1995 Ryder Cup

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, 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.

Team USA
Name	Age	Points rank	World ranking	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Lanny Wadkins	45	Non-playing captain
Corey Pavin	35	1	7	2	8	4–4–0	50.00
Tom Lehman	36	2	12	0	Rookie
Davis Love III	31	3	19	1	4	2–2–0	50.00
Phil Mickelson	25	4	24	0	Rookie
Jay Haas	41	5	29	1	4	2–1–1	62.50
Jeff Maggert	31	6	30	0	Rookie
Loren Roberts	40	7	20	0	Rookie
Ben Crenshaw	43	8	25	3	9	3–5–1	38.89
Peter Jacobsen	41	9	21	1	3	1–2–0	33.33
Brad Faxon	34	10	31	0	Rookie
Curtis Strange	40	23	61	4	17	6–9–2	41.18
Fred Couples	35	34	8	3	12	3–6–3	37.50

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	46	Non-playing captain
Colin Montgomerie	32	1	6	2	8	4–2–2	62.50
Bernhard Langer	38	2	5	7	29	13–11–5	53.45
Sam Torrance	42	3	17	7	23	4–13–6	30.43
Costantino Rocca	38	4	28	1	2	0–2–0	0.00
Seve Ballesteros	38	5	15	7	34	19–10–5	63.24
David Gilford	30	6	58	1	3	0–2–1	16.67
Mark James	41	7	57	6	22	7–14–1	34.09
Howard Clark	41	8	73	5	13	6–6–1	50.00
Per-Ulrik Johansson	28	9	70	0	Rookie
Philip Walton	33	10	108	0	Rookie
Nick Faldo	38	17	4	9	36	19–13–4	58.33
Ian Woosnam	37	13	26	6	26	12–10–4	53.85

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

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

Source:^[7]

• PGA of America: 1995 Ryder Cup
• About.com: 1995 Ryder Cup Archived October 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• Sports Illustrated – October 2, 1995
• 1995 Ryder Cup at BBC Sport

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