List of Ryder Cup players in Europe

This is a list of all European golfers who have received a nomination as a team member in the history of the Ryder Cup . Nominations as "Non-Playing" Captain / Vice Captain are not counted.

Stand including Ryder Cup 2018 .

For game results, see main article: Ryder Cup

Eligible nations of Europe

• Great Britain : 1927 to 1971
• Great Britain & Ireland : 1973 to 1977
• All of Europe : since 1979

Player / year table

(Status incl. 2018 )

country	Surname	Number	1st.	latest	total participations
	Jimmy Adams	4th	1947	1953	1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953
	Percy Alliss	4th	1929	1937	1929 *, 1933 , 1935 , 1937
	Peter Alliss	8th	1953	1969	1953 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969
	Laurie Ayton	1	1949	1949	1949 *
	Peter Baker	1	1993	1993	1993
	Seve Ballesteros	8th	1979	1995	1979 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995
	Harry Bannerman	1	1971	1971	1971
	Brian Barnes	6th	1969	1979	1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979
	Maurice Bembridge	4th	1969	1975	1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975
	Thomas Bjørn	3	1997	2014	1997 , 2002 , 2014
	Aubrey Boomer	2	1927	1929	1927 , 1929
	Ken Bousfield	6th	1949	1961	1949 , 1951 , 1955 *, 1957 , 1959 , 1961
	Hugh Boyle	1	1967	1967	1967
	Harry Bradshaw	3	1953	1957	1953 , 1955 , 1957
	Gordon Brand	2	1987	1989	1987 , 1989
	Gordon J. Brand	1	1983	1983	1983
	Paul Broadhurst	1	1991	1991	1991
	Eric Brown	4th	1953	1959	1953 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959
	Ken Brown	5	1977	1987	1977 , 1979 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987
	Stewart Burns	1	1929	1929	1929 *
	Dick Burton	3	1935	1949	1935 , 1937 , 1949
	Jack Busson	1	1935	1935	1935
	Peter Butler	4th	1965	1973	1965 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973
	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	1	2016	2016	2016
	José Maria Cañizares	4th	1981	1989	1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1989
	Paul Casey	4th	2004	2018	2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2018
	Alex Caygill	1	1969	1969	1969
	Clive Clark	1	1973	1973	1973
	Howard Clark	6th	1977	1995	1977 , 1981 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1995
	Darren Clarke	5	1997	2006	1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006
	Neil Coles	8th	1961	1977	1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1977
	Stephen Gallacher	1	2014	2014	2014
	Nicolas Colsaerts	1	2012	2012	2012
	Andrew Coltart	1	1999	1999	1999
	Archie Compston	3	1927	1931	1927 , 1929 , 1931
	Henry Cotton	3	1929	1947	1929 , 1937 , 1947
	Bill Cox	2	1935	1937	1935 , 1937
	Allan Dailey	1	1933	1933	1933 *
	Fred Daly	4th	1947	1953	1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953
	Eamonn Darcy	4th	1975	1987	1975 , 1977 , 1981 , 1987
	William Davies	2	1931	1933	1931 , 1933
	Peter Dawson	1	1977	1977	1977
	Luke Donald	4th	2004	2012	2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012
	Jamie Donaldson	1	2014	2014	2014
	Norman Drew	1	1959	1959	1959
	Victor Dubuisson	1	2014	2014	2014
	George Duncan	3	1927	1931	1927 , 1929 , 1931
	Syd Easterbrook	2	1931	1933	1931 , 1933
	Nick Faldo	11	1977	1997	1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997
	John Fallon	1	1955	1955	1955
	Niclas Fasth	1	2002	2002	2002
	Max Faulkner	5	1947	1957	1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953 , 1957
	David Feherty	1	1991	1991	1991
	Ross Fisher	1	2010	2010	2010
	Matthew Fitzpatrick	1	2016	2016	2016
	Tommy Fleedwood	1	2018	2018	2018
	Pierre Fulke	1	2002	2002	2002
	George Gadd	1	1927	1927	1927 *
	Bernard Gallacher	8th	1969	1983	1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983
	Sergio García	9	1999	2018	1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
	John Garner	2	1971	1973	1971 , 1973 *
	Antonio Garrido	1	1979	1979	1979
	Ignacio Garrido	1	1997	1997	1997
	David Gilford	2	1991	1995	1991 , 1995
	Eric Green	1	1947	1947	1947 *
	Malcolm Gregson	1	1967	1967	1967
	Joakim Haeggman	1	1993	1993	1993
	Tom Haliburton	2	1961	1963	1961 , 1963
	Søren Hansen	1	2008	2008	2008
	Peter Hanson	2	2010	2012	2010 , 2012
	Jack Hargreaves	1	1951	1951	1951 *
	Pádraig Harrington	6th	1999	2010	1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010
	Tyrrell Hatton	1	2018	2018	2018
	Arthur Havers	3	1927	1933	1927 , 1931 , 1933
	Jimmy Hitchcock	1	1965	1965	1965
	Bert Hodson	1	1931	1931	1931
	Reg Horne	1	1947	1947	1947 *
	Tommy Horton	2	1975	1977	1975 , 1977
	David Howell	2	2004	2006	2004 , 2006
	Brian Huggett	6th	1963	1975	1963 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975
	Bernard Hunt	8th	1953	1969	1953 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969
	Geoffrey Hunt	1	1963	1963	1963
	Guy Hunt	1	1975	1975	1975
	Tony Jacklin	7th	1967	1979	1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979
	John Jacobs	1	1955	1955	1955
	Mark James	7th	1977	1995	1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995
	Edward Jarman	1	1935	1935	1935
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	4th	1999	2010	1999 , 2004 , 2008 , 2010
	Per-Ulrik Johansson	2	1995	1997	1995 , 1997
	Herbert Jolly	2	1927	1931	1927 , 1931 1
	Robert Karlsson	2	2006	2008	2006 , 2008
	Martin Kaymer	4th	2010	2016	2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016
	Michael King	1	1979	1979	1979
	Sam King	3	1937	1949	1937 , 1947 , 1949
	Arthur Lacey	2	1933	1937	1933 , 1937
	Barry Lane	1	1993	1993	1993
	Bernhard Langer	10	1981	2002	1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 2002
	Paul Lawrie	2	1999	2012	1999 , 2012
	Arthur Lees	4th	1947	1955	1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1955
	Thomas Levet	1	2004	2004	2004
	Sandy Lyle	5	1979	1987	1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987
	Miguel Ángel Martín	1	1997	1997	1997 1
	Jimmy Martin	1	1965	1965	1965
	Graeme McDowell	4th	2008	2014	2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014
	Paul McGinley	3	2002	2006	2002 , 2004 , 2006
	Rory McIlroy	5	2010	2018	2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
	Peter Mills	2	1957	1959	1957 , 1959 *
	Abe Mitchell	4th	1927	1933	1927 1 , 1929 , 1931 , 1933
	Ralph Moffitt	1	1961	1961	1961
	Edoardo Molinari	1	2010	2010	2010
	Francesco Molinari	3	2010	2018	2010 , 2012 , 2018
	Colin Montgomerie	8th	1991	2006	1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006
	Alex Norén	1	2018	2018	2018
	Christy O'Connor Jr.	2	1975	1989	1975 , 1989
	Christy O'Connor Sr.	10	1955	1973	1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973
	John O'Leary	1	1975	1975	1975
	José María Olazábal	8th	1987	2006	1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 1 , 1997 , 1999 , 2006
	Thorbjørn Olesen	1	2018	2018	2018
	Peter Oosterhuis	6th	1971	1981	1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981
	Alf Padgham	3	1933	1937	1933 , 1935 , 1937
	John Panton	3	1951	1961	1951 , 1953 , 1961
	Jesper Parnevik	3	1997	2002	1997 , 1999 , 2002
	Alf Perry	3	1933	1937	1933 , 1935 , 1937
	Thomas Pieters	1	2016	2016	2016
	Manuel Piñero	2	1981	1985	1981 , 1985
	Lionel Platts	1	1965	1965	1965
	Eddie Polland	1	1973	1973	1973
	Ian Poulter	6th	2004	2018	2004 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2018
	Phillip Price	1	2002	2002	2002
	Ronan Rafferty	1	1989	1989	1989
	Jon Rahm	1	2018	2018	2018
	Ted Ray	1	1927	1927	1927
	Dai Rees	9	1937	1961	1937 , 1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961
	Steven Richardson	1	1991	1991	1991
	José Rivero	2	1985	1987	1985 , 1987
	Fred Robson	3	1927	1931	1927 , 1929 , 1931
	Costantino Rocca	3	1993	1997	1993 , 1995 , 1997
	Justin Rose	5	2008	2018	2008 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
	Jarmo Sandelin	1	1999	1999	1999
	Syd Scott	1	1955	1955	1955
	Henrik Stenson	5	2006	2018	2006 , 2008 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
	Andy Sullivan	1	2016	2016	2016
	Des Smyth	2	1979	1981	1979 , 1981
	Dave Thomas	4th	1959	1967	1959 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967
	Sam Torrance	8th	1981	1995	1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995
	Peter Townsend	2	1969	1971	1969 , 1971
	Jean Van de Velde	1	1999	1999	1999
	Brian Waites	1	1983	1983	1983
	Philip Walton	1	1995	1995	1995
	Charlie Ward	3	1947	1951	1947 , 1949 , 1951
	Paul Way	2	1983	1985	1983 , 1985
	Harry Weetman	7th	1951	1963	1951 , 1953 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963
	Lee Westwood	10	1997	2016	1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016
	Charles Whitcombe	6th	1927	1937	1927 , 1929 , 1931 , 1933 , 1935 , 1937
	Ernest Whitcombe	3	1929	1935	1929 , 1931 , 1935
	Reg Whitcombe	1	1935	1935	1935
	George Will	3	1963	1967	1963 , 1965 , 1967
	Danny Willett	1	2016	2016	2016
	Oliver Wilson	1	2008	2008	2008
	Chris Wood	1	2016	2016	2016
	Norman Wood	1	1975	1975	1975
	Ian Woosnam	8th	1983	1997	1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997

(*) = not used in team
¹ = qualified / selected Cup participation withdrawn (injury etc.)> substitute player

• 1927 Abe Mitchell → Herbert Jolly
• 1931 Herbert Jolly → Arthur Havers
• 1995 José María Olazábal → Ian Woosnam
• 1997 Miguel Ángel Martín → José María Olazábal

Games / points total

(As of 2016 )

Total S = win, N = defeat, T = shared

country	player	1st mission	last. commitment	Ryder Cups	Matches	Points	By. nice.	Ges. S	Ges. N	Ges. T
	Jimmy Adams	1947	1953	4th	7th	2.0	0.286	2	5	0
	Percy Alliss	1929	1937	4th	6th	3.5	0.583	3	2	1
	Peter Alliss	1953	1969	8th	30th	12.5	0.417	10	15th	5
	Laurie Ayton	1949	1949	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Peter Baker	1993	1993	1	4th	3.0	0.750	3	1	0
	Seve Ballesteros	1979	1995	8th	37	22.5	0.608	20th	12	5
	Harry Bannerman	1971	1971	1	5	2.5	0.500	2	2	1
	Brian Barnes	1969	1979	6th	25th	10.5	0.420	10	14th	1
	Maurice Bembridge	1969	1975	4th	16	6.5	0.406	5	8th	3
	Thomas Bjørn	1997	2014	3	9	4.0	0.444	3	4th	2
	Aubrey Boomer	1927	1929	2	4th	2.0	0.500	2	2	0
	Ken Bousfield	1949	1961	6th	10	5.0	0.500	5	5	0
	Hugh Boyle	1967	1967	1	3	0.0	0	0	3	0
	Harry Bradshaw	1953	1957	3	5	2.5	0.500	2	2	1
	Gordon J. Brand	1983	1983	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Gordon Brand, Jnr	1987	1989	2	7th	2.5	0.357	2	4th	1
	Paul Broadhurst	1991	1991	1	2	2.0	1,000	2	0	0
	Eric Brown	1953	1959	4th	8th	4.0	0.500	4th	4th	0
	Ken Brown	1977	1987	5	13	4.0	0.308	4th	9	0
	Stewart Burns	1929	1929	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Dick Burton	1935	1949	3	5	2.0	0.400	2	3	0
	Jack Busson	1935	1935	1	2	0.0	0	0	2	0
	Peter Butler	1965	1973	4th	14th	4.0	0.286	3	9	2
	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	2016	2016	1	3	2.5	0.833	2	1	0
	José Maria Cañizares	1981	1989	4th	11	6.0	0.545	5	4th	2
	Paul Casey	2004	2008	3	9	5.0	0.556	3	2	4th
	Alex Caygill	1969	1969	1	1	0.5	0.500	0	0	1
	Clive Clark	1973	1973	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Howard Clark	1977	1995	6th	15th	7.5	0.500	7th	7th	1
	Darren Clarke	1997	2006	5	20th	11.5	0.575	10	7th	3
	Neil Coles	1961	1977	8th	40	15.5	0.388	12	21st	7th
	Andrew Coltart	1999	1999	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Nicolas Colsaerts	2012	2012	1	4th	1.0	0.250	1	3	0
	Archie Compston	1927	1931	3	6th	1.5	0.250	1	4th	1
	Henry Cotton	1929	1947	3	6th	2.0	0.333	2	4th	0
	Bill Cox	1935	1937	2	3	0.5	0.167	0	2	1
	Allan Dailey	1933	1933	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Fred Daly	1947	1953	4th	8th	3.5	0.438	3	4th	1
	Eamonn Darcy	1975	1987	4th	11	2.0	0.182	1	8th	2
	William Davies	1931	1933	2	4th	2.0	0.500	2	2	0
	Peter Dawson	1977	1977	1	3	1.0	0.333	1	2	0
	Luke Donald	2004	2012	4th	15th	10.5	0.700	10	4th	1
	Jamie Donaldson	2014	2014	1	4th	3.0	0.875	3	1	0
	Norman Drew	1959	1959	1	1	0.5	0.500	0	0	1
	Victor Dubuisson	2014	2014	1	3	2.5	0.833	2	0	1
	George Duncan	1927	1931	3	5	2.0	0.400	2	3	0
	Syd Easterbrook	1931	1933	2	3	2.0	0.667	2	1	0
	Nick Faldo	1977	1997	11	46	25.0	0.543	23	19th	4th
	John Fallon	1955	1955	1	1	1.0	1,000	1	0	0
	Niclas Fasth	2002	2002	1	3	0.5	0.167	0	2	1
	Max Faulkner	1947	1957	5	8th	1.0	0.125	1	7th	0
	David Feherty	1991	1991	1	3	1.5	0.500	1	1	1
	Ross Fisher	2010	2010	1	4th	2.0	0.500	2	2	0
	Matthew Fitzpatrick	2016	2016	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Pierre Fulke	2002	2002	1	2	0.5	0.250	0	1	1
	George Gadd	1927	1927	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Bernard Gallacher	1969	1983	8th	31	15.5	0.500	13	13	5
	Stephen Gallacher	2014	2014	1	2	0	0.00	0	2	0
	Sergio García	1999	2016	8th	37	22.5	0.608	19th	11	7th
	John Garner	1971	1973	2	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Antonio Garrido	1979	1979	1	5	1.0	0.200	1	4th	0
	Ignacio Garrido	1997	1997	1	4th	1.5	0.375	0	1	3
	David Gilford	1991	1995	2	7th	3.5	0.500	3	3	1
	Eric Green	1947	1947	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Malcolm Gregson	1967	1967	1	4th	0.0	0	0	4th	0
	Joakim Haeggman	1993	1993	1	2	1.0	0.500	1	1	0
	Tom Haliburton	1961	1963	2	6th	0.0	0	0	6th	0
	Søren Hansen	2008	2008	1	3	0.5	0.167	0	2	1
	Peter Hanson	2010	2012	2	5	1.0	0.200	1	4th	0
	Jack Hargreaves	1951	1951	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Pádraig Harrington	1999	2010	6th	25th	10.5	0.420	9	13	3
	Arthur Havers	1927	1933	3	6th	3.0	0.500	3	3	0
	Jimmy Hitchcock	1965	1965	1	3	0.0	0	0	3	0
	Bert Hodson	1931	1931	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Reg Horne	1947	1947	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Tommy Horton	1975	1977	2	8th	1.5	0.188	1	6th	1
	David Howell	2004	2006	2	5	3.5	0.700	3	1	1
	Brian Huggett	1963	1975	6th	25th	12.0	0.480	9	10	6th
	Bernard Hunt	1953	1969	8th	28	9.0	0.321	6th	16	6th
	Geoffrey Hunt	1963	1963	1	3	0.0	0	0	3	0
	Guy Hunt	1975	1975	1	3	0.5	0.167	0	2	1
	Tony Jacklin	1967	1979	7th	35	17.0	0.486	13	14th	8th
	John Jacobs	1955	1955	1	2	2.0	1,000	2	0	0
	Mark James	1977	1995	7th	24	8.5	0.354	8th	15th	1
	Edward Jarman	1935	1935	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	1999	2010	4th	15th	5.5	0.367	4th	8th	3
	Per-Ulrik Johansson	1995	1997	2	5	3.0	0.600	3	2	0
	Herbert Jolly	1927	1927	1	2	0.0	0	0	2	0
	Robert Karlsson	2006	2008	2	7th	3.0	0.429	1	2	4th
	Martin Kaymer	2010	2016	4th	14th	6.5	0.464	5	6th	3
	Michael King	1979	1979	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Sam King	1937	1949	3	5	1.5	0.300	1	3	1
	Arthur Lacey	1933	1937	2	3	0.0	0	0	3	0
	Barry Lane	1993	1993	1	3	0.0	0	0	3	0
	Bernhard Langer	1981	2002	10	42	24.0	0.571	21st	15th	6th
	Paul Lawrie	1999	2012	2	8th	4.5	0.563	4th	3	1
	Arthur Lees	1947	1955	4th	8th	4.0	0.500	4th	4th	0
	Thomas Levet	2004	2004	1	3	1.0	0.333	1	2	0
	Sandy Lyle	1979	1987	5	18th	8.0	0.444	7th	9	2
	Graeme McDowell	2008	2014	4th	15th	9.0	0.600	8th	5	2
	Paul McGinley	2002	2006	3	9	4.5	0.500	2	2	5
	Rory McIlroy	2010	2016	4th	19th	11.0	0.579	9	6th	4th
	Jimmy Martin	1965	1965	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Peter Mills	1957	1959	2	1	1.0	1,000	1	0	0
	Abe Mitchell	1929	1933	3	6th	4.0	0.667	4th	2	0
	Ralph Moffitt	1961	1961	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Edoardo Molinari	2010	2010	1	3	1.0	0.333	0	1	2
	Francesco Molinari	2010	2012	2	6th	1.0	0.166	0	4th	2
	Colin Montgomerie	1991	2006	8th	36	23.5	0.653	20th	9	7th
	Christy O'Connor Sr.	1955	1973	10	36	13.0	0.361	11	21st	4th
	Christy O'Connor Jr.	1975	1989	2	4th	1.0	0.250	1	3	0
	José María Olazábal	1987	2006	7th	31	20.5	0.661	18th	8th	5
	John O'Leary	1975	1975	1	4th	0.0	0	0	4th	0
	Peter Oosterhuis	1971	1981	6th	28	15.5	0.554	14th	11	3
	Alf Padgham	1933	1937	3	6th	0.0	0	0	6th	0
	John Panton	1951	1961	3	5	0.0	0	0	5	0
	Jesper Parnevik	1997	2002	3	11	6.0	0.545	4th	3	4th
	Alf Perry	1933	1937	3	4th	0.5	0.125	0	3	1
	Thomas Pieters	2016	2016	1	5	4th	0.8	4th	1	0
	Manuel Piñero	1981	1985	2	9	6.0	0.667	6th	3	0
	Lionel Platts	1965	1965	1	5	2.0	0.400	1	2	2
	Eddie Polland	1973	1973	1	2	0.0	0	0	2	0
	Ian Poulter	2004	2014	5	18th	13	0.722	12	4th	2
	Phillip Price	2002	2002	1	2	1.0	0.500	1	1	0
	Ronan Rafferty	1989	1989	1	3	1.0	0.333	1	2	0
	Ted Ray	1927	1927	1	2	0.0	0	0	2	0
	Dai Rees	1937	1961	9	18th	7.5	0.417	7th	10	1
	Steven Richardson	1991	1991	1	4th	2.0	0.500	2	2	0
	José Rivero	1985	1987	2	5	2.0	0.400	2	3	0
	Fred Robson	1927	1931	3	6th	2.0	0.333	2	4th	0
	Costantino Rocca	1993	1997	3	11	6.0	0.545	6th	5	0
	Justin Rose	2008	2016	4th	18th	12	0.666	11	5	2
	Jarmo Sandelin	1999	1999	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Syd Scott	1955	1955	1	2	0.0	0	0	2	0
	Des Smyth	1979	1981	2	7th	2.0	0.286	2	5	0
	Henrik Stenson	2006	2016	4th	16	8.5	0.531	7th	7th	2
	Andy Sullivan	2016	2016	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Dave Thomas	1959	1967	4th	18th	5.5	0.306	3	10	5
	Sam Torrance	1981	1995	8th	28	10.0	0.357	7th	15th	6th
	Peter Townsend	1969	1971	2	11	3.0	0.273	3	8th	0
	Jean Van de Velde	1999	1999	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	Brian Waites	1983	1983	1	4th	1.0	0.250	1	3	0
	Philip Walton	1995	1995	1	2	1.0	0.500	1	1	0
	Charlie Ward	1947	1951	3	6th	1.0	0.167	1	5	0
	Paul Way	1983	1985	2	9	6.5	0.722	6th	2	1
	Harry Weetman	1951	1963	7th	15th	3.0	0.200	2	11	2
	Lee Westwood	1997	2016	10	44	23.0	0.522	20th	18th	6th
	Charles Whitcombe	1927	1937	6th	9	5.0	0.556	3	2	4th
	Ernest Whitcombe	1929	1935	3	6th	1.5	0.250	1	4th	1
	Reg Whitcombe	1935	1935	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	0
	George Will	1963	1967	3	15th	3.0	0.200	2	11	2
	Danny Willett	2016	2016	1	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Oliver Wilson	2008	2008	1	2	1.0	0.500	1	1	0
	Chris Wood	2016	2016	1	2	1	0.5	1	1	0
	Norman Wood	1975	1975	1	3	1.0	0.333	1	2	0
	Ian Woosnam	1983	1997	8th	31	16.5	0.532	14th	12	5

The actual participating team members are listed (also with "0" stakes)

Country table

1. Participation = number of players participating
2. Events = number of events attended
3. Players = number of players used

+ Period from 1973 to 2016

country	Participate	Occasions	player	Record player
England	94	23	35	Nick Faldo (11)
Spain	40	20th	11	Seve Ballesteros (8) Sergio García (9)
Scotland	43	19th	11	Sam Torrance (8) Colin Montgomerie (8)
Ireland	20th	11	8th	Pádraig Harrington (6)
Sweden	19th	12	10	Henrik Stenson (4)
Germany	14th	14th	2	Bernhard Langer (10)
Northern Ireland	16	13	6th	Darren Clarke (5)
Wales	12	12	4th	Ian Woosnam (8)
Italy	7th	6th	3	Costantino Rocca (3) Francesco Molinari (3)
Denmark	5	5	3	Thomas Bjørn (3)
France	3	3	3	Jean Van de Velde (1) Thomas Levet (1) Victor Dubuisson (1)
Belgium	2	2	2	Nicolas Colsaerts (1) Thomas Pieters (1)

Status: including 2018

Player Relationships

Ryder Cup events played together in brackets

Father son

• Peter Alliss is the son of Percy Alliss .
• Ignacio Garrido is the son of Antonio Garrido

brothers

• Ernest Whitcombe , Charles Whitcombe (1931 + 1935) & Reg Whitcombe (1935)
• Bernard Hunt and Geoffrey Hunt (1963)
• Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari (2010)

Others

• Christy O'Connor senior is the uncle of Christy O'Connor junior
• Brian Barnes is the son-in-law of Max Faulkner .
• Lee Westwood is Andrew Coltart's brother-in-law . (1999)

Web links

• PGA Media Guide 2012 (PDF; 4.8 MB)
• About.com golf Ryder Cup Records
• Official Ryder Cup homepage