1935 Ryder Cup

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1935 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Ridgewood Country Club
Location		Paramus, New Jersey
Captains		Walter Hagen (US) Charles Whitcombe (GB)
9   3
United States wins the Ryder Cup
«1933		1937»

The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey. The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points.

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 United States Walter Hagen — Captain Gene Sarazen Henry Picard Paul Runyan Olin Dutra Johnny Revolta Horton Smith Ky Laffoon Craig Wood Sam Parks

Team Great Britain Charles Whitcombe — Captain Alf Perry Alf Padgham Bill Cox Jack Busson Percy Alliss Edward Jarman Ernest Whitcombe Richard Burton Reg Whitcombe

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Perry/Busson	7 & 6	Sarazen/Hagen
Padgham/Alliss	6 & 5	Picard/Revolta
Cox/Jarman	9 & 8	Runyan/Smith
Whitcombe/Whitcombe	1 hole	Dutra/Laffoon
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Jack Busson	3 & 2	Gene Sarazen
Richard Burton	5 & 3	Paul Runyan
Reg Whitcombe	2 & 1	Johnny Revolta
Alf Padgham	4 & 2	Olin Dutra
Percy Alliss	1 hole	Craig Wood
Bill Cox	halved	Horton Smith
Ernest Whitcombe	3 & 2	Henry Picard
Alf Perry	halved	Sam Parks
2	Session	6
3	Overall	9

[edit] References