1955 Ryder Cup
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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 – 4 points.
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[edit] Teams
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Team Great Britain
Dai Rees — Captain
John Fallon- Eric Brown
Arthur Lees
Harry Bradshaw- John Jacobs
- Syd Scott
- Harry Weetman
- Christy O'Connor
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Team United States
- Chick Harbert — Captain
- Chandler Harper
- Doug Ford
- Jack Burke
- Sam Snead
- Jerry Barber
- Ted Kroll
- Tommy Bolt
- Cary Middlecoff
- Marty Furgol
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Foursomes
|
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 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Singles
|
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 |
| Harry Weetman | 3 & 2 |
Doug Ford |
| 3 | Singles | 5 |
| 4 | Overall | 8 |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1955 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
- Ryder Cup – 1955. About:Golf. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
- Ryder Cup history: 1955. BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
| 1953 Ryder Cup 6½ 5½ |
1955 Ryder Cup 8 4 |
1957 Ryder Cup 7½ 4½ |
