Ken Brown
Summary
- Ryder Cup 5 Cups · 4-9-0 · 4 points (30.8%)
- Singles 2-2-0 · Foursomes 1-4-0 · Four-ball 1-3-0
- Open top 10s 1980 (T6)
Near misses
Ryder Cup
5 Cups, 13 matches: 4 won, 9 lost, 0 halved, 4 points. Foursomes 1-4-0, four-ball 1-3-0, singles 2-2-0.
- 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club GB&I · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points
- 1979 The Greenbrier (Greenbrier Course) Europe · USA won 17–11 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic
- 1983 PGA National Golf Club Europe · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
- 1985 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · captain's pick
- 1987 Muirfield Village Golf Club Europe · Europe won 15–13 · 0-2-0, 0 points · captain's pick
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Brian Waites' rivals →
Moments
- 1979 Ryder Cup Ken Brown and Mark James were fined by the British PGA for misconduct (team uniform, missed meetings, behaviour at the dinner), and Brown was banned from international play for 12 months.
Results by championship
Best day
1983 Ryder Cup
PGA National Golf Club · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1983.
Career line, 1977–1987
6 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Ken Brown was born in 1957 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England. Brown played in 5 Ryder Cups for GB&I and Europe (1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987), winning 4, losing 9 and halving 0 of 13 matches for 4 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
Brown played 5 Ryder Cups for GB&I and Europe: 13 matches, 4 won, 9 lost, 0 halved, 4 points (30.8% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-4-0, four-ball 1-3-0, singles 2-2-0 (won-lost-halved). Vice-captain: 1999.
- 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club GB&I · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points
- 1979 The Greenbrier (Greenbrier Course) Europe · USA won 17–11 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic
- 1983 PGA National Golf Club Europe · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
- 1985 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · captain's pick
- 1987 Muirfield Village Golf Club Europe · Europe won 15–13 · 0-2-0, 0 points · captain's pick
Partners, with matches played together: Brian Waites (3), Mark James (2), Bernhard Langer (2), Des Smyth (1), Sandy Lyle (1).
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.