Ryder Cup 2004

Ryder Cup
information
Country:	alternating <>
Major (yes / no) :	No
Tour (s) :	PGA & PGA Europe
organized since:	1927
Game form :	28 games of match play
Total prize money:	0.-
normal appointment (month) :	October (every 2 years)
Top performances
Title holder

The 35th Ryder Cup was held September 14-19, 2004 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township , Michigan . Europe emerged as the winner.

The Oakland Hills Club was opened in 1918 and has hosted several major tournaments. Since 1951 (US Open victory by Ben Hogan ) the course has been nicknamed The Monster . The Ryder Cup is played on the South Course (par 70), which is characterized by extremely difficult greens.

The teams

Team Europe
Surname	Age
Bernhard Langer (captain)	47
Paul Casey	27
Darren Clarke	36
Luke Donald	26th
Sergio García	24
Pádraig Harrington	33
David Howell	29
Miguel Angel Jiménez	40
Thomas Levet	36
Paul McGinley	37
Colin Montgomerie	41
Ian Poulter	28
Lee Westwood	31

Team USA
Surname	Age
Hal Sutton (captain)	46
Tiger Woods	28
Phil Mickelson	34
Davis Love III	40
Jim Furyk	34
Kenny Perry	44
David Toms	37
Chad Campbell	30th
Chris DiMarco	36
Fred Funk	48
Chris Riley	30th
Jay Haas	50
Stewart Cink	31

Result

Europe wins with 18.5 to 9.5 points.

Friday

• Four-balls (best ball)
  • Mickelson / Woods - Montgomerie / Harrington (2 & 1)
  • Love / Campbell - Clarke / Jiménez (5 & 4)
  • Riley / Cink - McGinley / Donald (shared)
  • Toms / Furyk - Garcia / Westwood (5 & 3)
• Foursomes (classic foursome)
  • DiMarco / Haas - Jiménez / Levet (3 & 2)
  • Love / Funk - Montgomerie / Harrington (4 & 2)
  • Mickelson / Woods - Clarke / Westwood (1 up)
  • Perry / Cink - Garcia / Donald (2 & 1)

Saturday

• Four balls
  • Haas / DiMarco - Garcia / Westwood (shared)
  • Woods / Riley - Clarke / Poulter (4 & 3)
  • Furyk / Campbell - Casey / Howell (1 up)
  • Cink / Love - Montgomerie / Harrington (3 & 2)
• Foursomes
  • Haas / DiMarco - Clarke / Westwood (5 & 4)
  • Mickelson / Toms - Jiménez / Levet (4 & 3)
  • Furyk / Funk - Garcia / Donald (1 up)
  • Love / Woods - Harrington / McGinley (4 & 3)

Sunday

• Singles (single match game)
  • Woods - Casey (3 & 2)
  • Mickelson - Garcia (3 & 2)
  • Love - Clarke (shared)
  • Furyk - Howell (6 & 4)
  • Perry - Westwood (1 on)
  • Toms - Montgomerie (1 on)
  • Campbell - Donald (5 & 3)
  • DiMarco - Jiménez (1 up)
  • Funk - Levet (1 up)
  • Riley - Poulter (3 & 2)
  • Haas - Harrington (1 up)
  • Cink - McGinley (3 & 2)

Web links

• Ryder Cup 2004