1989 Ryder Cup

28th Ryder Cup Matches
Dates	22–24 September 1989
Venue	The Belfry, Brabazon Course
Location	Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
Captains	Tony Jacklin (Europe); Raymond Floyd (USA);
	Europe retains the Ryder Cup
	← 1987 1991 →

The Belfry

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Location in England

The 28th Ryder Cup Matches were held 22–24 September 1989 at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England, near Sutton Coldfield.

For only the second time, the competition ended in a draw at 14 points each, but the European team retained the Cup since they had won it outright in 1987.^[1] Europe held a two-point lead, 9 to 7, entering the singles matches on Sunday, and the match which retained the Cup for Europe was the eighth, between José María Cañizares and Ken Green. Cañizares made a two-foot (0.6 m) putt on the 18th green to win 1 up and give Europe a 14–10 lead, with four matches remaining on the course.^[2]^[3] The final four matches all resulted in U.S. wins and an overall draw.^[1]^[4]^[5]

This was the first Ryder Cup played in Europe to be televised live in the United States. It was carried by the USA Network on cable, with video provided by the BBC.^[6]^[7] The U.S. television coverage in 1985 was a highlight show on ESPN in early November, over a month after its completion.^[8] NBC Sports took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina,^[9] and 1993 marked the first time a major U.S. network televised it live from Europe.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1989 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.

Teams

The selection process for the European team remained the same as used in 1985 and 1987, with nine players chosen from the 1989 European Tour money list at the conclusion of the German Open on 27 August and the remaining three team members being chosen immediately afterwards by the team captain, Tony Jacklin. Prior to the final event Philip Walton was in the 9th qualifying place with Cañizares in 10th. Cañizares finished joint fifth in the German Open and took the final qualifying place with Walton dropping to 11th place behind Bernhard Langer who finished in 10th. Jacklin's choices were Langer, Christy O'Connor Jnr and Howard Clark. 1988 Masters winner Sandy Lyle had previously told Jacklin that he did not wish to be considered for selection.^[10]

Name	Age	Points rank	World ranking	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team Europe
Tony Jacklin	45	Non-playing captain
Ronan Rafferty	25	1	26	0	Rookie
Mark James	35	2	35	3	10	2–7–1	25.00
José María Olazábal	23	3	9	1	5	3–2–0	60.00
Nick Faldo	32	4	3	6	22	14–7–1	65.91
Ian Woosnam	31	5	6	3	12	5–5–2	50.00
Gordon Brand Jnr	31	6	47	1	4	1–2–1	37.50
Seve Ballesteros	32	7	2	4	20	10–7–3	57.50
Sam Torrance	36	8	48	4	15	3–8–4	33.33
José María Cañizares	42	9	59	3	9	4–3–2	55.56
Bernhard Langer	32	10	18	4	19	10–5–4	63.16
Christy O'Connor Jnr	41	12	71	1	2	0–2–0	0.00
Howard Clark	35		64	4	9	4–4–1	50.00

Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1989 Ryder Cup.

Name	Age	Points rank	World ranking	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team USA
Raymond Floyd	47	Non-playing captain
Mark Calcavecchia	29	1	5	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Curtis Strange	34	2	4	3	12	5–6–1	45.83
Chip Beck	33	3	10	0	Rookie
Payne Stewart	32	4	7	1	4	2–2–0	50.00
Tom Kite	39	5	8	5	20	11–6–3	62.50
Paul Azinger	29	6	13	0	Rookie
Fred Couples	29	7	15	0	Rookie
Ken Green	31	8	24	0	Rookie
Mark O'Meara	32	9	22	1	3	1–2–0	33.33
Mark McCumber	38	10	17	0	Rookie
Tom Watson	40		19	3	12	9–3–0	75.00
Lanny Wadkins	39		28	5	21	13–7–1	64.29

Captains picks are shown in yellow.^[11]^[12]^[13] The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1989 Ryder Cup.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

	Results
Faldo/Woosnam	halved	Kite/Strange
Clark/James	1 up	Wadkins/Stewart
Ballesteros/Olazábal	halved	Watson/Beck
Langer/Rafferty	2 & 1	Calcavecchia/Green
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Torrance/Brand	1 up	Strange/Azinger
Clark/James	3 & 2	Couples/Wadkins
Faldo/Woosnam	2 up	Calcavecchia/McCumber
Ballesteros/Olazábal	6 & 5	Watson/O'Meara
4	Session	0
5	Overall	3

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

	Results
Woosnam/Faldo	3 & 2	Wadkins/Stewart
Brand/Torrance	4 & 3	Beck/Azinger
O'Connor/Rafferty	3 & 2	Calcavecchia/Green
Ballesteros/Olazábal	1 up	Kite/Strange
2	Session	2
7	Overall	5

Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Faldo/Woosnam	2 & 1	Beck/Azinger
Langer/Cañizares	2 & 1	Kite/McCumber
Clark/James	1 up	Stewart/Strange
Ballesteros/Olazábal	4 & 2	Calcavecchia/Green
2	Session	2
9	Overall	7

Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Seve Ballesteros	1 up	Paul Azinger
Bernhard Langer	3 & 2	Chip Beck
José María Olazábal	1 up	Payne Stewart
Ronan Rafferty	1 up	Mark Calcavecchia
Howard Clark	8 & 7	Tom Kite
Mark James	3 & 2	Mark O'Meara
Christy O'Connor Jnr	1 up	Fred Couples
José María Cañizares	1 up	Ken Green
Gordon Brand Jnr	1 up	Mark McCumber
Sam Torrance	3 & 1	Tom Watson
Nick Faldo	1 up	Lanny Wadkins
Ian Woosnam	2 up	Curtis Strange
5	Session	7
14	Overall	14

Individual player records

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

Source: ^[14]

Europe

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Seve Ballesteros	3.5	3–1–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	2–0–0
Gordon Brand Jnr	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
José María Cañizares	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Howard Clark	2	2–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	2–0–0
Nick Faldo	2.5	2–2–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	1–1–0
Mark James	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	2–0–0
Bernhard Langer	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Christy O'Connor Jnr	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
José María Olazábal	4.5	4–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	2–0–0
Ronan Rafferty	1	1–2–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–0–0
Sam Torrance	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Ian Woosnam	2.5	2–2–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	1–1–0

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Paul Azinger	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0
Chip Beck	3.5	3–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	1–0–0
Mark Calcavecchia	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	2–0–0	0–2–0
Fred Couples	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Ken Green	2	2–2–0	0–1–0	2–0–0	0–1–0
Tom Kite	2.5	2–1–1	1–0–0	0–1–1	1–0–0
Mark McCumber	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
Mark O'Meara	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Payne Stewart	1	1–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
Curtis Strange	1.5	1–3–1	1–0–0	0–1–1	0–2–0
Lanny Wadkins	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
Tom Watson	1.5	1–1–1	1–0–0	0–0–1	0–1–0

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