1957 Ryder Cup
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The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Lindrick Golf Club in Rotherham, England. The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 7½ – 4½ points, winning the Cup for the first time since 1933.
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[edit] Teams
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Team Great Britain
Dai Rees — Captain
Peter Alliss- Ken Bousfield
- Max Faulkner
Christy O'Connor- Bernard Hunt
- Harry Weetman
Eric Brown- Peter Mills
- Harry Bradshaw
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Team United States
- Jack Burke — Captain
- Doug Ford
- Art Wall
- Ted Kroll
- Dick Mayer
- Dow Finsterwald
- Fred Hawkins
- Tommy Bolt
- Lionel Hebert
- Ed Furgol
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Foursomes
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Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Alliss/Hunt |  2 & 1 |
Ford/Finsterwald |
| Bousfield/Rees |  3 & 2 |
Wall/Hawkins |
| Faulkner/Weetman | 4 & 3 |
Kroll/Burke |
| O'Connor/Brown | 7 & 5 |
Mayer/Bolt |
| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Singles
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Brown | 4 & 3 |
Tommy Bolt |
| Peter Mills | 5 & 3 |
Jack Burke |
| Peter Alliss | 2 & 1 |
Fred Hawkins |
| Ken Bousfield | 4 & 3 |
Lionel Hebert |
| Dai Rees | 7 & 6 |
Ed Furgol |
| Bernard Hunt | 6 & 5 |
Doug Ford |
| Bernard Hunt | 6 & 5 |
Dow Finsterwald |
| Harry Bradshaw | halved | Dick Mayer |
| 6 ½ | Singles | 1 ½ |
| 7 ½ | Overall | 4 ½ |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1957 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup – 1957. About:Golf. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup history: 1957. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
| 1955 Ryder Cup 8 4 |
1957 Ryder Cup 7½ 4½ |
1959 Ryder Cup 8½ 3½ |
