Ryder Cup Results – The History

The History of the results of the Ryder Cup Matches is as follows:

Team USA has won the trophy 24 times and held the trophy once through a tie as the incumbant.
Team Europe (in it’s various guises over the years) has one the competition 9 times and held the trophy once through a tie as the incumbant. This means that Team USA have won the competition 68% of the time and Team Europe have won the competition 26% of the time.

Ryder Cup Winners

If you have a look at the data below you’ll see that the results of the next Ryder Cup Matches are not as much of a foregone conclusion as the 24-9 margin might imply, as 6 of Europes wins have been in the last 10 matches. If you take the 1989 Tie at the Belfry into consideration this means that Team USA have only won 3 of the last 10 matches. (Or 1 of the last 5!). But let’s not write Tiger and Co off just yet…

Note the competition was not held during the course of World War II and was postponed in 2001 because of the attack on the Twin Towers in the US.  There is a full table of results after the fold
The 36th Ryder Cup Matches will be held in Ireland at the K Club in Straffan.

Year Venue Team Score Team Score Winner
2004 Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Township, Minnesota USA 9 1/2 EU 18 1/2 EU
2002 The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England USA 12 1/2 EU 15 1/2 EU
1999 The Country Club, Brookline, MA USA 14 1/2 EU 13 1/2 USA
1997 Valderrama GC, Sotogrande, Spain USA 13 1/2 EU 14 1/2 EU
1995 Oak Hill CC, Rochester, New York USA 13 1/2 EU 14 1/2 EU
1993 The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, UK USA 15 EU 13 USA
1991 The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina USA 14 1/2 EU 13 1/2 USA
1989 The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, UK USA 14 EU 14 Tied
1987 Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, OH USA 13 EU 15 EU
1985 The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, UK USA 11 1/2 EU 16 1/2 EU
1983 PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL USA 14 1/2 EU 13 1/2 USA
1981 Walton Health GC, Surrey, UK USA 18 1/2 EU 9 1/2 USA
1979 The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia USA 17 EU 11 USA
1977 Royal Lytham & St. Annes, UK USA 12 1/2 GB & IRL 7 1/2 USA
1975 Laurel Valley GC, Ligonier, PN USA 21 GB & IRL 11 USA
1973 Muirfield Scotland USA 19 GB & IRL 13 USA
1971 Old Warson CC, St. Louis, Missouri USA 18 1/2 GB 13 1/2 USA
1969 Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, UK USA 16 GB 16 Tied
1967 Champions GC, Houston, Texas USA 23 1/2 GB 8 1/2 USA
1965 Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, UK USA 19 1/2 GB 12 1/2 USA
1963 East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia USA 23 GB 9 USA
1961 Royal Lytham & St. Annes, UK USA 14 1/2 GB 9 1/2 USA
1959 Eldorado CC, Palm Desert, CA USA 8 1/2 GB 3 1/2 USA
1957 Lindrick GC, Rotherham, UK USA 4 1/2 GB 7 1/2 GB
1955 Thunderbird CC, Palm Springs, CA USA 8 GB 4 USA
1953 Wentworth Club, Surrey, UK USA 6 1/2 GB 5 1/2 USA
1951 Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, NC USA 9 1/2 GB 2 1/2 USA
1949 Ganton GC, Scarborough, UK USA 7 GB 5 USA
1947 Portland GC, Portland, Oregon USA 11 GB 1 USA
1937 Southport & Ainsdale GC, UK USA 8 GB 4 USA
1935 Ridgewood CC, Ridgewood, NJ USA 9 GB 3 USA
1933 Southport & Ainsdale GC, UK USA 5 1/2 GB 6 1/2 GB
1931 Scioto CC, Columbus, Ohio USA 9 GB 3 USA
1929 Moortown GC, Leeds, UK USA 5 GB 7 GB
1927 Worcester CC, Worcester, MA USA 9 1/2 GB 2 1/2 USA

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