1981 Ryder Cup
Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Ben Crenshaw 1 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
Raymond Floyd 3 3-2-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0
Hale Irwin 2 2-2-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0
Tom Kite 3.5 3-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-1
Bruce Lietzke 0.5 0-2-1 0-0-1 0-1-0 0-1-0
Johnny Miller 0.5 0-1-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-1
Larry Nelson 4 4-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0
Jack Nicklaus 4 4-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0
Jerry Pate 2 2-2-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0
Bill Rogers 1.5 1-2-1 0-0-1 1-1-0 0-1-0
Lee Trevino 4 4-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0
Tom Watson 3 3-1-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-0
Individual player records -- United States
The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held 18-20 September 1981 at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England, southwest of London. The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 9½ points. To date, it remains the largest margin of defeat for a European team (since 1979) at the Ryder Cup. Seve Ballesteros was not selected for the European team after an ongoing dispute with the European Tour concerning appearance money. Tony Jacklin was also left off the team. It was the sixth and final Ryder Cup for Jack Nicklaus as a competitor and he won all four of his matches. He had failed to make the team for first time in 1979. Bernhard Langer made his Ryder Cup debut in 1981 and was 1-2 in pairs and halved his singles match.