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