1953 Ryder Cup

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1953 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Wentworth Club
Location		Surrey, England
Captains		Henry Cotton (GB) Lloyd Mangrum (US)
5½   6½
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1951		1955»

The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 6½ to 5½ 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 Great Britain Henry Cotton — Captain Harry Weetman Eric Brown Jimmy Adams Fred Daly Peter Alliss John Panton Bernard Hunt Harry Bradshaw Dai Rees Max Faulkner

Team United States Lloyd Mangrum — Captain Dave Douglas Ted Kroll Walter Burkemo Ed Oliver Sam Snead Jack Burke, Jr. Cary Middlecoff Jim Turnesa Fred Haas

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Weetman/Alliss	2 & 1	Douglas/Oliver
Brown/Panton	8 & 7	Mangrum/Snead
Adams/Hunt	7 & 5	Kroll/Burke
Daly/Bradshaw	1 hole	Burkemo/Middlecoff
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Dai Rees	2 & 1	Jack Burke, Jr.
Fred Daly	9 & 7	Ted Kroll
Eric Brown	2 holes	Lloyd Mangrum
Harry Weetman	1 hole	Sam Snead
Max Faulkner	3 & 1	Cary Middlecoff
Peter Alliss	1 hole	Jim Turnesa
Bernard Hunt	halved	Dave Douglas
Harry Bradshaw	3 & 2	Fred Haas
4½	Session	3½
5½	Overall	6½

[edit] References