2004 Ryder Cup

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox team golf tournament Template:Image frame 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 18Template:1/2 to 9Template:1/2 points,<ref>Montgomerie is widely credited as having holed the winning putt, although Ian Poulter birdied on the 15th hole of his match to guarantee a half point and so mathematically win the Ryder Cup seconds before Montgomerie. This was commentated on by course commentators and BBC Radio 5 Live, whose Golf correspondent Ian Carter recalled in the News of the World: "My editor said Poulter was three up seconds before Monty hit his putt. Then Colin's putt went in - you can imagine the situation. To have overruled his achievement would have been like trying to deny Alan Shearer a goal that went in off a defender." "This man won us Ryder Cup - not Monty" News of the World (London); September 26, 2004; Geoff Sweet; p. 75. Frank Keating of The Guardian also noted this chain of events, writing "radio logged the fact that it was not Montgomerie's putt which actually clinched the cup but Poulter's, a matter of seconds before and a few holes behind." "Golf, Cricket: Notes from the touchline" The Guardian (Manchester); Sep 24, 2004; Frank Keating; p. 34. Notwithstanding, Poulter was still in a 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.</ref> 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 USA Network. Bill Macatee and Peter Kostis hosted from the 18th tower. 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 fourball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 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, 14Template:1/2 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

Template:Flagicon 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.

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

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  Colin Montgomerie

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  Pádraig Harrington

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  Thomas Levet

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  Jim Furyk

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  Fred Funk

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  Tiger Woods

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  Chad Campbell

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  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.

Template:Flagicon	Results	Template:Flagicon
Montgomerie/Harrington	Template:Flagicon 2 & 1	Mickelson/Woods
Clarke/Jiménez	Template:Flagicon 5 & 4	Campbell/Love III
McGinley/Donald	halved	Riley/Cink
García/Westwood	Template:Flagicon 4 & 3	Toms/Furyk
3Template:1/2	Session	Template:1/2
3Template:1/2	Overall	Template: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 6Template:1/2–1Template:1/2 lead, its largest lead after the first day in Ryder Cup history.

Template:Flagicon	Results	Template:Flagicon
Jiménez/Levet	Template:Flagicon 3 & 2	DiMarco/Haas
Montgomerie/Harrington	Template:Flagicon 4 & 2	Love III/Funk
Clarke/Westwood	Template:Flagicon 1 up	Mickelson/Woods
García/Donald	Template:Flagicon 2 & 1	Perry/Cink
3	Session	1
6Template:1/2	Overall	1Template:1/2

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

Template:Flagicon	Results	Template:Flagicon
García/Westwood	halved	Haas/DiMarco
Clarke/Poulter	Template:Flagicon 4 & 3	Woods/Riley
Casey/Howell	Template:Flagicon 1 up	Furyk/Campbell
Montgomerie/Harrington	Template:Flagicon 3 & 2	Cink/Love III
1Template:1/2	Session	2Template:1/2
8	Overall	4

Afternoon foursomes

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

Sunday's singles matches

Template:Flagicon	Results	Template:Flagicon
Paul Casey	Template:Flagicon 3 & 2	Tiger Woods
Sergio García	Template:Flagicon 3 & 2	Phil Mickelson
Darren Clarke	halved	Davis Love III
David Howell	Template:Flagicon 6 & 4	Jim Furyk
Lee Westwood	Template:Flagicon 1 up	Kenny Perry
Colin Montgomerie	Template:Flagicon 1 up	David Toms
Luke Donald	Template:Flagicon 5 & 3	Chad Campbell
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Template:Flagicon 1 up	Chris DiMarco
Thomas Levet	Template:Flagicon 1 up	Fred Funk
Ian Poulter	Template:Flagicon 3 & 2	Chris Riley
Pádraig Harrington	Template:Flagicon 1 up	Jay Haas
Paul McGinley	Template:Flagicon 3 & 2	Stewart Cink
7Template:1/2	Session	4Template:1/2
18Template:1/2	Overall	9Template:1/2

Individual player records

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

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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

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