This Day in Golf History: September 24

A pair of Ryder Cups concluded on this date. The 31st Ryder Cup Match ended in 1995, with the European team beating the U.S. in a thriller, 14½-13½, at Oak Hill County Club in Rochester, N.Y. It was a stinging defeat for the Americans to lose on home ground. with Irishman Philip Walton beating Jay Haas for the clinching point. And in 2006, at the K Club, Ireland, Europe won a third straight time, this one in a breeze, 18½-9½.