1947 Ryder Cup

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1947 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Portland Golf Club
Location		Portland, Oregon
Captains		Ben Hogan (US) Henry Cotton (GB)
11 1
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1937		1949»

The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States team won the competition by a score of 11 to 1 points.

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

Team Great Britain

Henry Cotton — Captain
Fred Daly
Jimmy Adams
Dai Rees
Arthur Lees
Charles Ward
Max Faulkner
Sam King

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Cotton/Lees	10 & 8	Oliver/Worsham
Daly/Ward	6 & 5	Snead/Mangrum
Adams/Faulkner	2 holes	Hogan/Demaret
Rees/King	2 & 1	Nelson/Barron
0	Session	4
0	Overall	4

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Fred Daly	5 & 4	E. J. Harrison
Jimmy Adams	3 & 2	Lew Worsham
Max Faulkner	6 & 5	Lloyd Mangrum
Charles Ward	4 & 3	Ed Oliver
Arthur Lees	2 & 1	Byron Nelson
Henry Cotton	5 & 4	Sam Snead
Dai Rees	3 & 2	Jimmy Demaret
Sam King	4 & 3	Herman Keiser
1	Session	7
1	Overall	11