The USA has won 27 of 43 events with 2 ties. The Great Britain and Ireland team won just 3 of 22 matches (and 1 tie) up to 1977 after which continental Europe joined in. From 1979 onwards the European team has won 11 of 21 matches with 1 tie.
Steve Williams started caddying with Peter Thomson as a young Kiwi before working for Greg Norman (1982–1989), Raymond Floyd (1989–1999), Tiger Woods (1999–2011), Adam Scott (2011–2017), Danielle Kang (2017) and Jason Day (2019)
The European team for the 2023 Ryder Cup was Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Højgaard, Ludvig Åberg, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Robert MacIntyre.
The Presidents Cup is a match play event with 30 total matches. A 12-person US Team is playing against a 12-person International Team (excluding Europe).
According to our research in 2023 Jack Nicklaus was estimated to have a net worth of around $400 million. (Some estimates even go as high as $1.1 billion.)
Byron Nelson was an American professional golfer who played between 1935 and 1946. He was widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. In total he won 63 professional tournaments including 52 PGA Tour events.
The European Ryder Cup team for 2021 has been finalised as follows: Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Bernd Wiesberger, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Paul Casey, Matt Fitzpatrick, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry, and Ian Poulter.
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