Jean van de Velde
Summary
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-1-0 · 0 points (0.0%)
- Singles 0-1-0 · Foursomes 0-0-0 · Four-ball 0-0-0
- Best major finish runner-up, 1999 Open
Near misses
- 1999 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · runner-up to Paul Lawrie · 290 · lost playoff
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 1 matches: 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0.
- 1999 The Country Club (Championship/Composite Course) Europe · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Paul Lawrie's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1999 The Open
Runner-up to Paul Lawrie · 290.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1999.
Career line, 1999–1999
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Jean van de Velde was born in 1966 in Mont-de-Marsan, France. Van de Velde's best major finish was second, at the 1999 Open. Van de Velde played in 1 Ryder Cup for Europe (1999), winning 0, losing 1 and halving 0 of 1 match for 0 points.
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The record
Near misses
- 1999 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · runner-up to Paul Lawrie · 290 · lost playoff
Ryder Cup
van de Velde played 1 Ryder Cups for Europe: 1 matches, 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points (0.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1999 The Country Club (Championship/Composite Course) Europe · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic
Sources
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.