The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held in England at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, near Sutton Coldfield.

This was the first Ryder Cup played in Europe to be televised live in the United States by a major network, NBC.

[6] In 1991 two of the three captain's picks were given to José María Olazábal and Nick Faldo, then ranked two and three in the world, who had played most of their golf in the US and did not qualify automatically.

A few European players declined invitations to the 1993 PGA Championship to play in the Hohe Brücke Austrian Open in order to gain Ryder Cup points.

[7] At this time prize money in the major championships played in the USA did not earn Ryder Cup points.