From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1991 Ryder Cup
1991 Ryder Cup
29th Ryder Cup Matches • Wayne Levi • Colin
• Chip Beck Montgomerie
Dates September 27–29
• Mark O’Meara • José María
Venue Kiawah Island Golf Resort • Fred Couples Olazábal
• Lanny Wadkins
Location Kiawah Island, South Carolina • Steven
• Hale Irwin
Richardson
Captains Dave Stockton (USA) • Steve Pate
Bernard Gallacher (Europe) • Seve Ballesteros
• Ian Woosnam
• Paul Broadhurst
14½ 13½
• Sam Torrance
United States wins the Ryder Cup • Mark James
«1989 1993» • Bernhard Langer
• David Gilford
The 29th Ryder Cup Matches were held on The Ocean
Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island,
South Carolina. The United States team won the compe- Friday’s matches
tition by 14½ to 13½ points, winning back the Cup when
Germany’s Bernhard Langer missed a six foot putt on the Morning foursomes
18th hole of the final match, a putt that, if made, would
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have retained the Ryder Cup for Europe. These Ryder Cup
Matches became known as the "War on the Shore".
Ballesteros/Olazábal 2 Azinger/Beck
Format &1
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match Langer/James 2 Floyd/Couples
worth one point. The competition format in 1991 was as &1
follows: Gilford/Montgomerie 4 Wadkins/Irwin
• (Friday) — 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in a &2
morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot)
matches in an afternoon session Faldo/Woosnam 1 Stewart/Calcavecchia
• (Saturday) — 4 foursome matches in a morning hole
session and 4 four-ball matches in an afternoon 1 Session 3
session
1 Overall 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 Afternoon four-ball
champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a Results
maximum of 18 holes.
Teams Torrance/Feherty halved Wadkins/O’Meara
Ballesteros/Olazábal 2& Azinger/Beck
Team USA 1
Team Europe
Captain: Dave Stockton Richardson/James 5& Pavin/Calcavecchia
Captain: Bernard Gal-
• Raymond Floyd 4
lacher
• Payne Stewart
• Mark Calcavecchia • Nick Faldo Faldo/Woosnam 5& Floyd/Couples
• Paul Azinger • David Feherty 3
• Corey Pavin
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1991 Ryder Cup
2½ Session 1½ Nick Faldo 2 Raymond Floyd
3½ Overall 4½ holes
David Feherty 2&1 Payne Stewart
Saturday’s matches Colin Mont- halved Mark Calcavec-
gomerie chia
Morning foursomes José María 2 Paul Azinger
Results Olazábal holes
Steven Richardson 2&1 Corey Pavin
Feherty/Torrance 4 Irwin/Wadkins Seve Ballesteros 3&2 Wayne Levi
&2
Ian Woosnam 3&1 Chip Beck
James/Richardson 1 Calcavecchia/Stewart
Paul Broadhurst 3&1 Mark O’Meara
hole
Faldo/Gilford 7 Azinger/O’Meara Sam Torrance 3&2 Fred Couples
&6 Mark James 3&2 Lanny Wadkins
Ballesteros/Olazábal 3 Couples/Floyd Bernhard Langer halved Hale Irwin
&2 David Gilford halved [1] Steve Pate
1 Session 3 5½ Session 6½
4½ Overall 7½ 13½ Overall 14½
[1] Steve Pate withdrew because of injury, so this
Afternoon four-ball match was not actually played.[1]
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References
Woosnam/Broadhurst 2 & 1 Azinger/Irwin • "Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1991 Results". The PGA
of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports
Langer/Montgomerie 2 & 1 Pavin/Pate Interactive. http://www.rydercup.com/2006/
James/Richardson europe/history/results/1991.html. Retrieved
3 & 1 Wadkins/Levi
2007-03-14.
Ballesteros/Olazábal halved Stewart/Couples • "Ryder Cup – 1991". About:Golf.
3½ Session ½ http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/
rydercup1991.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
8 Overall 8
• "Ryder Cup history: 1991". BBC Sport. 2004-09-13.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3913347.stm.
Sunday’s singles matches Retrieved 2007-03-14.
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