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| Dates | 29 September – 1 October 2023 | ||||
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| Venue | Marco Simone Golf and Country Club | ||||
| Location | Guidonia Montecelio, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy | ||||
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The 44th Ryder Cup was a series of golf matches between teams representing the DP World Tour (Europe) and the PGA of America (United States) for the Ryder Cup, that was held in Italy from 29 September to 1 October 2023 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia Montecelio, northeast of Rome.[1] The biennial event was originally scheduled for 2022, before the 43rd matches were postponed into 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]
The team captains were Luke Donald for Europe and Zach Johnson for the United States; Donald replaced Henrik Stenson, who was removed from the role by the European Tour after joining LIV Golf.[4] Each team of twelve players was made up of six automatic qualifiers and six captain's picks. The top thirteen players in the Official World Golf Ranking played in the event, the first time the entire top ten had done so since the inauguration of the rankings in 1986. The matches were contested with four foursomes and four fourball matches on each of the first two days, with twelve singles matches on Sunday. Europe went into the matches undefeated in Europe since 1993; they required 141⁄2 to regain the trophy they last won in 2018; as holder of the trophy, having won in 2021, the USA needed 14 points to retain it.
In the opening foursomes matches on Friday morning, Europe secured a clean sweep to jump into a 4–0 lead. In the fourballs in the afternoon, the USA were unable to hold onto leads in several of the matches and fell further behind as Europe went into day two ahead, 61⁄2–11⁄2.[5] On Saturday morning, Max Homa and Brian Harman won the USA their first match of the event, but with Europe winning the remaining three foursomes, including a record 9 and 7 victory for Viktor Hovland and rookie Ludvig Åberg over world number one Scottie Scheffler and PGA champion Brooks Koepka, the lead was extended to 91⁄2–21⁄2. In the afternoon fourballs, the USA won their first session to cut the deficit to 5 points, at 101⁄2–51⁄2.[6]
On Sunday, Europe secured the first point as Hovland defeated Collin Morikawa; another half point came when Jon Rahm tied his match with Scheffler by winning the 18th hole. When Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton won their matches, Europe required just half a point from the remaining seven matches out on the course.[7] The next four matches to finish all went to Team USA. Europe's victory was ensured when Tommy Fleetwood won the 16th hole to go dormie two up against Rickie Fowler; Fleetwood won the 17th hole to confirm the win for Team Europe.[8] A win for Robert MacIntyre over U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark in match twelve, and a tie for Shane Lowry against Jordan Spieth brought the final score to 161⁄2–111⁄2.[9]
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- ^ Carr, Josh (12 September 2018). "Where is the Ryder Cup going in future?". Ryder Cup.
- ^ "Dates announced for The 2022 Ryder Cup in Italy". European Tour. 7 October 2019.
- ^ "2020 Ryder Cup postponed until 2021 because of impact of coronavirus". BBC Sport. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Report: Luke Donald will replace Henrik Stenson as 2023 European Ryder Cup captain". Golfweek. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Murray, Ewan (29 September 2023). "US Ryder Cup hopes in Roman ruins after Europe make history on day one". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Murray, Ewan (30 September 2023). "Dominant Europe maintain five-point lead despite late rally from United States". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Scrivener, Peter (1 October 2023). "Europe regain Ryder Cup with win over United States on dramatic day in Rome". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Stafford, Ali (1 October 2023). "Ryder Cup: Europe regain trophy as Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland star in victory over USA in Rome". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Murray, Ewan (1 October 2023). "Rory McIlroy fights back tears after Europe beat USA to win Ryder Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2023.