The 35th Ryder Cup Matches were held between September 17 and September 19 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
The European team won the competition by a margin of 18½ - 9½, the winning putt being made by Colin Montgomerie, who maintained his record of never losing in any of his seven Ryder Cup singles matches. The victory margin was the largest by a European team in the history of the event, and the largest by either side since 1981, when Team USA defeated Team Europe by the same score.
The teams
 Team USA
|
| Name
| Residence
| Notes
|
| Hal Sutton
| Shreveport, Louisiana
| Non-playing captain
|
| Chad Campbell
| Lewisville, Texas
| Seventh in Cup points
|
| Stewart Cink
| Duluth, Georgia
| Captain's Pick
|
| Chris DiMarco
| Orlando, Florida
| Eighth in Cup points
|
| Fred Funk
| Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
| Ninth in Cup points
|
| Jim Furyk
| Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
| Fourth in Cup points
|
| Jay Haas
| Greenville, South Carolina
| Captain's Pick
|
| Davis Love III
| Sea Island, Georgia
| Third in Cup points
|
| Phil Mickelson
| Rancho Santa Fe, California
| Second in Cup points
|
| Kenny Perry
| Franklin, Kentucky
| Fifth in Cup points
|
| Chris Riley
| Las Vegas, Nevada
| Tenth in Cup points
Makes Cup debut
|
| David Toms
| Shreveport, Louisiana
| Sixth in Cup points
|
| Tiger Woods
| Windermere, Florida
| First in Cup points
|
 Team Europe
|
| Name
| Residence
| Notes
|
 Bernhard Langer
| Anhausen , Germany
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
| Non-playing captain
|
 Paul Casey
| Weybridge, England, UK
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
| Eighth in World points
Sixth in Cup points
|
 Darren Clarke
| Chobham, England, UK
| Third in World and Cup points
|
| Luke Donald
| High Wycombe, England, UK
Chicago, Illinois, USA
| Ninth in World points
Captain's Pick
|
 Sergio García
| Borriol , Spain
| Second in World points
23rd in Cup points
|
 Padraig Harrington
| Dublin, Ireland
| First in World points
Fifth in Cup points
|
| David Howell
| Weybridge, England, UK
| 13th in World points
Seventh in Cup points
Makes Cup debut
|
| Miguel Angel Jiménez
| Malaga, Spain
| Fourth in World points
First in Cup points
|
 Thomas Levet
| Warfield , England, UK
| Seventh in World points
Fourth in Cup points
|
| Paul McGinley
| Sunningdale, England, UK
| Eleventh in World points
Eighth in Cup points
|
 Colin Montgomerie
| London, England, UK
| 19th in World points
16th in Cup points
Captain's Pick
|
| Ian Poulter
| Milton Keynes, England, UK
| Tenth in World points
Ninth in Cup points
|
| Lee Westwood
| Worksop, England, UK
| Fifth in World points
Second in Cup points
|
Friday, September 17
Four-ball matches
U.S. captain Hal Sutton put his top pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the first match of the Ryder Cup, hoping to come out to a quick lead. The decision backfired on Sutton, as the Woods/Mickelson pairing fell behind almost from the start, eventually losing. Only a 7-foot par putt by Chris Riley on the 18th hole of his match kept Team USA from being shut out by Team Europe. Team USA never had the lead during any of the first day's four-ball matches.
Alternate shot foursomes
The afternoon alternate-shot session was almost as good for Team Europe as the morning session. Mickelson and Woods lost an early lead in their match, leaving Woods winless in the first day of his last three Ryder Cups. Team USA picked up its first full point, but Europe ended the day with a 6½–1½ lead, its largest lead after the first day in Ryder Cup history.
Saturday, September 18
Four-ball matches
Alternate shot foursomes
Sunday, September 19
Singles
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