Facts and figures for the 45th Ryder Cup matches at Marco Simone in Italy. The Americans are the defending champions, but they have not won on European soil since 1993.
Format: Four matches of fourballs and foursomes on Friday and Saturday, 12 singles matches on Sunday.All-time series: United States leads 27-14-2.Last time: The Americans had their youngest team with six Ryder Cup rookies and gave Europe its worst loss, 19-9, at Whistling Straits. The matches had been postponed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the gallery was one-sided because of travel restrictions. The six U.S. rookies combined to go 14-4-3.U.S.
LIV effect: Eight players from 2021 Ryder Cup joined LIV Golf. Brooks Koepka is the only one who made it back to the Ryder Cup.