2004 Ryder Cup

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.

35th Ryder Cup Matches
DatesSeptember 17–19, 2004
VenueOakland Hills Country Club
South Course
LocationBloomfield Township, Michigan
Captains
9½ 18½
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
Oakland Hills Country Club
Location in Michigan and the United States
Oakland Hills Country Club
Oakland Hills Country Club (the United States)

The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ to 9½ 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 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, 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 Residence Points
rank		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Hal Sutton 47Shreveport, LouisianaNon-playing captain
Tiger Woods 28Windermere, Florida123155–8–240.00
Phil Mickelson 34Rancho Santa Fe, California244168–5–359.38
Davis Love III 40Sea Island, Georgia365218–9–447.62
Jim Furyk 34Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida4113113–6–236.36
Kenny Perry 44Franklin, Kentucky5160Rookie
David Toms 37Shreveport, Louisiana622153–1–170.00
Chad Campbell 30Lewisville, Texas7140Rookie
Chris DiMarco 36Orlando, Florida8170Rookie
Fred Funk 48Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida9590Rookie
Chris Riley 30Las Vegas, Nevada10400Rookie
Jay Haas 50Greenville, South Carolina1223283–4–143.75
Stewart Cink 31Duluth, Georgia1410131–2–033.33

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

 Team Europe
Name Age Residence Points rank
(World)		 Points rank
(European)		 World
ranking		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Bernhard Langer 47Anhausen, Germany
Boca Raton, Florida, USA		Non-playing captain
Pádraig Harrington 33Dublin, Ireland158273–3–150.00
Sergio García 24Borriol, Spain223122106–3–165.00
Darren Clarke 36Chobham, England33153124–6–241.67
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 40Málaga, Spain4120151–2–240.00
Lee Westwood 31Worksop, England52413157–8–046.67
Thomas Levet 36Warfield, England74430Rookie
Paul Casey 27Weybridge, England
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA		86270Rookie
David Howell 29Weybridge, England137380Rookie
Paul McGinley 37Sunningdale, England11867130–1–233.33
Ian Poulter 28Milton Keynes, England109600Rookie
Luke Donald 26High Wycombe, England
Chicago, Illinois, USA		936360Rookie
Colin Montgomerie 41Troon, Scotland19166262816–7–566.07

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

Thursday practice
  • Colin Montgomerie
  • Pádraig Harrington
  • Thomas Levet
  • Jim Furyk
  • Fred Funk
  • Tiger Woods
  • Chad Campbell
  • 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.

Results
Montgomerie/Harrington 2 & 1 Mickelson/Woods
Clarke/Jiménez 5 & 4 Campbell/Love III
McGinley/Donald halved Riley/Cink
García/Westwood 4 & 3 Toms/Furyk
3½ Session ½
3½ Overall ½

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 6½–1½ lead, its largest lead after the first day in Ryder Cup history.

Results
Jiménez/Levet 3 & 2 DiMarco/Haas
Montgomerie/Harrington 4 & 2 Love III/Funk
Clarke/Westwood 1 up Mickelson/Woods
García/Donald 2 & 1 Perry/Cink
3 Session 1
6½ Overall 1½

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball
Results
García/Westwood halved Haas/DiMarco
Clarke/Poulter 4 & 3 Woods/Riley
Casey/Howell 1 up Furyk/Campbell
Montgomerie/Harrington 3 & 2 Cink/Love III
1½ Session 2½
8 Overall 4

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

Sunday's singles matches
Results
Paul Casey 3 & 2 Tiger Woods
Sergio García 3 & 2 Phil Mickelson
Darren Clarke halved Davis Love III
David Howell 6 & 4 Jim Furyk
Lee Westwood 1 up Kenny Perry
Colin Montgomerie 1 up David Toms
Luke Donald 5 & 3 Chad Campbell
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1 up Chris DiMarco
Thomas Levet 1 up Fred Funk
Ian Poulter 3 & 2 Chris Riley
Pádraig Harrington 1 up Jay Haas
Paul McGinley 3 & 2 Stewart Cink
7½ Session 4½
18½ Overall 9½

Individual player records

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

Source: [2]

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Chad Campbell11–2–01–0–00–0–00–2–0
Stewart Cink1.51–2–10–1–00–1–01–0–1
Chris DiMarco2.52–1–11–0–01–1–00–0–1
Fred Funk00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0
Jim Furyk11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Jay Haas1.51–2–10–1–01–1–00–0–1
Davis Love III1.51–3–10–0–10–2–01–1–0
Phil Mickelson11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Kenny Perry00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Chris Riley1.51–1–10–1–00–0–01–0–1
David Toms11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Tiger Woods22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0

Europe
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Casey11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Darren Clarke3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
Luke Donald2.52–1–10–1–02–0–00–0–1
Sergio García4.54–0–11–0–02–0–01–0–1
Pádraig Harrington44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
David Howell11–1–00–1–00–0–01–0–0
Miguel Ángel Jiménez11–3–00–1–00–2–01–0–0
Thomas Levet11–2–01–0–00–2–00–0–0
Paul McGinley2.52–0–11–0–01–0–00–0–1
Colin Montgomerie33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Ian Poulter11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
Lee Westwood4.54–0–11–0–02–0–01–0–1

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.
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  1. 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 Coulter 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.
  2. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.

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