1951 Ryder Cup

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1951 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Pinehurst Resort
Location		Pinehurst, North Carolina
Captains		Sam Snead (US) Arthur Lacey (GB)
9½   2½
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1949		1953»

The 9th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The United States team won the competition by a score of 9½ to 2½ 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 Sam Snead — Captain Clayton Heafner Ed Oliver Ben Hogan Jack Burke, Jr. Henry Ransom Lloyd Mangrum Jimmy Demaret Skip Alexander

Team Great Britain Arthur Lacey — Captain Max Faulkner Charles Ward Jimmy Adams Fred Daly Dai Rees Arthur Lees John Panton Ken Bousfield Harry Weetman

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Faulkner/Rees	5 & 3	Heafner/Burke
Ward/Lees	2 & 1	Oliver/Ransom
Adams/Panton	5 & 4	Snead/Mangrum
Daly/Bousfield	5 & 4	Hogan/Demaret
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Jimmy Adams	4 & 3	Jack Burke, Jr.
Dai Rees	2 holes	Jimmy Demaret
Fred Daly	halved	Clayton Heafner
Harry Weetman	6 & 5	Lloyd Mangrum
Arthur Lees	2 & 1	Ed Oliver
Charles Ward	3 & 2	Ben Hogan
John Panton	8 & 7	Skip Alexander
Max Faulkner	4 & 3	Sam Snead
1½	Session	6½
2½	Overall	9½

[edit] References