Monday, April 24, 2017

Ryder Cup 2016

The Ryder Cup 2016 was held at the Hazeltine National Golf Course, Chaska, Minnesota, USA from September 27 - October 2 2016.


The format for the Ryder Cup 2016 consisted of 16 doubles match play (2 vs. 2) and 12 singles matches (1 vs. 1).

 There are four foursomes matches and four fourball matches on each of the first two days; followed by a concluding day of singles matches.


The announcement of captains typically takes place a few months following the conclusion of the previous cup. The 2016 Captain for the USA Team is Davis Love 111 and the European Captain is Darren Clarke

Congratulations to Team USA for winning the Ryder cup 2016.
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Here are the results of the matches.

Friday's matches

The tournament begins with the alternate shot foursomes in the morning followed by four fourball matches in the afternoon. The pairings for the foursomes were announced on Thursday September 29.

Morning foursomes

Team USA swept the morning foursomes. It was the first time since 1975 that they had swept the opening session and the first time since 1981 that they had swept any session.
EuropeResultsUnited States
Stenson/RoseUnited States 3 & 2Spieth/Reed
McIlroy/SullivanUnited States 1 upMickelson/Fowler
García/KaymerUnited States 4 & 2Walker/Z. Johnson
Westwood/PietersUnited States 5 & 4D. Johnson/Kuchar
0Session4
0Overall4

Afternoon fourballs

EuropeResultsUnited States
Rose/StensonEurope 5 & 4Spieth/Reed
García/Cabrera-BelloEurope 3 & 2Holmes/Moore
Kaymer/WillettUnited States 5 & 4Snedeker/Koepka
McIlroy/PietersEurope 3 & 2D. Johnson/Kuchar
3Session1
3Overall5

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

EuropeResultsUnited States
McIlroy/PietersEurope 4 & 2Fowler/Mickelson
Stenson/FitzpatrickUnited States 3 & 2Snedeker/Koepka
Rose/WoodEurope 1 upWalker/Z. Johnson
García/Cabrera-BellohalvedReed/Spieth
Session
Overall

Afternoon fourballs

Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth played together for the fourth time in the 2016 Ryder Cup and, having been paired together three times in 2014, became the first American pairing to play seven matches. By winning their match they also equaled the American record of 5 points set by Gardner Dickinson and Arnold Palmer in 1967 and 1971.
EuropeResultsUnited States
McIlroy/PietersEurope 3 & 1Koepka/D. Johnson
Willett/WestwoodUnited States 1 upHolmes/Moore
Kaymer/GarcíaUnited States 2 & 1Mickelson/Kuchar
Rose/StensonUnited States 2 & 1Reed/Spieth
1Session3
Overall

Sunday's singles matches

The deciding moment for the USA with reaching 14½ points to clinch victory belonged to Ryan Moore who defeated Lee Westwood on the 18th green. Thomas Pieters became the first European rookie to score 4 points, beating the previous record of 3½ set by Paul Way in 1983 and by Sergio García and Paul Lawrie in 1999.
EuropeResultsUnited StatesTimetable
Rory McIlroyUnited States 1 upPatrick Reed2nd: 7½–10½
Henrik StensonEurope 3 & 2Jordan Spieth1st: –9½
Thomas PietersEurope 3 & 2J. B. Holmes3rd: –10½
Justin RoseUnited States 1 upRickie Fowler5th: 9½–11½
Rafael Cabrera-BelloEurope 3 & 2Jimmy Walker4th: –10½
Sergio GarcíahalvedPhil Mickelson7th: 10–13
Lee WestwoodUnited States 1 upRyan Moore9th: 10–15
Andy SullivanUnited States 3 & 1Brandt Snedeker8th: 10–14
Chris WoodUnited States 1 upDustin Johnson11th: 10–17
Danny WillettUnited States 5 & 4Brooks Koepka6th: 9½–12½
Martin KaymerEurope 1 upMatt Kuchar12th: 11–17
Matthew FitzpatrickUnited States 4 & 3Zach Johnson10th: 10–16
Session
11Overall17