1949 Ryder Cup
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The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 7 – 5 points.
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[edit] Teams
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Team Great Britain
Charles Whitcombe — Captain- Max Faulkner
Fred Daly- Charles Ward
- Richard Burton
Jimmy Adams- Ken Bousfield
- Sam King
- Arthur Lees
Dai Rees
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Team United States
- Ben Hogan — Captain
- E. J. Harrison
- Bob Hamilton
- Jimmy Demaret
- Sam Snead
- Johnny Palmer
- Skip Alexander
- Clayton Heafner
- Lloyd Mangrum
- Chick Harbert
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Faulkner/Adams |  2 & 1 |
Harrison/Palmer |
| Daly/Bousfield | 4 & 2 |
Hamilton/Alexander |
| Ward/King |  4 & 3 |
Demaret/Heafner |
| Burton/Lees | 1 hole |
Snead/Mangrum |
| 3 | Foursomes | 1 |
| 3 | Overall | 1 |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Singles
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Max Faulkner | 8 & 7 |
E. J. Harrison |
| Jimmy Adams | 2 & 1 |
Johnny Palmer |
| Charles Ward | 6 & 5 |
Sam Snead |
| Dai Rees | 6 & 4 |
Bob Hamilton |
| Richard Burton | 3 & 2 |
Clayton Heafner |
| Sam King | 4 & 3 |
Chick Harbert |
| Arthur Lees | 7 & 6 |
Jimmy Demaret |
| Fred Daly | 4 & 3 |
Lloyd Mangrum |
| 2 | Singles | 6 |
| 5 | Overall | 7 |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1949 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup – 1949. About:Golf. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- Ryder Cup history: 1949. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
| 1947 Ryder Cup 11 1 |
1949 Ryder Cup 7 5 |
1951 Ryder Cup 9½ 2½ |
