1975 Ryder Cup decade earlier, in 1965. The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was adjusted slightly from the 1973 Ryder Cup, with the second day sessions being swapped: With a total of 32 points, 16½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes. Source: Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player. Source: 1975 Ryder Cup The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21 at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The United States team won the competition by
2016 Ryder Cup membership in order to try to qualify for the Ryder Cup, but the money and the approximately 90 OWGR points he had earned since the start of the qualification period did not count toward his Ryder Cup point totals. If these OWGR points had counted, he would have qualified easily by finishing fourth on the world ranking list; instead, he finished in tenth place, 12.36 OWGR points from automatic qualification, and was not selected as a captain's pick. The leading 15 players in the final Ryder Cup European point list were: Players in qualifying places are shown in green. Captain's