TABLE OF CONTENTS RYDER CUP RECORDS All-Time Ryder Cup Appearance Analysis (USA) .................................. 230 CAPTAINS All-Time Ryder Cup Appearance Analysis (GB&I/Europe) .................235 Ryder Cup Captains Between 1927-2014 ....................................................256 Most Overall Matches Played, Won and Halved USA Performance as Ryder Cup Captain ...................................................257 (USA and GB&I/Europe)......................................................................................239 USA Youngest and Oldest Ryder Cup Captains ......................................257 Most Overall Points Won (USA and GB&I/Europe) ................................239 GB&I/European Performance as Ryder Cup Captain ...........................258 Most Singles Matches Played, Won and Halved (USA and GB&I/Europe)..................................................................................... 240 GB&I/European Youngest and Oldest Ryder Cup Captains ..............258 Most Singles Points Won (USA and GB&I/Europe) .............................. 240 RYDER CUP QUALIFYING & FORMAT Most Foursome Matches Played, Won and Halved Ryder Cup Formats ................................................................................................259 (USA and GB&I/Europe).......................................................................................241 USA & European Team Qualifying System Since 1979 ..........................259 Most Foursome Points Won (USA and GB&I/Europe) ..........................241 European Ryder Cup Qualifying Points List 1979-2012 ....................... 260 Most Four-Ball Matches Played, Won and Halved Performance of Last Automatic Qualifying Player .................................263 (USA and GB&I/Europe)......................................................................................242 ROOKIES Most Four-Ball Points Won (USA and GB&I/Europe) ...........................242 USA Rookies 1979-2012 (General Record) ................................................. 264 Largest Winning Margins in 36- and 18-Hole Matches .........................243 European Rookies 1979-2012 (General Record) .......................................266 All-Time Most Successful Ryder Cup Partnerships ................................ 244 USA Rookies 1979-2012 (Detailed Record) ................................................268 Most Successful Ryder Cup Partnership in a Single Ryder Cup Match ..................................................................................... 244 European Rookies 1979-2012 (Detailed Record) .....................................270 Hole-In-Ones at the Ryder Cup........................................................................245 Number of USA Rookies between 1979-2012 ............................................272 Most Consecutive Matches Won Number of European Rookies between 1979-2012 ................................272 by a Player in Ryder Cup Matches ..................................................................245 USA and GB&I/Europe Rookie Records ......................................................272 Most Consecutive Matches Unbeaten by a Player in Ryder Cup Matches ..................................................................245 Rookies with 100% Records ...............................................................................273 Most Consecutive Ryder Cup Matches Played .........................................245 Rookies to Remain Unbeaten............................................................................273 100% Career Winning Ryder Cup Records .................................................245 Rookies with Most Halves ...................................................................................273 Players Who Participated in all Four Series of Rookies with Most Losses ...................................................................................273 Matches Prior to the Singles Since 1979 ............................................246, 247 Oldest Rookie to Make Ryder Cup Debut ...................................................273 Most Points in a Single Ryder Cup Match ...................................................248 TEAM PERFORMANCE 100% Records in a Single Ryder Cup Match ...................................249, 250 Largest Ryder Cup Winning Margins ............................................................274 Unbeaten Players in a Single Ryder Cup Match ...................................... 250 Most Consecutive Ryder Cup Victories........................................................274 Family Members Who Have Played in the Ryder Cup ...........................251 Number of Ryder Cup Matches Won ............................................................274 Longest Gap Between Ryder Cup Appearances .....................................251 Record Leading/Winning Ryder Cup Margins After Each Day ........274 Longest Gap Between First and Latest Ryder Cup Appearances .....251 Ryder Cup Teams Winning All Points in a Series ....................................274 Most Appearances ..................................................................................................252 Breakdown of Points in All Ryder Cup Matches Youngest Players .....................................................................................................252 1927-2012 and 1927-1977 ......................................................................................274 Oldest Players ...........................................................................................................252 Breakdown of Points in All Ryder Cup Matches 1979-2012 ................275 Summary of Average Ages - 1979-2012 .......................................................252 Scores Going into the Final Day Singles Since 1985 ..............................275 Ages of the 2012 Ryder Cup Players ............................................................253 Ryder Cup Singles Results 1979–2012 ...........................................................275 Breakdown of Players From Ryder Cup Wild Card Records Since 1979 .................................................276 Continental Europe to Play in the Ryder Cup ...........................................253 Final-Day Winning Ryder Cup Comebacks ..............................................278 Players to Participate in the Ryder Cup Country by Country Since 1979 .......................................................................254 Breakdown of Holes Where Ryder Cup Matches Finished 1979-2012 ..............................................................................278 Breakdown of Nationalities Representing Europe Since 1979 ..........255 Team Career Comparisons of the 2012 Ryder Cup Players ................278 THE ENVELOPE AND RYDER CUP ODDITIES Use of the Envelope ...............................................................................................279 Players Selected but Did Not Play ..................................................................279 Quick Facts ................................................................................................................279 Ryder Cup Media Guide | 229 RYDER CUP RECORDS ALL-TIME RYDER CUP INDIVIDUAL APPEARANCE ANALYSIS UNITED STATES N0. OF MATCHES TOTAL NAME YEARS SINGLES FOURSOMES FOUR-BALLS YEARS PLAYED POINTS P W L H P W L H P W L H P W L H Tommy Aaron 69, 73 2 6 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1.5 Skip Alexander 49, 51 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Paul Azinger 89, 91, 93, 02 4 16 5 8 3 4 2 0 2 5 2 3 0 7 1 4 2 6.5 Jerry Barber 55, 61 2 5 1 4 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Miller Barber 69, 71 2 7 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 Hermon Barron 47 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Andy Bean 79, 87 2 6 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 4 Frank Beard 69, 71 2 8 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 3.5 Chip Beck 89, 91, 93 3 9 6 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 6.5 Homero Blancas 73 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2.5 Tommy Bolt 55, 57 2 4 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Julius Boros 59, 63, 65, 67 4 16 9 3 4 6 3 2 1 7 5 0 2 3 1 1 1 11 Keegan Bradley 12 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Gay Brewer 67, 73 2 9 5 3 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 5.5 Billy Burke 31, 33 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jack Burke Jr. 51, 53, 55, 57, 59(a) 5 8 7 1 0 4 3 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Walter Burkemo 53 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Calcavecchia 87, 89, 91, 02 4 14 6 7 1 4 1 1 2 5 4 0 1 5 1 4 0 6.5 Chad Campbell 04, 06, 08 3 9 3 4 2 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 4 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, Billy Casper 8 37 20 10 7 10 6 2 2 15 8 5 2 12 6 3 3 23.5 73, 75 Stewart Cink 02, 04, 06, 08, 10 5 19 5 7 7 5 1 3 1 8 3 4 1 6 1 0 5 8.5 Bill Collins 61 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Charles Coody 71 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0.5 John Cook 93 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Fred Couples 89, 91, 93, 95, 97 5 20 7 9 4 5 2 1 2 6 1 5 0 9 4 3 2 9 Wilfred Cox 31 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Ben Curtis 08 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1.5 Ben Crenshaw 81, 83, 87, 95 4 12 3 8 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 5 0 4 1 3.5 Jimmy Demaret 41, 47, 49, 51 4 6 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Gardner Dickinson 67, 71 2 10 9 1 0 3 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 9 Leo Diegel 27, 29, 31, 33 4 6 3 3 0 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Chris DiMarco 04, 06 2 8 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 3 Dave Douglas 53 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 Dale Douglass 69 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Ed Dudley 29, 33, 37 3 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jason Dufner 12 1 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 Olin Dutra 33, 35 2 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1