A year after the 2010 Ryder Cup, Magersfontein borrowed one of team golf’s grandest stages. Celtic Manor’s Twenty Ten course had been created specifically for Ryder Cup theatre. The audience was smaller; the arguments were not.
England won by 6 points, one of the clearer verdicts in the Cup record.
The final score is only the surface. The format splits below show where the weekend moved, while the full match record preserves the awkward detail.
Roman Road Course Greensomes · session 3–1.
Montgomerie Course Betterballs · session 3.5–0.5.
Roman Road Course Singles · session 4.5–3.5.
After Roman Road Course Greensomes, England led 3–1.
After Montgomerie Course Betterballs, England led 6.5–1.5.
Going into the final session, England needed 2 of the remaining 8 points to win; Sweden needed 6.5 to retain.
The final score was England 11 – 5 Sweden.
England 3 – 1 Sweden
England 3.5 – 0.5 Sweden
England 4.5 – 3.5 Sweden
The detailed record is deliberately kept below the story rather than replacing it.
| ID | Format | Course | England | Sweden | Result | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Greensomes | Roman Road Course | Alex Scheepers(1)/John Mitchell(10) | Jörgen Rondahl(0)/Tomas Persson(4) | 5 & 4 | England |
| 14 | Greensomes | Roman Road Course | Chris Kibbey(10)/Eddie Yeandle(8) | Benny Eklund(0)/Birger Hammar(2) | 2 & 1 | England |
| 15 | Greensomes | Roman Road Course | Martin Turner(14)/Ryan Howard(15) | Björn Ekholm(9)/Matte Eriksson(0) | 4 & 2 | Sweden |
| 16 | Greensomes | Roman Road Course | Ben Blackburn(13)/Graham Carter(11) | Helena Carlson Rydman(0)/Janne Nordlander(7) | 1 & 0 | England |
| 17 | Betterballs | Montgomerie Course | Chris Kibbey(6)/Ryan Howard(13) | Birger Hammar(0)/Tomas Persson(0) | 4 & 3 | England |
| 18 | Betterballs | Montgomerie Course | Eddie Yeandle(6)/Martin Turner(15) | Benny Eklund(0)/Janne Nordlander(9) | 2 & 0 | England |
| 19 | Betterballs | Montgomerie Course | Alex Scheepers(0)/Graham Carter(14) | Björn Ekholm(11)/Helena Carlson Rydman(5) | 6 & 5 | England |
| 20 | Betterballs | Montgomerie Course | Ben Blackburn(15)/John Mitchell(8) | Jörgen Rondahl(0)/Matte Eriksson(1) | All Square | HALVED |
| 21 | Singles | Roman Road Course | Alex Scheepers(0) | Matte Eriksson(3) | 5 & 4 | England |
| 22 | Singles | Roman Road Course | Chris Kibbey(6) | Benny Eklund(0) | 2 & 1 | Sweden |
| 23 | Singles | Roman Road Course | John Mitchell(8) | Jörgen Rondahl(0) | 5 & 3 | Sweden |
| 24 | Singles | Roman Road Course | Martin Turner(11) | Birger Hammar(0) | 1 & 0 | England |
| 25 | Singles | Roman Road Course | Ben Blackburn(3) | Janne Nordlander(0) | 2 & 1 | England |
| 26 | Singles | Roman Road Course | Ryan Howard(6) | Björn Ekholm(0) | 1 & 0 | England |
| 27 | Singles | Roman Road Course | Eddie Yeandle(2) | Helena Carlson Rydman(0) | All Square | HALVED |
| 28 | Singles | Roman Road Course | Graham Carter(7) | Tomas Persson(0) | 6 & 4 | Sweden |