1959 Ryder Cup
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| 1959 Ryder Cup Matches | ||
|---|---|---|
| Venue | Eldorado Golf Club | |
| Location | Indian Wells, California | |
| Captains | Sam Snead (US) Dai Rees (GB) |
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| United States wins the Ryder Cup | ||
| «1957 | 1961» | |
The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ to 3½ points.
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[edit] Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. Since the inaugural 1927 Ryder Cup, 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. This would be the last Ryder Cup competition to be played under this format.
[edit] Teams
[edit] Saturday's foursome matches
| Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hunt/Brown | Rosburg/Souchak | |
| Rees/Bousfield | Boros/Finsterwald | |
| O'Connor/Alliss | Wall/Ford | |
| Weetman/Thomas | halved | Snead/Middlecoff |
| 1½ | Session | 2½ |
| 1½ | Overall | 2½ |
[edit] Sunday's singles matches
| Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Norman Drew | halved | Doug Ford |
| Ken Bousfield | Mike Souchak | |
| Harry Weetman | Bob Rosburg | |
| Dave Thomas | Sam Snead | |
| Christy O'Connor | Art Wall | |
| Dai Rees | Dow Finsterwald | |
| Peter Alliss | halved | Jay Hebert |
| Eric Brown | Cary Middlecoff | |
| 2 | Session | 6 |
| 3½ | Overall | 8½ |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1959 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup – 1959. About:Golf. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup history: 1959. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.

