1937 Ryder Cup

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1937 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
Location		Southport, England
Captains		Charles Whitcombe (GB) Walter Hagen (US)
4   8
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1935		1947»

The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition.

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 Charles Whitcombe — Captain Alf Padgham Arthur Lacey Percy Alliss Henry Cotton Bill Cox Dai Rees Richard Burton Sam King Alf Perry

Team United States Walter Hagen — Captain Ed Dudley Ralph Guldahl Gene Sarazen Henry Picard Byron Nelson Tony Manero Denny Shute Johnny Revolta Sam Snead

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Padgham/Cotton	4 & 2	Dudley/Nelson
Lacey/Cox	2 & 1	Guldahl/Manero
Whitcombe/Rees	halved	Sarazen/Shute
Alliss/Burton	2 & 1	Picard/Revolta
1½	Session	2½
1½	Overall	2½

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Alf Padgham	8 & 7	Ralph Guldahl
Sam King	halved	Denny Shute
Dai Rees	3 & 1	Byron Nelson
Henry Cotton	5 & 3	Tony Manero
Percy Alliss	1 hole	Gene Sarazen
Richard Burton	5 & 4	Sam Snead
Alf Perry	2 & 1	Ed Dudley
Arthur Lacey	2 & 1	Henry Picard
2½	Session	5½
4	Overall	8

[edit] References