Steve Pate
Summary
Near misses
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 5 matches: 2 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points. Foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-2-0, singles 1-0-1.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
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Moments
- 1991 Ryder Cup Steve Pate was hurt in a car accident on the eve of the matches. He was withdrawn from singles, so his match with David Gilford (Europe's envelope player) was recorded as a half, which became decisive.
Results by championship
Best day
1999 Ryder Cup
The Country Club (Championship/Composite Course) · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 2-1-0, 2 points
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1999.
Career line, 1990–1999
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- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, USA
Steve Pate was born in 1961 in Ventura, California. Pate played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1991, 1999), winning 2, losing 2 and halving 1 of 5 matches for 2.5 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
Pate played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 5 matches, 2 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-2-0, singles 1-0-1 (won-lost-halved).
- 1991 The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island Golf Resort USA · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 0-1-1, 0.5 points · automatic
- 1999 The Country Club (Championship/Composite Course) USA · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 2-1-0, 2 points · captain's pick
Partners, with matches played together: Tiger Woods (2), Corey Pavin (1).
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.