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EUROPE:
ERIC BROWN
Years Captained: 1969, 1971
Won: 0
Lost: 1
Halved: 1
SEVE BALLESTEROS
Years Captained: 1997
Won: 1
Lost: 0
Halved: 0
HENRY COTTON*
Years Captained: 1947, 1953
Won: 0
Lost: 2
Halved: 0
GEORGE DUNCAN
Years Captained: 1929
Won: 1
Lost: 0
Halved: 0
JOHN FALLON
Years Captained: 1963
Won: 0
Lost: 1
Halved: 0
BERNARD GALLACHER
Years Captained: 1991, 1993, 1995
Won: 1
Lost: 2
Halved: 0
BRIAN HUGGETT
Years Captained: 1977
Won: 0
Lost: 1
Halved: 0
BERNARD HUNT
Years Captained: 1973, 1975
Won: 0
Lost: 2
Halved: 0
TONY JACKLIN
Years Captained: 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989
Won: 2
Lost: 1
Halved: 1
MARK JAMES
Years Captained: 1999
Won: 0
Lost: 0
Halved: 0
JOHN JACOBS
Years Captained: 1979, 1981
Won: 0
Lost: 2
Halved: 0
ARTHUR LACEY
Years Captained: 1951
Won: 0
Lost: 1
Halved: 0
TED RAY
Years Captained: 1927
Won: 0
Lost: 1
Halved: 0
DAI REES
Years Captained: 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1967
Won: 1
Lost: 4
Halved: 0
J.H. TAYLOR
Years Captained: 1933
Won: 1
Lost: 0
Halved: 0
SAM TORRANCE
Years Captained: 2001
Won:
Lost:
Halved:
HARRY WEETMAN
Years Captained: 1965
Won: 0
Lost: 1
Halved: 0
CHARLES WHITCOMBE
Years Captained: 1931, 1935, 1937, 1949
Won: 0
Lost: 3
Halved: 0
* Walter Hagen also selected Ryder Cup Captain in 1939, 1940, 1941. Craig Wood was selected as Ryder Cup Captain in 1942 and 1943. Exhibition matches continued through 1943 in the U.S. Great Britain's Henry Cotton selected Ryder Cup Captain in 1939. No European Ryder Cup Captains named from 1940-1946.
CAPTAIN'S SELECTIONS
The format allowing the Europeans to choose "wild cards" began in 1979 and has operated since then except for 1983. The United States selection for "wild cards"began in 1989. Here is a look at the selections and how they have played:
1999 U.S. Team: Tom Lehman (2 wins, 1 loss), Steve Pate (2 wins, 1 loss)
1999 European Team: Jesper Parnevik (3 wins, 1 loss, 1 halve), Andrew Coltart (0 wins, 1 loss)
1997 U.S. Team: Fred Couples (2 wins, 2 losses), Lee Janzen (2 wins, 1 loss)
1997 European Team: Nick Faldo (2 wins, 3 losses), Jesper Parnevik (1 win, 1 loss, 2 halves)
1995 U.S. Team: Fred Couples (2 wins, 1 loss, 1 halve), Curtis Strange (0 wins, 3 losses)
1995 European Team: Nick Faldo (2 wins, 2 losses), Ian Woosnam (1 win, 1 loss, 1 halve) Jose Maria Olazabal was one of the captain's picks, but injury prevented him from playing and he was replaced by Woosnam.
1993 U.S. Team: Lanny Wadkins (2 wins, 1 loss, 1 halve), Ray Floyd (3 wins, 1 loss)
1993 European Team: Joakim Haegggman (1 win, 1 loss), Seve Ballesteros (2 wins, 2 losses), Jose Maria Olazabal (2 wins, 3 losses)
1991 U.S. Team: Chip Beck (1 win, 2 losses), Ray Floyd (2 wins, 2 losses)
1991 European Team: Jose Maria Olazabal (3 wins, 1 loss, 1 halve), Nick Faldo (1 win, 3 losses), Mark James (2 wins, 3 losses)
1989 U.S. Team: Tom Watson (1 win, 1 loss, 1 halve), Lanny Wadkins (3 wins, 1 loss)
1989 European Team: Bernhard Langer (3 losses), Howard Clark (2 wins, 2 losses), Christy O'Connor Jr. (1 win, 1 loss)
1987 European Team: Jose Maria Olazabal (3 wins, 2 losses), Sandy Lyle (3 wins, 1 loss), Ken Brown (2 losses)
1985 European Team: Ken Brown (1 win, 2 losses), Nick Faldo (2 losses), Jose Rivero (1 win, 1 loss)
1983 European Team: Picked the team off the Order of Merit list without Captain's picks
1981 European Team: Mark James (2 wins, 3 losses), Peter Oosterhuis (3 losses)
1979 European Team: Peter Oosterhuis (2 wins, 3 losses), Des Smyth (2 losses)
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