1983 Ryder Cup

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DatesOctober 14–16, 1983
VenuePGA National Golf Club
LocationPalm Beach Gardens, Florida
Captains
25th Ryder Cup Matches
DatesOctober 14–16, 1983
VenuePGA National Golf Club
LocationPalm Beach Gardens, Florida
Captains
United States 141⁄2 131⁄2 Europe
United States wins the Ryder Cup
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The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were held October 14–16, 1983 at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The United States team won the competition by a score of 141⁄2 to 131⁄2 points, the closest Ryder Cup since the tie in 1969.[1][2][3] In their third competition with players from the continent, Europe showed the ability to realistically challenge the Americans.[4] This was the first of four occasions that Tony Jacklin was the European captain and the sole occasion that his side lost.

Entering the singles matches on Sunday, the competition was even at 8 points each. Jacklin put his best players out early, while U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus saved his for last.[4] In the first match, Seve Ballesteros was 3 up at the turn but needed an outstanding 3-wood from a fairway bunker on the final hole to salvage par and force a half with Fuzzy Zoeller.[5] With ten matches complete and the score at 13 points each, the outcome depended on the two singles matches remaining on the course, between José María Cañizares and Lanny Wadkins and Bernard Gallacher and Tom Watson. The U.S. victory is generally accredited to Wadkins, who hit a wedge to less than three feet (0.9 m) on the par-5 18th hole to win the hole with a birdie and halve his match against Canizares. Gallacher had trailed all day, but Watson bogeyed 16 and was only 1 up with two holes to play. He had another bogey at the par-3 17th, but Gallacher's three-foot putt for bogey missed and ended the match at 2 & 1 and gave the U.S. the winning point.[2][3][6]

This was the 13th consecutive win at home for the U.S. team, but they would have to wait until the 2021 Ryder Cup to post consecutive home victories. It was also the last victory for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup for eight years, until 1991.

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1983 was as follows:

  • Day 1 — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 — 4 four-ball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 — 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

The American qualification rules remained unchanged from 1981 with 11 of the team being selected from a points list. The final place in the team was allocated to the winner of the 1983 PGA Championship (which finished on August 7), provided he was not in the top 11, in which case the 12th player in the points list would qualify. Qualification based on the points list finished after the Western Open on July 3. Tom Watson needed to win the final event to guarantee his place but finished second, lifting him from 14th to 12th place in the points list and pushing Hale Irwin out of that position.[7] The PGA Championship was won by Hal Sutton with Jack Nicklaus second.[8] Sutton was only in his third year as a professional and hence ineligible and so Watson retained his place on the team.[9]

United States Team USA
Name Age Points
rank		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus 43Non-playing captain
Lanny Wadkins 331287–1–087.50
Raymond Floyd 4124155–7–343.33
Tom Kite 333286–1–181.25
Fuzzy Zoeller 314151–4–020.00
Craig Stadler 3050Rookie
Jay Haas 2960Rookie
Gil Morgan 377120–0–250.00
Calvin Peete 4080Rookie
Ben Crenshaw 319121–1–050.00
Bob Gilder 32100Rookie
Curtis Strange 28110Rookie
Tom Watson 3412275–2–071.43

The European team was chosen entirely from the 1983 European Tour money list as at the conclusion of the St. Mellion Timeshare TPC on September 18.[10] Prior to the final event 10 of the players had guaranteed their places with Manuel Piñero in 11th position and Gordon J. Brand in 12th. Brand made sure of his place with fifth place in the TPC but Piñero was overtaken by Paul Way who finished second to lift him to 11th place in the list.[11]

Europe Team Europe
Name Age Points
rank		 Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
England Tony Jacklin 39Non-playing captain
England Nick Faldo 2613107–3–070.00
Spain Seve Ballesteros 262151–4–020.00
West Germany Bernhard Langer 263141–2–137.50
Scotland Sandy Lyle 254293–5–138.89
Scotland Ken Brown 265241–3–025.00
Spain José María Cañizares 366131–2–033.33
England Brian Waites 4370Rookie
Scotland Sam Torrance 308140–3–112.50
Wales Ian Woosnam 2590Rookie
Scotland Bernard Gallacher 341072913–11–553.45
England Paul Way 20110Rookie
England Gordon J. Brand 28120Rookie

Friday's matches

October 14, 1983

Morning foursomes

Europe Results United States
Gallacher/Lyle United States 5 & 4 Watson/Crenshaw
Faldo/Langer Europe 4 & 2 Wadkins/Stadler
Cañizares/Torrance Europe 4 & 3 Floyd/Gilder
Ballesteros/Way United States 2 & 1 Kite/Peete
2 Session 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon four-ball

Europe Results United States
Waites/Brown Europe 2 & 1 Morgan/Zoeller
Faldo/Langer United States 2 & 1 Watson/Haas
Ballesteros/Way Europe 1 up Floyd/Strange
Torrance/Woosnam halved Crenshaw/Peete
21⁄2 Session 11⁄2
41⁄2 Overall 31⁄2

Saturday's matches

October 15, 1983

Morning four-ball

Europe Results United States
Waites/Brown United States 1 up Wadkins/Stadler
Faldo/Langer Europe 4 & 2 Crenshaw/Peete
Ballesteros/Way halved Morgan/Haas
Torrance/Woosnam United States 5 & 4 Watson/Gilder
11⁄2 Session 21⁄2
6 Overall 6

Afternoon foursomes

Europe Results United States
Faldo/Langer Europe 3 & 2 Kite/Floyd
Torrance/Cañizares United States 7 & 5 Morgan/Wadkins
Ballesteros/Way Europe 2 & 1 Watson/Gilder
Waites/Brown United States 3 & 2 Haas/Strange
2 Session 2
8 Overall 8

Sunday's singles matches

October 16, 1983

Europe Results United States
Seve Ballesteros halved Fuzzy Zoeller
Nick Faldo Europe 2 & 1 Jay Haas
Bernhard Langer Europe 2 up Gil Morgan
Gordon J. Brand United States 2 up Bob Gilder
Sandy Lyle United States 3 & 1 Ben Crenshaw
Brian Waites United States 1 up Calvin Peete
Paul Way Europe 2 & 1 Curtis Strange
Sam Torrance halved Tom Kite
Ian Woosnam United States 3 & 2 Craig Stadler
José María Cañizares halved Lanny Wadkins
Ken Brown Europe 4 & 3 Raymond Floyd
Bernard Gallacher United States 2 & 1 Tom Watson
51⁄2 Session 61⁄2
131⁄2 Overall 141⁄2

Individual player records

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

Source: [12]

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Ben Crenshaw2.52–1–11–0–01–0–00–1–1
Raymond Floyd00–4–00–1–00–2–00–1–0
Bob Gilder22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
Jay Haas2.52–1–10–1–01–0–01–0–1
Tom Kite1.51–1–10–0–11–1–00–0–0
Gil Morgan1.51–2–10–1–01–0–00–1–1
Calvin Peete2.52–1–11–0–01–0–00–1–1
Craig Stadler22–1–01–0–00–1–01–0–0
Curtis Strange11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Lanny Wadkins2.52–1–10–0–11–1–01–0–0
Tom Watson44–1–01–0–01–1–02–0–0
Fuzzy Zoeller0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Seve Ballesteros32–1–20–0–11–1–01–0–1
Gordon J. Brand00–1–00–1–00–0–00–0–0
Ken Brown22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
José María Cañizares1.51–1–10–0–11–1–00–0–0
Nick Faldo44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
Bernard Gallacher00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Bernhard Langer44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
Sandy Lyle00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Sam Torrance21–2–20–0–11–1–00–1–1
Brian Waites11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Paul Way3.53–1–11–0–01–1–01–0–1
Ian Woosnam0.50–2–10–1–00–0–00–1–1

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