United States Ryder Cup Team of the Decade for the 2010’s
By Matt Coles
Brandt Snedeker – 67% points won (2 appearances)
The second of four men to also win two-thirds of their points is Brandt Snedeker, who is the only other man, along with Reed, to have done so across multiple Ryder Cups, playing both on American soil.
Snedeker made his debut in the team event in 2012 at Medinah, coming into the event ranked as the World No.10. He had not qualified automatically for the American team, but Davis Love III picked him, almost unsurprisingly, due to his rankings position.
He lost his first outing at the tournament, as Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell defeated Jim Furyk and himself, but the same partnership got the better of the same opponents 24 hours later, as the American duo took down the Northern Irish pair on the final hole of the Illinois course.
The singles went against ‘Sneds’, who lost heavily to Paul Lawrie, but 2016 would be different for the American, who turned his form around to win all three of his matches.
It started on Friday afternoon in the fourballs, as himself and Brooks Koepka were the only pair that put a red point on the board. The same partnership then took down Henrik Stenson and Matthew Fitzpatrick on Saturday morning, before Snedeker then got the better of Andy Sullivan 3&1 in the singles on Sunday in Minnesota.
That win gave the United States 14 points and inched them closer to what would eventually be a first victory over Team Europe in eight years.
Snedeker finishes the decade with four points from his six Ryder Cup fixtures, ending the 2010s with a healthy 67% points ratio, level with three of his compatriots.