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NICOLAS COLSAERTS – Ryder Cup Debut
Birth Date: Nov. 14, 1982
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Age: 29 Ht.: 6' 1" Wt.: 165
Home: Brussels, Belgium
Turned Professional: 2000
Joined PGA European Tour: 2001
PGA European Tour Victories: 2 - 2011 Volvo China Open; 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Player Notes: Comes from a sporting family as his great grandfather represented Belgium in basketball and water polo at the 1920 Olympic Games. Finally began to fulfill his potential in 2009, having started the season without a category on the Challenge Tour, when he made his long-awaited breakthrough at the SK Golf Challenge in Finland. Intensive winter training at the A-Game International Golf Academy in Brisbane, Australia, at the start of the year paid off when he won in Finland in a playoff. Later added the Dutch Futures, where he romped home by four strokes. Those two victories, plus a further eight top-10 finishes, meant he finished the year in third place in the Challenge Tour Rankings and climbed to 127th in the Official World Golf Rankings, having started the year outside the top 1000. Made his breakthrough at the 2011 Volvo China Open and ended an impressively consistent season 20th in The Race to Dubai, the highest of his career. Known for his length off the tee, Colsaerts turned professional in November 2000 on his 18th birthday, three days before the start of the Qualifying School Finals in Spain. Successfully negotiated all three stages and won the fifth card, becoming the second youngest player to achieve the feat. A lover of house music.
Defeated 2010 U.S. Open Champion Graeme McDowell, 1-up, to capture the Volvo World Match Play Championship in May of this year.
LUKE DONALD
Birth Date: Dec. 7, 1977
Birthplace: Hempstead, England
Age: 34 Ht.: 5' 9" Wt.: 160
Home: Chicago, Ill.
College: Northwestern
Turned Professional: 2001
Joined PGA Tour: 2002
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 1-2
Joined PGA European Tour: 2003
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 1-0
PGA Tour Victories: 5 - 2002 Viking Classic; 2006 Honda Classic; 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Children's Miracle Network Classic; 2012 Transitions Championship
PGA European Tour Victories: 7 - 2004 SAS Masters, Omega European Masters; 2010 Madrid Masters; 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, BMW PGA Championship, The Barclays Scottish Open; 2012 BMW PGA Championship
Other Victories: 2004 World Cup [with Paul Casey], 2005 Target World Challenge.
Player Notes: Donald has eight top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2012, including a victory at the Transitions Championship, which he won in a playoff. He also defended his European Tour BMW PGA Championship winning it for a second year in a row ... Turned professional in August 2001, after leading the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team to a 15-9 victory in 2001. Also competed in the 1999 Walker Cup Match, going 7-1 in match play over the two competitions. Won the 1999 NCAA individual title at Northwestern. Two-time Big Ten Conference individual champion (1999 and 2000). Won the 1999 Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus awards for top collegiate golfer. Broke Tiger Woods' Golfstat Cup record for lowest scoring average (70.45) in 1999. A three-time (1999, 2000, 2001) first-team All-American selection. Rejoined the European Tour in 2004 to make him eligible for Ryder Cup team, which he made so he has played on the 2004, 2006, and 2010 Ryder Cup teams. His brother, Christian, caddied for Luke through 2009, and now caddies for Paul Casey. Is an avid painter. Earned degree in art theory and practice at Northwestern. 2010 signaled an end to the problems caused by a wrist injury sustained in 2008 while playing out of rough at the U.S. Open. He missed the rest of the year after surgery and had some problems in the early part of 2009.
The 2011 season will go in the book as one of the most unique in golf, as Donald is the only player that has won the money title on both the PGA Tour and European Tour in the same season. In total, playing 27 events, he earned $9,371,748 worldwide.
Since he first took over the world rankings in May of 2011, has held the top ranking for 55 weeks going into the Bridgestone Invitational, with Rory McIlroy No. 1 the other seven weeks.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 3 ( 2004 – ’06 – ‘10); Matches -11; total points 8.5; Winning % - .77
Ryder Cup record: 8 Wins - 2 Losses - 1 Halved
Four-Balls: record: 0 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 Halve
Foursomes: record: 6 Wins - 0 Losses - 0 Halve
Singles: record: 2 Win - 2 Losses - 0 Halve
2004 (2 Wins - 1 Losses - 1 Halved)
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Luke Donald & Paul McGinley halved with Chris Riley & Stewart Cink
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Luke Donald & Sergio Garcia def. Kenny Perry & Stewart Cink (2 & 1)
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Luke Donald & Sergio Garcia def. Jim Furyk & Fred Funk (1-up)
Sunday Singles: Luke Donald lost to Chad Campbell (5 & 3)
2006 (3 Wins - 0 Losses)
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Luke Donald & Sergio Garcia def. Tiger Woods & Jim Furyk (2-up)
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Luke Donald & Sergio Garcia def. Phil Mickelson & David Toms (2 & 1)
Sunday Singles: Luke Donald def. Chad Campbell (2 & 1)
2010 (3 Wins - 1 Loss - 0 Halve )
Session 1 Four-Balls: Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton def. Luke Donald & Padraig Harrington (3 & 2)
Session 2 Foursomes: Luke Donald & Ian Poulter def. Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton (2 & 1)
Session 3 Four-Balls: Luke Donald & Lee Westwood def. Steve Stricker & Tiger Woods (6 & 5)
Session 4 Singles: Luke Donald def. Jim Furyk (1-up)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Luke Donald with Paul McGinley was 0-0-1
Luke Donald with Sergio Garcia was 4-0
Luke Donald with Padraig Harrington was 0-1-0
Luke Donald with Ian Poulter was 1-0-0
Luke Donald with Lee Westwood was 1-0-0
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Luke Donald against Chris Riley was 0-0-1
Luke Donald against Stewart Cink was 1-0-1
Luke Donald against Kenny Perry was 1-0
Luke Donald against Jim Furyk was 2-0
Luke Donald against Fred Funk was 1-0
Luke Donald against Chad Campbell was 1-1
Luke Donald against Tiger Woods was 1-1
Luke Donald against Phil Mickelson was 1-0
Luke Donald against David Toms was 1-0
Luke Donald against Bubba Watson was 1-1-0
Luke Donald against Jeff Overton was 1-1-0
Luke Donald against Steve Stricker was 1-0-0
SERGIO GARCIA
Birth Date: Jan. 9, 1980
Birthplace: Castellon, Spain
Age: 32 Ht.: 5' 11" Wt.: 160
Home: Borriol, Spain
Turned Professional: 1999
Joined PGA Tour: 1999
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 4-5
Joined PGA European Tour: 1999
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 2-4
PGA Tour Victories: 8 - 2001 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Barclays Classic; 2002 Mercedes-Benz Championship; 2004 EDS Byron Nelson Classic, Barclays Classic; 2005 Booz Allen Classic; 2008 The Players Championship; 2012 Wyndham Championship
PGA European Tour Victories: 10 - 1999 Irish Open, Mercedes-Benz Championship; 2001 Trophee Lancome; 2002 Open de Espana; 2004 Mallorca Masters; 2005 Omega European Masters; 2008 Castello Masters; 2009 HSBC Champions; 2011 Castello Masters, Andalucia Masters
Other Victories: Other Victories: 4 - 1997 Catalonian Open, 2001 Nedbank Golf Challenge, 2002 Kolon Cup Korean Open, 2003 Nedbank Golf Challenge
Player Notes: Returned to the PGA Tour winning circle for the first time in four years with his win last month in the Wyndham Championship. Garcia plays at the Mediterraneo Club de Golf in Borriol, Spain, where his father Victor is the golf professional, and where Sergio was club champion at age 12. Known as “El Nino” with cause, he started playing golf at age 3, won his club championship at age 12, and was a scratch player at age 13. He made his European Tour debut at age 15 at the 1995 Turespana Open Mediterrania, making the cut. Garcia then played in his first major championship at age 16, the 1996 British Open, and as a 17-year-old amateur captured his first professional tournament, the 1997 Catalonian Open (a Spanish PGA event), shooting three successive rounds of 64. He holds the European Tour record for the lowest score ever by an amateur, 277, at the 1998 Peugeot Spanish Open, where he finished T-34. He owns the same record on the Nike Tour with his 272 total at the 1998 Nike Greensboro Open, his T-3 finish the lowest ever by an amateur on that tour. Since then Daniel Summerhays became the first amateur to win on the Nationwide Tour at the 2007 Children's Hospital Invitational. Garcia won the 1995 European Amateur at age 15, the youngest winner of that tournament, and in 1998 won the British Amateur ... At the 1998 U.S. Amateur, lost a semifinals match to Tom McKnight after defeating Matt Kuchar in the quarterfinals. In amateur tournaments in 1997 and 1998, he played in 21 events, winning 17 of them. Turned professional right after the 1999 Masters. Member of the 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 European Ryder Cup teams. . .In 2010, took a two-month break from golf after missing the cut at the PGA Championship. Served as an assistant captain during a one-point victory by Europe over the United States at the Ryder Cup.. . Last season, capped off with two late victories on the European Tour in his home country of Spain. With the wins helped him finish the year 17th in the Official World Golf Rankings after starting the year 78th.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 5 (1999 - '02 – ’04 – 06 – ‘08); Matches - 24; total points won - 16.0; Winning % - .67
Ryder Cup record: 14 Wins - 6 Losses - 4 Halve
Four-Balls: record: 5 Wins - 2 Loss - 3 Halve
Foursomes: record: 8 Wins - 0 Loss - 1 Halve
Singles: record: 1 Win - 4 Losses - 0 Halve
1999 (3 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 halve)
Friday Morning Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik def. Tiger Woods & Tom Lehman (2 & 1)
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik def. Jim Furyk & Phil Mickelson (1-up)
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik def. Justin Leonard & Payne Stewart ( 3 & 2)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: David Duval & Davis Love III halved with Sergio Garcia & Jesper Parnevik
Sunday Singles: Jim Furyk def. Sergio Garcia (4 & 3)
2002 (3 Wins - 2 Losses - 0 Halve)
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. David Duval & Davis Love III (4 & 3)
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. Tiger Woods & Mark Calcavecchia (2 & 1)
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. Stewart Cink & Jim Furyk (2 & 1)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Davis Love III & Tiger Woods def. Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood (1-up)
Sunday Singles: David Toms def. Sergio Garcia (1 up)
2004 (4 Wins - 0 Loss - 1 Halve )
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. David Toms & Jim Furyk (5 & 3)
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Luke Donald def. Kenny Perry & Stewart Cink (2 & 1)
Saturday Morning Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood halved with Bill Haas & Chris DiMarco
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Luke Donald def. Jim Furyk & Fred Funk (1-up)
Sunday Singles: Sergio Garcia def. Phil Mickelson (3 & 2)
2006 (4 Wins - 1 Loss )
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Jose Maria Olazabal def. David Toms & Brett Wetterich (3 & 2)
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Luke Donald def. Tiger Woods & Jim Furyk (2-up)
Saturday Morning Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Jose Maria Olazabal def. Phil Mickelson & Chris DiMarco (3 & 2)
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Luke Donald def. David Toms & Phil Mickelson (2 & 1)
Sunday Singles: Stewart Cink def. Sergio Garcia (4 & 3)
2008 (0 Wins - 2 Losses – 2 Halves )
Friday Morning Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood halved with Kenny Perry & Jim Furyk
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Justin Leonard & Hunter Mahan def. Sergio Garcia & Miguel Angel Jimenez (4 & 3)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Paul Casey halved with Steve Stricker & Ben Curtis
Sunday Singles: Anthony Kim def. Sergio Garcia (5 & 4)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Sergio Garcia with Jesper Parnevik was 3-0-1
Sergio Garcia with Jose-Maria Olazabal was 2-0
Sergio Garcia with Lee Westwood was 4-1-2
Sergio Garcia with Luke Donald was 4-0
Sergio Garcia with Miguel Angel Jimenez was 0-1-0
Sergio Garcia with Paul Casey was 0-0-1
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Sergio Garcia against Brett Wetterich was 1-0
Sergio Garcia against Chris DiMarco was 1-0-1
Sergio Garcia against David Duval was 1-0-1
Sergio Garcia against David Toms was 1 -3
Sergio Garcia against Davis Love III was 1-1-1
Sergio Garcia against Fred Funk was 0-1
Sergio Garcia against Jay Haas was 0-0-1
Sergio Garcia against Jim Furyk was 5-1-1
Sergio Garcia against Justin Leonard was 1-1-0
Sergio Garcia against Kenny Perry was 1-0-1
Sergio Garcia against Mark Calcavecchia was 1-0
Sergio Garcia against Payne Stewart was 1-0
Sergio Garcia against Phil Mickelson was 4-0
Sergio Garcia against Stewart Cink was 1-2
Sergio Garcia against Tiger Woods was 3-1
Sergio Garcia against Tom Lehman was 1-0
Sergio Garcia against Hunter Mahan was 0-1-0
Sergio Garcia against Steve Stricker was 0-0-1
Sergio Garcia against Ben Curtis was 0-0-1
PETER HANSON
Birth Date: Oct. 4, 1977
Birthplace: Svedala, Sweden
Age: 34 Ht.: 6' 3" Wt.: 190
Home: Trelleborg, Sweden
Turned Professional: 1998
Joined PGA Tour: 2012
Joined PGA European Tour: 2001
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 2-0
PGA European Tour Victories: 5 - 2005 Open de Espana; 2008 SAS Masters; 2010 Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca, Czech Open; 2012 KLM Open
Player Notes: Won twice in 2010 at the Iberdola Open Cala Millor Mallorca and the Czech Open to earn a spot on the 2010 European Ryder Cup Team and finish 17th in The Race to Dubai. Claimed one point from three at The Celtic Manor Resort as Europe won 14 1/2-13 1/2. . .In 2008, captured his national Open Championship, the SAS Masters, at Arlandastad Golf in Stockholm, the first Swede to win the event in ten years. That was his second European Tour victory, following his win at the 2005 Open de España en Andalucia at San Roque Club, where he beat compatriot Peter Gustafsson in a playoff ... Initially earned his place on The European Tour through the 2000 Qualifying School Final Stage and then through the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2001, when, having failed to qualify for the British Open Championship, he travelled to Germany and promptly won the Günther Hamburg Classics, the richest event of the year on the Challenge Tour, to guarantee himself a place in the top 15 on the Rankings. While he lost his card again at the end of the 2002 season, he bounced back again through the Challenge Tour the following year and has since become firmly established as one of Sweden’s top golfers. An impressive amateur career was rounded off by winning the Brabazon Trophy at Formby in 1998 and representing Sweden in the Eisenhower Trophy that same year. Coached by Jan Larsson, the professional at Bokskogen, where he was first introduced to the game by neighbors. Had ten top-ten finishes in 2011 to end the season 13th in The Race to Dubai, his highest yet.
Hanson accepted Special Temporary membership onto the PGA Tour on March 27, making him eligible to receive unlimited sponsor exemptions for the remainder of the season.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 1 (2010); Matches -3; total points 1.0; Winning % - .33
Ryder Cup record: 1 Win - 2 Losses - 0 Halve
Four-Balls: record: 1 Win - 0 Loss - 0 Halve
Foursomes: record: 0 Win - 1 Loss - 0 Halve
Singles: record: 0 Win - 1 Loss - 0 Halve
2010 (1 Win - 3 Losses - 0 Halve )
Session 2 Foursomes: Steve Stricker & Tiger Woods def. Peter Hanson & Miguel Angel Jimenez (4 & 3)
Session 3 Four-Balls: Peter Hanson & Miguel Angel Jimenez def. Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton (2-up)
Session 4 Singles: Phil Mickelson def. Peter Hanson (4 & 2)
Ryder Cup record with playing partners
Peter Hanson with Miguel Angel Jimenez was 1-1-0
Ryder Cup record against each USA opponent
Peter Hanson against Steve Stricker was 0-1-0
Peter Hanson against Tiger Woods was 0-1-0
Peter Hanson against Bubba Watson was 1-0-0
Peter Hanson against Jeff Overton was 1-0-0
MARTIN KAYMER
Birth Date: Dec. 28, 1984
Birthplace: Dusseldorf, Germany
Age: 27 Ht.: 6' 0" Wt.: 165
Home: Mettmann, Germany
Turned Professional: 2005
Joined PGA Tour: 2010
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 1-0
Joined PGA European Tour: 2007
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 3-1
PGA Tour Victories: 1 - 2010 PGA Championship
PGA European Tour Victories: 10 - 2008 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, BMW International Open; 2009 Open de France Alstom, Barclays Scottish Open; 2010 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, PGA Championship, KLM Open, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship; 2011 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, HSBC Champions
Other Victories: European Challenge Tour Victories: 2 - 2006 Vodafone Challenge [EurChall], Open des Volcans [EurChall]
Player Notes: Reinforced his standing as one of the best players in the game with another successful season in 2011. Won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship for the third time in four years, then reached the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Lost to Luke Donald, but the consolation prize was reaching World No. 1, a position he held for six weeks. By the end of the season, however, had bagged his first WGC title, scorching through the field with a stunning final-round 63 to capture the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Was European No. 1 in 2010 after winning four times, including his first Major at the US PGA Championship, and earned nearly €4.5million in prize money over the season, beating the record Lee Westwood set the previous year. Only the second German after Bernhard Langer to be European No. 1. He has fulfilled the potential he showed early in his career, when he finished fourth in the 2006 Challenge Tour Rankings after playing just eight events, winning two, including his professional debut. Was named Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 2007 and then won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on his first appearance of the 2008 season. Added a win in his homeland at the BMW International Open and continued his improvement in 2009 with back-to-back wins at the Open de France ALSTOM and the Barclays Scottish Open. His season was halted by a broken foot sustained in a go-karting accident, and after sitting out two months, he had to settle for third place in The Race to Dubai. Once scored a 59 on the Satellite EPD Tour. Coached by Günther Kessler in his native Dusseldorf.
2011 Notes: Finished second at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in his first PGA Tour start of the year. Ended his year with a victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai on the strength of a final round 63, the lowest score by a winner in a WGC stroke-play event. Started the year third in the Official World Golf Rankings, moved to second with Abu Dhabi win and ended the year 4th in rankings.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 1 (2010); Matches -4; total points 2.5; Winning % - .62
Ryder Cup record: 2 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 Halve
Four-Balls: record: 2 Wins - 0 Loss - 0 Halve
Foursomes: record: 0 Win - 0 Loss - 1 Halve
Singles: record: 0 Win - 1 Loss - 0 Halve
2010 (2 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 Halve )
Session 1 Four-Balls: Martin Kaymer & Lee Westwood def. Phil Mickelson & Dustin Johnson (3 & 2)
Session 2 Foursomes: Martin Kaymer & Lee Westwood halved with Jim Furyk & Rickie Fowler
Session 3 Four-Balls: Martin Kaymer & Ian Poulter def. Phil Mickelson & Rickie Fowler (2 & 1)
Session 4 Singles: Dustin Johnson def. Martin Kaymer (6 & 4)
Ryder Cup record with playing partners
Martin Kaymer with Lee Westwood was 1-0-1
Martin Kaymer with Ian Poulter was 1-0-0
Ryder Cup record against each USA opponent
Martin Kaymer against Phil Mickelson was 2-0-0
Martin Kaymer against Dustin Johnson was 1-1-0
Martin Kaymer against Jim Furyk was 0-0-1
Martin Kaymer against Rickie Fowler was 0-1-1
PAUL LAWRIE
Birth Date: Jan. 1, 1969
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
Age: 43 Ht.: 5' 11" Wt.: 180
Home: Aberdeen, Scotland
Turned Professional: 1986
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 1-0
Joined PGA European Tour: 1992
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 1-2
PGA Tour Victories: 1 - 1999 British Open
PGA European Tour Victories: 8 - 1996 Open Catalonia; 1999 CommercialBank Qatar Masters, British Open; 2001 Dunhill Links Championship; 2002 Celtic Manor Wales Open; 2011 Open de Andalucia de Golf; 2012 Commercialbank Qatar Masters, Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Player Notes: Lost the label as the last European to win a major following his 1999 Open Championship success at Carnoustie when Padraig Harrington triumphed at the same venue eight years later. . .Lawrie's victory in the 1999 Open Championship will forever be remembered as he came from 10 strokes behind with a magnificent final-round 67 to book his place in the four-hole play-off, birdieing the final two holes to beat France's Jean Van de Velde and 1997 Open Champion Justin Leonard. . .Lawrie returned to Scotland for his next victory, in 2001, at the inaugural Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, holing a 40-foot birdie putt at the last on the Old Course which won that season’s European Tour "Shot of the Year." Because of his Carnoustie connections, was asked to unveil the plaque renaming the sixth hole at Carnoustie ‘Hogan’s Alley’ during the 2003 Dunhill links championship. Worked as an assistant under the late Doug Smart in Banchory, near Aberdeen, after leaving school at 17, and the club have now named the 14th hole after him. Made a superb Ryder Cup debut at Brookline in 1999 – hitting the opening tee shot and claiming three and a half points. Awarded honorary law doctorate from Robert Gordon’s University in his native Aberdeen and made an Honorary Life Member of The European Tour then awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honors List. Won again after nine years, at the 2011 Open de Andalucía de Golf.
In 2012 has won twice, finished 2nd and 3rd once, has eight top-ten finishes.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 1 (1999); Matches - 5; total points won - 3.5; Winning % - .70
Ryder Cup record: 3 Wins - 1 Losses - 1 Halve
Four-Balls: record: 1 Win - 0 Loss - 1 Halve
Foursomes: record: 1 Win - 1 Loss - 0 Halve
Singles: record: 1 Win - 0 Loss - 0 Halve
1999 (3 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 halve)
Friday Morning Foursomes: Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie def. David Duval & Phil Mickelson (3 & 2)
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie halved their match with Davis Live III & Justin Leonard
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Hal Sutton & Jeff Maggert def. Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie (1-up)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Paul Lawrie & Colin Montgomerie def. Steve Pate & Tiger Woods (2 & 1)
Sunday Singles: Paul Lawrie def. Jeff Maggert (4 & 3)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Paul Lawrie with Colin Montgomerie was 2-1-1
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Paul Lawrie against David Duval was 1-0-0
Paul Lawrie against Phil Mickelson was 1-0-0
Paul Lawrie against Hal Sutton was 0-1-0
Paul Lawrie against Jeff Maggert was 0-1-0
Paul Lawrie against Steve Pate was 1-0-0
Paul Lawrie against Tiger Woods was 1-0-0
Paul Lawrie against Jeff Maggert was 1-0-0
GRAEME MCDOWELL
Birth Date: July 30, 1979
Birthplace: Portrush, Northern Ireland
Age: 33 Ht.: 5' 11" Wt.: 170
Home: Portrush, Northern Ireland
College: University of Alabama-Birmingham
Turned Professional: 2002
Joined PGA Tour: 2005
Joined PGA European Tour: 2002
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 2-1
PGA Tour Victories: 1 - 2010 U.S. Open
PGA European Tour Victories: 7 - 2002 SAS Masters; 2004 Italian Open; 2008 Ballantine's Championship, Barclays Scottish Open; 2010 Celtic Manor Wales Open, U.S. Open, Andalucia Valderrama Masters
Other Victories: 2010 Chevron World Challenge
Player Notes: Ended a 40-year wait for a European winner of the U.S. Open when he claimed his first major title in 2010 at Pebble Beach before enjoying a Ryder Cup to remember, securing the winning point at The Celtic Manor Resort ... Joined Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tom Kite and Tiger Woods as winners of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. His victory was only the second major triumph by a player from Northern Ireland, following Fred Daly, who also came from Portrush, winner of the 1947 British Open. It was the first U.S. Open victory by a European since Tony Jacklin in 1970 and he joined the elite company of British golfers to have won the U.S. Open alongside Harry Vardon (1900), Ted Ray (1920), Jim Barnes (1921), Tommy Armour (1927), and Jacklin (1970). His 1-2 finish with Frenchman Gregory Havret was the first such finish by two Europeans since 1927, when Tommy Armour of Scotland finished first and England's Harry Cooper was runner-up.
His victory at the 2010 U.S. Open was his second win in consecutive appearances as two weeks earlier he captured the Celtic Manor Wales Open with rounds of 64-63 over the weekend on The Twenty Ten Course, where he three months later held his nerve against Hunter Mahan to seal victory for Europe in the Ryder Cup. Added a victory at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters, but ultimately finished second to Martin Kaymer in a battle for the European order of merit title.
Won the inaugural Ballantine's Championship in March 2008, sparking a terrific season that included a second victory at The Barclays Scottish Open and a Ryder Cup debut at Valhalla Golf Club. Won his first European Tour title on only his fourth start in the 2002 Scandinavian Masters and finished sixth on the Order of Merit in 2004 after capturing his second European Tour victory in the Telecom Italia Open.
In a stellar amateur career, he played a prominent role in Great Britain and Ireland's retention of the Walker Cup in 2001 and, while studying at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was ranked the top collegiate golfer in the United States. . .The middle child of three brothers, McDowell picked up a golf club for the first time at age 7, when his dad, Kenny, would take Graeme and younger brother Gary to the local pitch-and-putt course. At the age of 10, the boys were allowed to join Rathmore, the golf club that shares the world-famous links of Royal Portrush. Awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Year's honors List.
Member of 2001 Walker Cup Team. Member 2008 and 2010 European Ryder Cup teams.
2010 Notes: Won the U.S. Open, twice in Europe and ended his year with a win in the unofficial Chevron World Challenge over Tiger Woods. Was also the hero of the Ryder Cup, helping the European Team with the clinching point.
2011 Notes: Made a career-high 16 starts on PGA Tour. Ten made cuts and three top 10s included a third-place finish at the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Decided not to defend his Chevron World Challenge title and instead played the Nedbank Golf Challenge on the Sunshine Tour, where he shot two 70s on the weekend to tie for 3rd at the Gary Player CC.
In 2012, finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational behind Tiger Woods. Also had a top 10 at the Honda Classic and finished 12th at the Masters. On the European Tour, finished third in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and finished runner-up to Nicolas Colsaerts at the Volvo World Match Play Championship and was T2nd at the U.S. Open and T5th at the British Open. Played in the final group on Sunday at both the U.S. Open and British Open.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 2 ( 2008 – ‘10); Matches -8; total points 5.0; Winning % - .63
Ryder Cup record: 4 Wins - 2 Losses - 2 Halves
Four-Balls: record: 1 Win - 1 Loss – 1 Halve
Foursomes: record: 1 Wins - 1 Losses - 1 Halve
Singles: record: 2 Wins - 0 Losses - 0 Halve
2008 (2 Win - 1 Loss - 1 Halved)
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Phil Mickelson & Anthony Kim def. Graeme McDowell & Padraig Harrington (2-up)
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Miguel Angel Jimenez & Graeme McDowell halved their match with Justin Leonard & Hunter Mahan
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Graeme McDowell & Ian Poulter def. Kenny Perry & Jim Furyk (1-up)
Sunday Singles: Graeme McDowell def. Stewart Cink (2 & 1)
2010 (2 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 Halve )
Session 1 Four-Balls: Graeme McDowell & Rory McIlroy halved their match with Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar
Session 2 Foursomes: Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar def. Graeme McDowell & Rory McIlroy (1-up)
Session 3 Four-Balls: Graeme McDowell & Rory McIlroy def. Zach Johnson & Hunter Mahan (3 & 1)
Session 4 Singles: Graeme McDowell def. Hunter Mahan(3 & 1)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Graeme McDowell with Padraig Harrington was 0-1
Graeme McDowell with Miguel Angel Jimenez was 0-0-1
Graeme McDowell with Ian Poulter was 1-0
Graeme McDowell with Rory McIlroy was 1-1-1
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Graeme McDowell against Phil Mickelson was 0-1
Graeme McDowell against Anthony Kim was 0-1
Graeme McDowell against Justin Leonard was 0-0-1
Graeme McDowell against Hunter Mahan was 2-0-1
Graeme McDowell against Jim Furyk was 1-0
Graeme McDowell against Kenny Perry was 1-0
Graeme McDowell against Stewart Cink was 1-1-1
Graeme McDowell against Matt Kuchar was 0-1-1
Graeme McDowell against Zach Johnson was 1-0-0
RORY MCILROY
Birth Date: May 4, 1989
Birthplace: Holywood, Northern Ireland
Age: 23 Ht.: 5' 9" Wt.: 160
Home: Holywood, Northern Ireland
Turned Professional: 2007
Joined PGA Tour: 2010
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 0-1
Joined PGA European Tour: 2008
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 0-2
PGA Tour Victories: 6 - 2010 Quail Hollow Championship; 2011 U.S. Open; 2012 Honda Classic, PGA Championship, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship
PGA European Tour Victories: 4 - 2009 Dubai Desert Classic; 2011 U.S. Open, UBS Hong Kong Open; 2012 PGA Championship
Player Notes: Rewrote the record books at the 2011 U.S. Open by winning at Congressional Country Club with the lowest score in that championship's 115-year history, 16-under-par. The Northern Irishman had a 65 to lead after the first round, and he stayed way out in front over the next three rounds, producing an eight-stroke win over runner-up Jason Day. The victory was just two months after he came agonizingly close to winning his first major at the Masters Tournament, where he took a four-stroke lead into the final round, only to shoot 80 and finish 10 strokes behind champion Charl Schwartzel.
Hit a 40-yard drive at the age of two, and later enjoyed a glittering amateur career during which he reached the top of the World Amateur Rankings and became the youngest winner of the prestigious West of Ireland and Irish Closed Championship, in 2005. Came to world wide attention for the first time with a superb opening 68 in The 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie, the only bogey-free round of the day, and finished third in his second event as a professional, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. That earned him enough money to assure his place in the top 115 to be the then youngest and quickest Affiliate Member to secure his card – in just two events. Represented Europe at the 2004 Junior Ryder Cup and elevated to the real thing at The Celtic Manor Resort in October 2010, where he won two points out of four, including a crucial half in Singles: against Stewart Cink on the final day.
Underlined his reputation as one of the game’s most exciting young players in 2010, making his Ryder Cup debut, being in contention in two Major Championships and clinching his maiden US PGA Tour title. Enjoyed a fine finish to the season to come 13th in The Race to Dubai, not quite managing the heights of the season before when he finished 2nd, when he narrowly missed out on becoming the youngest player to win the Harry Vardon Trophy since Seve Ballesteros in 1976 as Lee Westwood beat him in the money race. However, he won the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship in the United States in May 2010, thanks to a final round 62 to beat Phil Mickelson by four shots. Also finished tied third in both The British Open Championship and the PGA Championship, his opening 63 in the former at St. Andrews the lowest first round in the history of the tournament.
Joined the PGA Tour in 2010, dropped membership in 2011, but has signed up again for 2012. Has had a rapid rise up the Official World Rankings. After his first professional start in 2007, was 308th. Got into the top-100 on Oct. 19, 2008. Got into the top-50 with his T-2nd finish at the 2008 Hong Kong Open. Moved into the top-20 when he won the 2009 Dubai Desert Classic and at the end of 2009 moved into the top-ten with a 3rd at the Dubai World. With his win at the Honda Classic this year, moved into the No. 1 spot, which only lasted two weeks before Luke Donald regained it with his Transition win. Did regain it back for a short time in April and lost it again to Donald in May.
Played on the 2007 Walker Cup Team.
2010 Notes: Rookie season on the PGA Tour highlighted by an electric, final-round 62 at the Quail Hollow Championship en route to first PGA Tour victory. Posted T-3 finishes at the British Open and PGA Championship and was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team. Gave up his PGA Tour membership for 2011.
2011 Notes: Won his first major in record-setting fashion by eight shots at the U.S. Open at Congressional CC. At 22 years, 1 month, 15 days, he is the ninth-youngest winner of the U.S. Open and the youngest to win the event since Bobby Jones in 1923. He is the first player in U.S. Open history to get to double-digits under-par in the first two rounds. He is the first player in U.S. Open history to reach 13-under par, 14-under par, 15-under par, 16-under par and 17-under par. Rejoined the PGA Tour for 2012.
Won the PGA Championship, then the Deutsche Bank and BMW Championship, regaining the number one spot in the World Ranking.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 1 ( 2010); Matches -4; total points 2.0; Winning % - .50
Ryder Cup record: 4 Wins - 2 Losses - 2 Halves
Four-Balls: record: 1 Win - 1 Loss – 1 Halve
Foursomes: record: 1 Wins - 1 Losses - 1 Halve
Singles: record: 2 Wins - 0 Losses - 0 Halve
2010 (2 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 Halve )
Session 1 Four-Balls: Graeme McDowell & Rory McIlroy halved with Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar
Session 2 Foursomes: Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar def. Graeme McDowell & Rory McIlroy (1-up)
Session 3 Four-Balls: Graeme McDowell & Rory McIlroy def. Zach Johnson & Hunter Mahan (3 & 1)
Session 4 Singles: Rory McIlroy halved with Stewart Cink
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Rory McIlroy with Graeme McDowell was 1-1-1
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Rory McIlroy against Stewart Cink was 1-1-1
Rory McIlroy against Matt Kuchar was 0-1-1
Rory McIlroy against Zach Johnson was 1-0-0
Rory McIlroy against Hunter Mahan was 1-0-0
FRANCESCO MOLINARI
Birth Date: Nov. 8, 1982
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Age: 29 Ht.: 5' 8" Wt.: 163
Home: London, England
Turned Professional: 2004
Joined PGA European Tour: 2005
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 1-2
PGA European Tour Victories: 3 - 2006 Italian Open; 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions; 2012 Open de Espana
Other Victories: 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup (partnered with big brother Edoardo)
Player Notes: Ended 2010 on a high by winning the WGC-HSBC Champions and tying for sixth at the Dubai World Championship to finish a career-best fifth in The Race to Dubai. That followed a Ryder Cup debut in October. Also achieved team success with brother Edoardo a year earlier as they made history by winning the Omega Mission Hills World Cup for Italy. Underlined his reputation as one of Europe's most consistent performers in 2010 with 11 top-10s tens, including losing a play-off to Miguel Angel Jiménez in the Alstom Open de France, second in the Portugal Masters, third in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles and tied fourth in The Barclays Scottish Open. Both times in Scotland, he played in the final group with Edoardo, who went on to victory on both occasions. The younger, by nearly two years, of the golfing Molinari brothers, Francesco upstaged the exploits of his elder sibling in May 2006 when he became the first Italian to win the Telecom Italian Open in 26 years, nine months after Edoardo became the first Italian winner of the U.S. Amateur.
Played on the 2010 Ryder Cup Team.
2010 Notes: Capped his career off in China when he beat Lee Westwood down the stretch to win the WGC-HSBC Champions. Didn't join the PGA Tour in 2011.
2011 Notes: Only top-10 finish of the PGA Tour season a T-3rd at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, set up in large part with matching 4-under 68s in the opening two rounds. Eventually finished three shots behind Nick Watney in his bid to become just the second (at the time) European (Darren Clarke) to win a WGC event. Defended Italy's 2009 OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup title by again teaming with his brother, Francesco. The duo finished 17th in China.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 1 ( 2010); Matches -3; total points 0.5; Winning % - .16
Ryder Cup record: 0 Wins - 2 Losses - 1 Halve
Four-Balls: record: 0 Win - 0 Loss – 1 Halve
Foursomes: record: 0 Wins - 1 Losses - 0 Halve
Singles: record: 0 Wins - 1 Loss - 0 Halve
2010 (0 Wins - 2 Losses - 1 Halve )
Session 2 Foursomes: Zach Johnson & Hunter Mahan def. Francesco Molinari & Edoardo Molinari (2-up)
Session 3 Four-Balls: Francesco Molinari & Edoardo Molinari halved with Stewart Cink & Matt Kuchar
Session 4 Singles: Tiger Woods def. Francesco Molinari (4 & 3)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Francesco Molinari with Edoardo Molinari was 0-1-1
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Francesco Molinari against Zach Johnson was 0-1-0
Francesco Molinari against Hunter Mahan was 0-1-0
Francesco Molinari against Stewart Cink was 0-0-1
Francesco Molinari against Matt Kuchar was 0-0-1
Francesco Molinari against Tiger Woods was 0-1-0
IAN POULTER
Birth Date: Jan. 1, 1976
Birthplace: Hitchin, England
Age: 36 Ht.: 6' 1" Wt.: 190
Home: Buckinghamshire, England and Orlando, Fla.
Turned Professional: 1994
Joined PGA Tour: 2004
Joined PGA European Tour: 2000
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 1-1
PGA Tour Victories: 1 - 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
PGA European Tour Victories: 11 - 2000 Italian Open; 2001 Moroccan Open; 2002 Italian Open; 2003 Celtic Manor Wales Open, Nordic Open; 2004 Volvo Masters; 2006 Open de Madrid; 2009 Barclays Singapore Open; 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, UBS Hong Kong Open; 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Other Victories: European Challenge Tour Victories: 1 - 1999 Open De Cote D'Ivoire,
Other Victories - 2010 Shark Shootout [with Dustin Johnson]
Player Notes: Showed his considerable ability in match play golf again in 2011 when he won the Volvo World Match Play Championship, beating compatriot Luke Donald in the final. The previous year he became the first English winner of a WGC event when he captured the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Was in contention for the Masters Tournament that year, but had to settle for tied tenth, before making a huge contribution to Europe’s Ryder Cup victory over the United States, winning three points from four at The Celtic Manor Resort. That continued his fine Ryder Cup record, having been the leading points scorer with four from five at Valhalla in 2008 after being selected as a wild card pick. Ended 2010 with victory in the UBS Hong Kong Open and nearly won the season-ending Dubai World Championship presented by DP World, but lost in a play-off with Robert Karlsson. However, second spot was enough to finish a career-high fourth in The Race to Dubai. Also broke into the world’s top five for the first time during 2010 and ended the season eighth in the Official World Golf Ranking. Renown for having a passion for fashion and flair, he launched his own clothing range in 2007. Is also a heavy user of the social media site, Twitter. Took up the game at the age of four when dad, Terry, a single figure handicapper, gave him a cut-down 3-wood. Won The Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 2000 and four years later made a successful Ryder Cup debut as part of Bernhard Langer’s victorious European Team. Is an avid supporter of Arsenal FC and travelled to the Champions League Final on the Wednesday night of the 2006 Irish Open, chartering a plane, which got him there and back in time for his 7.50 a.m. tee time on Thursday Morning.
Member of three Ryder Cup Teams in 2004, 2008 and 2010.
2010 Notes: Playing both PGA and European Tours in 2011, started strong with win at WGC-Accenture but finished the year with only one other PGA Tour top-ten at the Masters. Member of victorious European Ryder Cup squad, and finished his year with win in Hong Kong.
2011 Notes: Made 12 of 16 cuts, but only had one top-10 finish, which came in his first start of the year at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Shot a final-round, 7-under 66 to finish T-6th. Had lowest finish in FedExCup (87th) since 2008. At the JBWere Masters in Melbourne, Australia, he came from two strokes behind on the final day with a 4-under 67 to def. Marcus Fraser by three strokes.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 3 (2004 - ’08 – ‘10); Matches -11; Total points won – 8.0; Winning % - .73
Ryder Cup record: 8 Wins - 3 Losses - 0 Halve
Four-Balls: record: 3 Wins - 2 Losses - 0 Halve
Foursomes: record: 2 Wins - 1 Loss - 0 Halve
Singles: record: 3 Wins - 0 Losses - 0 Halve
2004 (1 Win - 1 Loss)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Tiger Woods & Chris Riley def. Ian Poulter & Darren Clarke (4 & 2)
Sunday Singles: Ian Poulter def. Chris Riley (3 & 2)
2008 (4 Wins - 1 Loss)
Friday Morning Foursomes: Stewart Cink & Chad Campbell def. Ian Poulter & Justin Rose (1-up)
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Ian Poulter & Justin Rose def. Steve Stricker & Ben Curtis (4 & 2)
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Ian Poulter & Justin Rose def. Stewart Cink & Chad Campbell (4 & 3)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Ian Poulter & Graeme McDowell def. Kenny Perry & Jim Furyk (1-up)
Sunday Singles: Ian Poulter def. Steve Stricker (3 & 2)
2010 (3 Wins - 1 Loss)
Session 1 Four-Balls: Steve Stricker & Tiger Woods def. Ian Poulter & Ross Fisher (2-up)
Session 2 Foursomes: Ian Poulter & Luke Donald def. Bubba Watson & Jeff Overton (2 & 1)
Session 3 Four-Balls: Martin Kaymer & Ian Poulter def. Phil Mickelson & Rickie Fowler (2 & 1)
Session 4 Singles: Ian Poulter def. Matt Kuchar (5 & 4)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Ian Poulter with Darren Clarke was 0-1
Ian Poulter with Justin Rose was 2-1
Ian Poulter with Graeme McDowell 1-0
Ian Poulter with Ross Fisher 0-1
Ian Poulter with Luke Donald 1-0
Ian Poulter with Martin Kaymer 1-0
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Ian Poulter against Stewart Cink was 1-1
Ian Poulter against Tiger Woods was 0-2
Ian Poulter against Chris Riley was 1-1
Ian Poulter against Chad Campbell 1-1
Ian Poulter against Ben Curtis was 1-0
Ian Poulter against Steve Stricker was 1-2
Ian Poulter against Kenny Perry was 1-0
Ian Poulter against Jim Furyk was 1-0
Ian Poulter against Bubba Watson was 1-0
Ian Poulter against Jeff Overton was 1-0
Ian Poulter against Phil Mickelson was 1-0
Ian Poulter against Rickie Fowler was 1-0
Ian Poulter against Matt Kuchar was 1-0
JUSTIN ROSE
Birth Date: July 30, 1980
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Age: 32 Ht.: 6' 2" Wt.: 180
Home: London, England
Turned Professional: 1998
Joined PGA Tour: 2004
Joined PGA European Tour: 1999
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 1-1
PGA Tour Victories: 4 - 2010 Memorial Tournament, AT&T National; 2011 BMW Championship; 2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship
PGA European Tour Victories: 5 - 2002 Alfred Dunhill Championship, The Quinn Direct British Masters; 2007 MasterCard Masters, Volvo Masters; 2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Other Victories: 2002 Nashua Masters (South Africa), Chunichi Crowns (Japan), 2006 Australian Masters
Player Notes: Got off to a fantastic start in 2012 with a victory at the WGC-Cadillac Championship and has had 10, top-10s on the PGA and European Tour. Also finished runner-up at the European Tour BMW PGA Championship.
Born in South Africa and moved to England at the age of five. At that time began playing golf. . .Broke 70 for the first time at age 11. Handicap of plus-three at age 14 and played in 1997 Walker Cup at only 17 and 10 days of age. Brother, Brandon, is an ex-professional in South Africa. Was coached by his late father Ken, who died of leukemia in 2002. Always will be remembered for finishing T-4 as an amateur in the 1998 British Open. Turned professional the next day. Finally delivered the huge potential by winning four times internationally in 2002. Has competed on the PGA Tour since 2004, but waited until 2010 to win his first two tournaments. Still a member of the European Tour, and won their order of merit in 2007.
Played on the 1997 Walker Cup team and 2008 European Ryder Cup team.
2011 Notes: Picked up his third win on PGA Tour, at the BMW Championship, to propel him to a career-best fifth-place finish in the FedExCup. Made 18 of 23 cuts and had a career-best with 13 top-25 finishes. Became the first European winner of a PGA tour Playoff event and the first European to win the BMW Championship (Western Open) since Harry Cooper did it in 1934.
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 1 (2008 –); Matches -4; Total points won – 3.0; Winning % - .75
Ryder Cup record: 3 Wins - 1 Loss - 0 Halve
Four-Balls: record: 1 Win - 0 Loss - 0 Halve
Foursomes: record: 2 Wins - 0 Loss - 0 Halve
Singles: record: 3 Wins - 0 Losses - 0 Halve
2008 (4 Wins - 1 Loss)
Friday Morning Foursomes: Stewart Cink & Chad Campbell def. Ian Poulter & Justin Rose (1-up)
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Ian Poulter & Justin Rose def. Steve Stricker & Ben Curtis (4 & 2)
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Ian Poulter & Justin Rose def. Stewart Cink & Chad Campbell (4 & 3)
Sunday Singles: Justin Rose def. Phil Mickelson (3 & 2)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Justin Rose with Ian Poulter was 2-1
Ryder Cup Record against each USA opponent
Justin Rose against Stewart Cink was 1-1
Justin Rose against Chad Campbell 1-1
Justin Rose against Ben Curtis was 1-0
Justin Rose against Steve Stricker was 1-2
Justin Rose against Phil Mickelson was 1-0
LEE WESTWOOD
Birth Date: April 24, 1973
Birthplace: Worksop, England
Age: 39 Ht.: 6' 0" Wt.: 205
Home: Worksop, England
Turned Professional: 1993
Joined PGA Tour: 1999
PGA Tour Playoff Record: 1-0
Joined PGA European Tour: 1994
PGA European Tour Playoff Record: 0-5
PGA Tour Victories: 2 - 1998 Zurich Classic of New Orleans; 2010 St. Jude Classic
PGA European Tour Victories: 22 - 1996 SAS Masters; 1997 Volvo Masters; 1998 Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe, Compass Group English Open, Barclays Scottish Open, Belgacom Open; 1999 KLM Open, European Open, Omega European Masters; 2000 Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe, Compaq European Grand Prix, European Open, SAS Masters, Belgacom Open; 2003 BMW International Open, Dunhill Links Championship; 2007 Valle Romano Open de Andalucia, The Quinn Direct British Masters; 2009 Portugal Masters, Dubai World Championship; 2011 Ballantine's Championship; 2012 Nordea Masters
Other Victories: Other Victories: 1996 and 1997 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, 1997 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open, Holden Australian Open, 1998 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, Dunlop Phoenix, 1999 Macau Open, 2000 Dimension Data Pro-Am [SAf], Cisco World Match Play Championship
Player Notes: In November 2010, achieved the No. 1 world ranking for the first time in his career in November 2010, ending Tiger Woods' five-year reign at the top. Runner-up in both the Masters Tournament and the Open Championship, finished third in The 2010 Race to Dubai, which might have been higher had it not been for a persistent calf injury in the second half of the year. Returned from a six-week layoff to lead Europe to victory in The Ryder Cup, then ended the season with second place at the WGC-HSBC Champions and tied third at the season-ending Dubai World Championship presented by DP World. It was a different story 12 months earlier at Jumeirah Golf Estates as he was crowned Europe's No. 1 with a stunning performance over the Earth Course, a final-round course-record 64 giving him a six-stroke victory and taking his season's earnings to a then record €4,237,762. Became the eighth Englishman to have won the Harry Vardon Trophy on two occasions or more, having previously won the money list in 2000, and is second only to Sir Nick Faldo in the list of England's most prolific champions. Equaled Arnold Palmer's Ryder Cup record at Valhalla in 2008 when he made it 12 straight matches unbeaten, and also delivered four points from five at The K Club in 2006. Married to Laurae, sister of golfer Andrew Coltart, and has two children. European Ryder Cup team member in 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
2010 Notes: Finished the year No. 1 in the world ranking. Gave up his PGA Tour card so only could play in 10 PGA Tour events in 2011.
2011 Notes: Ended his year with a flourish, winning the Thailand Golf Championship and moving into the No. 2 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. In April, he regained the No. 1 position on the World Golf Ranking by winning the Asian Tour's Indonesian Masters, but Luke Donald took it at the end of May. Rejoined the PGA Tour in 2012.
Presently is fourth in the World Rankings
Ryder Cup Record
Years - 7 (1997 - '99 - '02 – ’04 – ’06 - ’08 – ‘10); Matches - 33; total points won – 19.0; Winning % - .58
Ryder Cup record: 16 Wins - 11 Losses - 6 Halves
Four-Balls: record: 7 Wins - 4 Losses - 2 Halves
Foursomes: record: 7 Wins - 2 Losses - 4 Halves
Singles: record: 2 Win - 5 Losses - 0 Halve
1997 (2 Wins - 3 Losses- 0 Halve)
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Fred Couples & Brad Faxon def. Lee Westwood & Nick Faldo (1-up)
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Lee Westwood & Nick Faldo def. Justin Leonard & Jeff Maggert (3 & 2)
Saturday Morning Four-Balls: Lee Westwood & Nick Faldo def. Mark O'Meara & Tiger Woods (2 & 1)
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Jeff Maggert & Scott Hoch def. Lee Westwood & Nick Faldo (2 & 1)
Sunday Singles: Jeff Maggert def. Lee Westwood (3 & 2)
1999 (2 Wins - 3 Losses - 0 Halve)
Friday Morning Foursomes: Hal Sutton & Jeff Maggert def. Lee Westwood & Darren Clarke (3 & 2)
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Lee Westwood & Darren Clarke def. Tiger Woods & David Duval (1-up)
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Lee Westwood & Darren Clarke def. Jim Furyk & Mark O'Meara (3 & 2)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Phil Mickelson & Tom Lehman def. Lee Westwood & Darren Clarke (2 & 1)
Sunday Singles: Tom Lehman def. Lee Westwood (3 & 2)
2002 (3 Wins - 2 Losses - 0 Halve)
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. David Duval & Davis Love III (4 & 3)
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. Tiger Woods & Mark Calcavecchia (2 & 1)
Saturday Morning Foursomes: Sergio Garcia & Lee Westwood def. Stewart Cink & Jim Furyk (2 & 1)
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Davis Love III & Tiger Woods def. Sergio Garcia & LeeWestwood (1-up)
Sunday Singles: Scott Verplank def. Lee Westwood (2 & 1)
2004 (4 Wins - 0 Loss – 1 Halve)
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Lee Westwood & Sergio Garcia def. Jim Furyk & David Toms (5 & 3)
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood def. Phil Mickelson & Tiger Woods (1-up)
Saturday Morning Four-Balls: Lee Westwood & Sergio Garcia halved with Jay Haas & Chris DiMarco
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Lee Westwood & Darren Clarke def. Jay Haas & Chris DiMarco (5 & 4)
Sunday Singles: Lee Westwood def. Kenny Perry (1-up)
2006 (3 Wins – 0 Loss – 2 Halves)
Friday Morning Four-Balls: Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood def. Phil Mickelson & Chris DiMarco (1-up)
Friday Afternoon Foursomes: Phil Mickelson & Chris DiMarco halved with Colin Montgomerie & Lee Westwood
Saturday Morning Four-Balls: Lee Westwood & Darren Clarke def. Jim Furyk & Tiger Woods (3 & 2)
Saturday Afternoon Foursomes: Vaughn Taylor & Chad Campbell halved with Colin Montgomerie & Lee Westwood
Sunday Singles: Lee Westwood def. Chris DiMarco (2-up)
2008 (0 Wins - 2 Losses - 2 Halves )
Friday Morning Foursomes: Lee Westwood & Sergio Garcia halved with Kenny Perry & Jim Furyk
Friday Afternoon Four-Balls: Lee Westwood & Soren Hansen halved with J.B. Holmes & Boo Weekley
Saturday Afternoon Four-Balls: Boo Weekley & J.B. Holmes def. Lee Westwood & Soren Hansen(2 & 1)
Sunday Singles: Ben Curtis def. Lee Westwood (2 & 1)
2010 (2 Wins - 1 Loss - 1 Halve )
Session 1 Four-Balls: Martin Kaymer & Lee Westwood def. Phil Mickelson & Dustin Johnson (3 & 2)
Session 2 Foursomes: Martin Kaymer & Lee Westwood halved with Jim Furyk & Rickie Fowler
Session 3 Four-Balls: Lee Westwood & Luke Donald def. Steve Stricker & Tiger Woods (6 & 5)
Session 4 Singles: Steve Stricker def. Lee Westwood (2 & 1)
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Lee Westwood with Colin Montgomerie was 0-0-2
Lee Westwood with Darren Clarke was 6-2
Lee Westwood with Nick Faldo was 2-2
Lee Westwood with Sergio Garcia was 4-1-2
Lee Westwood with Soren Hansen was 0-1-1
Lee Westwood with Martin Kaymer was 1-0-1
Lee Westwood with Luke Donald was 1-0-0
Ryder Cup Record with playing partners
Lee Westwood against Brad Faxon was 0-1
Lee Westwood against Chad Campbell was 0-0-1
Lee Westwood against Chris DiMarco was 3-0-2
Lee Westwood against David Duval was 2-0
Lee Westwood against David Toms was 1-0
Lee Westwood against Davis Love III was 1-1
Lee Westwood against Fred Couples was 0-1
Lee Westwood against Hal Sutton was 0-1
Lee Westwood against Jay Haas was 1-0-1
Lee Westwood against Jeff Maggert was 1-3
Lee Westwood against Jim Furyk was 4-0-2
Lee Westwood against Justin Leonard was 1-0
Lee Westwood against Kenny Perry was 1-0-1
Lee Westwood against Mark Calcavecchia was 1-0
Lee Westwood against Mark O’Meara was 2-0
Lee Westwood against Phil Mickelson was 3-1-1
Lee Westwood against Scott Hoch was 0-1
Lee Westwood against Scott Verplank was 0-1
Lee Westwood against Stewart Cink was 1-0
Lee Westwood against Tiger Woods was 6 -1
Lee Westwood against Tom Lehman was 0-2
Lee Westwood against Vaughn Taylor was 0-0-1
Lee Westwood against J.B. Holmes was 0-1-1
Lee Westwood against Boo Weekley was 0-1-1
Lee Westwood against Ben Curtis was 0-1
Lee Westwood against Dustin Johnson was 1-0
Lee Westwood against Rickie Fowler was 0-0-1
Lee Westwood against Steve Stricker was 1-1-0
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