Golf Network News
Sunday 28 September 1997Team cupsYear in Review
Europe wins Ryder Cup
Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain · Friday 26 to Sunday 28 September 1997
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/22°C · wind 29 km/h ESE, gusts 53 · 18.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/19°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 44 · 47.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/17°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 22 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ryder Cup
1927–2025 in our record, 45 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Team cup
Ryder Cup
Valderrama Golf Club, Valderrama
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Europe
USA 13½, Europe 14½Total
1 pointsMargin
Runner-up: USA
To par not yet researched.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet