2002 Ryder Cup

The 34th Ryder Cup was held 27–29 September 2002 in England, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire (near Sutton Coldfield).

34th Ryder Cup Matches
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Dates27–29 September 2002
VenueThe Belfry, Brabazon Course
LocationWishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains
Europe 1512 1212 United States
Europe wins the Ryder Cup
The Belfry is located in England
The Belfry
The Belfry
Location in England

The European team won the competition by a margin of 1512 to 1212, the largest margin of victory in the Ryder Cup since the European team won 1612 to 1112 in 1985, also played at The Belfry. Both teams were tied at 8 points going into the Sunday singles matches. Sam Torrance had put most of his best players out early while Curtis Strange had opted to do the opposite. Momentum swung for Europe and after Phillip Price defeated Phil Mickelson 3 & 2, Europe needed 12 point for victory. The decisive 12 point was secured by Paul McGinley in his match against Jim Furyk after he holed a 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole.[1]

The victory prompted Tony Blair, then British Prime Minister to joke in his speech at the following week's Labour Party conference: "What about the Ryder Cup, eh? Britain in Europe at its best. Me and George Bush on opposite sides".[2]

The event was originally scheduled for 28–30 September 2001 but was postponed for a year on 16 September following the September 11 attacks. "The PGA of America has informed the European Ryder Cup Board that the scope of the last Tuesday's tragedy is so overwhelming that it would not be possible for the United States Ryder Cup team and officials to attend the match this month."[3] The manager of Phil Mickelson and Mark Calcavecchia had earlier announced that the two players would not travel to Europe. Other American players were said to be concerned about attending the event. It was agreed that the same captains and players would participate in the 2002 event.

It was later decided to thereafter play matches in even-numbered years instead of odd-numbered, shifting the already-scheduled 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013 editions to 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014, respectively. This in turn caused a corresponding change in schedules for the Presidents Cup, Solheim Cup, and Seve Trophy (all of which are played in years the Ryder Cup is not played). The Presidents Cup was in turn delayed by a year, while both the Solheim Cup and Seve Trophy played their 2002 matches as scheduled then subsequently started playing in odd-numbered years in 2003. The Junior Ryder Cup, which was also scheduled for 2001, was rescheduled for 2002.[4] In a case of anachronism, the display boards at The Belfry still read "The 2001 Ryder Cup", and U.S. captain Curtis Strange deliberately referred to his team as "The 2001 Ryder Cup Team" in his speech at the closing ceremony. 18 years later, these changes would be reverted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which postponed the 2020 Ryder Cup to 2021.

This was the second of seven consecutive victories at home by Europe, a streak that remains intact through 2023.

Television

Domestic television coverage was provided by BBC and Sky Sports.

In the United States, coverage of the first day was presented on tape-delay by USA Network, but was recorded live. Bill Macatee and Peter Kostis hosted from the 18th tower. On the weekend, NBC Sports presented Saturday's coverage on tape, but recorded live. NBC aired the singles live on Sunday. 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. To provide a European perspective, NBC used former European team captain Bernard Gallacher and former European team player Nick Faldo as guest analysts. Gallacher had performed the same role for NBC at the previous Ryder Cup in 1999.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used from 1991 to 2002 was as follows:

  • 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 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 fourball matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 (Sunday) — 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 1412 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

Europe Team Europe
Name Age Points
rank
World
ranking
Previous
Ryder Cups
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Scotland Sam Torrance 49Non-playing captain
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 34119 (8)273–4–042.86
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 31279 (12)131–1–150.00
Denmark Thomas Bjørn 31335 (17)121–0–175.00
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 39417 (11)52312–7–460.87
Sweden Pierre Fulke 31588 (47)0Rookie
England Lee Westwood 296148 (20)2104–6–040.00
Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 35771 (39)0Rookie
Sweden Niclas Fasth 30832 (33)0Rookie
Germany Bernhard Langer 45927 (21)93818–15–553.95
Wales Phillip Price 3510119 (51)0Rookie
Spain Sergio García 22185 (7)153–1–170.00
Sweden Jesper Parnevik 373161 (25)294–2–361.11

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2002 Ryder Cup. The numbers in brackets are the world rankings in 2001 when the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled.

As vice-captains, the European captain Sam Torrance selected Joakim Haeggman, Mark James and Ian Woosnam, to assist him during the tournament.

United States Team USA
Name Age Points
rank
World
ranking
Previous
Ryder Cups
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Curtis Strange 47Non-playing captain
Tiger Woods 2611 (1)2103–6–135.00
Phil Mickelson 3222 (2)3116–3–263.64
David Duval 30312 (3)141–2–137.50
Mark Calcavecchia 42442 (18)3115–5–150.00
David Toms 3556 (9)0Rookie
Davis Love III 3867 (6)4176–8–344.12
Scott Hoch 46730 (15)132–0–183.33
Jim Furyk 32810 (10)262–4–033.33
Hal Sutton 449125 (27)3146–4–457.14
Stewart Cink 291059 (30)0Rookie
Scott Verplank 381428 (14)0Rookie
Paul Azinger 422251 (19)3145–7–242.86

Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2002 Ryder Cup. The numbers in brackets are the world rankings in 2001 when the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled.

As vice-captain, the United States captain Curtis Strange selected Mike Hulbert, to assist him during the tournament

This was the first Ryder Cup in which U.S. citizens born outside the country were eligible for selection on Team USA.[5] More specifically, two categories of U.S. citizens became eligible:

  • Individuals born outside the country who received U.S. citizenship at birth.
  • Naturalized U.S. citizens, if they acquired citizenship before turning 18. Although not explicitly in the rules, this presumably includes those who obtain citizenship by operation of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, who do not undergo a naturalization process.

However, this change has yet to have any effect; all Team USA players through the 2018 Ryder Cup have been born in the country.

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

Europe Results United States
Clarke/Bjørn Europe 1 up Woods/Azinger
García/Westwood Europe 4 & 3 Duval/Love III
Montgomerie/Langer Europe 4 & 3 Hoch/Furyk
Harrington/Fasth United States 1 up Mickelson/Toms
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Afternoon foursomes

Europe Results United States
Clarke/Bjørn United States 2 & 1 Sutton/Verplank
García/Westwood Europe 2 & 1 Woods/Calcavecchia
Montgomerie/Langer halved Mickelson/Toms
Harrington/McGinley United States 3 & 2 Cink/Furyk
112 Session 212
412 Overall 312

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Europe Results United States
Fulke/Price United States 2 & 1 Mickelson/Toms
Westwood/García Europe 2 & 1 Cink/Furyk
Montgomerie/Langer Europe 1 up Verplank/Hoch
Clarke/Bjørn United States 4 & 3 Woods/Love III
2 Session 2
612 Overall 512

Afternoon four-ball

Europe Results United States
Fasth/Parnevik United States 1 up Calcavecchia/Duval
Montgomerie/Harrington Europe 2 & 1 Mickelson/Toms
García/Westwood United States 1 up Woods/Love III
Clarke/McGinley halved Hoch/Furyk
112 Session 212
8 Overall 8

Sunday's singles matches

Europe Results United States
Colin Montgomerie Europe 5 & 4 Scott Hoch
Sergio García United States 1 up David Toms
Darren Clarke halved David Duval
Bernhard Langer Europe 4 & 3 Hal Sutton
Pádraig Harrington Europe 5 & 4 Mark Calcavecchia
Thomas Bjørn Europe 2 & 1 Stewart Cink
Lee Westwood United States 2 & 1 Scott Verplank
Niclas Fasth halved Paul Azinger
Paul McGinley halved Jim Furyk
Pierre Fulke halved Davis Love III
Phillip Price Europe 3 & 2 Phil Mickelson
Jesper Parnevik halved Tiger Woods
712 Session 412
1512 Overall 1212

Individual player records

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

Source:[6]

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Thomas Bjørn22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
Darren Clarke21–2–20–0–10–2–01–0–1
Niclas Fasth0.50–2–10–0–10–0–00–2–0
Pierre Fulke0.50–1–10–0–10–1–00–0–0
Sergio García33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Pádraig Harrington22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Bernhard Langer3.53–0–11–0–01–0–11–0–0
Paul McGinley10–1–20–0–10–1–00–0–1
Colin Montgomerie4.54–0–11–0–01–0–12–0–0
Jesper Parnevik0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0
Phillip Price11–1–01–0–00–1–00–0–0
Lee Westwood33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Azinger0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0
Mark Calcavecchia11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Stewart Cink11–2–00–1–01–1–00–0–0
David Duval1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Jim Furyk21–2–20–0–11–1–00–1–1
Scott Hoch0.50–3–10–1–00–1–00–1–1
Davis Love III2.52–1–10–0–11–0–01–1–0
Phil Mickelson2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Hal Sutton11–1–00–1–01–0–00–0–0
David Toms3.53–1–11–0–01–0–11–1–0
Scott Verplank22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Tiger Woods2.52–2–10–0–11–1–01–1–0

References

  1. "McGinley the hero for Europe". BBC News. 29 September 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. "Blair: Resume Mideast talks soon". CNN. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  3. "Officials forced to postpone Ryder Cup for one year". The Times, 17 September 2001; pg. 1[S].
  4. Holmes, John (19 September 2001). "Ryder Cup moves to even years". Archived from the original on 15 October 2002.
  5. Dimond, Alex (18 April 2012). "Rules ravage Pettersson's Ryder bid – for both teams". Out of Bounds. ESPN. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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