by Steve |
Last Updated: 4 October 2021 This list includes all players that have been selected for Ryder Cup duty to play for the United States (Team USA) against the following Teams:
- Great Britain 1927 to 1971
- Great Britain & Ireland 1973 to 1977
- Europe 1979 to 2018
Team USA Ryder Cup Playing Records (Appearances, Matches & Points)
Includes all matches played from 1927 at Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts to 2021 at Whistling Straits, Kohler, WI, USA
| Player | Ryder Cups | Matches | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Mickelson | 12 | 47 | 21.5 |
| Jim Furyk | 9 | 34 | 12 |
| Billy Casper | 8 | 37 | 23.5 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 8 | 34 | 21.5 |
| Raymond Floyd | 8 | 31 | 13.5 |
| Tiger Woods | 8 | 37 | 14.5 |
| Gene Littler | 7 | 27 | 18 |
| Tom Kite | 7 | 28 | 17 |
| Sam Snead | 7 | 13 | 10.5 |
| Arnold Palmer | 6 | 32 | 23 |
| Lee Trevino | 6 | 30 | 20 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 6 | 28 | 18.5 |
| Davis Love III | 6 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Gene Sarazen | 6 | 12 | 8.5 |
| Hale Irwin | 5 | 20 | 14 |
| Dustin Johnson | 5 | 21 | 12 |
| Zach Johnson | 5 | 17 | 9 |
| Payne Stewart | 5 | 19 | 9 |
| Fred Couples | 5 | 20 | 9 |
| Stewart Cink | 5 | 19 | 8.5 |
| Walter Hagen | 5 | 9 | 7.5 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Curtis Strange | 5 | 20 | 7 |
| Mark O'Meara | 5 | 14 | 4.5 |
| Horton Smith | 5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Julius Boros | 4 | 16 | 11 |
| Tom Watson | 4 | 15 | 10.5 |
| Dow Finsterwald | 4 | 13 | 9.5 |
| Jordan Spieth | 4 | 18 | 9.5 |
| Hal Sutton | 4 | 16 | 9 |
| Matt Kuchar | 4 | 15 | 7 |
| Paul Azinger | 4 | 16 | 6.5 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 4 | 14 | 6.5 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Rickie Fowler | 4 | 15 | 5.5 |
| Doug Ford | 4 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Bubba Watson | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 4 | 12 | 3.5 |
| Leo Diegel | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Larry Nelson | 3 | 13 | 9.5 |
| J. C. Snead | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| Patrick Reed | 3 | 12 | 8 |
| Corey Pavin | 3 | 13 | 8 |
| Chip Beck | 3 | 9 | 6.5 |
| Brooks Koepka | 3 | 12 | 6.5 |
| Jimmy Demaret | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Dave Hill | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Tom Lehman | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| Jeff Maggert | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Hunter Mahan | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Lou Graham | 3 | 9 | 5.5 |
| Johnny Pott | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Jay Haas | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Justin Leonard | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| David Toms | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Webb Simpson | 3 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Art Wall Jr. | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Hubert Green | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Chad Campbell | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Johnny Farrell | 3 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Steve Stricker | 3 | 11 | 3.5 |
| Ed Dudley | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Ted Kroll | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Ed Oliver | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Denny Shute | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Al Espinosa | 3 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Cary Middlecoff | 3 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Dutch Harrison | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Craig Wood | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 3 | 10 | 1.5 |
| Gardner Dickinson | 2 | 10 | 9 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 2 | 10 | 7.5 |
| Justin Thomas | 2 | 9 | 6.5 |
| Al Geiberger | 2 | 9 | 6.5 |
| Gay Brewer | 2 | 9 | 5.5 |
| Calvin Peete | 2 | 7 | 4.5 |
| Andy Bean | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Keegan Bradley | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Frank Beard | 2 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Clayton Heafner | 2 | 4 | 3.5 |
| J. B. Holmes | 2 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Tommy Bolt | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| David Duval | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Chris DiMarco | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Billy Burke | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Johnny Golden | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Jay Hebert | 2 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Miller Barber | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Brad Faxon | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Tommy Aaron | 2 | 6 | 1.5 |
| Skip Alexander | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jerry Barber | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Olin Dutra | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Chick Harbert | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Scott Hoch | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Ben Hogan | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Don January | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Lee Janzen | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Tony Lema | 2 | 11 | 9 |
| Johnny Miller | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Gil Morgan | 2 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Byron Nelson | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Steve Pate | 2 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Kenny Perry | 2 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Henry Picard | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Johnny Revolta | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Runyan | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Mike Souchak | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Craig Stadler | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Dave Stockton | 2 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Joe Turnesa | 2 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Scott Verplank | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Jimmy Walker | 2 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Al Watrous | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 2 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Herman Barron | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Homero Blancas | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Walter Burkemo | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Collins | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Charles Coody | 1 | 3 | 0.5 |
| John Cook | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wiffy Cox | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Dave Douglas | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Dale Douglass | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Dufner | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Lee Elder | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Tony Finau | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Fred Funk | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Furgol | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marty Furgol | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Gilder | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Bob Goalby | 1 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Ken Green | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ralph Guldahl | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Fred Haas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Hamilton | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Chandler Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Hawkins | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Hayes | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Lionel Hebert | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. J. Henry | 1 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Tommy Jacobs | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Herman Keiser | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Kim | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Ky Laffoon | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Levi | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 1 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Mark McCumber | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Jerry McGee | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| John Mahaffey | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tony Manero | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Marr | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Billy Maxwell | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Dick Mayer | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Bill Mehlhorn | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Mize | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Murphy | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Bobby Nichols | 1 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Andy North | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Overton | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Johnny Palmer | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Parks Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Jerry Pate | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Dan Pohl | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dave Ragan | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Chris Riley | 1 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Loren Roberts | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Bill Rogers | 1 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Bob Rosburg | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mason Rudolph | 1 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Doug Sanders | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Dan Sikes | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Scott Simpson | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ed Sneed | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Ken Still | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jim Turnesa | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Venturi | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Boo Weekley | 1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Lew Worsham | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Berger | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 1 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Harris English | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Colin Morikawa | 1 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Xander Schauffele | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Vaughn Taylor | 1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Henry Ransom | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Wetterich | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Steve King, the founder of Fore King Golf, started playing golf at the tender age of 29, after years spent playing many other sports and getting dodgy knees.
Although late to the game, Steve soon fell in love with the sport and found himself, like many others, addicted to the pursuit of improvement and playing better.
He is currently a member of The Kendleshire Golf Club & Hercules Golf Society, as well as running several competitions for Fore King Golf