1955 Ryder Cup

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1955 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Thunderbird Country Club
Location		Rancho Mirage, California
Captains		Chick Harbert (US) Dai Rees (GB)
8   4
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1953		1957»

The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 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 Chick Harbert — Captain Chandler Harper Doug Ford Jack Burke, Jr. Sam Snead Jerry Barber Ted Kroll Tommy Bolt Cary Middlecoff Marty Furgol

Team Great Britain Dai Rees — Captain John Fallon Eric Brown Arthur Lees Harry Bradshaw John Jacobs Syd Scott Harry Weetman Christy O'Connor

[edit] Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Fallon/Jacobs	1 hole	Harper/Barber
Brown/Scott	5 & 4	Ford/Kroll
Lees/Weetman	1 hole	Burke/Bolt
Bradshaw/Rees	3 & 2	Snead/Middlecoff
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Christy O'Connor	4 & 2	Tommy Bolt
Syd Scott	3 & 2	Chick Harbert
John Jacobs	1 hole	Cary Middlecoff
Dai Rees	3 & 1	Sam Snead
Arthur Lees	3 & 2	Marty Furgol
Eric Brown	3 & 2	Jerry Barber
Harry Bradshaw	3 & 2	Jack Burke, Jr.
Harry Weetman	3 & 2	Doug Ford
3	Session	5
4	Overall	8

[edit] References