1993 Ryder Cup: USA wins at The Belfry (Brabazon Course)
USA won the 1993 Ryder Cup 15–13 over Europe at The Belfry (Brabazon Course) in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1993 in the Ryder Cup room, or every year on the Ryder Cup results list.
- Dates
- 24 September 1993 to 26 September 1993
- Course
- The Belfry (Brabazon Course), Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
- Edition
- 30th Ryder Cup
- Teams
- USA v Europe
- Result
- USA 15, Europe 13 · USA won by 2 points
- Points to win
- 14½ (holder retains with 14)
- USA captain
- Tom Watson
- Europe captain
- Bernard Gallacher
- Holder after
- USA
- Winning point
- Raymond Floyd (official rydercup.com account; Wikipedia credits Davis Love III) · Floyd d. José María Olazábal 2 up
- Retaining point
- possibly Davis Love III d. Costantino Rocca 1 up
- Comeback
- comeback: the USA trailed 7.5–4.5 after Saturday morning, then won Saturday afternoon 3–1 and the singles 7.5–4.5
Session 1: foursomes, 24 September 1993 (AM)
Session: USA 2, Europe 2 · running score USA 2, Europe 2.
| Match | USA | Europe | Result | Point to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanny Wadkins and Corey Pavin | Sam Torrance and Mark James | 4 & 3 | USA |
| 2 | Paul Azinger and Payne Stewart | Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer | 7 & 5 | Europe |
| 3 | Tom Kite and Davis Love III | Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal | 2 & 1 | USA |
| 4 | Raymond Floyd and Fred Couples | Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie | 4 & 3 | Europe |
Session 2: four-ball, 24 September 1993 (PM)
Session: USA 1½, Europe 2½ · running score USA 3½, Europe 4½.
| Match | USA | Europe | Result | Point to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Gallagher Jr. and Lee Janzen | Ian Woosnam and Peter Baker | 1 up | Europe |
| 2 | Lanny Wadkins and Corey Pavin | Bernhard Langer and Barry Lane | 4 & 2 | USA |
| 3 | Paul Azinger and Fred Couples | Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie | halved | halved |
| 4 | Davis Love III and Tom Kite | Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal | 4 & 3 | Europe |
Session 3: foursomes, 25 September 1993 (AM)
Session: USA 1, Europe 3 · running score USA 4½, Europe 7½.
| Match | USA | Europe | Result | Point to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanny Wadkins and Corey Pavin | Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie | 3 & 2 | Europe |
| 2 | Fred Couples and Paul Azinger | Bernhard Langer and Ian Woosnam | 2 & 1 | Europe |
| 3 | Raymond Floyd and Payne Stewart | Peter Baker and Barry Lane | 3 & 2 | USA |
| 4 | Davis Love III and Tom Kite | Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal | 2 & 1 | Europe |
Session 4: four-ball, 25 September 1993 (PM)
Session: USA 3, Europe 1 · running score USA 7½, Europe 8½.
| Match | USA | Europe | Result | Point to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Cook and Chip Beck | Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie | 2 up | USA |
| 2 | Corey Pavin and Jim Gallagher Jr. | Mark James and Costantino Rocca | 5 & 4 | USA |
| 3 | Fred Couples and Paul Azinger | Ian Woosnam and Peter Baker | 6 & 5 | Europe |
| 4 | Raymond Floyd and Payne Stewart | José María Olazábal and Joakim Haeggman | 2 & 1 | USA |
Session 5: singles, 26 September 1993 (all day)
Session: USA 7½, Europe 4½ · running score USA 15, Europe 13.
| Match | USA | Europe | Result | Point to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | Ian Woosnam | halved | halved |
| 2 | Chip Beck | Barry Lane | 1 up | USA |
| 3 | Lee Janzen | Colin Montgomerie | 1 up | Europe |
| 4 | Corey Pavin | Peter Baker | 2 up | Europe |
| 5 | John Cook | Joakim Haeggman | 1 up | Europe |
| 6 | Payne Stewart | Mark James | 3 & 2 | USA |
| 7 | Davis Love III | Costantino Rocca | 1 up | USA |
| 8 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | Seve Ballesteros | 3 & 2 | USA |
| 9 | Raymond Floyd | José María Olazábal | 2 up | USA |
| 10 | Tom Kite | Bernhard Langer | 5 & 3 | USA |
| 11 | Paul Azinger | Nick Faldo | halved | halved |
| 12 | Lanny Wadkins | Sam Torrance | halved | halved |
USA team, 1993
| Player | Nationality | Rookie | W-L-H | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Azinger | United States | 0-3-2 | 1 | |
| Chip Beck | United States | 2-0-0 | 2 | |
| John Cook | United States | yes | 1-1-0 | 1 |
| Fred Couples | United States | 0-3-2 | 1 | |
| Raymond Floyd | United States | 3-1-0 | 3 | |
| Davis Love III | United States | yes | 2-2-0 | 2 |
| Lee Janzen | United States | yes | 0-2-0 | 0 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | United States | yes | 2-1-0 | 2 |
| Tom Kite | United States | 2-2-0 | 2 | |
| Corey Pavin | United States | 3-2-0 | 3 | |
| Payne Stewart | United States | 3-1-0 | 3 | |
| Lanny Wadkins | United States | 2-1-1 | 2½ |
Europe team, 1993
| Player | Nationality | Rookie | W-L-H | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Baker | England | yes | 3-1-0 | 3 |
| Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 2-2-0 | 2 | |
| Nick Faldo | England | 2-1-2 | 3 | |
| Joakim Haeggman | Sweden | yes | 1-1-0 | 1 |
| Mark James | England | 0-3-0 | 0 | |
| Barry Lane | England | yes | 0-3-0 | 0 |
| Bernhard Langer | Germany | 2-2-0 | 2 | |
| Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 3-1-1 | 3½ | |
| José María Olazábal | Spain | 2-3-0 | 2 | |
| Costantino Rocca | Italy | yes | 0-2-0 | 0 |
| Sam Torrance | Scotland | 0-1-1 | ½ | |
| Ian Woosnam | Wales | 4-0-1 | 4½ |
What happened at the 1993 Ryder Cup
Raymond Floyd, at 51 the oldest Ryder Cup player, went 3-1-0 and beat Olazábal 2 up in singles; rydercup.com wrote that with that win "the deed was done."
Nick Faldo made the second hole-in-one in Ryder Cup history (14th hole) in his halved singles with Paul Azinger.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Ryder Cup data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: ryder-cup.csv (the Ryder Cup room's record), with every match and team sheet from GNN's Ryder Cup data.