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In each Ryder Cup point division, Team USA has earned more points than Team Europe. In the tournament's 36 matches, the United States players have accumulated 131 foursome points, 91 four-ball points and 237 singles points with a total of 459.";
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With captain Ben Hogan leading an American team in 1967 that included such notables as Billy Casper, Arnold Palmer, Julius Boros and Gene Littler, Team USA racked up 23 1/2 points while limiting Team Europe to 8 1/2 points. That dominant score recorded in Houston, Texas still stands as the largest margin of victory for Team USA -- and overall -- in Ryder Cup history. ";
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Twenty-one of Team USA's 24 total Ryder Cup wins occurred prior to 1983, as they dominated much of the early competition. In addition to recording 24 victories in the 36 Ryder Cups played, they also earned two ties.";
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Twice in tournament history the Ryder Cup has been claimed by Team USA seven times in a row. In the first streak, which lasted from 1935-1955, the U.S. accumulated 59 points to Europe's 25. From 1971-1983, the second time a U.S. team went on a dominant run of that sort, they scored 121 points while giving up just 79.";
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Three American golfers have competed in eight Ryder Cups, more than any others in Team USA history. Billy Casper played his eighth in 1975, the same year Raymond Floyd (pictured) was playing his second, and two years before Lanny Wadkins played his first. In every year from 1961 to 1993, at least one of those three were competing for the United States.";
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Billy Casper
Prior to captaining the 1979 Ryder Cup squad, Billy Casper put in many hours as a playing member on the team. He played eight years on the team and in a Team USA record 37 matches.";
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Arnold Palmer
Six singles wins, nine foursomes wins and seven four-balls wins add up to 22 overall Ryder Cup victories for Arnold Palmer. The American golf legend has just eight losses and two halves.";
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Raymond Floyd
In eight Ryder Cup appearances, Raymond Floyd won 12 matches and halved three. He also lost 16, setting the record for American players at the event. The majority of his losses came in foursomes, as he was on the losing end eight times in that action. He also had four losses in singles and four losses in four-balls.";
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Gene Littler
In seven Ryder Cup appearances and 27 matches played, Gene Littler earned 14 wins, five losses and eight halves. No other American golfer earned as many halved points.";
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Billy Casper
First and second place in the Team USA record books for most points won are separated by just a half a point, with Billy Casper edging out Arnold Palmer for top honors. Casper (pictured) earned 23 1/2 points during his Ryder Cup career, while Palmer finished with 23.";
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Arnold Palmer
Throughout his six appearances on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, Arnold Palmer played in 11 singles matches, more than any other American golfer. Palmer won six of those matches, lost three and halved two.";
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The last Ryder Cup captain to actually play on the team (1965), Arnold Palmer (pictured) played on the squads in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1971 and 1973. During that time he matched a record that had been set by Billy Casper and was subsequently equaled by Lee Trevino -- most singles points won. All three Team USA golfers have seven singles points to their credit.";
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The U.S. record for most singles matches won is shared by four golfers: Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Sam Snead (pictured) and Lee Trevino.";
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Raymond Floyd, Mark O'Meara and Jack Nicklaus (pictured) are tied for most singles matches lost by an American. Floyd and Nicklaus also won four for the four they lost, while O'Meara won just one. ";
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Gene Littler
Of the record eight matches Gene Littler halved, three of them occurred in singles play.";
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During their Team USA record eight Ryder Cup appearances, both Lanny Wadkins and Billy Casper (pictured) competed in 15 foursome matches. Wadkins earned a 9-6-0 record during that time, while Casper's record was 8-5-2.";
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Three of the most accomplished Team USA golfers in Ryder Cup history share the record for most foursome points won: Lanny Wadkins, Arnold Palmer (pictured) and Billy Casper each played their way to 9 points in foursome action.";
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Both Lanny Wadkins (pictured) and Arnold Palmer won nine foursome matches in Ryder Cup play. Wadkins' victories came in eight Cup appearances and were coupled with six losses, and Palmer's wins were spread out over the course of six Cup appearances. He had just three foursome losses.";
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Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd won four foursome matches, but he also lost eight. ";
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Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson has halved just four times in 25 matches played, and three of those have come in foursome action. When he and Chris DiMarco halved their Friday foursomes match in 2006, he moved into sole possession of the record.";
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Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Raymond Floyd and Lanny Wadkins all participated in 11 four-ball matches at the Ryder Cup, but Billy Casper (pictured) holds the record with 12. His record in those matches was 6-3-3 (W-L-H).";
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Both Lanny Wadkins (pictured) and Billy Casper won 7 1/2 four-ball points throughout their Ryder Cup careers and share the Team USA record. ";
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Both Lanny Wadkins and Arnold Palmer (pictured) earned seven four-ball victories during their Ryder Cup careers. Wadkins' record is 7-3-1 (W-L-H), while Palmer's record is 7-2-0.";
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With six four-ball losses each, Jim Furyk, Davis Love III and Tiger Woods (pictured) are tied for the Team USA record. Furyk has a 1-6-1 (W-L-H) record in four-ball, while Love has a 3-6-2 four-ball record. Woods has the best four-ball record among the three, with four wins.";
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Gene Littler
Gene Littler enjoyed an unbeaten record in four-ball matches during his Ryder Cup career, winning five times and halving four times. ";
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Jimmy Demaret
A participant in three Ryder Cups, Jimmy Demaret earned a perfect 6-0-0 record in the six matches he played. Jack Burke (7-1-0) and Horton Smith (3-0-1) are tied for second with an 86 percent point percentage.";
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Twelve golfers who played for Team USA enjoy perfect records in Ryder Cup action. Jimmy Demaret's (pictured) is the most impressive, as it stretches over three appearances (1947-1951) and encompasses six matches. Billy Maxwell went 4-4 in 1963, while Johnny Golden (1927-1929), Bill Burke (1931-1933) and Ben Hogan (1947, 1951) all were 3-3. The golfers who won both of their two Ryder Cup matches are Wilfred Cox (1931), Ralph Guldahl (1937), Lew Worsham (1947), Chick Harbert (1949, 1955) and Bob Rosburg (1959). Finall, both Herman Barron (1947) and Jim Turnesa (1953) won the only Ryder Cup match in which they competed.";
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Larry Nelson and Lanny Wadkins
In 1979, Larry Nelson (pictured) and Lanny Wadkins achieved a perfect 4-4 record as a team. They won 2 and 1 in Day 1 four-balls and 4 and 3 in Day 1 foursomes, then on Day 2 won foursomes 3 and 2 and four-balls 5 and 4.";
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Arnold Palmer and Gardiner Dickinson
Arnold Palmer (left) and Gardner Dickinson partnered together on the U.S. Ryder Cup team for five matches, and they won each time. Two of those wins came in 1967, and three came in 1971.";
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Five American golfers have earned five points in a single Ryder Cup. Arnold Palmer and Gardner Dickinson (pictured) both achieved that mark in 1967, winning five points out of a possible five, and Larry Nelson went 5-5 in 1979. Tony Lema (1965) and Jack Nicklaus (1971) also earned five points but had the chance to win six.";
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Seventy-one times in Team USA history an American golfer has earned a perfect record in a single Ryder Cup. Most impressive among those are the perfect 5-5 records achieved by Gardiner Dickinson in 1967, Arnold Palmer (pictured) in 1977 and Larry Nelson in 1979. Billy Maxwell (1963), Johnny Pott (1967), J.C. Snead (1971), Tom Weiskopf (1975), Lee Trevino (1981), Larry Nelson (1981) and Jack Nicklaus (1981) all earned four wins in four matches.";
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In 1975, Hale Irwin (pictured) joined the ranks of Billy Casper (1963, 1967) and Bobby Nichols (1967) as unbeaten Team USA golfers to earn 4 1/2 out of 5 points. American golfers have remained unbeaten in a single Ryder Cup 17 other times.";
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Walter Hagen (pictured) captained more Ryder Cup teams than any other golfer, and he also earned more wins. In the six Ryder Cups from 1927-1937, Hagen led Team USA to four wins and two losses. Ben Hogan (1947, 1949, 1967) earned a 3-0 record as captain, while Sam Snead (1951, 1959, 1969), the only other golfer to act as captain more than twice), earned two wins and one halve.";
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Arnold Palmer
In 1963, when Arnold Palmer assumed Ryder Cup captain duties for Team USA for the first time, he broke a record set by Walter Hagen 36 years previously and became the youngest captain in team history. He was 34 years, 1 month and 1 day old. Team USA would go on to beat Team Europe that year.";
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Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson was 53 years, 8 months and 3 days old when he captained Team USA's squad in the 1965 Ryder Cup. With strong singles action, the U.S. players earned a 19 1/2 to 12 1/2 win over the Europeans that year.";
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Horton Smith
Horton Smith has owned the record for youngest Team USA player in the Ryder Cup since 1929. When he competed in the second Ryder Cup ever played, Smith was 21 years and 4 days old. ";
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Raymond Floyd
In 1993, Raymond Floyd competed in the Ryder Cup for the eighth and final time. At the time he was 51 years and 20 days old. He won three matches and lost one as the United States went on to defeat Europe by a 15-13 margin.";
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Just four American golfers did not compete on their Ryder Cup teams after being selected, with Jack Burke Jr. (pictured) in 1959 as the most recent. Al Espinoza (1927), Horton Smith (1931, 1937) and Dutch Harrison (1951) are the others";
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Throughout the course of the 36 matches played in Ryder Cup history, Team Europe has compiled a total of 356 1/2 team points. That includes 101.5 foursome points, 82 four-ball points and 173 singles points.";
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Team Europe was equally as dominant on American and European soil the past two Ryder Cup tournaments, thoroughly outplaying Team USA each time. Europe recorded 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 wins both in 2004 and 2006 (pictured). They first embarrassed the Americans in Oakland Hills, Mich. before continuing their success in Straffan, Ireland and winning their third straight Cup.";
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While Team Europe has enjoyed more recent Ryder Cup success than has Team USA, they are still at a disadvantage when it comes to total matches won. They have earned seven wins as Team Europe and three as Great Britain and Ireland for a total of 10 victories. The Europeans have also tied the Americans twice.";
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With their 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 defeat of Team USA in 2006, Europe claimed three consecutive Ryder Cup wins for the first time in team history. Throughout the three-tournament span, the Europeans have outscored the Americans 52.5 to 31.5.";
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Nick Faldo
A devout believer in playing for Team Europe, Nick Faldo has more Ryder Cup appearances than any other player on either side of the Atlantic. His 11 matches played occurred consecutively from 1977-1997, during which time his squad achieved a 5-6 win-loss record.";
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Nick Faldo
Throughout the course of playing in a record 11 Ryder Cup tournaments, Nick Faldo also has played in a record number of matches. He has competed in 46 matches for Team Europe, four more than Bernhard Langer, who holds the second place in the European Ryder Cup record books.";
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Nick Faldo
With six singles wins, 10 foursomes wins and seven four-balls wins, Nick Faldo has earned more Ryder Cup victories than any other golfer -- either European or American. He has 19 losses and four halves to go along with those 23 wins.";
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Christy O'Connor Sr. (pictured) accumulated 21 losses in 10 Ryder Cup appearances and 36 matches played. He shares the record for most matches lost with Neil Coles, who lost 21 in eight Ryder Cup appearances and 40 matches played.";
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Tony Jacklin
In the 35 Ryder Cup matches he played, Tony Jacklin compiled a 13-14-8 (W-L-H) record. Those eight matches halved are the more than any other European competitor.";
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Nick Faldo
Five golfers in Team Europe history have recorded more than 20 points in Ryder Cup play, with Nick Faldo (pictured) leading the way. He has earned 25 points through 46 matches. Bernhard Langer has 24, Colin Montgomerie has 23 1/2, Seve Ballesteros has 22 1/2 and Jose Maria Olazabal has 20 1/2 points.";
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Neil Coles
In his eight Ryder Cup appearances, Neil Coles played in 15 singles matches. By playing in the 1977 event at the age of 42, he secured sole possession of the record for most singles matches played, as he was previously tied with Christy O'Connor Sr.";
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Neil Coles
Appearing in eight Ryder Cups (1961-1973, 1977), Neil Coles (pictured) set the record for most singles points won. Although three golfers (Nick Faldo, Peter Oosterhuis and Peter Alliss) earned 6 1/2 points throughout their Ryder Cup careers, Coles racked up 7.";
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Three European golfers have won their singles matches six times: Nick Faldo, Peter Oosterhuis and Colin Montgomerie (pictured). ";
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Christy O'Connor Sr.
The majority of Christy O'Connor Sr.'s 21 matches lost in Ryder Cup play came in singles, where he lost 10 times while winning two and halving two.";
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Four of the five matches Bernard Gallacher (pictured) halved for Team Europe were singles, with his lone remaining halve coming in four-ball action. He is tied with Neil Coles for the Team Europe record of most singles matches halved.";
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Ten-time Ryder Cup participant Bernhard Langer (pictured) and 11-time player Nick Faldo have each competed in 18 foursome matches, while six other golfers in Team Europe history have more than 11 foursome matches to their credit.";
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Bernhard Langer
Nick Faldo edged out Bernhard Langer (pictured) in many of the Team Europe Ryder Cup records, but Langer holds the advantage in most foursome points won with 11 1/2 to Faldo's 11.";
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Bernhard Langer
In 10 Ryder Cup appearances, Bernhard Langer earned an 11-6-1 (W-L-H) record in foursome matches. Those 11 victories are more than any other golfer, either European or American, in foursome action.";
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Bernard Hunt
Of Bernard Hunt's 16 overall Ryder Cup losses, nine of them came in foursome matches, where he had a 1-9-1 (W-L-H) record.";
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Tony Jacklin
In foursome matches, Tony Jacklin is one of eight members of Team Europe to halve more than once. He holds the record with four, however, as no other golfer has halved as many times. ";
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Nick Faldo
After playing in his first Ryder Cup tournament at the age of 21, Nick Faldo went on to play for Team Europe 10 more times. He competed in 17 four-ball matches during that time, compiling a seven wins, nine losses and one halve.";
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Throughout Ian Woosnam's (pictured) 31 Ryder Cup matches and Jose Maria Olazabal's seven Ryder Cup appearances, they both have picked up 10 1/2 points in four-ball action. Olazabal was looking to add to that total by making the squad in 2008, but he will not qualify to play. Instead, he will serve as one of captain Nick Faldo's assistants.";
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Ian Woosnam
Ian Woosnam holds the record for most four-ball matches won, compiling an overall record of 10-3-1 (W-L-H) throughout his eight Ryder Cup appearances. No other golfer on either team has more four-ball wins than Woosnam.";
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Nick Faldo
Four-balls is the one Ryder Cup area in which Nick Faldo has a losing record. Although he has won seven matches, he has also lost nine.";
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Four international golfers -- Jose Maria Olazabal (pictured), Sam Torrance, Tony Jacklin and Brian Hugget -- share the record for most four-ball matches halved. Each have halved three times.";
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Sergio Garcia
Each time Sergio Garcia has played on a Ryder Cup squad, Team Europe has walked away with the trophy. In those four appearances (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006), he has earned the best point percentage of any golfer with a minimum of three Ryder Cup matches to their credit. His record is an impressive 14-4-2, which gives him a 75 percent point percentage. The player with whom he has teamed with great success -- Jose Maria Olazabal -- is next on the list with an overall record of 18-8-3 for a 67 percent point percentage.";
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Playing in one Ryder Cup and two matches each, Paul Broadhurst (pictured) and John Jacobs both earned undefeated records. Jacobs played in 1955, the same year John Fallon won the only Ryder Cup match he ever played. Peter Mills is the only other golfer on Team Europe with a 100 percent career winning record, winning his lone match in 1957. Broadhurst earned his perfect record in 1991.";
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Paired together in 1987, Nick Faldo (left) and Ian Woosnam picked up 3 1/2 points out of a possible 4. They share the record for most successful pairing in a single Ryder Cup with Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal, who won three and halved one both in 1989 and 1991, and Sergio Garcia and Jesper Parnevik, who achieved that score in 1999. In 1987, Sandy Lyle and Bernhard Langer won each of the three matches they played together.";
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Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal
In the 15 matches in which they competed together as a duo, Seve Ballesteros (right) and Jose Maria Olazabal earned more wins and more points than any other Ryder Cup partnership in history. They won 11 matches while losing just two and halving two more for a total of 12 points. No other pairing -- either European or American -- has more than six points together.";
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Peter Alliss (pictured) and Tony Jacklin are tied for the most points won in a single Ryder Cup, as Alliss earned five out of a possible six in 1965 and Jacklin equaled that mark in 1969.";
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Twenty-two times in Team Europe history a European player finished a single Ryder Cup with a perfect record. Darren Clarke (pictured), Luke Donald and Jose Maria Olazabal all went 3-3 in 2006, while Nick Faldo (1977) and Peter Oosterhuis also won all three of their matches. Abe Mitchell (1933), Arthur Havers (1933), Syd Easterbrook (1933), Jimmy Adam (1949), Arthur Lees (1951), Fred Daly (1953), Harry Bradshaw (1953), John Jacobs (1955), Ken Bousfield (1957), Dai Rees (1957), Paul Broadhurst (1991) and Per-Ulrik Johansson (1997) each won two of two matches played. Charles Whitcombe (1935), Ken Bousfield (1949), Dai Rees (1949), Johnny Fallon (1955) and Peter Mills (1957) won the only match in which they competed those years.";
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Tony Jacklin (pictured) went unbeaten in the 1969 Ryder Cup, winning Day 1 morning and afternoon foursomes, Day 2 morning four-balls and Day 3 morning singles and halving Day 2 afternoon four-balls and Day 3 afternoon singles. He earned five out of a possible six points, the only unbeaten Team Europe golfer to win that many. Jose Maria Olazabal (1989), Seve Ballesteros (1991), Ian Woosnam (1993), Colin Montgomerie (2002), Sergio Garcia (2004) and Lee Westwood (2004) all earned 4 1/2 out of 5, and European golfers were unbeaten 23 other times.";
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Tony Jacklin (pictured) captained the European team each Ryder Cup from 1983-1989, winning twice, losing once and halving once. His record as captain is better than the only other four-time captain, Charles Whitcombe, who had four losses, and the only five-time captain, Dai Rees, who won one and lost four.";
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Charles Whitcombe
Playing in his third Ryder Cup in 1931, Charles Whitcombe also assumed captain responsibilities for Team Europe. As he was just 35 years, 9 months and 5 days old at the time, he set the record as the squad's youngest captain.";
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J.H. Taylor
When J.H. Taylor captained the 1933 Great Britain Ryder Cup team to a win over the United States, he was 62 years, 3 months and days old. Not only is he the oldest captain ever, but he also is the only captain on either side to have never played a single Ryder Cup match.";
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Sergio Garcia
Sergio Garcia broke a 22-year-old record held by Nick Faldo when he took to the greens at The Country Club in 1999 for Ryder Cup action, becoming the youngest player on either side to compete. He was 19 years, 8 months and 15 days old at the time. He earned 3 1/2 points out of a potential five.";
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Ted Ray
A participant and Team Europe captain in the inaugural Ryder Cup in 1927, Ted Ray was 50 years, 2 months and 5 days old at the time. No other European player has been over 50.";
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Spanish golfer Miguel Angel Martin (pictured) was selected to compete for Europe in the 1997 Ryder Cup, but he never had a chance. Martin failed a fitness test on his injured wrist, but another explanation for his absence centers on his clashes with captain Seve Ballesteros. Other European players who were selected but did not play are George Gadd (1927), Abe Mitchell (1927), Percy Alliss (1929), Stewart Burns (1929), Allan Dailey (1933), Eric Green (1947), Reg Horne (1947), Laurie Ayton (1949), Jack Hargreaves (1951), Ken Bousfield (1955), Peter Mills (1959), John Garner (1973) and Jose Maria Olazabal (1995).";
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Each time the United States has swept a foursomes series in Ryder Cup play, they have gone on to win the entire tournament. Team USA won foursomes 4-0 in 1947, won the first series 4-0 in 1975 and won the second series 4-0 both in 1963 and 1981 (U.S. teammates Jack Nicklaus (left) and Tom Watson pictured).";
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Team Europe has swept four-balls twice, the same number of times Team USA has won all of the points in a four-balls series. The United States' 4-0 victories came in the first series in 1967 and 1971, while the Europeans won the first series in both 1987 and 1989 (pictured). ";
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The record for largest foursomes margin of victory in a 36-hole match is 10 and 9, a dominating feat achieved both in 1931 and 1947. Walter Hagen (pictured) and Densmore Shute played together for Team USA in 1931, beating George Duncan and Arthur Havers, while Americans Lew Worsham and Ed Oliver crushed Sir Henry Cotton and Arthur Lees in 1947.";
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George Duncan
By earning a 10 and 8 victory over Walter Hagen in their 36-hole singles match in 1929, Scotland's George Duncan (pictured) set the record for largest winning margin. He also helped his team achieve a 7-5 win over Team USA that year.";
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In 18-hole foursomes action, two pairings have achieved 7 and 6 victories. Both times the winners have been Team USA participants, with Hale Irwin and Tom Kite teaming up in 1979 and Paul Azinger (pictured) and Mark O'Meara dominating in 1991.";
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Lee Trevino and Jerry Pate
The most impressive four-balls victory in Ryder Cup history was turned in by Lee Trevino (pictured) and Jerry Pate in 1981. They beat Nick Faldo and Sam Torrance by a 7 and 5 score, and their Team USA went on to defeat Team Europe by an 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 margin.";
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Twice in Ryder Cup history have matches been ended with a golfer up eight with seven holes to go in singles play. American Tom Kite won 8 and 7 over Howard Clark in 1989, the same year Fred Couples (pictured) played his first Ryder Cup with Team USA. Kite was the captain in 1997 when Fred Couples equaled his record with an 8 and 7 win over Ian Woosnam. Both years, however, Team Europe won.";
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Between them they have 15 years of Ryder Cup playing experience, but 2008 will be the first time American Paul Azinger (right) and Nick Faldo of England have tried their hands at captaining. There have been 20 European captains prior to Faldo: Ted Ray (1927), George Duncan (1929), Charles Whitcombe (1931, 1935, 1937, 1949), J.H. Taylor (1933), Henry Cotton (1947, 1953), Arthur Lacey (1951), Dai Rees (1955-1961, 1967), John Fallon (1963), Harry Weetman (1965), Eric Brown (1969, 1971), Bernard Hunt (1973, 1975), Brian Huggett (1977), John Jacobs (1979, 1981), Tony Jacklin (1983-1989), Bernard Gallacher (1991-1995), Seve Ballesteros (1997), Mark James (1999), Sam Torrance (2002), Bernard Langer (2004) and Ian Woosnam (2006). The 24 Team USA captains prior to Azinger are Walter Hagen (1927-1937), Ben Hogan (1947, 1949, 1967), Sam Snead (1951, 1959, 1969), Lloyd Mangrum (1953), Chick Harbert (1955), Jack Burke Jr. (1957, 1973), Jerry Barber (1961), Arnold Palmer (1963, 1975), Byron Nelson (1965), Jay Hebert (1971), Dow Finsterwald (1977), Billy Casper (1979), Dave Marr (1981), Jack Nicklaus (1983, 1987), Lee Trevino (1985), Raymond Floyd (1989), Dave Stockton (1991), Tom Watson (1993), Lanny Wadkins (1995), Tom Kite (1997), Ben Crenshaw (1999), Curtis Strange (2002), Hal Sutton (2004) and Tom Lehman (2006).";
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