2004 Ryder Cup

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35th Ryder Cup Matches
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DatesSeptember 17–19, 2004
VenueOakland Hills Country Club
South Course
LocationBloomfield Township, Michigan
Captains
United States 91⁄2 181⁄2 Europe
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
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Oakland Hills Country Club is located in Michigan
Oakland Hills Country Club
Oakland Hills Country Club
Location in Michigan and the United States
Oakland Hills Country Club is located in the United States
Oakland Hills Country Club
Oakland Hills Country Club
Oakland Hills Country Club (the United States)

The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 17–19, 2004, in the United States at the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit.

The European team won the competition by a margin of 181⁄2 to 91⁄2 points,[1] The victory margin was the largest by a European team in the history of the event, and the largest by either side since 1981, when Team USA defeated Team Europe by the same score. It was also the largest margin of defeat for the USA since the competition started in 1927.

Television

In the United States, live Friday coverage was provided by

NBC Sports presented live coverage of the Saturday and Sunday matches. 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
.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format changed slightly from used from that used from 1991 to 2002, with the order of play swapped on the second day:

  • Day 1 (Friday) — 4
    foursome
    (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 (Saturday) — 4 fourball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 (Sunday) — 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 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

United States Team USA
Name Age Residence Points
rank 		World
ranking 		Previous
Ryder Cups 		Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Hal Sutton 47 Shreveport, Louisiana Non-playing captain
Tiger Woods 28 Windermere, Florida 1 2 3 15 5–8–2 40.00
Phil Mickelson 34 Rancho Santa Fe, California 2 4 4 16 8–5–3 59.38
Davis Love III 40 Sea Island, Georgia 3 6 5 21 8–9–4 47.62
Jim Furyk 34 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 4 11 3 11 3–6–2 36.36
Kenny Perry 44 Franklin, Kentucky 5 16 0 Rookie
David Toms 37 Shreveport, Louisiana 6 22 1 5 3–1–1 70.00
Chad Campbell 30 Lewisville, Texas 7 14 0 Rookie
Chris DiMarco 36 Orlando, Florida 8 17 0 Rookie
Fred Funk 48 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 9 59 0 Rookie
Chris Riley 30
Las Vegas, Nevada
 10 40 0 Rookie
Jay Haas 50 Greenville, South Carolina 12 23 2 8 3–4–1 43.75
Stewart Cink 31 Duluth, Georgia 14 10 1 3 1–2–0 33.33

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2004 Ryder Cup.

As vice-captains, United States captain Hal Sutton selected Jack Burke and Steve Jones, to assist him during the tournament.

Europe Team Europe
Name Age Residence Points rank
(World) 		Points rank
(European) 		World
ranking 		Previous
Ryder Cups 		Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Germany Bernhard Langer 47 Anhausen, Germany
Boca Raton, Florida, USA		 Non-playing captain
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 33 Dublin, Ireland 1 5 8 2 7 3–3–1 50.00
Spain Sergio García 24 Borriol, Spain 2 23 12 2 10 6–3–1 65.00
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 36
Chobham
, England		 3 3 15 3 12 4–6–2 41.67
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 40 Málaga, Spain 4 1 20 1 5 1–2–2 40.00
England Lee Westwood 31 Worksop, England 5 2 41 3 15 7–8–0 46.67
France Thomas Levet 36 Warfield, England 7 4 43 0 Rookie
England Paul Casey 27 Weybridge, England
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA		 8 6 27 0 Rookie
England David Howell 29 Weybridge, England 13 7 38 0 Rookie
Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 37 Sunningdale, England 11 8 67 1 3 0–1–2 33.33
England Ian Poulter 28 Milton Keynes, England 10 9 60 0 Rookie
England Luke Donald 26
Chicago, Illinois
, USA		 9 36 36 0 Rookie
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 41 Troon, Scotland 19 16 62 6 28 16–7–5 66.07

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2004 Ryder Cup.

As vice-captains, European captain Bernhard Langer selected Joakim Haeggman and Anders Forsbrand to assist him during the tournament.

Thursday practice

  • Colin Montgomerie
    Colin Montgomerie
  • Pádraig Harrington
    Pádraig Harrington
  • Thomas Levet
    Thomas Levet
  • Jim Furyk
    Jim Furyk
  • Fred Funk
    Fred Funk
  • Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods
  • Chad Campbell
    Chad Campbell
  • Stewart Cink
    Stewart Cink

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

U.S. captain Hal Sutton put his top pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the first match of the Ryder Cup, hoping to come out to a quick lead. The decision backfired on Sutton, as the Woods/Mickelson pairing fell behind almost from the start, eventually losing. Only a 7-foot par putt by Chris Riley on the 18th hole of his match kept Team USA from being shut out by Team Europe. Team USA never had the lead during any of the first day's four-ball matches.

Europe Results United States
Montgomerie/Harrington Europe 2 & 1 Mickelson/Woods
Clarke/Jiménez Europe 5 & 4 Campbell/Love III
McGinley/Donald halved Riley/Cink
García/Westwood Europe 4 & 3 Toms/Furyk
31⁄2 Session 1⁄2
31⁄2 Overall 1⁄2

Afternoon foursomes

The afternoon alternate-shot session was almost as good for Team Europe as the morning session. Mickelson and Woods lost an early lead in their match, leaving Woods winless in the first day of his last three Ryder Cups. Team USA picked up its first full point, but Europe ended the day with a 61⁄2–11⁄2 lead, its largest lead after the first day in Ryder Cup history.

Europe Results United States
Jiménez/Levet United States 3 & 2 DiMarco/Haas
Montgomerie/Harrington Europe 4 & 2 Love III/Funk
Clarke/Westwood Europe 1 up Mickelson/Woods
García/Donald Europe 2 & 1 Perry/Cink
3 Session 1
61⁄2 Overall 11⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

Europe Results United States
García/Westwood halved Haas/DiMarco
Clarke/Poulter United States 4 & 3 Woods/Riley
Casey/Howell Europe 1 up Furyk/Campbell
Montgomerie/Harrington United States 3 & 2 Cink/Love III
11⁄2 Session 21⁄2
8 Overall 4

Afternoon foursomes

Europe Results United States
Clarke/Westwood Europe 5 & 4 Haas/DiMarco
Jiménez/Levet United States 4 & 3 Mickelson/Toms
García/Donald Europe 1 up Furyk/Funk
Harrington/McGinley Europe 4 & 3 Love III/Woods
3 Session 1
11 Overall 5

Sunday's singles matches

Europe Results United States
Paul Casey United States 3 & 2 Tiger Woods
Sergio García Europe 3 & 2 Phil Mickelson
Darren Clarke halved Davis Love III
David Howell United States 6 & 4 Jim Furyk
Lee Westwood Europe 1 up Kenny Perry
Colin Montgomerie Europe 1 up David Toms
Luke Donald United States 5 & 3 Chad Campbell
Miguel Ángel Jiménez United States 1 up Chris DiMarco
Thomas Levet Europe 1 up Fred Funk
Ian Poulter Europe 3 & 2 Chris Riley
Pádraig Harrington Europe 1 up Jay Haas
Paul McGinley Europe 3 & 2 Stewart Cink
71⁄2 Session 41⁄2
181⁄2 Overall 91⁄2

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Source: [2]

United States

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Chad Campbell 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0
Stewart Cink 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–1
Chris DiMarco 2.5 2–1–1 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–1
Fred Funk 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–0
Jim Furyk 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0
Jay Haas 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–0–1
Davis Love III 1.5 1–3–1 0–0–1 0–2–0 1–1–0
Phil Mickelson 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Kenny Perry 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0
Chris Riley 1.5 1–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–1
David Toms 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0
Tiger Woods 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0

Europe

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Paul Casey 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–0
Darren Clarke 3.5 3–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0
Luke Donald 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–1
Sergio García 4.5 4–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–1
Pádraig Harrington 4 4–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–1–0
David Howell 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–0
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–0–0
Thomas Levet 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0
Paul McGinley 2.5 2–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–1
Colin Montgomerie 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0
Ian Poulter 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–0
Lee Westwood 4.5 4–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–1

References

  • "Ryder Cup 2004 / The Official Site of the 35th Ryder Cup Matches". The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  • "Ryder Cup". BBC Sport. August 3, 2005. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  1. Dormie position at this time (3 holes up with 3 to play) and players in this position can still be disqualified and thus lose their match. A similar situation took place 2 years later
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  2. ^ "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.

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