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United States Ryder Cup Team of the Decade for the 2010’s

By Matt Coles

CHASKA, MN - OCTOBER 02: Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Ryan Moore, Davis Love III, Brooks Koepka, Zach Johnson, J.B. Holmes, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler of the United States celebrate during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club on October 2, 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHASKA, MN - OCTOBER 02: Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Ryan Moore, Davis Love III, Brooks Koepka, Zach Johnson, J.B. Holmes, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler of the United States celebrate during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club on October 2, 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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NEWPORT, WALES – OCTOBER 02: Stewart Cink of the USA reacts after holing a putt on the 11th hole during the rescheduled Afternoon Foursome Matches during the 2010 Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort on October 2, 2010 in Newport, Wales. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NEWPORT, WALES – OCTOBER 02: Stewart Cink of the USA reacts after holing a putt on the 11th hole during the rescheduled Afternoon Foursome Matches during the 2010 Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort on October 2, 2010 in Newport, Wales. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Stewart Cink – 63% points won (1 appearance)

The final member of the United States’ team to have only featured in a single Ryder Cup this decade is Stewart Cink, the 2009 British Open champion.

He only appeared in the 2010 Ryder Cup, but that was the end of a run that saw the American play in five consecutive episodes of the event, running right the way back to the 2002 edition.

His sole meet came at the Celtic Manor Ryder Cup, which saw play spill into Monday for the first, and so far, only, time in the history of the team event.

The first session saw Cink play alongside Matt Kuchar, with the pair having their match with the Northern Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. As the next three sessions then got bundled together into two, the combination carried on, with the pair getting the better of the same opponents in the Saturday foursomes, winning on the 18th hole..

Cink and Kuchar then faced the Molinari brothers in the third session, which overlapped both Saturday and Sunday, with a half being the end result, the only points the American scored in the entire six-match session.

The 2009 British Open champion managed to stay unbeaten in the singles as well, as he halved his match with Rory McIlroy, as the pair met for a third time in four possible matches that weekend in South Wales.

Coming into the decade, Cink had already featured in four Ryder Cups and held a 40% win ratio, but he bettered that with his 2010 performance, finishing unbeaten in four fixtures, and taking home 2.5 points, giving himself a 63% points ratio, the seventh-best for the USA this decade.

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