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Ryder Cup - 1985

By Brent Kelley, About.com

Final Score:


Europe 16.5, U.S. 11.5

Venue:


The Belfry Golf & Country Club in Sutton Coldfield, England

Captains:


U.S.: Lee Trevino
Europe: Tony Jacklin

Day 1 Results:


Foursomes
• Seve Ballesteros/Miguel Pinero, Europe, def. Curtis Strange/Mark O'Meara, U.S., 2 and 1
• Calvin Peete/Tom Kite, U.S., def. Bernhard Langer/Nick Faldo, 3 and 2
• Lanny Wadkins/Raymond Floyd, U.S., def. Sandy Lyle/Ken Brown, 4 and 3
• Craig Stadler/Hal Sutton, U.S., def. Howard Clark/Sam Torrance, Europe, 3 and 2
Fourballs
• Paul Way/Ian Woosnam, Europe, def. Fuzzy Zoeller/Hubert Green, U.S., 1-up
• Seve Ballestero/Miguel Pinero, Europe, def. Andy North/Peter Jacobsen, U.S., 2 and 1
• Bernhard Langer/Jose Maria Canizares, Europe, halved with Craig Stadler/Hal Sutton, U.S.
• Raymond Floyd/Lanny Wadkins, U.S., def. Sam Torrance/Howard Clark, Europe, 1-up

Day 2 Results:


Fourballs
• Sam Torrance/Howard Clark, Europe, def. Tom Kite/Andy North, U.S., 2 and 1
• Paul Way/Ian Woosnam, Europe, def. Hubert Green/Fuzzy Zoeller, U.S., 4 and 3
• Mark O'Meara/Lanny Wadkins, U.S., def. Seve Ballesteros/Miguel Pinero, Europe, 3 and 2
• Bernhard Langer/Sandy Lyle, Europe, halved with Craig Stadler/Curtis Strange, U.S.
Foursomes
• Jose Maria Canizares/Jose Rivero, Europe, def. Tom Kite/Calvin Peete, U.S., 4 and 3
• Seve Ballesteros/Miguel Pinero, Europe, def. Craig Stadler/Hal Sutton, U.S., 5 and 4
• Curtis Strange/Peter Jacobsen, U.S., def. Paul Way/Ian Woosnam, Europe, 4 and 2
• Bernhard Langer/Ken Brown, Europe, def. Raymond Floyd/Lanny Wadkins, U.S., 3 and 2

Day 3 Results:


Singles
• Miguel Pinero, Europe, def. Lanny Wadkins, U.S., 3 and 1
• Craig Stadler, U.S., def. Ian Woosnam, Europe, 2 and 1
• Paul Way, Europe, def. Raymond Floyd, U.S., 2-up
• Seve Ballesteros, Europe, halved with Tom Kite, U.S.
• Sandy Lyle, Europe, def. Peter Jacobsen, U.S., 3 and 2
• Bernhard Langer, Europe, def. Hal Sutton, U.S., 5 and 4
• Sam Torrance, Europe, def. Andy North, U.S., 1-up
• Howard Clark, Europe, def. Mark O'Meara, U.S., 1-up
• Calvin Peete, U.S., def. Jose Rivero, Europe, 1-up
• Hubert Green, U.S., def. Nick Faldo, Europe, 3 and 1
• Jose Maria Canizares, Europe, def. Fuzzy Zoeller, U.S., 2-up
• Curtis Strange, U.S., def. Ken Brown, Europe, 4 and 2

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