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| Highest Margin of Victory: | | 1967 in Houston, Texas, 23.5 to 8.5 | 1985 in Sutton Coldfield, England 16.5 to 11.5 | | | Most Times on Ryder Cup Team: | | Lanny Wadkins 8 (1977,79,83,85,87,89,91,93) | Nick Faldo 11 (1977,79,81,83,85,87,89,91,93,95,97) | | Ray Floyd 8 (1969,75,77,81,83,85,91,93) | Christy O' Connor Sr. 10 (1955,57,59,61,63,65,67,69,71,73) | | Billy Casper 8 (1961,63,65,67,69,71,73,75) | | | Youngest Player: | | Horton Smith in 1929 - Age 21, 4 days | Sergio Garcia in 1999 - Age 19, 8 months, 15 days | | | Oldest Player: | | Raymond Floyd in 1993 - Age 51, 20 days | Ted Ray in 1927 - Age 50, 2 months, 5 days | | | Most Matches Played: | | Billy Casper 37 | Nick Faldo 46 | | | Most Points Won: | | Billy Casper 23.5 | Nick Faldo 25 | | Arnold Palmer 23 | Seve Ballesteros 22.5 | | Lanny Wadkins 21.5 | Bernard Langer 20.5 | | | Best Point Percentage (Minimum, 3 Ryder Cup Matches) | | Jimmy Demaret (6-0-0) 100% | Abe Mitchell (4-2-0) 67% | | Jack Burke (7-1-0) 88% | Jose Maria Olazabal 14-8-3) 62% | | Horton Smith (3-0-1) 88% | | | Most Singles Matches: | | Arnold Palmer 11 | Neil Coles 15 | | | Most Foursome Matches: | | Lanny Wadkins 15 | Nick Faldo 18 | | Billy Casper 15 | Bernhard Langer 16 | | | Most Four-Ball Matches: | | Billy Casper 12 | | Lanny Wadkins 11 | Seve Ballesteros 15 | | Raymond Floyd 11 | Bernhard Langer 14 | | | Most Matches Won: | | Arnold Palmer 22 | Nick Faldo 23 | | Billy Casper 20 | Seve Ballesteros 20 | | Lanny Wadkins 20 | Bernhard Langer 18 | | | Most Single Matches Won: | | Arnold Palmer 6 | | Billy Casper 6 | Peter Oosterhuis 6 | | Lee Trevino 6 | Nick Faldo 6 | | Sam Snead 6 | | | | Most Foursome Matches Won: | | Arnold Palmer 9 | Seve Ballesteros 10 | | Lanny Wadkins 9 | Nick Faldo 10 | | Bernhard Langer 10 | | | Most Four-Ball Matches Won: | | Lanny Wadkins 7 | Ian Woosnam 10 | | Arnold Palmer 7 | Seve Ballesteros 8 | | Nick Faldo 7 | | | Most Matches Lost: | | Ray Floyd 16 | Christy O'Connor Sr. 21 | | Neil Coles 21 | | | Most Single Matches Lost: | | Ray Floyd 4 | Christy O'Connor Sr. 10 | | Jack Nicklaus 4 | | | Most Foursome Matches Lost: | | Ray Floyd 8 | Bernard Hunt 9 | | | Most Four-Ball Matches Lost: | | Curtis Strange 5 | Nick Faldo 9 | | | Most Matches Halved: | | Gene Littler 8 | Tony Jacklin 8 | | | Most Single Matches Halved: | | Gene Littler 3 | Bernard Gallacher 4 | | Neil Coles 4 | | | Most Foursome Matches Halved: | | Billy Casper 2 | Tony Jacklin 4 | | Lee Trevino 2 | Charles Whitcombe 3 | | Gene Sarazen 2 | | Julius Boros 2 | | | Most Four-Ball Matches Halved: | | Gene Littler 4 | Tony Jacklin 3 | | Brian Huggett 3 | | Sam Torrance 3 | | | Teams With Most Ryder Cup Wins: | | European Team: | | Seve Ballesteros/Jose Maria Olazabal | 11 Wins, 2 Losses, 2 Halves (15 matches) | | Peter Alliss/Christy O'Connor | 5 Wins, 6 Losses, 1 Halve (12 matches) | | | U.S. Team: | | Tom Kite/Curtis Strange | 2 Wins, 3 Losses, 1 Halve (6 matches) | | Larry Nelson/Lanny Wadkins | 4 Wins, 2 Losses (6 matches) | | | Highest Winning Margins - 36-Hole Team: | | 10 & 9 (1931) -- Walter Hagen & Denny Shute beat George Duncan & Arthur Havers | | 10 & 9 (1947) -- Lew Worsham & Ed Oliver beat Henry Cotton & Arthur Lees | | | | Highest Winning Margins - 18-Hole Team: | | 7 & 6 (1991) -- Paul Azinger & Mark O'Meara beat Nick Faldo & David Gilford | | 7 & 6 (1979) -- Hale Irwin & Tom Kite beat Ken Brown & Des Smyth | | | | Highest Winning Margins 36 Singles: | | 10 & 8 (1929) -- George Duncan beat Walter Hagen | | | | Highest Winning Margins 18-Hole Singles: | | 8 & 7 (1997) -- Fred Couples beat Ian Woosnam | | | 8 & 7 (1989) -- Tom Kite beat Howard Clark | | | Undefeated and Untied in 2 or more Matches: | | Jimmy Demaret - 6 wins | Paul Broadhurst, John Jacobs - 2 wins | | Billy Maxwell - 4 wins | |
| Ben Hogan, Billy Burke & Johnny Golden - 3 wins | |
Ryder Cup Player Records - Europe | R.C. Record | Singles | Foursomes | Four-Balls | Total | | Player | W-L-H | W-L-H | W-L-H | W-L-H | Points | | Jimmy Adams (1947, 49, 51, 53) | 2-5-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-3-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Percy Alliss (1933, 35, 37) | 3-2-1 | 2-1-0 | 1-1-1 | 0-0-0 | 3.5 | | Peter Alliss (1953, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69) | 10-15-5 | 5-4-3 | 4-6-1 | 1-5-1 | 12.5 | | Peter Baker (1993) | 3-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 3 | | Seve Ballesteros (1979, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95) | 20-12-5 | 2-4-2 | 10-3-1 | 8-5-2 | 22.5 | | Harry Bannerman (1971) | 2-2-1 | 1-0-1 | 1-0-0 | 0-2-0 | 2.5 | | Brian Barnes (1969, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79) | 10-14-1 | 5-5-0 | 2-4-0 | 3-5-1 | 10.5 | | Maurice Bembridge (1969, 71, 73, 75) | 5-8-3 | 1-3-1 | 3-5-0 | 1-0-2 | 6.5 | | Thomas Bjorn (1997) | 1-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 1.5 | | Aubrey Boomer (1927, 29) | 2-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Ken Bousfield (1949, 51, 57, 59, 61) | 5-5-0 | 2-2-0 | 3-3-0 | 0-0-0 | 5 | | Hugh Boyle (1967) | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Harry Bradshaw (1953, 55, 57) | 2-2-1 | 1-1-1 | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 2.5 | | Gordon Brand Jr. (1987, 89) | 2-4-1 | 0-1-1 | 0-2-0 | 2-1-0 | 2.5 | | Gordon J. Brand (1983) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Paul Broadhurst (1991) | 2-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 2 | | Eric Brown (1953, 55, 57, 59) | 4-4-0 | 4-0-0 | 0-4-0 | 0-0-0 | 4 | | Ken Brown (1977, 79, 83, 85, 87) | 4-9-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-4-0 | 1-3-0 | 4 | | Richard Burton (1935, 37, 49) | 2-3-0 | 0-3-0 | 2-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Jack Busson (1935) | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Peter Butler (1965, 69, 71, 73) | 3-9-2 | 2-3-0 | 1-4-0 | 0-2-2 | 4 | | José Maria Cañizares (1981, 83, 85, 89) | 5-4-2 | 2-1-1 | 2-1-0 | 1-2-1 | 6 | | Alex Caygill (1969) | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-1 | 0.5 | | Clive Clark (1973) | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Howard Clark (1977, 81, 85, 87, 89, 95) | 7-7-1 | 4-2-0 | 0-4-0 | 3-1-1 | 7.5 | | Darren Clarke (1997, 99) | 3-4-0 | 0-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 3 | | Neil Coles (1961, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 77) | 12-21-7 | 5-6-4 | 4-8-1 | 3-7-2 | 15.5 | | Andrew Coltart (1999) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Archie Compston (1927, 29, 31) | 1-4-1 | 1-2-0 | 0-2-1 | 0-0-0 | 1.5 | | Henry Cotton (1929, 37, 47) | 2-4-0 | 2-1-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Bill Cox (1935, 37) | 0-2-1 | 0-0-1 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 0.5 | | Fred Daly (1947, 49, 51, 53) | 3-4-1 | 1-2-1 | 2-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 3.5 | | Eamonn Darcy (1975, 77, 81, 87) | 1-8-2 | 1-3-0 | 0-1-1 | 0-4-1 | 2 | | William Davies (1931, 33) | 2-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Peter Dawson (1977) | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 | | Norman Drew (1959) | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0.5 | | George Duncan (1927, 29, 31) | 2-3-0 | 2-0-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Syd Easterbrook (1931, 33) | 2-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Nick Faldo (1977, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97) | 23-19-4 | 6-4-1 | 10-6-2 | 7-9-1 | 25 | | John Fallon (1955) | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | | Max Faulkner (1947, 49, 51, 53, 57) | 1-7-0 | 0-4-0 | 1-3-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | | David Feherty (1991) | 1-1-1 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-1 | 1.5 | | Bernard Gallacher (1969, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83) | 13-13-5 | 4-3-4 | 5-6-0 | 4-4-1 | 15.5 | | Sergio Garcia (1999) | 3-1-1 | 0-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 1-0-1 | 3.5 | | John Garner (1971) | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Antonio Garrido (1979) | 1-4-0 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 1 | | Ignacio Garrido (1997) | 0-1-3 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-2 | 0-0-1 | 1.5 | | David Gilford (1991, 95) | 3-3-1 | 1-0-1 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 3.5 | | Malcolm Gregson (1967) | 0-4-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Joakim Haeggman (1993) | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 | | Tom Haliburton (1961, 63) | 0-6-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Padraig Harrington (1999) | 1-1-1 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-1 | 0-0-0 | 1.5 | | Arthur Havers (1927, 31, 33) | 3-3-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 3 | | Jimmy Hitchcock (1965) | 0-3-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Bert Hodson (1931) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Tommy Horton (1975, 77) | 1-6-1 | 1-1-1 | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | 1.5 | | Brian Huggett (1963, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75) | 9-10-6 | 3-3-1 | 5-3-2 | 1-4-3 | 12 | | Bernard Hunt (1953, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69) | 6-16-6 | 4-3-3 | 1-9-1 | 1-4-2 | 9 | | Geoffrey Hunt (1963) | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Guy Hunt (1975) | 0-2-1 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-1 | 0.5 | | Tony Jacklin (1967, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79) | 13-14-8 | 2-8-1 | 8-1-4 | 3-5-3 | 17 | | John Jacobs (1955) | 2-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Mark James (1977, 79, 81, 89, 91, 93, 95) | 8-15-1 | 2-4-1 | 1-7-0 | 5-4-0 | 8.5 | | Edward Jarman (1935) | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Miguel Angel Jimenez (1999) | 1-2-2 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-1 | 1-0-1 | 2 | | Per-Ulrik Johansson (1995, 97) | 3-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 3 | | Herbert Jolly (1927) | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Michael King (1979) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Sam King (1937, 47, 49) | 1-3-1 | 1-1-1 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 1.5 | | Arthur Lacey (1933, 37) | 0-3-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Barry Lane (1993) | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Bernhard Langer (1981, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97) | 18-15-5 | 3-3-3 | 10-6-0 | 5-6-2 | 20.5 | | Paul Lawrie (1999) | 3-1-1 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-1 | 3.5 | | Arthur Lees (1947, 49, 51, 55) | 4-4-0 | 2-2-0 | 2-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 4 | | Sandy Lyle (1979, 81, 83, 85, 87) | 7-9-2 | 1-4-0 | 3-3-1 | 3-2-1 | 8 | | Jimmy Martin (1965) | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Peter Mills (1957, 59) | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | | Abe Mitchell (1929, 31, 33) | 4-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 3-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 4 | | Ralph Moffitt (1961) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Colin Montgomerie (1991, 93, 95, 97, 99) | 12-7-4 | 3-0-2 | 6-3-0 | 3-4-2 | 14 | | Christy O'Connor Jr. (1975, 89) | 1-3-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 | | Christy O'Connor Sr. (1955, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73) | 11-21-4 | 2-10-2 | 6-6-1 | 3-5-1 | 13 | | John O'Leary (1975) | 0-4-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | José Maria Olazábal (1987, 89, 91, 93, 97, 99) | 15-8-5 | 1-4-1 | 7-2-1 | 7-2-3 | 17.5 | | Peter Oosterhuis (1971, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81) | 14-11-3 | 6-2-1 | 3-6-1 | 5-3-1 | 15.5 | | Alf Padgham (1933, 35, 37) | 0-6-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | John Panton (1951, 53, 61) | 0-5-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-4-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Jesper Parnevik (1997, 99) | 4-2-3 | 0-2-0 | 2-0-2 | 2-0-1 | 5.5 | | Alf Perry (1933, 35, 37) | 0-3-1 | 0-1-1 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 0.5 | | Manuel Piñero (1981, 85) | 6-3-0 | 2-0-0 | 2-2-0 | 2-1-0 | 6 | | Lionel Platts (1965) | 1-2-2 | 1-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-2 | 2 | | Eddie Polland (1973) | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0 | | Ronan Rafferty (1989) | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | | Ted Ray (1927) | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Dai Rees (1937, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61) | 7-10-1 | 5-5-0 | 2-5-1 | 0-0-0 | 7.5 | | Steven Richardson (1991) | 2-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 2 | | José Rivero (1985, 87) | 2-3-0 | 0-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 2 | | Fred Robson (1927, 29, 31) | 2-4-0 | 0-3-0 | 2-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | | Costantino Rocca (1993, 95, 97) | 6-5-0 | 1-2-0 | 3-1-0 | 2-2-0 | 6 | | Jarmo Sandelin (1999) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Syd Scott (1955) | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Des Smyth (1979, 81) | 2-5-0 | 0-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 2 | | Dave Thomas (1959, 63, 65, 67) | 3-10-5 | 0-4-1 | 3-2-2 | 0-4-2 | 5.5 | | Sam Torrance (1981, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95) | 7-15-6 | 2-3-3 | 3-7-0 | 2-5-3 | 10 | | Peter Townsend (1969, 71) | 3-8-0 | 0-3-0 | 2-2-0 | 1-3-0 | 3 | | Jan Van de Velde (1999) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | Brian Waites (1983) | 1-3-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 | | Philip Walton (1995) | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | | Charles Ward (1947, 49, 51) | 1-5-0 | 0-3-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | | Paul Way (1983, 85) | 6-2-1 | 2-0-0 | 1-2-0 | 3-0-1 | 6.5 | | Harry Weetman (1951, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63) | 2-11-2 | 2-6-0 | 0-4-2 | 0-1-0 | 3 | | Lee Westwood (1997, 99) | 4-6-0 | 0-2-0 | 2-2-0 | 2-2-0 | 4 | | Charles Whitcombe (1927, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37) | 3-2-4 | 1-2-1 | 2-0-3 | 0-0-0 | 5 | | Ernest Whitcombe (1929, 31, 35) | 1-4-1 | 0-2-1 | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 1.5 | | Reg Whitcombe (1935) | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | | George Will (1963, 65, 67) | 2-11-2 | 0-3-1 | 2-3-1 | 0-5-0 | 3 | | Norman Wood (1975) | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 | | Ian Woosnam (1983, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97) | 14-12-5 | 0-6-2 | 4-3-2 | 10-3-1 | 16.5 |
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