2021 Ryder Cup
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| Dates | September 24–26, 2021 | ||||
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| Venue | Whistling Straits,Straits Course | ||||
| Location | Haven, Wisconsin | ||||
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The43rd Ryder Cup Matcheswere held in the United States from September 24–26, 2021, on the Straits course atWhistling Straits,Haven, Wisconsin.Europe was the holder of theRyder Cupafter its win over the United States in2018 at Le Golf National.
The United States, fielding its youngest team in its history, regained the Ryder Cup in 2021 with a record 19–9 victory.[1]This was the largest margin of victory in a Ryder Cup since 1967. Continental Europe joined the Ryder Cup in 1979; this is Europe's heaviest defeat in Ryder Cup history.[1][2]Combined with its2016 win at Hazeltine,the United States won back-to-back Ryder Cups on home soil for the first time since1979and1983.[3]
Due to several tournaments, including a number ofmajors,shifting their schedules due to theCOVID-19 pandemic(including one major being canceled and one being moved to November), the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled to take place only five days after the final round of the rescheduledU.S. Open,from September 25 to 27, 2020.[4]
On July 8, 2020, thePGA of Americaannounced the postponement of the event to September 24 to 26, 2021, because of the pandemic. The next Ryder Cup was rescheduled to 2023 and further odd years, while thePresidents Cupwas also rescheduled into 2022 and further even years, resetting the annual rotation of both events to how they were scheduled before theSeptember 11 attacksin 2001.[5]
Format
[edit]TheRyder Cupis amatch playevent, with each match worth one point. The event took place from September 24–26, 2021 at theWhistling StraitsinKohler, Wisconsin.[6]The event was played over three days, with fourfoursomes(alternate shots) and fourfourballmatches on the first day. The second day followed with the same matches, and the third day had twelve singles matches.[6]The event was played between teams of twelve representing the United States and Europe. As the hosting team, the United States captain determined which matches were played during the morning session, and which were played in the afternoon.[6]
With a total of 28 points available, 141⁄2points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.
Team selection
[edit]United States
[edit]The United States qualification rules were announced on February 20, 2019.[7]These were amended on August 5, 2020.[8]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:[9]
- 2019major championships,1 point per $1,000 earned.
- 2019World Golf Championshipevents andThe Players Championship,1 point per $2,000 earned.
- 2020major championships(double points for the winner, 1.5 times points for those who make the cut).
- 2020PGA Tourevents. Qualifying events in this category are those played between January 1 and the conclusion of theMayakoba Golf Classicon December 6, 2020(previously August 23, 2020, the date of theBMW Championship)."Alternate" events (those played opposite a major or WGC event) do not earn points.
- 2021PGA Tourevents. Qualifying events in this category are those played between January 10 and the conclusion of theBMW Championship."Alternate" events (those played opposite a major or WGC event) do not earn points.
- 2021major championships(double points for the winner, 1.5 times points for those who make the cut).
- Six captain's picks
- Announced on September 8, 2021, three days after the conclusion of theTour Championship
The leading 15 players in the final points list after the final qualifying event, the BMW Championship, were:[10][11]
| Position | Name | Points |
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| 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
[edit]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.[12][13]Following the postponement, points were frozen from after theQatar Mastersuntil January 1, 2021, with the new end date and amendments to the points multipliers expected to be announced before then.[14]The team consisted of:
- The leading four players on the Race to Dubai Points List[15]
- Points earned in allRace to Dubaitournaments starting in September 2019 with theBMW PGA Championshipand ending with the BMW PGA Championship in September 2020. Points earned in the later events of 2020 were 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 was the latter and so long as such tournament concluded no later than September 13, 2021).
- The leading five players, not qualified above, on the World Points List[15]
- Total World Points earned inOfficial World Golf Rankingevents starting in September 2019 with theBMW PGA Championshipand ending with the BMW PGA Championship in September 2020. Points earned in the later events of 2020 were multiplied by 1.5. No World points were 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, September 12, 2021 (or at the conclusion of the BMW PGA Championship, whichever was the latter and so long as such tournament concluded no later than September 13, 2021).
- Three captain's picks
- The captain, Padraig Harrington, chose the remaining three members on September 12, 2021.[16]
The leading players in the final point lists[17][18]were:
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- Players in qualifying places (Q) are shown in green; captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow; those in italics (q) qualified through the other points list.
Teams
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Captains
[edit]Both team captains were announced in early 2019;Pádraig Harringtonwas named as the European team captain on January 8,[19]and Wisconsin nativeSteve Strickeras the U.S. team captain on February 20.[20]
Vice-captains
[edit]For the U.S. team, in October 2019, Stricker announcedJim Furykas his first vice-captain.[21]On May 11, 2020,Zach JohnsonandDavis Love IIIwere revealed as the next two vice-captains.[22]On September 1, 2021, Stricker named his final two vice-captains,Phil MickelsonandFred Couples.[23]
For the European team, in September 2019, Harrington announcedRobert Karlssonas his first vice-captain.[24]In May 2020, he accidentally revealedLuke Donaldas his second vice-captain during an interview. In June 2021, Harrington announced two more of his vice-captains,Martin KaymerandGraeme McDowell.[25]On September 15, 2021, nine days ahead of the tournament,Henrik Stensonwas named as the fifth and final European vice-captain.[26]
Players
[edit]| United States team | |||||||
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| Name | Age | Points rank |
World ranking |
Previous Ryder Cups |
Matches | Record | Win 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 | ||
The hosting United States team contained eight (of their twelve) players in the top 10 of the world rankings,[27][28]while also containing eight players under the age of 30 and six rookies, the most in one team since 2008.[29]Based on the Official World Golf Rankings prior to the event, ten of the U.S. players were ranked ahead of Europe's second-highest-ranked player (No. 14, Viktor Hovland).[30]
| Europe team | |||||||||
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| Name | Country | Age | Points rank (European) |
Points rank (World) |
World ranking |
Previous Ryder Cups |
Matches | Record | Win percentage |
| Jon Rahm |  Spain
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26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 33.33 |
| Tommy Fleetwood |  England
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30 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 4–1–0 | 80.00 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | England
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29 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 33.33 |
| Bernd Wiesberger |  Austria
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35 | 4 | 11 | 63 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Rory McIlroy |  Northern Ireland
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32 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 11–9–4 | 54.17 |
| Viktor Hovland |  Norway
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24 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Paul Casey | England
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44 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 4–3–5 | 54.17 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | England
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27 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0–2–0 | 0.00 |
| Lee Westwood | England
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48 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 10 | 44 | 20–18–6 | 52.27 |
| Shane Lowry(P) |  Ireland
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34 | 15 | 9 | 41 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Sergio García(P) | Spain
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41 | 19 | 10 | 43 | 9 | 41 | 22–12–7 | 62.20 |
| Ian Poulter(P) | England
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45 | 23 | 14 | 50 | 6 | 22 | 14–6–2 | 68.18 |
- Captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow.World rankingsand match records are prior to the start of the 2021 Ryder Cup.
Viktor Hovland(Norway) andBernd Wiesberger(Austria) were the first players from their countries to qualify for a Ryder Cup team.Lee Westwoodwas the oldest player to represent the European team sinceChristy O'Connor Snrin 1973.[31]
Course
[edit]| Hole | Name | Yards | Metres | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Metres | Par | |
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| 1 | Outward Bound | 364 | 333 | 4 | 10 | Voyageur | 361 | 330 | 4 | |
| 2 | Cross Country | 593 | 542 | 5 | 11 | Sand Box | 519 | 475 | 4 | |
| 3 | O' Man | 181 | 166 | 3 | 12 | Pop Up | 143 | 131 | 3 | |
| 4 | Glory | 489 | 447 | 4 | 13 | Cliff Hanger | 404 | 369 | 4 | |
| 5 | Snake | 603 | 551 | 5 | 14 | Widow's Watch | 396 | 362 | 4 | |
| 6 | Gremlin's Ear | 355 | 325 | 4 | 15 | Grand Strand | 518 | 474 | 4 | |
| 7 | Shipwreck | 221 | 202 | 3 | 16 | Endless Bite | 552 | 505 | 5 | |
| 8 | On the Rocks | 507 | 464 | 4 | 17 | Pinched Nerve | 223 | 204 | 3 | |
| 9 | Down and Dirty | 446 | 408 | 4 | 18 | Dyeabolical | 515 | 471 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,759 | 3,438 | 36 | In | 3,631 | 3,321 | 35 | |||
| Source:[32] | Total | 7,390 | 6,759 | 71 | ||||||
The 11th hole was converted to a par-4 for this Ryder Cup.[33]
Event summary
[edit]Friday's matches
[edit]The opening round of four foursomes matches started at 7:05 amlocal time.Pairings were announced at the Opening Ceremony on Thursday.[34]The first point was won by Europe, withJon RahmandSergio Garcíawinning, 3 and 1, againstJustin ThomasandJordan Spieth.The first point for the United States was won byDustin JohnsonandCollin Morikawawinning, 3 and 2, againstPaul CaseyandViktor Hovland.After winning the first five holes, the second American point was won byPatrick CantlayandXander Schauffeleby winning 5 and 3, overRory McIlroyandIan Poulter.The final point of the session, third overall for the United States to take a 3–1 lead was won byBrooks KoepkaandDaniel Bergerwinning, 2 and 1, againstLee WestwoodandMatt Fitzpatrick.[35]
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| Rahm/García |  3 & 1
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Thomas/Spieth |
| Casey/Hovland |  3 & 2
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Johnson/Morikawa |
| Westwood/Fitzpatrick | 2 & 1
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Koepka/Berger |
| McIlroy/Poulter | 5 & 3
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Cantlay/Schauffele |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
The first result of the afternoon fourball matches came in the third match, whichTony FinauandHarris Englishwon, 4 and 3, overRory McIlroyandShane Lowry,giving Team USA an overall 4–1 lead. Team USA won the second point of the session whenDustin JohnsonandXander Schauffelewon, 2 and 1, against Paul Casey andBernd Wiesberger,giving the Americans a 5–1 lead. The second overall match and third points of the session was tied betweenBryson DeChambeauandScottie SchefflerandJon RahmandTyrrell Hatton,giving the United States a 51⁄2–11⁄2lead. In the final match,Justin ThomasandPatrick Cantlaytied their match withTommy FleetwoodandViktor Hovlandgiving the Americans 3 points to Europe's 1 point for the afternoon session. The United States ended day 1 with a 6–2 lead, the largest first-day lead for either side since the2004 Ryder Cup.[36][37]
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| Casey/Wiesberger | 2 & 1
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Johnson/Schauffele |
| Rahm/Hatton | tied | DeChambeau/Scheffler |
| McIlroy/Lowry | 4 & 3
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Finau/English |
| Fleetwood/Hovland | tied | Thomas/Cantlay |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 2 | Overall | 6 |
Saturday's matches
[edit]Rahm and García won the opening foursomes match, 3 and 1, against Koepka and Berger, despite being three down after five holes. Johnson and Morikawa won six of the first nine holes on their way to winning 2 and 1 over Casey and Hatton. Spieth and Thomas won their first points of the week with a 2 up victory over Wiesberger and Hovland. Cantlay and Schauffele won their second match as partners, earning the Americans their third point of the session with a 2 and 1 victory against Westwood and Fitzpatrick. The United States team ended the Saturday morning session with a 9–3 lead.[38]
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Results |
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| Rahm/García | 3 & 1
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Koepka/Berger |
| Casey/Hatton | 2 & 1
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Johnson/Morikawa |
| Hovland/Wiesberger | 2 up
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Thomas/Spieth |
| Westwood/Fitzpatrick | 2 & 1
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Schauffele/Cantlay |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 3 | Overall | 9 |
In the afternoon fourball matches, Lowry and Hatton both earned their first full point of the week with a 1 up victory over Finau and English. Rahm and García continued their dominance as a pairing, earning their third point as partners with a 2 and 1 win against Koepka and Spieth. The third match of the day was all square through 13 holes but the American pairing of Scheffler and DeChambeau won the next four holes for a 3 and 1 victory against Fleetwood and Hovland. The final match of the day saw Johnson and Morikawa earn their third overall point as a pairing with a 4 and 3 victory against Poulter and McIlroy. With the session shared 2–2, the United States team maintained its six-point lead. The 11–5 lead was the largest lead through two days of a Ryder Cup since 1975.[39][40]
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Results |
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| Lowry/Hatton | 1 up
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Finau/English |
| Rahm/García | 2 & 1
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Koepka/Spieth |
| Fleetwood/Hovland | 3 & 1
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Scheffler/DeChambeau |
| Poulter/McIlroy | 4 & 3
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Johnson/Morikawa |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 5 | Overall | 11 |
Sunday's matches
[edit]Team Europe won the opening singles match of the day when McIlroy defeated Schauffele, 3 and 2, however the United States team went on to win six of the next eight matches to regain the Ryder Cup. Scheffler birdied five of the first six holes and ultimately defeated the previously unbeaten Rahm, 4 and 3; Cantlay remained unbeaten for the week with a 4 and 2 victory over Lowry; and DeChambeau, having eagled the opening hole after driving the green, never trailed in his 3 and 2 win over García to take the team to 14 points. The cup winning1⁄2point came when Morikawa and Hovland tied their match, bringing the overall score to 141⁄2–61⁄2.[41]
In the remaining matches, Koepka defeated Wiesberger, 2 and 1; Thomas won five of the first nine holes in defeating Tyrrell Hatton, 4 and 3; Johnson made 8 birdies in his 1 up victory against Casey, going a record tying 5–0–0 on the week; team Europe earned two full points when Poulter won, 3 and 2, against Finau and Westwood won the 18th hole for a 1 up victory over English; Spieth and Fleetwood tied their match. Finally, Berger secured a 1 up victory over Fitzpatrick to give the United States team a record 19 points.[42]
The United States went 7–3–2 in singles matches to defeat Europe 19–9. This was the largest margin of victory in a Ryder Cup since the United States beat Great Britain and Ireland by 10 points in 1975 (in a format in which 32 rather than 28 match points were decided).[43]
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Results |
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Timetable |
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| Rory McIlroy | 3 & 2
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Xander Schauffele | 1st:6–11 |
| Shane Lowry | 4 & 2
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Patrick Cantlay | 3rd: 6–13 |
| Jon Rahm | 4 & 3
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Scottie Scheffler | 2nd: 6–12 |
| Sergio García | 3 & 2
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Bryson DeChambeau | 4th: 6–14 |
| Viktor Hovland | tied | Collin Morikawa | 5th: 61⁄2–141⁄2 |
| Paul Casey | 1 up
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Dustin Johnson | 8th: 61⁄2–171⁄2 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 2 & 1
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Brooks Koepka | 6th: 61⁄2–151⁄2 |
| Ian Poulter | 3 & 2
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Tony Finau | 9th:71⁄2–171⁄2 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 4 & 3
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Justin Thomas | 7th: 61⁄2–161⁄2 |
| Lee Westwood | 1 up
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Harris English | 10th:81⁄2–171⁄2 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | tied | Jordan Spieth | 11th: 9–18 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 1 up
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Daniel Berger | 12th: 9–19 |
| 4 | Session | 8 | |
| 9 | Overall | 19 |
Source:[44]
Individual player records
[edit]Each entry refers to the win–loss–tie record of the player.[45][46]
United States
[edit]| Player | Points | Matches | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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| Daniel Berger | 2 | 3 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 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 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Tony Finau | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Dustin Johnson | 5 | 5 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 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 | 1.5 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Justin Thomas | 2.5 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–1 |
Europe
[edit]| Player | Points | Matches | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Casey | 0 | 4 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 0 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 1 | 3 | 0–1–2 | 0–0–1 | 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 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 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 | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 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 | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 0 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
Media
[edit]The 2021 Ryder Cup was televised in the United States byGolf Channel,NBCand on NBC streaming sitePeacock.In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the event was broadcast bySky Sports;the broadcaster re-branded its Sky Sports Golf channel as Sky Sports Ryder Cup for the week of the event. Both owned byComcast,both the Golf Channel and Sky Sports held joint broadcasts, particularly during their morning buildup shows for each day. Highlights were also shown onBBCin the UK each night.
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