2002 Ryder Cup

The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held 27–29 September 2002 in England, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire (near Sutton Coldfield).

34th Ryder Cup Matches
Dates27–29 September 2002
VenueThe Belfry, Brabazon Course
LocationWishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains
15½ 12½
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
The Belfry
Location in England

The European team won the competition by a margin of 15½ to 12½, the largest margin of victory in the Ryder Cup since the European team won 16½ to 11½ in 1985, also played at The Belfry. Both teams were tied at 8 points going into the Sunday singles matches. Sam Torrance had put most of his best players out early while Curtis Strange had opted to do the opposite. Momentum swung for Europe and after Phillip Price defeated Phil Mickelson 3 & 2, Europe needed ½ point for victory. The decisive ½ point was secured by Paul McGinley in his match against Jim Furyk after he holed a 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole.[1]

The victory prompted Tony Blair, then British Prime Minister to joke in his speech at the following week's Labour Party conference: "What about the Ryder Cup, eh? Britain in Europe at its best. Me and George Bush on opposite sides".[2]

The event was originally scheduled for 28–30 September 2001 but was postponed for a year on 16 September following the September 11 attacks. "The PGA of America has informed the European Ryder Cup Board that the scope of the last Tuesday's tragedy is so overwhelming that it would not be possible for the United States Ryder Cup team and officials to attend the match this month."[3] The manager of Phil Mickelson and Mark Calcavecchia had earlier announced that the two players would not travel to Europe. Other American players were said to be concerned about attending the event. It was agreed that the same captains and players would participate in the 2002 event.

It was later decided to thereafter play matches in even-numbered years instead of odd-numbered, shifting the already-scheduled 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2013 editions to 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2014, respectively. This in turn caused a corresponding change in schedules for the Presidents Cup, Solheim Cup, and Seve Trophy (all of which are played in years the Ryder Cup is not played). The Presidents Cup was in turn delayed by a year, while both the Solheim Cup and Seve Trophy played their 2002 matches as scheduled then subsequently started playing in odd-numbered years in 2003. The Junior Ryder Cup, which was also scheduled for 2001, was rescheduled for 2002.[4] In a case of anachronism, the display boards at The Belfry still read "The 2001 Ryder Cup", and U.S. captain Curtis Strange deliberately referred to his team as "The 2001 Ryder Cup Team" in his speech at the closing ceremony.

This was the second of six consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2018.

Television

Domestic television coverage was provided by BBC and Sky Sports.

In the United States, coverage of the first day was presented on tape-delay by USA Network, but was recorded live. Bill Macatee and Peter Kostis hosted from the 18th tower. On the weekend, NBC Sports presented Saturday's coverage on tape, but recorded live. NBC aired the singles live on Sunday. Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller hosted from the 18th tower, Bob Murphy called holes, while on-course reporters were Gary Koch, Mark Rolfing, Roger Maltbie, and Ed Sneed. To provide a European perspective, NBC used former European team captain Bernard Gallacher and former European team player Nick Faldo as guest analysts. Gallacher had performed the same role for NBC at the previous Ryder Cup in 1999.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used from 1991 to 2002 was as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) — 4 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 (Saturday) — 4 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 fourball matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 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 champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams
 Team Europe
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Sam Torrance 49Non-playing captain
Darren Clarke 34119 (8)273–4–042.86
Pádraig Harrington 31279 (12)131–1–150.00
Thomas Bjørn 31335 (17)121–0–175.00
Colin Montgomerie 39417 (11)52312–7–460.87
Pierre Fulke 31588 (47)0Rookie
Lee Westwood 296148 (20)2104–6–040.00
Paul McGinley 35771 (39)0Rookie
Niclas Fasth 30832 (33)0Rookie
Bernhard Langer 45927 (21)93818–15–553.95
Phillip Price 3510119 (51)0Rookie
Sergio García 22185 (7)153–1–170.00
Jesper Parnevik 373161 (25)294–2–361.11

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2002 Ryder Cup. The numbers in brackets are the world rankings in 2001 when the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled.

 Team USA
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Curtis Strange 47Non-playing captain
Tiger Woods 2611 (1)2103–6–135.00
Phil Mickelson 3222 (2)3116–3–263.64
David Duval 30312 (3)141–2–137.50
Mark Calcavecchia 42442 (18)3115–5–150.00
David Toms 3556 (9)0Rookie
Davis Love III 3867 (6)4176–8–344.12
Scott Hoch 46730 (15)132–0–183.33
Jim Furyk 32810 (10)262–4–033.33
Hal Sutton 449125 (27)3146–4–457.14
Stewart Cink 291059 (30)0Rookie
Scott Verplank 381428 (14)0Rookie
Paul Azinger 422251 (19)3145–7–242.86

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2002 Ryder Cup. The numbers in brackets are the world rankings in 2001 when the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled.

This was the first Ryder Cup in which U.S. citizens born outside the country were eligible for selection on Team USA.[5] More specifically, two categories of U.S. citizens became eligible:

  • Individuals born outside the country who received U.S. citizenship at birth.
  • Naturalized U.S. citizens, if they acquired citizenship before turning 18. Although not explicitly in the rules, this presumably includes those who obtain citizenship by operation of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, who do not undergo a naturalization process.

However, this change has yet to have any effect; all Team USA players through the 2018 Ryder Cup have been born in the country.

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball
Results
Clarke/Bjørn 1 up Woods/Azinger
García/Westwood 4 & 3 Duval/Love III
Montgomerie/Langer 4 & 3 Hoch/Furyk
Harrington/Fasth 1 up Mickelson/Toms
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Afternoon foursomes
Results
Clarke/Bjørn 2 & 1 Sutton/Verplank
García/Westwood 2 & 1 Woods/Calcavecchia
Montgomerie/Langer halved Mickelson/Toms
Harrington/McGinley 3 & 2 Cink/Furyk
1½ Session 2½
4½ Overall 3½

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
Results
Fulke/Price 2 & 1 Mickelson/Toms
Westwood/García 2 & 1 Cink/Furyk
Montgomerie/Langer 1 up Verplank/Hoch
Clarke/Bjørn 4 & 3 Woods/Love III
2 Session 2
6½ Overall 5½

Afternoon four-ball
Results
Fasth/Parnevik 1 up Calcavecchia/Duval
Montgomerie/Harrington 2 & 1 Mickelson/Toms
García/Westwood 1 up Woods/Love III
Clarke/McGinley halved Hoch/Furyk
1½ Session 2½
8 Overall 8

Sunday's singles matches
Results
Colin Montgomerie 5 & 4 Scott Hoch
Sergio García 1 up David Toms
Darren Clarke halved David Duval
Bernhard Langer 4 & 3 Hal Sutton
Pádraig Harrington 5 & 4 Mark Calcavecchia
Thomas Bjørn 2 & 1 Stewart Cink
Lee Westwood 2 & 1 Scott Verplank
Niclas Fasth halved Paul Azinger
Paul McGinley halved Jim Furyk
Pierre Fulke halved Davis Love III
Phillip Price 3 & 2 Phil Mickelson
Jesper Parnevik halved Tiger Woods
7½ Session 4½
15½ Overall 12½

Individual player records

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

Source:[6]

Europe
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Thomas Bjørn22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
Darren Clarke21–2–20–0–10–2–01–0–1
Niclas Fasth0.50–2–10–0–10–0–00–2–0
Pierre Fulke0.50–1–10–0–10–1–00–0–0
Sergio García33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Pádraig Harrington22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Bernhard Langer3.53–0–11–0–01–0–11–0–0
Paul McGinley10–1–20–0–10–1–00–0–1
Colin Montgomerie4.54–0–11–0–01–0–12–0–0
Jesper Parnevik0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0
Phillip Price11–1–01–0–00–1–00–0–0
Lee Westwood33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Azinger0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0
Mark Calcavecchia11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Stewart Cink11–2–00–1–01–1–00–0–0
David Duval1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Jim Furyk21–2–20–0–11–1–00–1–1
Scott Hoch0.50–3–10–1–00–1–00–1–1
Davis Love III2.52–1–10–0–11–0–01–1–0
Phil Mickelson2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Hal Sutton11–1–00–1–01–0–00–0–0
David Toms3.53–1–11–0–01–0–11–1–0
Scott Verplank22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Tiger Woods2.52–2–10–0–11–1–01–1–0
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References
  1. "McGinley the hero for Europe". BBC News. 29 September 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. "Blair: Resume Mideast talks soon". CNN. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  3. "Officials forced to postpone Ryder Cup for one year". The Times, 17 September 2001; pg. 1[S].
  4. Holmes, John (19 September 2001). "Ryder Cup moves to even years". Archived from the original on 15 October 2002.
  5. Dimond, Alex (18 April 2012). "Rules ravage Pettersson's Ryder bid – for both teams". Out of Bounds. ESPN.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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