1955 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament in the United States February 2019 Ryder Cup 1955 November 5–6, 1955 Thunderbird Country Club Rancho Mirage, California USA Great Britain Chick Harbert Dai Rees 8 4 United States wins California 1 33.756 -116.43 type:event it The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held November 5–6, 1955, at Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The United States team won its seventh consecutive competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1130462/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20131213062639/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1130462/index.htm dead December 13, 2013 Sports Illustrated Wind Herbert Warren Despite the distracting flora and fauna of Palm Springs the U. S. team again beat Britain's best to retain the Ryder Cup November 14, 1955 40https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jZwpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WecDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5330%2C2656071 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Ryder Cup kept by U.S.; Briton tops Middlecoff November 7, 1955 10https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IX1IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2moDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3155%2C2060538 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press U.S. retains Ryder Cup golf trophy by 8-4 November 7, 1955 26 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 USA 1912 50px Team USANameAgePreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageChick Harbert – captain 40 1 1 1–0–0 100.00Jerry Barber 39 0 RookieTommy Bolt 39 0 RookieJack Burke Jr. 32 2 4 4–0–0 100.00Doug Ford 33 0 RookieMarty Furgol 39 0 RookieChandler Harper 41 0 RookieTed Kroll 36 1 2 1–1–0 50.00Cary Middlecoff 34 1 2 1–1–0 50.00Sam Snead 43 5 9 7–2–0 77.78 Seven members of the British team were chosen from the Order of Merit after the 1955 Open Championship. To qualify players had to play in 5 of the 6 qualifying events. The qualifying events were all stroke-play tournaments played in Great Britain from the Spalding Tournament ending on 22 April to the Open Championship ending on 8 July. The last three places were chosen by the seven players already selected and the four members of the PGA tournament sub-committee.The Times 8 December 1954 3 P.G.A. offer a solution - Three players to sit on committeeThe Times 12 January 1955 3 P.G.A. differences - Conference to be held next week The seven who qualified after the Open were: Rees, Bradshaw, Scott, Weetman, O'Connor, Bousfield and Jacobs.The Times 9 July 1955 4 Ryder Cup places filled Later in July, Rees was chosen as captain.The Times 22 July 1955 3 A new British golf event - The first close championship The three remaining players, Brown, Lees and Fallon, were chosen at the end of the Dunlop Masters in September. Brown had recently lost in the final of the News of the World Match Play where Lees was a losing semi-finalist. Fallon was runner-up in the Open Championship.The Times 22 September 1955 4 Ryder Cup team completed GBR 50px Team Great BritainNameAgePreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageWAL 1953 Dai Rees – captain 42 5 8 2–5–1 31.25ENG Ken Bousfield 36 2 2 1–1–0 50.00IRL Harry Bradshaw 42 1 2 2–0–0 100.00SCO Eric Brown 30 1 2 1–1–0 50.00SCO John Fallon 42 0 RookieENG John Jacobs 30 0 RookieENG Arthur Lees 47 3 6 3–3–0 50.00IRL Christy O'Connor Snr 30 0 RookieENG Syd Scott 41 0 RookieENG Harry Weetman 35 2 3 1–2–0 33.33 Saturday's foursome matches GBR 50px Results USA 1912 50pxFallon/JacobsGBR 1 upHarper/BarberBrown/ScottUSA 1912 5 & 4Ford/KrollLees/WeetmanUSA 1912 1 upBurke/BoltBradshaw/ReesUSA 1912 3 & 2Snead/Middlecoff 1 Session 3 1 Overall 3 18 hole scores: Harper/Barber: 2 up, Ford/Kroll: 3 up, Lees/Weetman: 1 up, Bradshaw/Rees v Snead/Middlecoff: all square. Sunday's singles matches GBR 50px Results USA 1912 50pxChristy O'ConnorUSA 1912 4 & 2Tommy BoltSyd ScottUSA 1912 3 & 2Chick HarbertJohn JacobsGBR 1 upCary MiddlecoffDai ReesUSA 1912 3 & 1Sam SneadArthur LeesGBR 3 & 2Marty FurgolEric BrownGBR 3 & 2Jerry BarberHarry BradshawUSA 1912 3 & 2Jack Burke Jr.Harry WeetmanUSA 1912 3 & 2Doug Ford 3 Session 5 4 Overall 8 18 hole scores: Bolt: 3 up, Harbert: 6 up, Middlecoff: 2 up, Snead: 5 up, Lees v Furgol: all square, Brown: 3 up, Bradshaw v Burke: all square, Ford: 1 up. Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player. Source: United States Player Points Overall Singles FoursomesJerry Barber 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Tommy Bolt 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Jack Burke Jr. 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Doug Ford 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Marty Furgol 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Chick Harbert 1 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0Chandler Harper 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0Ted Kroll 1 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0Cary Middlecoff 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Sam Snead 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 Great Britain Player Points Overall Singles FoursomesHarry Bradshaw 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Eric Brown 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0John Fallon 1 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0John Jacobs 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Arthur Lees 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Christy O'Connor 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Dai Rees 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Syd Scott 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Harry Weetman 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 Ken Bousfield did not play in any matches. References http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1955.html Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1955 Results The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive 2007-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20061022153433/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1955.html 2006-10-22 dead mdy-all http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/5346482.stm Ryder Cup history: 1955 BBC Sport 2007-03-15 2006-09-14 mdy-all External links PGA of America: 1955 Ryder Cup About.com: 1955 Ryder Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20141006173444/http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1955.htm October 6, 2014 Thunderbird Country Club – official site Category:Ryder Cup Category:Golf tournaments in California Category:Sports competitions in Riverside County, California Category:Rancho Mirage, California Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Ryder Cup