1967 Ryder Cup

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1967 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Champions Golf Club
Location		Houston, Texas
Captains		Ben Hogan (US) Dai Rees (GB)
23½   8½
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1965		1969»

The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23½ to 8½ 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 United States Captain: Ben Hogan Billy Casper Arnold Palmer Doug Sanders Bobby Nichols Julius Boros Gardner Dickinson Gay Brewer Johnny Pott Gene Littler Al Geiberger

Team Great Britain Captain: Dai Rees Brian Huggett Peter Alliss Tony Jacklin Bernard Hunt George Will Christy O'Connor Dave Thomas Neil Coles Malcolm Gregson Hugh Boyle

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Huggett/Will	halved	Casper/Boros
Alliss/O'Connor	2 & 1	Palmer/Dickinson
Jacklin/Thomas	4 & 3	Sanders/Brewer
Hunt/Coles	6 & 5	Nichols/Pott
1½	Session	2½
1½	Overall	2½

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Huggett/Will	1 hole	Casper/Boros
Gregson/Boyle	5 & 4	Dickinson/Palmer
Jacklin/Thomas	3 & 2	Littler/Geiberger
Alliss/O'Connor	2 & 1	Nichols/Pott
1	Session	3
2½	Overall	5½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
Alliss/O'Connor	3 & 2	Casper/Brewer
Hunt/Coles	1 hole	Nichols/Pott
Jacklin/Thomas	1 hole	Littler/Geiberger
Huggett/Will	3 & 2	Dickinson/Sanders
0	Session	4
2½	Overall	9½

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Hunt/Coles	5 & 3	Casper/Brewer
Alliss/Gregson	3 & 2	Dickinson/Sanders
Will/Boyle	1 hole	Palmer/Boros
Jacklin/Thomas	halved	Littler/Geiberger
½	Session	3½
3	Overall	13

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Hugh Boyle	4 & 3	Gay Brewer
Percy Alliss	2 & 1	Billy Casper
Tony Jacklin	3 & 2	Arnold Palmer
Brian Huggett	1 hole	Julius Boros
Neil Coles	2 & 1	Doug Sanders
Malcolm Gregson	4 & 2	Al Geiberger
Dave Thomas	halved	Gene Littler
Bernard Hunt	halved	Bobby Nichols
3	Session	5
6	Overall	18

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
Brian Huggett	5 & 3	Arnold Palmer
Percy Alliss	2 & 1	Gay Brewer
Tony Jacklin	3 & 2	Gardner Dickinson
Christy O'Connor	3 & 2	Bobby Nichols
George Will	3 & 1	Johnny Pott
Malcolm Gregson	2 & 1	Al Geiberger
Bernard Hunt	halved	Julius Boros
Neil Coles	2 & 1	Doug Sanders
2½	Session	5½
8½	Overall	23½

[edit] References