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1987 Ryder Cup

{{Short description|27th edition; golf tournament in Ohio, U.S.}}

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{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Ryder Cup

| year = 1987

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| dates = September 25–27, 1987

| venue = Muirfield Village Golf Club

| location = Dublin, Ohio

| home = USA

| away = Europe

| homecaptain = Jack Nicklaus

| awaycaptain = Tony Jacklin

| homescore = 13

| awayscore = 15

| result = Europe wins

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The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 25–27, 1987 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus. The European team won their second consecutive competition by a score of 15 to 13 points in probably the most historic Ryder Cup. After an unbeaten record of 13–0 spanning sixty years, the U.S. team lost for the first time on home soil.{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1066531/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130814154744/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1066531/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 14, 2013 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Diaz |first=Jaime |title=A Cup for the Old World| date=October 5, 1987 |page=58}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RuZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6709%2C6990783 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=Europeans use crucial 18th hole to win Ryder Cup |date=September 28, 1987 |page=2C}}

Europe took a lead of 5 points into the Sunday singles matches, but the U.S. fought back strongly to narrow the deficit. Eamonn Darcy, who previously had a very poor Ryder Cup record, defeated Ben Crenshaw at the last hole to get Europe to 13 points. Crenshaw had broken his putter in a moment of frustration after the sixth hole and putted with his 1 iron for the last dozen holes. Bernhard Langer then halved his match with Larry Nelson and when Seve Ballesteros defeated Curtis Strange 2 & 1 to total 14{{1/2}} points, the European victory was secured.{{cite news |url=http://that1980ssportsblog.blogspot.ie/2012/09/ryder-cup-1987.html |title=Ryder Cup 1987 |access-date=October 1, 2012}}

This was the last Ryder Cup in which the U.S. team did not employ captain's selections.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7N8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VKIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6433%2C3025326 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |agency=wire services |title=Ryder Cup squad set |date=August 10, 1987 |page=27 }} Europe used captain's picks in 1979, 1981, 1985, and this year.{{cite news |url=http://golf.about.com/od/rydercup/a/ryder-cup-captains-picks.htm |publisher=About.com |title=Ryder Cup captain's picks and how they've fared |last=Kelley |first=Brent |access-date=September 4, 2014 |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904171603/http://golf.about.com/od/rydercup/a/ryder-cup-captains-picks.htm |url-status=dead }}

Muirfield Village, founded and designed by U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus, has hosted the Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour since 1976. The 2013 Presidents Cup was held at the same course.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1987 adjusted slightly from the previous three events, with the order of play on the second day swapped:

  • 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, 14{{1/2}} points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

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| colspan="8"|{{flagicon|USA|size=50px}} Team USA

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!Name

!Age

!Points
rank

!World
ranking

!Previous
Ryder Cups

!Matches

!W–L–H

!Winning
percentage

align=left|Jack Nicklaus

| 47

colspan="6" | Non-playing captain
align=left|Scott Simpson

| 32

–130colspan="3"|Rookie
align=left|Larry Nelson

| 40

–28299–0–0100.00
align=left|Payne Stewart

| 30

150colspan="3"|Rookie
align=left|Ben Crenshaw

| 35

211263–2–158.33
align=left|Curtis Strange

| 32

34273–3–150.00
align=left|Hal Sutton

| 29

421141–2–137.50
align=left|Larry Mize

| 29

5150colspan="3"|Rookie
align=left|Lanny Wadkins

| 37

6941712–4–173.53
align=left|Dan Pohl

| 32

7250colspan="3"|Rookie
align=left|Tom Kite

| 37

8174158–4–363.33
align=left|Mark Calcavecchia

| 27

9320colspan="3"|Rookie
align=left|Andy Bean

| 34

1036132–1–066.67

Simpson qualified by virtue of winning the 1987 U.S. Open, while Nelson qualified by winning the 1987 PGA Championship.

The selection process for the European team remained unchanged from 1985, with nine players chosen from the 1987 European Tour money list at the conclusion of the German Open on August 30 and the remaining three team members being chosen immediately afterwards by the team captain, Tony Jacklin."Back to the old Belfry spirit". The Times, November 28, 1986; pg. 36; Issue 62627. Prior to the final event Eamonn Darcy was in the 9th qualifying place with Mats Lanner in 10th. Lanner finished just one shot ahead of Darcy in the German Open and Darcy retained his qualifying place. Jacklin's choices were Ken Brown, Sandy Lyle and José María Olazábal."McNulty and Darcy's Rhapsody". The Times, August 31, 1987; pg. 28; Issue 62861.

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| colspan="8"|{{flagicon|Europe|size=50px}} Team Europe

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!Name

!Age

!Points
rank

!World
ranking

!Previous
Ryder Cups

!Matches

!W–L–H

!Winning
percentage

align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Jacklin

| 43

colspan="6" | Non-playing captain
align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam

| 29

112272–4–135.71
align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo

| 30

22051711–6–064.71
align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Clark

| 33

342373–3–150.00
align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Seve Ballesteros

| 30

423156–6–350.00
align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Gordon Brand Jnr

| 29

5400colspan="3"|Rookie
align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Sam Torrance

| 34

6543133–7–334.62
align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Bernhard Langer

| 30

733147–4–360.71
align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} José Rivero

| 32

868=121–1–050.00
align=left|{{flagicon|IRL}} Eamonn Darcy

| 35

9112390–7–211.11
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| align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} José María Olazábal

| 21

11430colspan="3"|Rookie
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| align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Sandy Lyle

| 29

74144–8–235.71
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| align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Ken Brown

| 30

77=4114–7–036.36

Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1987 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

=Morning foursomes=

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! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|Europe|size=50px}}

! style="width:5.5em;"| Results

! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Torrance/Clark

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 2

|Strange/Kite

Brown/Langer

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Sutton/Pohl

Faldo/Woosnam

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 up

|Wadkins/Mize

Ballesteros/Olazábal

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Nelson/Stewart

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| 2

| Session

| 2

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! 2

! Overall

! 2

=Afternoon four-ball=

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! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|Europe|size=50px}}

! style="width:5.5em;"| Results

! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Brand/Rivero

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|Crenshaw/Simpson

Lyle/Langer

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Bean/Calcavecchia

Faldo/Woosnam

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Sutton/Pohl

Ballesteros/Olazábal

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Strange/Kite

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| 4

| Session

| 0

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! 6

! Overall

! 2

Saturday's matches

=Morning foursomes=

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! style="width:5.5em;"| Results

! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Rivero/Brand

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 1

|Strange/Kite

Faldo/Woosnam

|halved

|Sutton/Mize

Lyle/Langer

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Wadkins/Nelson

Ballesteros/Olazábal

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Crenshaw/Stewart

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| 2{{1/2}}

| Session

| 1{{1/2}}

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! 8{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 3{{1/2}}

=Afternoon four-ball=

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! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|Europe|size=50px}}

! style="width:5.5em;"| Results

! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Faldo/Woosnam

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 5 & 4

|Strange/Kite

Darcy/Brand

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Bean/Stewart

Ballesteros/Olazábal

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Sutton/Mize

Lyle/Langer

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Wadkins/Nelson

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| 2

| Session

| 2

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! 10{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 5{{1/2}}

Sunday's singles matches

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! style="width:5.5em;"| Results

! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Ian Woosnam

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Andy Bean

Howard Clark

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Dan Pohl

Sam Torrance

|halved

|Larry Mize

Nick Faldo

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Mark Calcavecchia

José María Olazábal

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 up

|Payne Stewart

José Rivero

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Scott Simpson

Sandy Lyle

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Tom Kite

Eamonn Darcy

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Ben Crenshaw

Bernhard Langer

|halved

|Larry Nelson

Seve Ballesteros

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Curtis Strange

Ken Brown

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Lanny Wadkins

Gordon Brand Jnr

|halved

|Hal Sutton

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| 4{{1/2}}

| Session

| 7{{1/2}}

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! 15

! Overall

! 13

Individual player records

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

Source: {{cite web|url=http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/ |title=2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide |access-date=October 5, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074322/http://2014rcmediaguide.com/2014RyderCupMediaGuide/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}

=United States=

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! Player !! Points

Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs
align=left|Andy Bean22–1–01–0–00–0–01–1–0
align=left|Mark Calcavecchia11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
align=left|Ben Crenshaw00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
align=left|Tom Kite33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
align=left|Larry Mize21–1–20–0–10–1–11–0–0
align=left|Larry Nelson0.50–3–10–0–10–2–00–1–0
align=left|Dan Pohl11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
align=left|Scott Simpson11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
align=left|Payne Stewart22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
align=left|Curtis Strange22–3–00–1–02–0–00–2–0
align=left|Hal Sutton32–1–20–0–11–0–11–1–0
align=left|Lanny Wadkins11–3–01–0–00–2–00–1–0

=Europe=

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! Player !! Points !! Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs

align=left|Seve Ballesteros44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
align=left|Gordon Brand Jnr1.51–2–10–0–10–1–01–1–0
align=left|Ken Brown00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
align=left|Howard Clark11–1–01–0–00–1–00–0–0
align=left|Eamonn Darcy11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
align=left|Nick Faldo3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
align=left|Bernhard Langer3.53–1–10–0–11–1–02–0–0
align=left|Sandy Lyle33–1–00–1–01–0–02–0–0
align=left|José María Olazábal33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
align=left|José Rivero11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
align=left|Sam Torrance0.50–1–10–0–10–1–00–0–0
align=left|Ian Woosnam3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0

References

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  • {{cite web |url=http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1987.html |title=Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1987 Results |publisher=The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive |access-date=March 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223193807/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1987.html |archive-date=February 23, 2007 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1987.htm |title=Ryder Cup – 1987 |publisher=About:Golf |access-date=March 14, 2007 |archive-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127143054/http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1987.htm |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/5346650.stm |title=Ryder Cup history: 1987 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=March 14, 2007 |date=September 14, 2006 }}

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