1965 Ryder Cup

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1965 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location		Southport, England
Captains		Harry Weetman (GB) Byron Nelson (US)
12½   19½
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1963		1967»

The 16th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19½ to 12½ points.

Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Friday's matches 3.1 Morning foursomes 3.2 Afternoon foursomes 4 Saturday's matches 4.1 Morning four-ball 4.2 Afternoon four-ball 5 Sunday's matches 5.1 Morning singles 5.2 Afternoon singles 6 References

[edit] Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1963 through 1971 the competition format was as follows:

• Day 1 (Friday) — 8 foursomes (alternate shot) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
• Day 2 (Saturday) — 8 four-ball (better ball) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
• Day 3 (Sunday) — 16 singles matches, 8 each in morning and afternoon sessions

With a total of 32 points, 16½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

[edit] Teams

Team Great Britain Captain: Harry Weetman Lionel Platts Dave Thomas Bernard Hunt Peter Alliss Peter Butler George Will Neil Coles Christy O'Connor Jimmy Martin Jimmy Hitchcock

Team United States Captain: Byron Nelson Julius Boros Arnold Palmer Billy Casper Ken Venturi Tony Lema Dave Marr Gene Littler Don January Tommy Jacobs

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Platts/Butler	1 hole	Boros/Lema
Thomas/Will	6 & 5	Palmer/Marr
Hunt/Coles	2 & 1	Casper/Littler
Alliss/O'Connor Snr	5 & 4	Venturi/January
2	Session	2
2	Overall	2

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Thomas/Will	6 & 5	Palmer/Marr
Alliss/O'Connor Snr	2 & 1	Casper/Littler
Martin/Hitchcock	5 & 4	Boros/Lema
Hunt/Coles	3 & 2	Venturi/January
2	Session	2
4	Overall	4

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
Thomas/Will	1 hole	January/Jacobs
Platts/Butler	halved	Casper/Littler
Alliss/O'Connor Snr	6 & 4	Palmer/Marr
Hunt/Coles	1 hole	Boros/Lema
1½	Session	2½
5½	Overall	6½

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Alliss/O'Connor Snr	2 holes	Palmer/Marr
Thomas/Will	1 hole	January/Jacobs
Platts/Butler	halved	Casper/Littler
Hunt/Coles	1 hole	Venturi/Lema
1½	Session	2½
7	Overall	9

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Jimmy Hitchcock	3 & 2	Arnold Palmer
Lionel Platts	4 & 2	Julius Boros
Peter Butler	1 hole	Tony Lema
Neil Coles	2 holes	Dave Marr
Bernard Hunt	2 holes	Gene Littler
Dave Thomas	2 & 1	Tommy Jacobs
Percy Alliss	1 hole	Billy Casper
George Will	halved	Don January
2½	Session	5½
9½	Overall	14½

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
Christy O'Connor Snr	6 & 4	Tony Lema
Jimmy Hitchcock	2 & 1	Julius Boros
Peter Butler	2 holes	Arnold Palmer
Percy Alliss	3 & 1	Ken Venturi
Neil Coles	3 & 2	Billy Casper
George Will	2 & 1	Gene Littler
Bernard Hunt	1 hole	Dave Marr
Lionel Platts	1 hole	Tommy Jacobs
3	Session	5
12½	Overall	19½

[edit] References