1927 Ryder Cup

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1927 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Worcester Country Club
Location		Worcester, Massachusetts
Captains		Walter Hagen (US) Ted Ray (GB)
9½   2½
United States wins the Ryder Cup
		1929»

The 1st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½–2½ points. US Captain Walter Hagen became the first winning captain to lift the Ryder Cup.

Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Saturday's foursome matches 4 Sunday's singles matches 5 References

[edit] Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From this inaugural event through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, 6½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.

[edit] Teams

Team United States Walter Hagen — Captain Johnny Farrell Gene Sarazen Leo Diegel Johnny Golden Jim Turnesa Al Watrous Bill Mehlhorn

Team Great Britain Ted Ray — Captain George Duncan Arthur Havers Aubrey Boomer Fred Robson Archie Compston Herbert Jolly Charles Whitcombe

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Ray/Robson	2 & 1	Hagen/Golden
Duncan/Compston	8 & 6	Farrell/Turnesa
Havers/Jolly	3 & 2	Sarazen/Watrous
Boomer/Whitcombe	7 & 5	Diegel/Mehlhorn
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Archie Compston	1 hole	Bill Mehlhorn
Aubrey Boomer	5 & 4	Johnny Farrell
Herbert Jolly	8 & 7	Johnny Golden
Ted Ray	7 & 5	Leo Diegel
Charles Whitcombe	halved	Gene Sarazen
Arthur Havers	2 & 1	Walter Hagen
Fred Robson	3 & 2	Al Watrous
George Duncan	1 hole	Jim Turnesa
1½	Session	6½
2½	Overall	9½

[edit] References