1985 Ryder Cup

26th Ryder Cup Matches

Dates

13–15 September 1985

Venue

The Belfry, Brabazon Course

Location

Wishaw, Warwickshire, England

Captains

Tony Jacklin (Europe)
Lee Trevino (USA)

16½

11½

Europe wins the Ryder Cup

The Belfry

Location in England

The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held 13–15 September 1985 at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England. Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16½ to 11½ points. This marked the first U.S. loss since 1957, previously the sole U.S. loss in fifty years.

Europe took a two-point lead into the Sunday singles and increased their lead throughout Sunday. It fell to Sam Torrance to secure the winning margin when he holed a 22-foot (7 m) putt on the 18th hole to defeat Andy North 1 up and go up 14½ to 8½, a six-point margin with five matches on the course.^[1]^[2]

This was the last Ryder Cup played in Europe that was not shown on live television in the United States.^[3] The USA Network first televised it in 1989 on cable with video provided by the BBC.^[4]^[5] NBC Sports took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina,^[6] and 1993 marked the first time a major U.S. network televised it live from Europe.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1985 was as follows:

Day 1 — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
Day 2 — 4 four-ball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
Day 3 — 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 14½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

Nine of the European team were chosen from the 1985 European Tour money list at the conclusion of the Benson & Hedges International Open on 18 August with the remaining three team members being chosen immediately after the final event by the team captain, Tony Jacklin. Prior to the final event Christy O'Connor Jnr was in the 9th qualifying position. However he missed the cut in the Benson & Hedges International Open and was overtaken by José Maria Cañizares, O'Connor finishing just £115.89 behind Cañizares. Jacklin's choices of Nick Faldo and Ken Brown were widely expected but his choice of José Rivero was a surprise.^[7]

Name	Age	Points rank	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team Europe
Tony Jacklin	41	Non-playing captain
Sandy Lyle	27	1	3	11	3–7–1	31.82
Sam Torrance	32	2	2	9	1–5–3	27.78
Ian Woosnam	27	3	1	3	0–2–1	16.67
Bernhard Langer	28	4	2	9	5–3–1	61.11
Paul Way	22	5	1	5	3–1–1	70.00
Howard Clark	31	6	2	3	1–1–1	50.00
Seve Ballesteros	28	7	2	10	3–5–2	40.00
Manuel Piñero	33	8	1	4	2–2–0	50.00
José Maria Cañizares	38	9	2	6	2–3–1	41.67
José Rivero	29		0	Rookie
Ken Brown	28		3	8	3–5–0	37.50
Nick Faldo	28		4	15	11–4–0	73.33

Captains picks are shown in yellow.^[8]

Name	Age	Points rank	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team USA
Lee Trevino	45	Non-playing captain
Andy North	35	–	0	Rookie
Hubert Green	38	–	2	4	3–1–0	75.00
Curtis Strange	30	1	1	3	1–2–0	33.33
Lanny Wadkins	35	2	3	12	9–2–1	79.17
Raymond Floyd	43	3	5	19	5–11–3	34.21
Calvin Peete	42	4	1	4	2–1–1	62.50
Mark O'Meara	28	5	0	Rookie
Craig Stadler	32	6	1	3	2–1–0	66.67
Hal Sutton	27	7	0	Rookie
Peter Jacobsen	31	8	0	Rookie
Tom Kite	35	9	3	11	7–2–2	72.73
Fuzzy Zoeller	33	10	2	7	1–5–1	21.43

North qualified by virtue of winning the 1985 U.S. Open, while Green qualified by winning the 1985 PGA Championship.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

	Results
Ballesteros/Piñero	2 & 1	Strange/O'Meara
Langer/Faldo	3 & 2	Peete/Kite
Lyle/Brown	4 & 3	Wadkins/Floyd
Clark/Torrance	3 & 2	Stadler/Sutton
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Way/Woosnam	1 up	Zoeller/Green
Ballesteros/Piñero	2 & 1	North/Jacobsen
Langer/Cañizares	halved	Stadler/Sutton
Torrance/Clark	1 up	Floyd/Wadkins
2½	Session	1½
3½	Overall	4½

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

	Results
Torrance/Clark	2 & 1	Kite/North
Way/Woosnam	4 & 3	Green/Zoeller
Ballesteros/Piñero	3 & 2	O'Meara/Wadkins
Langer/Lyle	halved	Stadler/Strange
2½	Session	1½
6	Overall	6

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Cañizares/Rivero	7 & 5	Kite/Peete
Ballesteros/Piñero	5 & 4	Stadler/Sutton
Way/Woosnam	4 & 2	Strange/Jacobsen
Langer/Brown	3 & 2	Floyd/Wadkins
3	Session	1
9	Overall	7

Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Manuel Piñero	3 & 1	Lanny Wadkins
Ian Woosnam	2 & 1	Craig Stadler
Paul Way	2 up	Raymond Floyd
Seve Ballesteros	halved	Tom Kite
Sandy Lyle	3 & 2	Peter Jacobsen
Bernhard Langer	5 & 4	Hal Sutton
Sam Torrance	1 up	Andy North
Howard Clark	1 up	Mark O'Meara
José Rivero	1 up	Calvin Peete
Nick Faldo	3 & 1	Hubert Green
José Maria Cañizares	2 up	Fuzzy Zoeller
Ken Brown	4 & 2	Curtis Strange
7½	Session	4½
16½	Overall	11½

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

Source: ^[9]

Europe

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Seve Ballesteros	3.5	3–1–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	1–1–0
Ken Brown	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–0–0
José Maria Cañizares	2.5	2–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–1
Howard Clark	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0
Nick Faldo	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Bernhard Langer	3	2–1–2	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–2
Sandy Lyle	1.5	1–1–1	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Manuel Piñero	4	4–1–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	1–1–0
José Rivero	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0
Sam Torrance	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0
Paul Way	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	2–0–0
Ian Woosnam	2	2–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	2–0–0

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Raymond Floyd	2	2–2–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–0–0
Hubert Green	1	1–2–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	0–2–0
Peter Jacobsen	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Tom Kite	1.5	1–2–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	0–1–0
Andy North	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–2–0
Mark O'Meara	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Calvin Peete	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0
Craig Stadler	3	2–1–2	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–2
Curtis Strange	2.5	2–1–1	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–1
Hal Sutton	1.5	1–2–1	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–0–1
Lanny Wadkins	3	3–2–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2–0–0
Fuzzy Zoeller	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–2–0

References

↑ McDermott, Barry (23 September 1985). "The Empire Strikes Back". Sports Illustrated. p. 44.
↑ "North falls as US loses Ryder Cup". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. 16 September 1985. p. 6, part 2.
↑ "Ryder Cup matches scheduled for TV". Palm Beach Daily News. 3 October 1985. p. 7.
↑ "Ryder Cup will be televised". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 31 January 1989. p. 3C.
↑ Modoono, Bill (21 September 1989). "Ryder Cup play creates fuzzy picture". Pittsburgh Press. p. C3.
↑ Sandomir, Richard (26 September 1991). "U.S. losses put Ryder Cup golf back on network". Eugene Register-Guard. (New York Times). p. 8D.
↑ "Jacklin's surprise choice". The Times, 19 August 1985; pg. 19; Issue 62220.
↑ Kelley, Brent. "Ryder Cup captain's picks and how they've fared". About.com. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
↑ "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Retrieved 5 October 2014.

"Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1985 Results". The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
"Ryder Cup history: 1985". BBC Sport. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-14.

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