points, 14½ points were required to win Ballesteros/Garrido 3 & 2 Zoeller/Green
the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18
Lyle/Jacklin halved Trevino/Morgan
holes.
Gallacher/Barnes 4 & 3 Wadkins/Nelson
1½ Session 2½
2½ Overall 5½
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Saturday’s matches 8½ Overall 13½
Morning foursomes Afternoon singles
Results Results
Jacklin/Lyle 5 & 4 Elder/Mahaffey Nick Faldo 3&2 Lee Elder
Faldo/Oosterhuis 6 & 5 Bean/Kite Des Smyth 5&3 Hale Irwin
Gallacher/Barnes Peter Oosterhuis 2 holes Hubert Green
2 & 1 Zoeller/Hayes
Ken Brown 1 hole Fuzzy Zoeller
Ballesteros/Garrido 3 & 2 Wadkins/Nelson
3 Session 1 Sandy Lyle 2&1 Lee Trevino
5½ Overall 6½ Mark James halved [1] Gil Morgan
2½ Session 3½
Afternoon four-ball 11 Overall 17
Results [1] Mark James withdrew because of injury. Gil
Morgan was also injured, so this match was not
actually played.[1]
Ballesteros/Garrido 5&4 Wadkins/Nelson
Jacklin/Lyle 1 hole Irwin/Kite Controversy and fallout
Gallacher/Barnes 3&2 Trevino/Zoeller
On their return to the United Kingdom, Mark James and
Faldo/Oosterhuis Ken Brown received the highest fines in professional golf
1 hole Elder/Hayes
up to this point. James received a £1500 fine for "un-
2 Session 2 professional conduct" and Brown was fined £1000 and
7½ Overall 8½ banned from international duty for 12 months.[2]
Sunday’s matches References
• "Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1979 Results". The PGA
Morning singles of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports
Interactive. http://www.rydercup.com/2006/
Results europe/history/results/1979.html. Retrieved
2007-03-14.
• "Ryder Cup – 1979". About:Golf.
Bernard Gallacher 3&2 Lanny Wadkins
http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/
Seve Ballesteros 3&2 Larry Nelson rydercup1979.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
• "Ryder Cup history: 1979". BBC Sport. 2004-09-13.
Tony Jacklin 1 hole Tom Kite
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3911529.stm.
Antonio Garrido 1 hole Mark Hayes Retrieved 2007-03-14.
Michael King 4&3 Andy Bean
Brian Barnes 1 hole John Mahaffey
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