Thomas Bjørn
Summary
Near misses
- 1998 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T9 · 286 (+6)
- 2000 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · runner-up to Tiger Woods · 277
- 2002 The Open Muirfield · finished T8 · 280 (-4)
- 2003 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Ben Curtis · 284
- 2005 PGA Championship Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) · runner-up to Phil Mickelson · 277
- 2011 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished 4 · 279 (-1)
Ryder Cup
3 Cups, 9 matches: 3 won, 4 lost, 2 halved, 4 points. Foursomes 0-2-0, four-ball 2-1-1, singles 1-1-1.
- 1997 Valderrama Golf Club Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-0-1, 1.5 points · automatic
- 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
- 2014 Gleneagles, PGA Centenary Course Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · automatic
- 2018 Captain Europe · won 17.5–10.5
Rivals
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Results by championship
Best day
2005 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Phil Mickelson · 277.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 2005.
Career line, 1997–2014
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- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Thomas Bjørn was born in 1971 in Silkeborg, Denmark. Bjørn's best major finish was second, at the 2000 Open, the 2003 Open and the 2005 PGA Championship. Bjørn played in 3 Ryder Cups for Europe (1997, 2002, 2014), winning 3, losing 4 and halving 2 of 9 matches for 4 points, and captained the side in 2018.
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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.
- 1998 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T9 · 286 (+6)
- 2000 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · runner-up to Tiger Woods · 277
- 2002 The Open Muirfield · finished T8 · 280 (-4)
- 2003 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Ben Curtis · 284
- 2005 PGA Championship Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) · runner-up to Phil Mickelson · 277
- 2011 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished 4 · 279 (-1)
Ryder Cup
Bjørn played 3 Ryder Cups for Europe: 9 matches, 3 won, 4 lost, 2 halved, 4 points (44.4% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-2-0, four-ball 2-1-1, singles 1-1-1 (won-lost-halved). Vice-captain: 2004; 2010; 2012; 2016; 2023; 2025.
- 1997 Valderrama Golf Club Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-0-1, 1.5 points · automatic
- 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
- 2014 Gleneagles, PGA Centenary Course Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · automatic
- 2018 Captain Europe · won 17.5–10.5
Partners, with matches played together: Darren Clarke (3), Martin Kaymer (2), Ian Woosnam (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.
- WP: List of European Ryder Cup golfers
- WP: Thomas Bjørn
- Golf Compendium
- R&A 1998
- R&A 2002
- R&A 2011
- 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
- GC: 2002 ryder cup
- SI Vault 2001 — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/08/27/tough-calls-picking-the-ryder-cup-wild-cards-was-a-difficult-job-but-somebody-namely-curtis-strange-had-to-do-it
- Deseret News 2001
- Golf Channel
- Wikipedia: 2002 Ryder Cup
- Wikipedia: 2014 Ryder Cup
- GolfCompendium: 2014 ryder cup
- WP Ryder Cup