PREVIEW: Colsaerts first Belgian in Ryder Cup

GOLF - The 2012 Ryder Cup will feature the first player from Belgium in the 85-year history of the competition, as Nicolas Colsaerts will tee off for Europe. It has been 13 years since the last time that a country made its Ryder Cup debut. Click Read More to see all the countries that participated and when they joined.

Year in which first representative of nation was chosen in Ryder Cup squad

2012 - Belgium (Nicolas Colsaerts)

1999 - France (Jean Van de Velde)

1997 - Denmark (Thomas Bjørn)

1993 - Italy (Costantino Rocca)

1993 - Sweden (Joakim Haeggman)

1981 - Germany (Bernhard Langer)

1979 - Spain (Seve Ballesteros, Antonio Garrido)

1953 - Republic of Ireland (Harry Bradshaw)

1947 - Northern Ireland (Fred Daly)

1937 - Wales (Dai Rees)

1927 - Jersey (Ted Ray)

1927 - Guernsey (Herbert Jolly)

1927 - Scotland (George Duncan)

1927 - England (Six different players)

1927 - United States (Nine different players)