Ryder Cup Results - 1999
The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Ryder Cup Score: US 14 ½ - EUROPE 13 ½
Ryder Cup Captains: USA - Ben Crenshaw, EUROPE - Mark James
The Story of the 1999 Ryder Cup in The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
The US Ryder Cup team staged a last-day come-back to win the Ryder Cup for the first time in their last three attempts. Out of a final day total of 12 points available the US team took 8½ points leaving just 3½ for the European Ryder Cup team. The US team raced won the first six singles matches without reply. Not only did the Americans win the matches but they also played some outstanding golf with an average winning margin of four holes. They amassed 23 birdies at the cost of only three bogeys.
The European Ryder Cup Team, led by captain Mark James, made some errors of judgement by only introducing three of their players for the singles matches. This deprived the three players of vital experience of playing in the Brookline atmosphere before the crunch singles golf matches. In addition Europes star players, Sergio Garcia of Spain, Jesper Parnevik of Sweden, Lee Westwood of England and Darren Clarke of Ireland all lost their singles matches.
Top scorer for the US was Hal Sutton on 3½ points from a possible 4. Despite this and the fact that the US won 8 matches on the last day they still needed to half one more match to bring back the Ryder Cup to America. Every Ryder Cup throws up a hero and in 1999 it was Justin Leonard. With just 7 holes to play he found himslef down by 4 holes - a mountain to climb by golfing standards. There were many twist and turns in the golf match but after 18 holes Leonard had made up the 4 hole deficit to share the point and to send Samuel Ryder's trophy to the US golf trophy cabinet.
Individual Ryder Cup Match Scores - Brookline 1999
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USA
Ryder Cup Team
|
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EUROPE
Ryder Cup Team
|
 |
| Foursomes: Morning | |||
| David Duval & Phil Mickelson |
0
|
Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie (3 & 2) |
1
|
| Tom Lehman & Tiger Woods |
0
|
Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik (2 & 1) |
1
|
| Davis Love III & Payne Stewart |
½
|
Miguel Angel Jiménez & Padraig Harrington |
½
|
| Jeff Maggert & Hal Sutton (3 & 2) |
1
|
Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood |
0
|
| Fourballs: Afternoon | |||
| Jim Furyk & Phil Mickelson |
0
|
Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik (1-up) |
1
|
| Justin Leonard & Davis Love III |
½
|
Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie |
½
|
| Jeff Maggert & Hal Sutton |
0
|
Miguel A Jiménez & Jose M Olazabal (2 & 1) |
1
|
| David Duval & Tiger Woods |
0
|
Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood 1 |
1
|
| Foursomes: Morning | |||
| Jeff Maggert & Hal Sutton(1-up) |
1
|
Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie 0 |
0
|
| Jim Furyk & Mark O'Meara |
0
|
Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood (3 & 2) |
1
|
| Steve Pate & Tiger Woods(1-up) |
1
|
Miguel Angel Jiménez & Padraig Harrington |
0
|
| Justin Leonard & Payne Stewart |
0
|
Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik (3 & 2) |
1
|
| Fourballs: Afternoon | |||
| Phil Mickelson & Tom Lehman (2 & 1) |
1
|
Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood 0 |
0
|
| Davis Love III & David Duval |
½
|
Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik |
½
|
| Justin Leonard & Hal Sutton |
½
|
Miguel Angel Jiménez & Jose Maria Olazabal |
½
|
| Steve Pate & Tiger Woods |
0
|
Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie (2 & 1) |
1
|
| Singles | |||
| Tom Lehman (3 & 2) |
1
|
Lee Westwood |
0
|
| Davis Love III (6 & 5) |
1
|
Jean Van De Velde |
0
|
| Phil Mickelson (4 & 3) |
1
|
Jarmo Sandelin |
0
|
| Hal Sutton (4 & 2) |
1
|
Darren Clarke |
0
|
| David Duval (5 & 4) |
1
|
Jesper Parnevik |
0
|
| Tiger Woods (3 & 2) |
1
|
Andrew Coltart |
0
|
| Steve Pate (2 & 1) |
1
|
Miguel Angel Jiménez |
0
|
| Mark O'Meara |
0
|
Padraig Harrington (1-up) |
1
|
| Jim Furyk (4 & 3) |
1
|
Sergio Garcia |
0
|
| Jeff Maggert |
0
|
Paul Lawrie (4 & 3) |
1
|
| Justin Leonard |
½
|
Jose Maria Olazabal |
½
|
| Payne Stewart |
0
|
Colin Montgomerie (1-up) |
1
|
| TOTAL |
14
½
|
TOTAL |
13½
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