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A complete list of the results from each Ryder Cup since 1979, the year that the rest of Europe joined golfers from Great Britian and Ireland to complete against the United States.
1979United States 17, Europe 11
Location: The Greenbrier, W. Va.
Captains: Billy Casper (U.S.), John Jacobs (Eur.)
This was the first Ryder Cup to include players from continental Europe alongside players from England and Ireland. Nick Faldo went 4-1, but he was overshadowed by the performance of the United States' Larry Nelson, who was a perfect 5-0.
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1981
United States 18 1/2, Europe 9 1/2
Location: Walton Health GC, Surrey, England
Captains: Dave Marr (U.S.), John Jacobs (Eur.)
This Ryder Cup competition was over almost before it started, with the United States jumping out to a 7-1 lead after the first day of competition. The powerful pairing of Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson earned three points for the U.S. and Nicklaus finished a perfect 4-0 over three days.
1983
United States 14 1/2, Europe 13 1/2
Location: PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Captains: Jack Nicklaus (U.S.), Tony Jacklin (Eur.)
Having never won a Ryder Cup in contested in the United States, the European team nearly claimed the prize. The two teams were tied 8-8 after two days of play. As Dan Jenkins wrote in Sports Illustrated, "What Nicklaus told his stalwarts before he sent them out on Sunday was more in the tradition of Knute Rockne than Harry Vardon . 'I will not' he said, 'be the first captain to blow this thing. Now you guys show me some brass.'"
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1985
Europe 16 1/2, United States 11 1/2
Location: The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England
Captains: Tony Jacklin (Eur.), Lee Trevino (U.S.)
When Craig Stadler, playing with Curtis Strange, missed a three-foot putt on the final hole to halve their match against Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle instead of win it, the tenor of the competition changed and Europe took a 9-7 lead going into Sunday's singles matches. Scotland's Sam Torrance holed an 18-foot putt on the 18th hole to defeat U.S. Open champion Andy North to secure Europe's first Ryder Cup victory in 28 years.
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1987
Europe 15, United States 13
Location: Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
Captains: Tony Jacklin (Eur.), Jack Nicklaus (U.S.)
Europe built a 10 1/2 to 5 1/2 going into the weekend, led by in inspired play of Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal. Europe's win was their first-ever on American soil. Ben Crenshaw, one of the game's best putters, grew so frustrated during his match again Ireland's Eamonn Darcy that he snapped his putter after six holes. The Texan putted with his 1-iron and sand wedge the rest of the day before losing.
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1989
Europe 14, United States 14
Location: The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England
Captains: Tony Jacklin (Eur.), Raymond Floyd (U.S.)
Echoing Ben Hogan's introduction of his team in 1967, Raymond Floyd introduced his team at a pre-event dinner as, "the 12 greatest players in the world." However, after two days Europe led 9-7 behind the stellar play of Ballesteros and Olazabal. Eventually, the matched ended in the second tie in Ryder Cup history and Europe retained the cup.
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1991
United States 14 1/2, Europe 13 1/2
Location: The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, S.C.
Captains: Dave Stockton (U.S.), Bernard Gallacher (Eur.)
This contest, one of the most hotly contested in Ryder Cup history, came to be known as The War on the Shore. In the end, it all came down to Bernhard Langer and Hale Irwin's singles match on Sunday. After conceding Irwin's 1-foot bogey putt on the final hole, Langer raced a 45-foot birdie putt six feet past the hole. When he agonizingly missed the par putt, their match was halved and the United States reclaimed the cup for the first time since six years.
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