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Sunday 19 September 2004Team cupsYear in Review
Europe wins Ryder Cup
Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Friday 17 to Sunday 19 September 2004 · 35th Ryder Cup Matches; format changed from 1991-2002 order: four-balls in the morning and foursomes in the afternoon on both Friday and Saturday
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/11°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/10°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/9°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0 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
- United States USA · 9½Won only one of four team sessions (Saturday four-balls 2½–1½), trailed 6½–1½ after day one and 11–5 entering the singles; an early charge in the singles faded and Europe took them 7½–4½ 2004 Ryder Cup (Wikipedia)
24 started
Same week
Team cup
Ryder Cup
Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Township
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Europe
Runner-up: USA
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 September 2004
I think the team made history today by their fantastic performance, and this will be very difficult to be repeated in the future.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 September 2004
I made mistakes. I take full responsibility for the mistakes that I made. I thought there was no bad way to pair the guys we had.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 September 2004
But it doesn't matter who holes the winning putt. I've often said this to me personally means bugger nothing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 September 2004
But the truth is, the Europeans were the best players this week. They played well, but the other side of the truth is that there will be another one in two years.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet