1953 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament held in England August 2019 Ryder Cup 1953 2–3 October 1953 Wentworth Club Surrey, England Great Britain USA Henry Cotton Lloyd Mangrum 5 6 United States wins England 1 51.399 -0.590 type:event it The 10th Ryder Cup Matches were held 2–3 October 1953 at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, west of London. The United States team won its sixth consecutive competition by a score of 6 to 5 points.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gh1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5961%2C844001 Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Americans in Ryder Cup win October 4, 1953 2D Format The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1927 through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, 6 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes. Teams Source:http://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg_2015_rc.pdf 2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide September 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150927104329/http://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg_2015_rc.pdf September 27, 2015 dead The British team was selected by the tournament committee of the P.G.A. with power to add to their numbers.The Times 17 December 1952 5 Ryder Cup selectors - Invitation to young golfers In January 1953 Henry Cotton was chosen as captain and was co-opted onto the selection committee.The Times 14 January 1953 2 Golf - Cotton to captain Ryder Cup team In mid-August a group of 17 was announced from which the team would be chosen. This consisted of the eventual team of 10 plus Cotton, Tom Haliburton, Jack Hargreaves, Sam King, Arthur Lees, Norman Sutton and Charlie Ward.The Times 18 August 1953 9 Ryder Cup team - A chance given to young golfers John Jacobs was later added to the list.The Times 21 September 1953 10 J.R.M. Jacobs a Ryder Cup "possible" Cotton withdrew from consideration for medical reasons. The P.G.A. arranged a series of trial matches at Wentworth starting on 23 September with the team announced on 26 September.The Times 28 September 1953 9 The Ryder Cup team - Young golfers get their chance GBR 50px Team Great BritainNameAgePreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageENG Henry Cotton 46 Non-playing captainSCO Jimmy Adams 42 3 6 2–4–0 33.33ENG Peter Alliss 22 0 RookieIRL Harry Bradshaw 39 0 RookieSCO Eric Brown 28 0 RookieNIR Fred Daly 41 3 6 1–4–1 25.00ENG Max Faulkner 37 3 6 1–5–0 16.67ENG Bernard Hunt 23 0 RookieSCO John Panton 36 1 2 0–2–0 0.00WAL 1953 Dai Rees 40 4 7 2–4–1 35.71ENG Harry Weetman 32 1 1 0–1–0 0.00 The American team was announced in early August, after the 1953 All American Open. The 1952 and 1953 winners of the PGA Championship received automatic places. The remaining 8 members of the team were decided using a points-based system. Ben Hogan and Dutch Harrison qualified but declined their invitations. They were replaced Dave Douglas and Fred Haas, the next two in the points list.Austin American-Statesman 5 August 1953 21 Burkema, Turnesa Take Ryder Cup Team births https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49226799/austin-american-statesman/ USA 1912 50px Team USANameAgePreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageLloyd Mangrum – captain 39 3 6 5–1–0 83.33Jack Burke Jr. 30 1 2 2–0–0 100.00Walter Burkemo 34 0 RookieDave Douglas 35 0 RookieFred Haas 37 0 RookieTed Kroll 34 0 RookieCary Middlecoff 32 0 RookieEd Oliver 38 2 4 2–2–0 50.00Sam Snead 41 4 7 6–1–0 85.71Jim Turnesa 40 0 Rookie Friday's foursome matches In the middle two matches the American pairs won easily after being 8 up and 7 up at lunch. In the first match Douglas and Oliver led by three after three holes of the afternoon round. The British pair reduced the lead to one with six holes to play. Both pairs holes good putts at the 15th but the British pair bogeyed the 16th to be dormie-two. Oliver drove out of bounds at the 17th but the British pair took 6 and the hole was halved. In the final match, Daly and Bradshaw were three up at lunch but lost the first two holes in the afternoon. Daly and Bradshaw's lead increased to 3 at the turn but then the Americans reduced the lead to one. Bradshaw had some luck at the 16th when his drive hit a spectator and the hole was halved. Middlecoff missed a 7-foot putt at the 17th which would have tied the match. The American pair got a 4 at the last but Daly holed from 3 yards to win the match.The Times 3 October 1953 4 First blood to US – A lead of two in Ryder Cup – Brave golf by Daly and Bradshaw GBR 50px Results USA 1912 50pxWeetman/AllissUSA 1912 2 & 1Douglas/OliverBrown/PantonUSA 1912 8 & 7Mangrum/SneadAdams/HuntUSA 1912 7 & 5Kroll/BurkeDaly/BradshawGBR 1 upBurkemo/Middlecoff 1 Session 3 1 Overall 3 18 hole scores: Douglas/Oliver: 1 up, Mangrum/Snead: 8 up, Kroll/Burke: 7 up, Daly/Bradshaw: 3 up. Saturday's singles matches The start was delayed by 80 minutes because of mist. At lunch each side was up in three matches with the other two matches level. Rees was ahead after 12 holes of the afternoon round but lost 2 & 1. Daly was 6 up at lunch and won his match easily. Mangrum had levelled his match against Brown with birdies at the 15th and 16th but Brown finished with two fours to win the match. Snead was 4 up at lunch and increased this to five. However he played the last six holes very badly and Weetman won at the last hole, finishing with two fours. With Middlecoff and Bradshaw winning their matches, the British team needed 1 points from the remaining 2 matches to win or a point to tie. The two British players in these matches were 22-year-old Peter Alliss and 23-year-old Bernard Hunt. Alliss had gone 1 up at the 14th but he 3-putted the 15th while Turnesa got down in two from a bunker. Alliss went out of bounds at the 17th to give Turnesa the lead. Turnesa was in the trees at the last and still short of the green in 3. However, Alliss, just off the green in 2, fluffed his chip, and eventually halved the hole in 6, to guarantee that the USA would retain the Ryder Cup. In the last match Hunt had won the 12th, 13th, 16th and 17th to be dormie-one. At the last, Hunt's second shot was in the trees on the right but he managed to get his third shot to the back of the green. He putted to 4 feet and, with Douglas taking 5, he needed to hole the putt to win the match. He missed and so the USA won 6 to 5.The Times 5 October 1953 3 Great Britain just fail in Ryder Cup match – Last two singles tip scale in favour of U.S. GBR 50px Results USA 1912 50pxDai ReesUSA 1912 2 & 1Jack Burke Jr.Fred DalyGBR 9 & 7Ted KrollEric BrownGBR 2 upLloyd MangrumHarry WeetmanGBR 1 upSam SneadMax FaulknerUSA 1912 3 & 1Cary MiddlecoffPeter AllissUSA 1912 1 upJim TurnesaBernard HunthalvedDave DouglasHarry BradshawGBR 3 & 2Fred Haas 4 Session 3 5 Overall 6 18 hole scores: Rees v Burke: all square, Daly: 6 up, Brown: 2 up, Snead: 4 up, Middlecoff: 3 up, Turnesa: 1 up, Hunt v Douglas: all square, Bradshaw: 1 up. Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player. Source: Great Britain Player Points Overall Singles FoursomesJimmy Adams 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0Peter Alliss 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Harry Bradshaw 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Eric Brown 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Fred Daly 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Max Faulkner 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Bernard Hunt 0.5 0–1–1 0–0–1 0–1–0John Panton 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0Dai Rees 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Harry Weetman 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 United States Player Points Overall Singles FoursomesJack Burke Jr. 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Walter Burkemo 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0Dave Douglas 1.5 1–0–1 0–0–1 1–0–0Fred Haas 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Ted Kroll 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Lloyd Mangrum 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Cary Middlecoff 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Ed Oliver 1 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0Sam Snead 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Jim Turnesa 1 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 Continental Europe–United States match In January 1953 the PGA of America received an invitation from the European Golf Association to play a match against a team of European professionals.The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10 January 1953 7 U.S. Golfers Get Bid https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49354132/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/ A match was arranged by the EGA and the French Golf Federation, played at Golf de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, Paris on 6 and 7 October.Europe and the Ryder Cup The Prequel http://www.golfika.com/common/NM-GM-14.pdf Summer 2014 14 The European Association of Golf Historians & Collectors 17–19 Bill Anderson The match consisted of 5 fourball matches on the first day and 10 singles on the second day, all matches over 18 holes. Originally foursomes matches were planned for the first day but were replaced by fourballs.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eBA1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=rqULAAAAIBAJ&pg=2777%2C3552410 U.S. Golfers lead Europe 4–1 Glasgow Herald 7 October 1953 9https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_kpAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XoYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5793%2C3653607 Easy Win For Americans Glasgow Herald 8 October 1953 9 Ed Oliver returned to America after the Ryder Cup. He was replaced by PGA officials, Warren Orlick on the first day and Ray Maguire on the second day. The continental europe team was Jean Baptiste Ado, Alfonso Angelini, Georg Bessner, Aldo Casera, Arthur Devulder, Gerard de Wit, Ugo Grappasonni, Marcelino Morcillo, Albert Pélissier and François Saubaber. Ángel Miguel was originally announced in the team but was replaced by Marcelino Morcillo. The team therefore had three players from France and Italy, and one each from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. Auguste Boyer was the non-playing captain. The leading European golfer, Flory Van Donck, did not play. Van Donck had already won four continental open championships in 1953 and two British tournaments. However, the match clashed with the Dunlop Masters which was played on 7 and 8 October. Van Donck was the only continental player competing in the limited field of 20.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_0pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XoYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2132%2C3760353 Bradshaw wins "Masters" in great finish Glasgow Herald 9 9 October 1953 The United States led 4–1 after the first day. The Italian pair of Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni beat Jim Turnesa and Warren Orlick 2 & 1. On the second day Europe won one match and halved two, giving a final score of 12–3. None of the American Ryder Cup team lost, Europe's only win was by Marcelino Morcillo who beat Ray Maguire. Albert Pélissier halved his match against Walter Burkemo while Grappasonni also halved against Lloyd Mangrum. From 1954 to 1958 the EGA arranged a similar match between the British Isles and the Rest of Europe for the Joy Cup. References http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1953.html Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1953 Results The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive 2007-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20061022153440/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1953.html 22 October 2006 dead https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/5346474.stm Ryder Cup history: 1953 BBC Sport 2007-03-15 2006-09-14 External links PGA of America: 1953 Ryder Cup About.com: 1953 Ryder Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20170127063259/http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1953.htm 27 January 2017 Category:Ryder Cup Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in Surrey Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Ryder Cup