1961 Ryder Cup
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The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ – 9½ points.
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[edit] Teams
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Team Great Britain
Dai Rees — Captain
Christy O'Connor
John Panton- Tom Haliburton
Percy Alliss- Bernard Hunt
- Ken Bousfield
- Neil Coles
- Harry Weetman
- Ralph Moffitt
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Team United States
- Jerry Barber — Captain
- Doug Ford
- Art Wall
- Billy Casper
- Bill Collins
- Gene Littler
- Jay Hebert
- Arnold Palmer
- Mike Souchak
- Dow Finsterwald
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Morning Foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| O'Connor/Alliss |  4 & 3 |
Ford/Littler |
| Panton/Hunt |  4 & 3 |
Wall/Hebert |
| Rees/Bousfield | 2 & 1 |
Casper/Palmer |
| Haliburton/Coles | 1 hole |
Collins/Souchak |
| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
[edit] Afternoon Foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| O'Connor/Alliss | 1 hole |
Wall/Hebert |
| Panton/Hunt | 5 & 4 |
Casper/Palmer |
| Rees/Bousfield | 2 & 1 |
Collins/Souchak |
| Haliburton/Coles | 1 hole |
Barber/Finsterwald |
| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 2 | Overall | 6 |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Morning singles
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Weetman | 1 hole |
Doug Ford |
| Ralph Moffitt | 5 & 4 |
Mike Souchak |
| Percy Alliss | halved | Arnold Palmer |
| Ken Bousfield | 5 & 3 |
Billy Casper |
| Dai Rees | 2 & 1 |
Jay Hebert |
| Neil Coles | halved | Gene Littler |
| Bernard Hunt | 5 & 4 |
Jerry Barber |
| Christy O'Connor | 2 & 1 |
Dow Finsterwald |
| 3 | Singles | 5 |
| 5 | Overall | 11 |
[edit] Afternoon singles
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Weetman | 1 hole |
Art Wall |
| Percy Alliss | 3 & 2 |
Bill Collins |
| Bernard Hunt | 2 & 1 |
Mike Souchak |
| Tom Haliburton | 2 & 1 |
Arnold Palmer |
| Dai Rees | 4 & 3 |
Doug Ford |
| Ken Bousfield | 1 hole |
Jerry Barber |
| Neil Coles | 1 hole |
Dow Finsterwald |
| Christy O'Connor | halved | Gene Littler |
| 4 ½ | Singles | 3 ½ |
| 9 ½ | Overall | 14 ½ |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1961 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
- Ryder Cup – 1961. About:Golf. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
- Ryder Cup history: 1961. BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
1959 Ryder Cup 8½ 3½ |
1961 Ryder Cup 14½ 9½ |
1963 Ryder Cup 23 9 |
