2004_Ryder_Cup
2004 Ryder Cup
35th edition; golf tournament in Michigan, U.S.
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.
| Dates | September 17–19, 2004 | ||||
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| Venue | Oakland Hills Country Club South Course | ||||
| Location | Bloomfield Township, Michigan | ||||
| Captains |
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| Europe wins the Ryder Cup | |||||
The European team won the competition by a margin of 181⁄2 to 91⁄2 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.
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.
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, 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 | Residence | Points rank |
World ranking |
Previous Ryder Cups |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Sutton | 47 | Shreveport, Louisiana | Non-playing captain | |||||
| Tiger Woods | 28 | Windermere, Florida | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5–8–2 | 40.00 |
| Phil Mickelson | 34 | Rancho Santa Fe, California | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 8–5–3 | 59.38 |
| Davis Love III | 40 | Sea Island, Georgia | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 8–9–4 | 47.62 |
| Jim Furyk | 34 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3–6–2 | 36.36 |
| Kenny Perry | 44 | Franklin, Kentucky | 5 | 16 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| David Toms | 37 | Shreveport, Louisiana | 6 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70.00 |
| Chad Campbell | 30 | Lewisville, Texas | 7 | 14 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Chris DiMarco | 36 | Orlando, Florida | 8 | 17 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Fred Funk | 48 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | 9 | 59 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Chris Riley | 30 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 10 | 40 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Jay Haas | 50 | Greenville, South Carolina | 12 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 3–4–1 | 43.75 |
| Stewart Cink | 31 | Duluth, Georgia | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 33.33 |
Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2004 Ryder Cup.
As vice-captains, United States captain Hal Sutton selected Jack Burke and Steve Jones, to assist him during the tournament.
 Team Europe | |||||||||
| Name | Age | Residence | Points rank (World) |
Points rank (European) |
World ranking |
Previous Ryder Cups |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bernhard Langer |
47 | Anhausen, Germany Boca Raton, Florida, USA | Non-playing captain | ||||||
 Pádraig Harrington |
33 | Dublin, Ireland | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3–3–1 | 50.00 |
 Sergio García |
24 | Borriol, Spain | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6–3–1 | 65.00 |
 Darren Clarke |
36 | Chobham, England | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 4–6–2 | 41.67 |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
40 | Málaga, Spain | 4 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1–2–2 | 40.00 |
 Lee Westwood |
31 | Worksop, England | 5 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 15 | 7–8–0 | 46.67 |
 Thomas Levet |
36 | Warfield, England | 7 | 4 | 43 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Paul Casey |
27 | Weybridge, England Scottsdale, Arizona, USA | 8 | 6 | 27 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| David Howell |
29 | Weybridge, England | 13 | 7 | 38 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Paul McGinley |
37 | Sunningdale, England | 11 | 8 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 0–1–2 | 33.33 |
| Ian Poulter |
28 | Milton Keynes, England | 10 | 9 | 60 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Luke Donald |
26 | High Wycombe, England Chicago, Illinois, USA | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | Rookie | ||
 Colin Montgomerie |
41 | Troon, Scotland | 19 | 16 | 62 | 6 | 28 | 16–7–5 | 66.07 |
Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 2004 Ryder Cup.
As vice-captains, European captain Bernhard Langer selected Joakim Haeggman and Anders Forsbrand to assist him during the tournament.
- Colin Montgomerie
- Pádraig Harrington
- Thomas Levet
- Jim Furyk
- Fred Funk
- Tiger Woods
- Chad Campbell
- Stewart Cink
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.
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 61⁄2–11⁄2 lead, its largest lead after the first day in Ryder Cup history.
Morning four-ball
Afternoon foursomes
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Results | |
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| 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 |
| 71⁄2 | Session | 41⁄2 |
| 181⁄2 | Overall | 91⁄2 |
Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
Source: [2]
United States
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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| Chad Campbell | 1 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Stewart Cink | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Chris DiMarco | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Fred Funk | 0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Jim Furyk | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Jay Haas | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Davis Love III | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Phil Mickelson | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Kenny Perry | 0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Chris Riley | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| David Toms | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Tiger Woods | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
Europe
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Casey | 1 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Darren Clarke | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Luke Donald | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Sergio García | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Pádraig Harrington | 4 | 4–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| David Howell | 1 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Thomas Levet | 1 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Paul McGinley | 2.5 | 2–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Ian Poulter | 1 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Lee Westwood | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
- "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.
- "Ryder Cup". BBC Sport. August 3, 2005. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
- 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 Carter 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.
- "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.