Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 24th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 18 to 9 points. To date it remains the heaviest defeat that a European team has suffered at the hands of the United States. The Ryder Cup (officially the Ryder Cup Matches) is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States.