Playing the Ryder Cup numbers game
This week sees the United States and Europe go head-to-head in the 42nd Ryder Cup at Le Golf National.
Here, we look at some numbers associated with the biennial contest:
1 Number of times Tiger Woods has been on the winning side in seven appearances.
26 Ryder Cups won by the United States. Europe/Great Britain & Ireland have won 13, with two contests having been tied.
5 Rookies in European team (Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Alex Noren, Thorbjorn Olesen).
3 Rookies in United States team (Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas).
12 This will be Phil Mickelson’s 12th Ryder Cup, a US record. The 48-year-old has played in every contest since 1995 but needed a wild card for the first time this year.
20 Number of defeats suffered by Mickelson, a record he shares with US captain Jim Furyk.
46 Record number of Ryder Cup matches played by Nick Faldo, who also won a record 25 points.
22 1/2 Number of points earned to date by Sergio Garcia. 9 Europe’s record margin of victory is nine points, achieved at Oakland Hills in 2004 and The K Club in 2006
15 Record margin of victory for the United States, in Houston, Texas, in 1967.
6 American Jimmy Demaret won all six matches in his Ryder Cup career (1947, 1949, 1951)
25 Years since the United States won on European soil, a 15-13 victory at The Belfry in 1993.