1995 Ryder Cup

The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held September 22–24, 1995 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester.

31st Ryder Cup Matches
DatesSeptember 22–24, 1995
VenueOak Hill Country Club
East Course
LocationPittsford, New York, USA
Captains
13½ 14½
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
Oak Hill CC
Location in the United States
Oak Hill CC 
Location in New York

The European team won the competition by a margin of 14½ to 13½ points to win back the Cup. At the time, this was only Europe's second victory on U.S. soil, the first was eight years earlier in 1987. This was the third consecutive Ryder Cup where Bernard Gallacher captained the European side and the only victory.

Going into the Sunday singles matches, Europe trailed by 2 points, 7 to 9. For the first time, they overcame a deficit entering the singles to win the Cup. The unheralded Irish rookie Philip Walton secured victory for Europe by defeating Jay Haas by one hole.[1] The next Ryder Cup where Europe won from behind was 2012, also held in the U.S.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used in 1995 was as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 (Saturday) — 4 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball 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 USA
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Lanny Wadkins 45Non-playing captain
Corey Pavin 3517284–4–050.00
Tom Lehman 362120Rookie
Davis Love III 31319142–2–050.00
Phil Mickelson 254240Rookie
Jay Haas 41529142–1–162.50
Jeff Maggert 316300Rookie
Loren Roberts 407200Rookie
Ben Crenshaw 43825393–5–138.89
Peter Jacobsen 41921131–2–033.33
Brad Faxon 3410310Rookie
Curtis Strange 4023614176–9–241.18
Fred Couples 353483123–6–337.50

Captains picks are shown in yellow.[2][3] The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1995 Ryder Cup.

Two changes were made to the selection process for the European team. For the first time prize money in the three Major Championships played in the USA was included. This change was meant to provide more opportunities for the leading players to gain automatic qualification. The number of captain's picks was, however, reduced from three to two. The qualifying period remained the same, starting with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1994 and ending with the Volvo German Open on August 27, the remaining two team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. In the final event Ian Woosnam had a chance to overtake Philip Walton but a poor last round left him out of the automatic qualifying places.[4] Gallacher announced his picks on August 28. He had already indicated that he would choose Nick Faldo as one of his choices. José María Olazábal was chosen as the second selection. Olazábal had finished in the top 10 in two recent PGA Tour events but had been troubled with a foot injury during the season.[5] Olazábal continued to be troubled with his foot injury and withdrew from the team on September 11. Gallacher immediately chose Ian Woosnam as his replacement.[6] Olazábal had finished 12th in the points list and had a world ranking of 10 at the time of the Ryder Cup.

 Team Europe
Name Age Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Bernard Gallacher 46Non-playing captain
Colin Montgomerie 3216284–2–262.50
Bernhard Langer 382572913–11–553.45
Sam Torrance 423177234–13–630.43
Costantino Rocca 38428120–2–00.00
Seve Ballesteros 3851573419–10–563.24
David Gilford 30658130–2–116.67
Mark James 417576227–14–134.09
Howard Clark 418735136–6–150.00
Per-Ulrik Johansson 289700Rookie
Philip Walton 33101080Rookie
Nick Faldo 3817493619–13–458.33
Ian Woosnam 37132662612–10–453.85

Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1995 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes
Results
Faldo/Montgomerie 1 up Pavin/Lehman
Torrance/Rocca 3 & 2 Haas/Couples
Clark/James 4 & 3 Love III/Maggert
Langer/Johansson 1 up Crenshaw/Strange
2 Session 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon four-ball
Results
Gilford/Ballesteros 4 & 3 Faxon/Jacobsen
Torrance/Rocca 6 & 5 Maggert/Roberts
Faldo/Montgomerie 3 & 2 Couples/Love III
Langer/Johansson 6 & 4 Pavin/Mickelson
1 Session 3
3 Overall 5

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
Results
Faldo/Montgomerie 4 & 2 Strange/Haas
Torrance/Rocca 6 & 5 Love III/Maggert
Woosnam/Walton 1 up Roberts/Jacobsen
Langer/Gilford 4 & 3 Pavin/Lehman
3 Session 1
6 Overall 6

Afternoon four-ball
Results
Torrance/Montgomerie 4 & 2 Faxon/Couples
Woosnam/Rocca 3 & 2 Love III/Crenshaw
Ballesteros/Gilford 3 & 2 Haas/Mickelson
Faldo/Langer 1 up Pavin/Roberts
1 Session 3
7 Overall 9

Sunday's singles matches
Results
Seve Ballesteros 4 & 3 Tom Lehman
Howard Clark 1 up Peter Jacobsen
Mark James 4 & 3 Jeff Maggert
Ian Woosnam halved Fred Couples
Costantino Rocca 3 & 2 Davis Love III
David Gilford 1 up Brad Faxon
Colin Montgomerie 3 & 1 Ben Crenshaw
Nick Faldo 1 up Curtis Strange
Sam Torrance 2 & 1 Loren Roberts
Bernhard Langer 3 & 2 Corey Pavin
Philip Walton 1 up Jay Haas
Per-Ulrik Johansson 2 & 1 Phil Mickelson
7½ Session 4½
14½ Overall 13½

Individual player records

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

Source: [7]

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Fred Couples2.52–1–10–0–10–1–02–0–0
Ben Crenshaw00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Brad Faxon11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Jay Haas11–3–00–1–00–2–01–0–0
Peter Jacobsen11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Tom Lehman22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Davis Love III33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Jeff Maggert22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Phil Mickelson33–0–01–0–00–0–02–0–0
Corey Pavin44–1–01–0–01–1–02–0–0
Loren Roberts33–1–00–1–01–0–02–0–0
Curtis Strange00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0

Europe
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Seve Ballesteros11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Howard Clark11–1–01–0–00–1–00–0–0
Nick Faldo22–3–01–0–01–1–00–2–0
David Gilford33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Mark James11–1–01–0–00–1–00–0–0
Per-Ulrik Johansson11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Bernhard Langer22–3–00–1–02–0–00–2–0
Colin Montgomerie22–3–01–0–01–1–00–2–0
Costantino Rocca33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Sam Torrance33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Philip Walton11–1–01–0–00–1–00–0–0
Ian Woosnam1.51–1–10–0–10–1–01–0–0

References
  1. "Walton secures victory for Europe". Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  2. "Wadkins picks Ryder Cup 'horses' to take on Oak Hill". Rome News-Tribune. Rome, Georgia. Associated Press. August 15, 1995. p. 9.
  3. Kelley, Brent. "Ryder Cup captain's picks and how they've fared". About.com. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  4. "Woosnam's Ryder Cup prospects look bleak". The Times, August 28, 1995; pg. 20; Issue 65357.
  5. "Olazábal given final place in Ryder Cup team". The Times, August 29, 1995; pg. 23; Issue 65358.
  6. "Woosnam steps in for Olazábal". The Times, September 12, 1995; pg. 48; Issue 65370.
  7. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.

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