Ian Woosnam

Ian Woosnam
— Golfer —
Woosnam in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Ian Harold Woosnam OBE
Nickname	Woosie
Born	(1958-03-02) 2 March 1958 Oswestry, England
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 ¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Nationality	Wales
Residence	Jersey, Channel Islands
Spouse	Glendryth (m. 1983)
Children	Daniel, Rebecca, Ami
Career
Turned professional	1976
Current tour(s)	European Senior Tour PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	52
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
European Tour	29 (6th all time)
PGA Tour Champions	1
European Senior Tour	5
Other	16
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1991
U.S. Open	T2: 1989
The Open Championship	T3: 1986, 2001
PGA Championship	6th: 1989
Achievements and awards
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire	2007
European Tour Order of Merit winner	1987, 1990
European Tour Player of the Year	1987, 1990
European Senior Tour Order of Merit winner	2008

Ian Harold Woosnam OBE (born 2 March 1958) is a Welsh professional golfer.

Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup. His peers in this group were Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, and Sandy Lyle.^[1] Woosnam was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame and will be inducted in September 2017.^[2]

Career outline

Woosnam was born in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire in England, and his family lived in the nearby village of St Martin's in Shropshire. He started playing at the unique Llanymynech Golf Club, which straddles the Wales-England border.^[3] He is short for a male golfer at 1.64 m (5 ft 4 ¹⁄₂ in), but he is a powerful hitter. He played as an amateur in regional competitions in the English county of Shropshire alongside Sandy Lyle.

Woosnam turned professional in 1976 and first played the European Tour in 1979. Woosnam spent his early years on Tour driving around the continent in a camper van, living on a diet of baked beans to save money.^[4] After three modest seasons, his career took off in 1982 when he won the Swiss Open and came eighth on the Order of Merit (prize money list). He also finished in the top ten on the Order of Merit every year from 1983 to 1991 and again in 1993, 1996, and 1997, making thirteen times in all. In 1987 and 1990 he was first, and in the former year he set a world record for global tournament earnings of £1,062,662. He has won 28 official money events on the European Tour and many other events around the world.

Woosnam placed third in the 1986 Open Championship. In 1991, he reached the top of the Official World Golf Ranking, eventually spending a total of 50 weeks as World Number 1 (7 April 1991 – 21 March 1992). In the same year, he emulated his British rivals, Sandy Lyle and Nick Faldo, by winning the Masters Tournament; the first person representing Wales to ever win a major championship.^[5]^[6]

After winning the Torras Monte Carlo Golf Open in 1991, Woosnam had a decline in form in the second half of the year and said that he was suffering from exhaustion after playing in too many tournaments across the world. In December 1991, his sterling silver Masters trophy, a $9,000 copy of the original, was stolen from a British train.^[7]

Woosnam's last official European Tour victory was in the 1997 Volvo PGA Championship. In the late 1990s, his form began to fade, but he nearly made a spectacular comeback at The Open Championship in 2001, when he finished third despite suffering a two-stroke penalty for starting the final round with 15 clubs in his bag instead of the allowable maximum of 14. While his caddie, Miles Byrne, was responsible for this error, Woosnam surprisingly decided not to fire him stating: "It is the biggest mistake he will make in his life. He won't do it again. He's a good caddie. I am not going to sack him. He's a good lad."^[8]

Ironically, Woosnam did fire his caddie two weeks later when, after a night drinking on the town, he failed to turn up to tee-time.^[9] In the same year, at the age of 43, Woosnam became the oldest player to win the World Match Play Championship (not an official European Tour event at the time) when he beat Pádraig Harrington 2 & 1 in the 2001 final. Woosnam also became the first player to capture the trophy in three different decades, having previously won the World Match Play Championship in 1987 and 1990.^[4] Woosnam had a record outward nine holes of 28 (-7) in the 2001 final against Harrington, which tied the tournament record of 7 successive birdies in a match.^[10]

Woosnam was a member of eight consecutive European Ryder Cup teams from 1983 to 1997. Despite not winning a singles match he accumulated an overall record of 14 wins, 12 losses and 5 halves in 31 matches. He was a vice captain for the 2002 European team and was elected as captain for the 2006 Ryder Cup, leading Europe to victory over the U.S. 18½–9½ at the K Club, County Kildare, Ireland.

Woosnam was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in early 1987,^[11] which affects approximately 1 in 200 men and 1 in 500 women in Britain.^[12] In December that year, Woosnam won the first of his three BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year awards, which he went on to win in 1990 and 1991.^[13]

Woosnam was awarded an O.B.E. in the 2007 New Years Honours List.^[14] He now lives in Jersey.

On 1 June 2008, Woosnam won his first stroke play title in 11 years at the Parkridge Polish Seniors Championship at Kraków Valley Golf and Country Club, finishing with a course record 63.^[15] The tournament was his third appearance on European Seniors Tour, which he joined after turning 50 years old in March 2008. Woosnam would go on to win the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit that year becoming the only person to have won the Order of Merit on both the European Seniors Tour and the regular European Tour.

In September 2010. Woosnam was inducted to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.^[16]

After Woosnam missed the cut in the 2016 Masters Tournament, he said in an interview that this was his last Masters appearance, stating he's not fit enough to play with his bad back.^[17]

Controversy

Woosnam was criticised for playing a tournament in Sun City, North West in Apartheid South Africa, in contravention of the United Nations cultural moratorium.^[18]

Professional wins (52)

European Tour wins (29)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Flagship event (2)
Other European Tour (26)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	29 Aug 1982	Ebel Swiss Open	−16 (68-68-66-70=272)	Playoff	Bill Longmuir
2	5 Jun 1983	Silk Cut Masters	−15 (68-69-67-65=269)	3 strokes	Bernard Gallacher
3	8 Aug 1984	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	−4 (71-70-69-70=280)	3 strokes	Peter Teravainen
4	21 Sep 1986	Lawrence Batley International T.P.C.	−11 (71-71-66-69=277)	7 strokes	Ken Brown, José Maria Cañizares
5	12 Apr 1987	Jersey Open	−9 (68-67-72-72=279)	1 stroke	Bill Malley
6	26 Apr 1987	Cepsa Madrid Open	−19 (67-67-69-66=269)	3 strokes	Wayne Grady
7	11 Jul 1987	Bell's Scottish Open	−20 (65-65-66-68=264)	7 strokes	Peter Senior
8	20 Sep 1987	Trophée Lancôme	−24 (65-64-69-66=264)	2 strokes	Mark McNulty
9	30 May 1988	Volvo PGA Championship	−14 (67-70-70-67=274)	2 strokes	Seve Ballesteros, Mark James
10	21 Aug 1988	Carroll's Irish Open	−10 (68-70-70-70=278)	7 strokes	Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Manuel Piñero, Des Smyth
11	11 Sep 1988	Panasonic European Open	−20 (65-66-64-65=260)	3 strokes	Nick Faldo
12	25 Jul 1989	Carroll's Irish Open	−10 (70-67-71-70=278)	Playoff	Philip Walton
13	4 Mar 1990	Amex Med Open	−6 (68-68-74=210)	2 strokes	Miguel Ángel Martín, Eduardo Romero
14	7 Jul 1990	Torras Monte Carlo Open	−18 (66-67-65-60=258)	5 strokes	Costantino Rocca
15	14 Jul 1990	Bell's Scottish Open	−15 (72-62-67-68=269)	4 strokes	Mark McNulty
16	30 Sep 1990	Epson Grand Prix of Europe	−13 (65-67-67-72=271)	3 strokes	Mark McNulty, José María Olazábal
17	3 Mar 1991	Fujitsu Mediterranean Open	−5 (70-71-71-67=279)	1 stroke	Michael McLean
18	14 Apr 1991	Masters Tournament	−11 (72-66-67-72=277)	1 stroke	José María Olazábal
19	6 Jul 1991	Torras Monte Carlo Golf Open	−15 (67-66-61-67=261)	4 strokes	Anders Forsbrand
20	4 Jul 1992	European Monte Carlo Open	−15 (66-65-66-64=261)	2 strokes	Mark McNulty, Johan Ryström
21	22 Aug 1993	Murphy's English Open	−19 (71-67-65-66=269)	2 strokes	Costantino Rocca
22	19 Sep 1993	Trophée Lancôme	−13 (64-70-68-65=267)	2 strokes	Sam Torrance
23	1 May 1994	Air France Cannes Open	−17 (72-70-63-66=271)	5 strokes	Colin Montgomerie
24	18 Sep 1994	Dunhill British Masters	−17 (71-70-63-67=271)	4 strokes	Seve Ballesteros
25	28 Jan 1996	Johnnie Walker Classic	−16 (69-68-69-66=272)	Playoff	Andrew Coltart
26	4 Feb 1996	Heineken Classic	−11 (69-71-65-72=277)	1 stroke	Paul McGinley, Jean van de Velde
27	13 Jul 1996	Scottish Open	+1 (70-74-70-75=289)	4 strokes	Andrew Coltart
28	25 Aug 1996	Volvo German Open	−20 (64-64-65=193)	6 strokes	Thomas Gögele, Robert Karlsson, Iain Pyman, Fernando Roca
29	26 May 1997	Volvo PGA Championship	−13 (67-68-70-70=275)	2 strokes	Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Nick Faldo

European Tour playoff record (3–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1982	Ebel Swiss Open	Bill Longmuir	Won with par on third extra hole
2	1987	Suze Open	Seve Ballesteros	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	1989	Wang Four Stars	Craig Parry	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	1989	Carroll's Irish Open	Philip Walton	Won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1993	Honda Open	Paul Broadhurst, Johan Ryström, Sam Torrance	Torrance won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1996	Johnnie Walker Classic	Andrew Coltart	Won with birdie on third extra hole
7	1997	Dubai Desert Classic	Richard Green, Greg Norman	Green won with birdie on first extra hole
8	1999	Linde German Masters	Sergio García, Pádraig Harrington	García won with birdie on second extra hole Woosman eliminated with par on first hole

PGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	24 Mar 1991	USF&G Classic	−13 (73-67-68-67=275)	Playoff	Jim Hallet
2	14 Apr 1991	Masters Tournament	−11 (72-66-67-72=277)	1 stroke	José María Olazábal

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1991	USF&G Classic	Jim Hallet	Won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (15)

1979 News of the World Under-23 Match Play Championship
1982 Cacharel Under-25 Championship
1985 Zambia Open
1986 555 Kenya Open
1987 Suntory World Match Play Championship, Hong Kong Open, Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa), World Cup (team with David Llewellyn), World Cup (individual)
1988 Welsh Professional Championship
1990 Suntory World Match Play Championship
1991 PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States), World Cup (individual)
1997 Hyundai Motor Masters (South Korea)
2001 Cisco World Match Play Championship

Champions Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	3 May 2015	Insperity Invitational	−11 (71-66-68=205)	Playoff	Tom Lehman, Kenny Perry

Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2015	Insperity Invitational	Tom Lehman, Kenny Perry	Won with birdie on first extra hole

European Senior Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	1 Jun 2008	Parkridge Polish Seniors Championship	−14 (71-68-63=202)	1 stroke	Domingo Hospital
2	6 Jul 2008	Russian Seniors Open	−12 (67-67-70=204)	3 strokes	Ángel Franco
3	7 Jun 2009	Irish Seniors Open	−2 (74-70-67=211)	Playoff	Bob Boyd
4	19 Jun 2011	Berenberg Bank Masters	−9 (71-70-66=207)	2 strokes	Ángel Fernández
5	12 Oct 2014	Dutch Senior Open	−11 (71-69-68=208)	5 strokes	Philip Golding, David J Russell, George Ryall

Other senior wins (1)

2009 PGA Handa Cup Philanthropy Senior Tournament (Japan PGA Senior Tour)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1991	Masters Tournament	1 shot lead	−11 (72-66-67-72=277)	1 stroke	José María Olazábal

Results timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T14
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T2
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	T16	T3	T8	T25	T49
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T30	CUT	WD	6

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	T30	1	T19	T17	T46	T17	T29	T39	T16	T14
U.S. Open	T21	T55	T6	T52	CUT	T21	T79	CUT	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	T4	T17	T5	T51	CUT	T49	CUT	T24	T57	T24
PGA Championship	T31	T48	CUT	T22	T9	CUT	T36	CUT	T29	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	T40	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	44	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T68	T3	T37	72	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T51	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	0	1	1	7	28	13
U.S. Open	0	1	0	1	2	4	10	7
The Open Championship	0	0	2	4	5	10	23	17
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	2	3	18	9
Totals	1	1	2	6	10	24	79	46

Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (1989 Masters – 1992 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1992 U.S. Open – 1992 Open Championship)

Results in senior major championships

Results are not in chronological order before 2016.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
The Tradition	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T43	DNP	T52
Senior PGA Championship	T16	T37	DNP	DNP	DNP	T59	CUT	DNP	CUT
Senior Players Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Senior Open Championship	T13	T19	T8	T16	T10	CUT	75	DNP	T44
U.S. Senior Open	T23	T22	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	4

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

World Cup (representing Wales): 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 (team and individual winner), 1990, 1991 (individual winner), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982 (winners), (representing Wales) 1984
Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1983, 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1989 (tied – cup retained), 1991, 1993, 1995 (winners), 1997 (winners), 2006 (winners, non-playing captain)
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Wales): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000
Four Tours World Championship (representing Europe): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2000, 2002 (winners)
UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2001, 2002, 2003 (tie), 2004
Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2006 (winners)

References

↑ Reason, Mark (25 May 2003). "In the footsteps of the famous five". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
↑ "Love III gets Hall of Fame call: Woosnam, Mallon, Ochoa, Longhurst also included in Class of 2017". PGA Tour. 18 October 2016.
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↑ Caruso, David; Salovey, Peter (2004). The Emotionally Intelligent Manager. Jossey-Bass Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7879-7071-0.
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↑ "Volvo World Match Play Championship Facts and Figures". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ Casey, Phil (29 July 2006). "New treatment puts Woosnam back in title hunt". The Independent. London. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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↑ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
↑ Carey, Paul (30 December 2006). "Golf: Woosie ends year with OBE". Western Mail. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
↑ "Woosnam celebrates Polish victory". BBC Sport. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
↑ "Inductees to Roll Of Honour". Welsh Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
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External links

Ian Woosnam at the European Tour official site
Ian Woosnam at the PGA Tour official site
Ian Woosnam at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Llanymynech Golf Club

World Number One golfers since 1986

Seve Ballesteros Fred Couples Jason Day Luke Donald David Duval Ernie Els Nick Faldo Martin Kaymer Bernhard Langer Tom Lehman Rory McIlroy Greg Norman Nick Price Adam Scott Vijay Singh Jordan Spieth Lee Westwood Tiger Woods Ian Woosnam Player in bold denotes current number one

Official World Golf Ranking

Masters Tournament champions

1934 Horton Smith 1935 Gene Sarazen† 1936 Horton Smith 1937 Byron Nelson 1938 Henry Picard 1939 Ralph Guldahl 1940 Jimmy Demaret 1941‡ Craig Wood 1942 Byron Nelson† 1943–45 cancelled due to World War II 1946 Herman Keiser 1947 Jimmy Demaret 1948 Claude Harmon 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Jimmy Demaret 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Sam Snead 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Sam Snead† 1955 Cary Middlecoff 1956 Jack Burke Jr. 1957 Doug Ford 1958 Arnold Palmer 1959 Art Wall Jr. 1960‡ Arnold Palmer 1961 Gary Player 1962 Arnold Palmer† 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964 Arnold Palmer 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1966 Jack Nicklaus† 1967 Gay Brewer 1968 Bob Goalby 1969 George Archer 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Charles Coody 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus 1973 Tommy Aaron 1974 Gary Player 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976‡ Raymond Floyd 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Gary Player 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1980 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve Ballesteros 1984 Ben Crenshaw 1985 Bernhard Langer 1986 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Larry Mize† 1988 Sandy Lyle 1989 Nick Faldo† 1990 Nick Faldo† 1991 Ian Woosnam 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Bernhard Langer 1994 José María Olazábal 1995 Ben Crenshaw 1996 Nick Faldo 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 José María Olazábal 2000 Vijay Singh 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Mike Weir† 2004 Phil Mickelson 2005 Tiger Woods† 2006 Phil Mickelson 2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth 2016 Danny Willett

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

European Tour Order of Merit and Race to Dubai winners

European Tour Golfer of the Year

1985 Bernhard Langer
1986 Seve Ballesteros
1987 Ian Woosnam
1988 Seve Ballesteros
1989 Nick Faldo
1990 Nick Faldo
1991 Seve Ballesteros
1992 Nick Faldo
1993 Bernhard Langer
1994 Ernie Els
1995 Colin Montgomerie
1996 Colin Montgomerie
1997 Colin Montgomerie
1998 Lee Westwood
1999 Colin Montgomerie
2000 Lee Westwood
2001 Retief Goosen
2002 Ernie Els
2003 Ernie Els
2004 Vijay Singh
2005 Michael Campbell
2006 Paul Casey
2007 Pádraig Harrington
2008 Pádraig Harrington
2009 Lee Westwood
2010 Martin Kaymer & Graeme McDowell (shared)
2011 Luke Donald
2012 Rory McIlroy
2013 Henrik Stenson
2014 Rory McIlroy
2015 Rory McIlroy

BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year

1954 Ken Jones
1955 John Disley
1956 Joe Erskine
1957 Dai Rees
1958 Howard Winstone
1959 Graham Moore
1960 Brian Curvis
1961 Bryn Meredith
1962 Ivor Allchurch
1963 Howard Winstone
1964 Lynn Davies
1965 Clive Rowlands
1966 Lynn Davies
1967 Howard Winstone
1968 Martyn Woodroffe
1969 Tony Lewis
1970 David Broome
1971 John Dawes, the Wales national rugby union team & the Welsh Lions
1972 Richard Meade
1973 Berwyn Price
1974 Gareth Edwards
1975 Arfon Griffiths
1976 Mervyn Davies & the Wales national rugby union team
1977 Phil Bennett
1978 Johnny Owen
1979 Terry Griffiths
1980 Duncan Evans
1981 John Toshack
1982 Steve Barry
1983 Colin Jones
1984 Ian Rush
1985 Steve Jones
1986 Kirsty Wade
1987 Ian Woosnam
1988 Colin Jackson
1989 Stephen Dodd
1990 Ian Woosnam
1991 Ian Woosnam
1992 Tanni Grey
1993 Colin Jackson
1994 Steve Robinson
1995 Neville Southall
1996 Ryan Giggs
1997 Scott Gibbs
1998 Iwan Thomas
1999 Colin Jackson
2000 Tanni Grey-Thompson
2001 Joe Calzaghe
2002 Mark Hughes
2003 Nicole Cooke
2004 Tanni Grey-Thompson
2005 Gareth Thomas
2006 Joe Calzaghe
2007 Joe Calzaghe
2008 Shane Williams
2009 Ryan Giggs
2010 Gareth Bale
2011 Chaz Davies
2012 Jade Jones
2013 Leigh Halfpenny
2014 Geraint Thomas
2015 Dan Biggar
2016 Jade Jones

Ian Woosnam in the Ryder Cup

European Ryder Cup captains

Great Britain

Great Britain & Ireland

Europe

European Ryder Cup team – 1983

Seve Ballesteros Gordon J. Brand Ken Brown José Maria Cañizares Nick Faldo Bernard Gallacher Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle Sam Torrance Brian Waites Paul Way Ian Woosnam Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1985

Seve Ballesteros Ken Brown José Maria Cañizares Howard Clark Nick Faldo Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle Manuel Piñero José Rivero Sam Torrance Paul Way Ian Woosnam Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)

Won: 16.5 – 11.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1987

Seve Ballesteros Gordon Brand, Jnr Ken Brown Howard Clark Eamonn Darcy Nick Faldo Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle José María Olazábal José Rivero Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)

Won: 15 – 13

European Ryder Cup team – 1989

Seve Ballesteros Gordon Brand, Jnr José Maria Cañizares Howard Clark Nick Faldo Mark James Bernhard Langer Christy O'Connor Jnr José María Olazábal Ronan Rafferty Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)

Tied: 14 – 14

European Ryder Cup team – 1991

Seve Ballesteros Paul Broadhurst Nick Faldo David Feherty David Gilford Mark James Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Steven Richardson Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1993

Peter Baker Seve Ballesteros Nick Faldo Joakim Haeggman Mark James Barry Lane Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Costantino Rocca Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13 – 15

European Ryder Cup team – 1995

Seve Ballesteros Howard Clark Nick Faldo David Gilford Mark James Per-Ulrik Johansson Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie Costantino Rocca Sam Torrance Philip Walton Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1997

Thomas Bjørn Darren Clarke Nick Faldo Ignacio Garrido Per-Ulrik Johansson Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Jesper Parnevik Costantino Rocca Lee Westwood Ian Woosnam Seve Ballesteros (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

European Ryder Cup team – 2006

Paul Casey Darren Clarke Luke Donald Sergio García Pádraig Harrington David Howell Robert Karlsson Paul McGinley Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Henrik Stenson Lee Westwood Ian Woosnam (non-playing captain)

Won: 18.5 – 9.5

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