1971 Ryder Cup

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1971 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Old Warson Country Club
Location		St. Louis, Missouri
Captains		Jay Hebert (US) Eric Brown (GB)
18½   13½
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1969		1973»

The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ 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: Jay Hebert Lee Trevino Dave Stockton Mason Rudolph Gene Littler Jack Nicklaus Gardner Dickinson Arnold Palmer Frank Beard J. C. Snead Miller Barber Billy Casper Charles Coody

Team Great Britain Captain: Eric Brown Tony Jacklin Bernard Gallacher Brian Barnes Peter Oosterhuis Peter Townsend Christy O'Connor Harry Bannerman Neil Coles Brian Huggett John Garner Maurice Bembridge Peter Butler

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Coles/O'Connor	2 & 1	Casper/Barber
Townsend/Oosterhuis	1 hole	Palmer/Dickinson
Huggett/Jacklin	3 & 2	Nicklaus/Stockton
Bembridge/Butler	1 hole	Coody/Beard
3	Session	1
3	Overall	1

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Bannerman/Gallacher	2 & 1	Casper/Barber
Townsend/Oosterhuis	1 hole	Palmer/Dickinson
Huggett/Jacklin	halved	Trevino/Rudolph
Bembridge/Butler	5 & 3	Nicklaus/Snead
1½	Session	2½
4½	Overall	3½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
O'Connor/Barnes	2 & 1	Trevino/Rudolph
Coles/Garner	2 & 1	Beard/Snead
Oosterhuis/Gallacher	5 & 4	Palmer/Dickinson
Townsend/Bannerman	2 & 1	Nicklaus/Littler
0	Session	4
4½	Overall	7½

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Gallacher/Oosterhuis	1 hole	Trevino/Casper
Jacklin/Huggett	2 & 1	Littler/Snead
Townsend/Bannerman	1 hole	Palmer/Nicklaus
Coles/O'Connor	halved	Coody/Beard
1½	Session	2½
6	Overall	10

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Tony Jacklin	1 hole	Lee Trevino
Bernard Gallacher	halved	Dave Stockton
Brian Barnes	1 hole	Mason Rudolph
Peter Oosterhuis	4 & 3	Gene Littler
Peter Townsend	3 & 2	Jack Nicklaus
Christy O'Connor	5 & 4	Gardner Dickinson
Harry Bannerman	halved	Arnold Palmer
Neil Coles	halved	Frank Beard
3½	Session	4½
9½	Overall	14½

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
Brian Huggett	7 & 6	Lee Trevino
Tony Jacklin	1 hole	J. C. Snead
Brian Barnes	2 & 1	Miller Barber
Peter Townsend	1 hole	Dave Stockton
Bernard Gallacher	2 & 1	Charles Coody
Neil Coles	5 & 3	Jack Nicklaus
Peter Oosterhuis	3 & 2	Arnold Palmer
Harry Bannerman	2 & 1	Gardner Dickinson
4	Session	4
13½	Overall	18½

[edit] References