1947 Ryder Cup
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The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States team won the competition by a score of 11 – 1 points.
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[edit] Teams
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Team Great Britain
Henry Cotton — Captain
Fred Daly
Jimmy Adams
Dai Rees- Arthur Lees
- Charles Ward
- Max Faulkner
- Sam King
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Team United States
- Ben Hogan — Captain
- Ed Oliver
- Sam Snead
- Byron Nelson
- Lew Worsham
- Lloyd Mangrum
- Jimmy Demaret
- Herman Barron
- E. J. Harrison
- Herman Keiser
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton/Lees |  10 & 8 |
Oliver/Worsham |
| Daly/Ward | 6 & 5 |
Snead/Mangrum |
| Adams/Faulkner | 2 holes |
Hogan/Demaret |
| Rees/King | 2 & 1 |
Nelson/Barron |
| 0 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 0 | Overall | 4 |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Singles
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Daly | 5 & 4 |
E. J. Harrison |
| Jimmy Adams | 3 & 2 |
Lew Worsham |
| Max Faulkner | 6 & 5 |
Lloyd Mangrum |
| Charles Ward | 4 & 3 |
Ed Oliver |
| Arthur Lees | 2 & 1 |
Byron Nelson |
| Henry Cotton | 5 & 4 |
Sam Snead |
| Dai Rees | 3 & 2 |
Jimmy Demaret |
| Sam King |  4 & 3 |
Herman Keiser |
| 1 | Singles | 7 |
| 1 | Overall | 11 |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1947 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup – 1947. About:Golf. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup history: 1947. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
| 1937 Ryder Cup 8 4 |
1947 Ryder Cup 11 1 |
1949 Ryder Cup 7 5 |
