2021 - Team Team Events
The winners in the category "2021 - Team Team Events" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Curtis Cup (41st) (Aug 26-28; postponed from Jun 12-14, 2020 due to world coronavirus pandemic). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland; eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes, 2x three four-balls and eight singles. Result: USA 12.5, GB&I 7.5. Non-playing captains: Sarah LeBrun Ingram (USA); Elaine Ratcliffe (Eng/GB&I). [Conwy (Caernarvonshire) GC, Conwy, N Wales].
SATURDAY (final day) SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; GB&I player stated first): Hannah Darling (Scot) halved with Jensen Castle; Lauren Walsh (Ire) lost to Rachel Heck 3&1; Charlotte Heath (Eng) lost to Brooke Matthews 3&2; Louise Duncan (Scot) lost to Rachel Kuehn 2 up; Annabel Wilson (N.Ire) lost to Allisen Corpuz 2&1; Caley McGinty (Eng) beat Gina Kim 4&3; Annabell Fuller (Eng) lost to Emilia Migliaccio 2 up; Emily Toy (Eng) lost to Rose Zhang 1 up.
Team Events
Eurpn Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (43rd) (Sep 24-26; postponed from Sept 25-27, 2020 due to global coronavirus pandemic). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Steve Stricker (USA); Padraig Harrington (Ire/Europe). [Straits Course, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin].
Overall result: USA 19; Europe 9.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Xander Schauffele lost to Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) 3&2; Patrick Cantlay bt Shane Lowry (Ire) 4&2; Scottie Scheffler bt Jon Rahm (Esp) 4&3; Bryson DeChambeau bt Sergio Garcia (Esp) 3&2; Collin Morikawa halved with Viktor Hovland (Nor); Dustin Johnson bt Paul Casey (Eng) 1 up; Brooks Koepka bt Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2&1; Tony Finau lost to Ian Poulter (Eng) 3&2; Justin Thomas bt Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4&3; Harris English lost to Lee Westwood (Eng) 1 up; Jordan Spieth halved with Tommy Fleetwood (Eng); Daniel Berger bt Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) 1 up.
Note: Dustin Johnson joined Arnold Palmer (1967), Gardner Dickinson (1967), Larry Nelson (1979) and Francesco Molinari (2018) as one of only five golfers to score a perfect 5-0-0 in a single Ryder Cup.
Team Events
LET / LPGA
The Solheim Cup (17th) (Sept 4-6). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Pat Hurst (USA); Catriona Matthew (Scot/Europe). [Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio].
Overall result: Europe 15 pts, USA 13 pts.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Lexi Thompson halved with Anna Nordqvist (Swe); Ally Ewing lost to Madelene Sagström (Swe) 3&2; Jennifer Kupcho lost to Leona Maguire (Ire) 5&4; Nelly Korda bt Georgia Hall (Eng) by 1 hole; Mina Harigae lost to Céline Boutier (Fra) 5&4; Austin Ernst halved with Nanna Koertz Madsen (Den); Lizette Salas lost to Matilda Castren (Fin) by 1 hole; Brittany Altomare bt Carlota Ciganda (Esp) 2&1; Meghan Khang beat Sophia Popov (Ger) 3&2; Yealimi Noh bt Mel Reid (Eng) by 1 hole; Jessica Korda bt Charley Hull (Eng) 3&1; Danielle Kang lost to Emily Kristine Pedersen (Den) by 1 hole.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (48th) (May 8-9). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes, 1x eight singles and 1x ten singles. Result: USA 14; GB&I 12. Non-playing captains: Nathaniel Crosby (USA); Stuart Wilson (Scot/GB&I). [Seminole GC, Juno Beach, Florida ... first time this ultra exclusive club has hosted a USGA event].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Pierceson Coody bt Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng) 2 up; Davis Thompson lost to Mark Power (Ire) 3&2; Ricky Castillo bt Ben Schmidt (Eng) 5&3; William Mouw bt Ben Jones (Eng) 4&3; Quad Cummins lost to Matty Lamb (Eng) 2&1; Austin Eckroat bt Angus Flanagan (Eng) 1 up; John Pak lost to Barclay Brown (Eng) 2&1; Cole Hammer bt John Murphy (Ire) 3&1.
SUNDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Eckroat bt Power 7&6; Coody bt Fitzpatrick 3&1; Pak lost to Joe Long (Eng) 1 up; Thompson lost to Lamb 2 up; Cummins tied with Brown; Mouw lost to Flanagan 1 up; Castillo bt Murphy 2&1; Tyler Strafaci lost to Jack Dyer (Eng) 1 up; Hammer bt Schmidt 4&3; Stewart Hagestad bt Jones 4&2.
Among the 2021 cast were: USA captain Nathaniel Crosby (son of legendary entertainer Bing Crosby), Alex Fitzpatrick (younger brother of European Tour player Matt) and on the USA team the world amateur ranked No.2 player (Coody), No.3 (Thompson), No.4 (Pak), No.9 (Strafaci) and No.10 (Castillo).
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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