1955 Ryder Cup

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.[1][2][3]

11th Ryder Cup Matches
DatesNovember 5–6, 1955
VenueThunderbird Country Club
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Captains
8 4
United States wins the Ryder Cup
Thunderbird CC
Location in the United States
Thunderbird CC
Location in California

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, 6½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.

Teams

Source: [4]

 Team USA
Name Age Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Chick Harbert – captain 40111–0–0100.00
Jerry Barber 390Rookie
Tommy Bolt 390Rookie
Jack Burke, Jr. 32244–0–0100.00
Doug Ford 330Rookie
Marty Furgol 390Rookie
Chandler Harper 410Rookie
Ted Kroll 36121–1–050.00
Cary Middlecoff 34121–1–050.00
Sam Snead 43597–2–077.78

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.[5][6] The seven who qualified after the Open were: Rees, Bradshaw, Scott, Weetman, O'Connor, Bousfield and Jacobs.[7] Later in July, Rees was chosen as captain.[8] 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.[9]

 Team Great Britain
Name Age Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Dai Rees – captain 42582–5–131.25
Ken Bousfield 36221–1–050.00
Harry Bradshaw 42122–0–0100.00
Eric Brown 30121–1–050.00
John Fallon 420Rookie
John Jacobs 300Rookie
Arthur Lees 47363–3–050.00
Christy O'Connor Snr 300Rookie
Syd Scott 410Rookie
Harry Weetman 35231–2–033.33

Saturday's foursome matches
Results
Fallon/Jacobs 1 up Harper/Barber
Brown/Scott 5 & 4 Ford/Kroll
Lees/Weetman 1 up Burke/Bolt
Bradshaw/Rees 3 & 2 Snead/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
Results
Christy O'Connor 4 & 2 Tommy Bolt
Syd Scott 3 & 2 Chick Harbert
John Jacobs 1 up 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, Jr.
Harry Weetman 3 & 2 Doug 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: [4]

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomes
Jerry Barber00–2–00–1–00–1–0
Tommy Bolt22–0–01–0–01–0–0
Jack Burke, Jr.22–0–01–0–01–0–0
Doug Ford22–0–01–0–01–0–0
Marty Furgol00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Chick Harbert11–0–01–0–00–0–0
Chandler Harper00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Ted Kroll11–0–00–0–01–0–0
Cary Middlecoff11–1–00–1–01–0–0
Sam Snead22–0–01–0–01–0–0

Great Britain
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomes
Harry Bradshaw00–2–00–1–00–1–0
Eric Brown11–1–01–0–00–1–0
John Fallon11–0–00–0–01–0–0
John Jacobs22–0–01–0–01–0–0
Arthur Lees11–1–01–0–00–1–0
Christy O'Connor00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Dai Rees00–2–00–1–00–1–0
Syd Scott00–2–00–1–00–1–0
Harry Weetman00–2–00–1–00–1–0

Ken Bousfield did not play in any matches.

References
  1. Wind, Herbert Warren (November 14, 1955). "Despite the distracting flora and fauna of Palm Springs the U. S. team again beat Britain's best to retain the Ryder Cup". Sports Illustrated. p. 40.
  2. "Ryder Cup kept by U.S.; Briton tops Middlecoff". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. November 7, 1955. p. 10.
  3. "U.S. retains Ryder Cup golf trophy by 8-4". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. November 7, 1955. p. 26.
  4. "2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  5. "P.G.A. offer a solution - Three players to sit on committee". The Times. December 8, 1954. p. 3.
  6. "P.G.A. differences - Conference to be held next week". The Times. January 12, 1955. p. 3.
  7. "Ryder Cup places filled". The Times. July 9, 1955. p. 4.
  8. "A new British golf event - The first close championship". The Times. July 22, 1955. p. 3.
  9. "Ryder Cup team completed". The Times. September 22, 1955. p. 4.

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