Brad Faxon
Summary
- Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 2-4-0 · 2 points (33.3%)
- Singles 0-2-0 · Foursomes 0-0-0 · Four-ball 2-2-0
- Open top 10s 1994 (7)
Near misses
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 6 matches: 2 won, 4 lost, 0 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 2-2-0, singles 0-2-0.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Fred Couples' rivals →
Moments
Records and firsts
- 1995 PGA Championship lowest 9 holes · 28
Results by championship
Best day
1997 Ryder Cup
Valderrama Golf Club · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-2-0, 1 points
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1997.
Career line, 1994–1997
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- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, USA
Brad Faxon was born in 1961 in Oceanport, New Jersey. Faxon played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1995, 1997), winning 2, losing 4 and halving 0 of 6 matches for 2 points.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Faxon played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 6 matches, 2 won, 4 lost, 0 halved, 2 points (33.3% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 2-2-0, singles 0-2-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1995 Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) USA · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic
- 1997 Valderrama Golf Club USA · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Fred Couples (2), Peter Jacobsen (1), Justin Leonard (1).
Records and firsts
Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.
- 1995 PGA Championship lowest 9 holes · 28
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.
- WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
- WP: Brad Faxon
- R&A 1994
- GC: 1995 ryder cup
- Deseret News 1995
- Wikipedia: 1995 Ryder Cup
- Golf Channel
- GC: 1997 ryder cup
- SI Vault 1997 — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/08/25/you-da-man-lee-janzen-made-tom-kites-job-as-captain-a-little-easier-by-proving-with-his-play-at-winged-foot-that-he-belonged-on-the-ryder-cup-team
- Wikipedia: 1997 Ryder Cup
- Golf Compendium scoring records