1933 Ryder Cup

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1933 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
Location		Southport, England
Captains		John Henry Taylor (GB) Walter Hagen (US)
6½   5½
Great Britain wins the Ryder Cup
«1931		1935»

The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points. John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever 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 1927 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 Great Britain John Henry Taylor — Captain Percy Alliss Abe Mitchell William Davies Alf Padgham Charles Whitcombe Arthur Havers Syd Easterbrook Alf Perry Arthur Lacey

Team United States Walter Hagen — Captain Gene Sarazen Olin Dutra Craig Wood Ed Dudley Denny Shute Paul Runyan Billy Burke Leo Diegel Horton Smith

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Alliss/Whitcombe	halved	Sarazen/Hagen
Mitchell/Havers	3 & 2	Dutra/Shute
Davies/Easterbrook	1 hole	Wood/Runyan
Padgham/Perry	1 hole	Dudley/Burke
2½	Session	1½
2½	Overall	1½

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Alf Padgham	6 & 4	Gene Sarazen
Abe Mitchell	9 & 8	Olin Dutra
Arthur Lacey	2 & 1	Walter Hagen
William Davies	4 & 3	Craig Wood
Percy Alliss	2 & 1	Paul Runyan
Arthur Havers	4 & 3	Leo Diegel
Syd Easterbrook	1 hole	Denny Shute
Charles Whitcombe	2 & 1	Horton Smith
4	Session	4
6½	Overall	5½

[edit] References