Ryder Cup - Records

Records

See also: List of American Ryder Cup golfers and List of European Ryder Cup golfers
  • Most appearances on a team: 11
    ° Nick Faldo (Eur/GB&I), 1977–97
  • Most points: 25
    ° Nick Faldo (Eur/GB&I) (23-19-4 record)
  • Most singles points won: 7
    ° Colin Montgomerie (Eur) (6-0-2 record)
    ° Billy Casper (USA) (6-2-2 record)
    ° Lee Trevino (USA) (6-2-2 record)
    ° Arnold Palmer (USA) (6-3-2 record)
    ° Neil Coles (GB&I) (5-6-4 record)
  • Most foursome points won: 11½
    ° Bernhard Langer (Eur) (11-6-1 record)
  • Most fourball points won: 10½
    ° Ian Woosnam (Eur) (10-3-1 record)
    ° José María Olazábal (Eur) (9-2-3 record)
  • Top point percentage (Minimum of 3 Ryder Cup Matches)
    ° Jimmy Demaret (USA) (6-0-0) 100%
    ° Jack Burke (USA) (7-1-0) 87.5%
    ° Horton Smith (USA) (3-0-1) 87.5%
    ° Walter Hagen (USA) (7-1-1) 83.3%
    ° J.C. Snead (USA) (9-2-0) 81.8%
    ° Sam Snead (USA) (10-2-1) 80.8%
    ° Ian Poulter (Eur) (12-3-0) 80.0%
  • Youngest player: 19 years, 258 days
    ° Sergio García (Eur), 1999, Brookline
  • Oldest player: 51 years, 20 days
    ° Raymond Floyd (USA), 1993, The Belfry
  • Holes-in-one
    ° Peter Butler (GB&I), 1973, Muirfield
    ° Nick Faldo (Eur), 1993, The Belfry
    ° Costantino Rocca (Eur), 1995, Oak Hill
    ° Howard Clark (Eur), 1995, Oak Hill
    ° Paul Casey (Eur), 2006, K Club
    ° Scott Verplank (USA), 2006, K Club

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