Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23 to 8 points. To date it remains the largest defeat that a British/European team has ever suffered at the hands of a United States team. The Ryder Cup (officially the Ryder Cup Matches) is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States.