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43rd Ryder Cup Matches
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DatesSeptember 24–26, 2021
VenueWhistling Straits
LocationHaven, Wisconsin
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United States Europe
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The 43rd Ryder Cup Matches are in progress in the United States from September 24–26, 2021, on the Straits course at Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin.[1] Europe is the holder of the Ryder Cup after its 17½–10½ victory over the United States in 2018 at Le Golf National.

Due to several tournaments, including a number of majors, shifting their schedules due to the COVID-19 pandemic (including one major being cancelled and one being moved to November), the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled to take place only five days after the final round of the rescheduled U.S. Open, from September 25 to 27, 2020.[2]

On July 8, 2020, the PGA of America announced the postponement of the event to September 24 to 26, 2021, because of the pandemic. The next Ryder Cup will now be held in 2023 and further odd years, while the Presidents Cup was also rescheduled into 2022 and further even years, resetting the yearly rotation of both events to how they were scheduled before the September 11 attacks in 2001.[3]

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format will be as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) – 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches and 4 fourball (better ball) matches
  • Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 foursomes matches and 4 fourball matches
  • Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches

On the first two days there are 4 foursomes matches and 4 fourball matches with the home captain choosing which are played in the morning and which in the afternoon.

With a total of 28 points available, 14½ points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Course

Main article: Whistling Straits

Team qualification and selection

United States

The United States qualification rules were announced on February 20, 2019.[4] Amended criteria were announced on August 5, 2020 (changes highlighted in italics below).[5] The qualification rules are similar to those used for the 2018 Ryder Cup. The majority of the team are selected from the Ryder Cup points list which is based on prize money won in important tournaments, with one point awarded for every $1,000 earned unless otherwise stated below. The team consists of:

  • The leading six players on the Ryder Cup points list, gained in the following events (reduced from the leading eight players)[6]
    • 2019 major championships, 1 point per $1,000 earned
    • 2019 World Golf Championship events and The Players Championship, 1 point per $2,000 earned
    • 2020 major championships (2 points for the winner, 1.5 times points for those who make the cut)
    • 2020 PGA Tour events. Qualifying events in this category are those played between January 1 and the conclusion of the Mayakoba Golf Classic on December 6, 2020 (previously August 23, 2020, the date of the BMW Championship). "Alternate" events (those played opposite a major or WGC event) do not earn points
    • 2021 PGA Tour events. Qualifying events in this category are those played between January 10 and the conclusion of the BMW Championship. "Alternate" events (those played opposite a major or WGC event) do not earn points
    • 2021 major championships (double points for the winner, 1.5 times points for those who make the cut)
  • Six captain's picks (increased from four)
    • Announced on September 8, 2021, three days after the conclusion of the Tour Championship

The leading 15 players in the final points list after the final qualifying event, the BMW Championship, were:[7][8]

Position Name Points
1 Collin Morikawa (Q) 18,883.82
2 Dustin Johnson (Q) 18,058.24
3 Bryson DeChambeau (Q) 17,367.91
4 Brooks Koepka (Q) 15,418.06
5 Justin Thomas (Q) 15,269.82
6 Patrick Cantlay (Q) 13,391.33
7 Tony Finau (P) 12,970.65
8 Xander Schauffele (P) 12,730.20
9 Jordan Spieth (P) 12,462.51
10 Harris English (P) 11,605.30
11 Patrick Reed 10,931.70
12 Daniel Berger (P) 10,906.57
13 Webb Simpson 9,833.89
14 Scottie Scheffler (P) 9,295.80
15 Jason Kokrak 8,345.03
Players in qualifying places (Q) are shown in green; captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow.

Europe

The European team qualification rules were announced on May 8, 2019. There was one significant change from the previous Ryder Cup, with the number of captain's picks reduced from four to three.[9][10] Following the postponement, points were frozen from after the Qatar Masters until January 1, 2021, with the new end date and amendments to the points multipliers expected to be announced before then.[11] The team will consist of:

  • The leading four players on the Race to Dubai Points List[12]
    • Points earned in all Race to Dubai tournaments starting in September 2019 with the BMW PGA Championship and ending with the BMW PGA Championship in September 2020. Points earned in the later events of 2020 will be multiplied by 1.5.
    • The leading four members on The Ryder Cup European Points List on September 12, 2021 (or as at the conclusion of the BMW PGA Championship, whichever is the latter and so long as such tournament concludes no later than September 13, 2021).
  • The leading five players, not qualified above, on the World Points List[12]
    • Total World Points earned in Official World Golf Ranking events starting in September 2019 with the BMW PGA Championship and ending with the BMW PGA Championship in September 2020. Points earned in the later events of 2020 will be multiplied by 1.5. No World points will be earned from tournaments staged opposite Rolex Series tournaments in both 2019 and 2020.
    • The leading five members, not otherwise qualified above, on The Ryder Cup World Points List on Sunday 12th September 2021 (or as at the conclusion of the BMW PGA Championship, whichever is the latter and so long as such tournament concludes no later than September 13, 2021).
  • Three captain's picks
    • The Captain, Padraig Harrington, chose the remaining three members on September 12, 2021.[13]

The leading players in the final point lists[14][15] were:

Players in qualifying places (Q) are shown in green; captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow; those in italics qualified through the other points list.

Teams

Team captains at the one year to go 2020 Ryder Cup press conference

Captains

Both team captains were announced in early 2019; Pádraig Harrington was named as the European team captain on January 8,[16] and Wisconsin native Steve Stricker as the US team captain on February 20.[17]

Vice-captains

For the US team, in October 2019, Stricker announced Jim Furyk as his first vice-captain.[18] On May 11, 2020, Zach Johnson and Davis Love III were revealed as the next two vice-captains.[19] On September 1, 2021, Stricker named his final two vice-captains, Phil Mickelson and Fred Couples.[20]

For the European team, in September 2019, Harrington announced Robert Karlsson as his first vice-captain.[21] In May 2020, during an interview he accidentally revealed Luke Donald as his second vice-captain. In June 2021, Harrington announced two more of his vice-captains, Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell.[22] On September 15, 2021, 9 days ahead of the tournament, Henrik Stenson was named as the fifth and final European vice-captain.[23]

Players

United States United States team
Name Age Points
rank 		World
ranking 		Previous
Ryder Cups 		Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Collin Morikawa 24 1 3 0 Rookie
Dustin Johnson 37 2 2 4 16 7–9–0 43.75
Bryson DeChambeau 28 3 7 1 3 0–3–0 0.00
Brooks Koepka 31 4 10 2 8 4–3–1 56.25
Justin Thomas 28 5 6 1 5 4–1–0 80.00
Patrick Cantlay 29 6 4 0 Rookie
Tony Finau (P) 32 7 9 1 3 2–1–0 66.67
Xander Schauffele (P) 27 8 5 0 Rookie
Jordan Spieth (P) 28 9 13 3 14 7–5–2 57.14
Harris English (P) 32 10 11 0 Rookie
Daniel Berger (P) 28 12 16 0 Rookie
Scottie Scheffler (P) 25 14 21 0 Rookie
Europe Europe team
Name Country Age Points rank
(European) 		Points rank
(World) 		World
ranking 		Previous
Ryder Cups 		Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Jon Rahm  Spain 26 1 1 1 1 3 1–2–0 33.33
Tommy Fleetwood  England 30 2 7 37 1 5 4–1–0 80.00
Tyrrell Hatton  England 29 3 5 19 1 3 1–2–0 33.33
Bernd Wiesberger  Austria 35 4 11 63 0 Rookie
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 32 6 2 15 5 24 11–9–4 54.17
Viktor Hovland  Norway 24 12 3 14 0 Rookie
Paul Casey  England 44 7 4 24 4 12 4–3–5 54.17
Matthew Fitzpatrick  England 27 5 6 27 1 2 0–2–0 0.00
Lee Westwood  England 48 17 8 35 10 44 20–18–6 52.27
Shane Lowry (P)  Ireland 34 15 9 41 0 Rookie
Sergio García (P)  Spain 41 19 10 43 9 41 22–12–7 62.20
Ian Poulter (P)  England 45 23 14 50 6 22 14–6–2 68.18
Captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow. World rankings and match records are prior to the start of the 2021 Ryder Cup.

Viktor Hovland (Norway) and Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) are the first players from their countries to qualify for a Ryder Cup team. Lee Westwood will be the oldest player to represent the European team since Christy O'Connor Snr in 1973.[24]

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

The opening round of four foursomes matches started at 7:05 am local time. Pairings were announced at the Opening Ceremony on Thursday.[25] The first point was won by Europe, with Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia winning, 3 and 1, against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. The first point for the United States was won by Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa winning, 3 and 2, against Paul Casey and Viktor Hovland. After winning the first 5 holes, the second American point was won by Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele by winning, 5 and 3, over Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter. The final point of the session, third overall for the United States to take a 3–1 lead was won by Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger winning, 2 and 1, against Lee Westwood and Matthew Fitzpatrick.[26]

Europe Results United States
Rahm/García Europe 3 & 1 Thomas/Spieth
Casey/Hovland United States 3 & 2 Johnson/Morikawa
Westwood/Fitzpatrick United States 2 & 1 Koepka/Berger
McIlroy/Poulter United States 5 & 3 Cantlay/Schauffele
1 Session 3
1 Overall 3

Afternoon fourballs

The first result of the afternoon came in the third match, where Tony Finau and Harris English won 4 and 3 over Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, giving Team USA the overall 4–1 lead. Team USA would win the second point of the session when Dustin Johnson and Xander Schauffele won 2 and 1 against Paul Casey and Bernd Wiesberger, giving the Americans a 5–1 lead. The 2nd overall match and 3rd points of the session was halved between Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, giving the United States a 5½–1½ lead. In the final match, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay halved their match with Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland giving the Americans 3 points to Europe’s 1 point for the afternoon session. The United States would end day 1 with a 6–2 lead, the largest first-day lead for either side since the 2004 Ryder Cup. [27]

Europe Results United States
Casey/Wiesberger United States 2 & 1 Johnson/Schauffele
Rahm/Hatton halved DeChambeau/Scheffler
McIlroy/Lowry United States 4 & 3 Finau/English
Fleetwood/Hovland halved Thomas/Cantlay
1 Session 3
2 Overall 6

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Jon Rahm and Sergio García won the opening match, despite being three down after five holes. However the United States won the other three matches to take a 9–3 lead.[28]

Europe Results United States
Rahm/García Europe 3 & 1 Koepka/Berger
Casey/Hatton United States 2 & 1 Johnson/Morikawa
Hovland/Wiesberger United States 2 up Thomas/Spieth
Westwood/Fitzpatrick United States 2 & 1 Schauffele/Cantlay
1 Session 3
3 Overall 9

Afternoon fourballs

Europe Results United States
Lowry/Hatton Europe 1 up Finau/English
Rahm/García Europe 2 & 1 Koepka/Spieth
Fleetwood/Hovland United States 3 & 1 Scheffler/DeChambeau
Poulter/McIlroy United States 4 & 3 Johnson/Morikawa
2 Session 2
5 Overall 11

Sunday's singles matches

Europe Results United States Timetable
Rory McIlroy Europe 3 & 2 Xander Schauffele 1st: 6–11
Shane Lowry United States 4 & 2 Patrick Cantlay 3rd: 6–13
Jon Rahm United States 4 & 3 Scottie Scheffler 2nd: 6–12
Sergio García United States 3 & 2 Bryson DeChambeau 4th: 6–14
Viktor Hovland halved Collin Morikawa 5th: 6½–14½
Paul Casey United States 1 up Dustin Johnson 7th: 6.5–16.5
Bernd Wiesberger United States 2 & 1 Brooks Koepka 6th: 6½–15½
Ian Poulter Tony Finau
Tyrrell Hatton United States 4 & 3 Justin Thomas 7th: 6½–16½
Lee Westwood Harris English
Tommy Fleetwood Jordan Spieth
Matthew Fitzpatrick Daniel Berger
1.5 Session 5.5
6.5 Overall 17.5

Source:[29]

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

United States

Player Points Matches Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Daniel Berger 1 3 1–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0
Patrick Cantlay 3.5 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–1
Bryson DeChambeau 2.5 3 2–0–1 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1
Harris English 1 3 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0
Tony Finau 1 3 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0
Dustin Johnson 4 5 4–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0
Brooks Koepka 2 4 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Collin Morikawa 3.5 4 3–0–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–0–0
Xander Schauffele 3 4 3–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–0–0
Scottie Scheffler 2.5 3 2–0–1 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1
Jordan Spieth 1 4 1–2–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Justin Thomas 1.5 4 1–1–1 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–1

Europe

Player Points Matches Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Paul Casey 0 4 0–3–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–0
Matthew Fitzpatrick 0 3 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0
Tommy Fleetwood 0.5 3 0–1–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–1
Sergio García 3 4 3–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–0–0
Tyrrell Hatton 1.5 4 1–1–1 0–0–0 0–1–0 1–0–1
Viktor Hovland 1 5 0–3–2 0–0–1 0–2–0 0–1–1
Shane Lowry 1 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0
Rory McIlroy 1 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0
Ian Poulter 0 3 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Jon Rahm 3.5 5 3–1–1 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–0–1
Lee Westwood 0 3 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0
Bernd Wiesberger 0 3 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0

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