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Sunday 2 October 2016Team cupsYear in Review
USA wins Ryder Cup
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · Friday 30 September to Sunday 2 October 2016 · 41st Ryder Cup Matches; Friday and Saturday foursomes in the morning, fourballs in the afternoon; Hazeltine's nines re-sequenced for the event
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 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/9°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/12°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/10°C · wind 8 km/h E, gusts 15 · 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
- Europe EUR · 11Defending champions; lost the opening foursomes 4–0, cut the gap to 6½–5½ after Saturday morning, but trailed 9½–6½ entering singles and won only 4½ of 12 singles points 2016 Ryder Cup (Wikipedia)
24 started
Same week
Team cup
Ryder Cup
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Hazeltine
2 of 5 researched
Winner
USA
Runner-up: Europe
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 October 2016
Just because we got kicked around for so long. You keep losing, you feel like you've got to do something different.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 October 2016
You know, it's not about one guy, but Bubba showed us how much heart this American Team has.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 October 2016
At the end of the day, the American guys played better that we did. They holed the putts when they had, and we lipped out.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 October 2016
the American Ryder Cup Team deserved to win this Ryder Cup, and we're all gutted and disappointed, and we will be back stronger to fight in two years' time in Paris.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 October 2016
Man, when I went 2-down with 3 to go, I didn't want to let my team down.
Top 10
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The golfer
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What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet