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Golf · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.3

Team Competitions

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

Golf's team events: the Ryder Cup, the Solheim, Presidents, Walker and Curtis Cups, how captains run them, and famous matches.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The Ryder CupTake a test

  1. Men's professionals.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  2. From St Albans in England.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  3. At Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  4. Sixteen in pairs, twelve in singles.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  5. A tie is enough for the holder.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  6. Some qualify on points, some are picked.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  7. Alternating between the USA and Europe.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  8. Singles always close it.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  9. 12, 14 and 28.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  10. The figure is said to be Abe Mitchell, Ryder's coach.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · applied

Test 2Other team cupsTake a test

  1. Women's professionals.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  2. His company sponsored the first matches.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  3. First played in 1994.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  4. At Lake Nona in Florida.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  5. First played in 1922.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  6. A women's amateur match of GB and Ireland against the USA.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  7. Fourteen is a tie.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  8. 1922, 1927, 1932 and 1990.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · applied

  9. 1990, 1994 and 1995.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  10. Fourteen and a half is an outright win.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · applied

Test 3Captains and formatsTake a test

  1. Added to the automatic qualifiers.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  2. Often in-form or experienced players.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  3. They watch matches and pass on information.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  4. Halves add up in close cups.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  5. The lists are then matched line by line.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  6. The two players are then given a half each.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  7. Europe's biggest winning margin on US soil.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  8. Neither captain sees the other's list first.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  9. Picks come weeks before the matches.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · applied

  10. Twelve matches, one point each.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · applied

Test 4Famous Ryder CupsTake a test

  1. Near Chicago.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  2. The USA came back from 10-6 down.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  3. At Marco Simone.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  4. Europe won under captain Seve Ballesteros.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  5. Europe kept the Cup as holders.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  6. A six-foot putt on the 18th.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  7. The 'Miracle at Medinah'.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  8. 1989, 1997, 1999 and 2012.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · recall

  9. 1927, 1985 and 2023.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · applied

  10. Europe won 8½ of the 12 singles points.

    Source: Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA) · applied

Sources

Major championship, tour, team competition and Olympic records (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET, IGF, IOC), the world rankings and the World Golf Hall of Fame; only settled facts used as keys; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • Team competition records (Ryder Cup Europe, PGA of America, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, R&A, USGA)40