1959 Ryder Cup
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The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Eldorado Golf Club in Indian Wells, California. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8½ – 3½ points.
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[edit] Teams
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Team Great Britain
Dai Rees — Captain
Bernard Hunt- Dai Rees
Christy O'Connor- Harry Weetman
Eric Brown- Ken Bousfield
- Peter Alliss
- Dave Thomas
Norman Drew
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Team United States
- Sam Snead — Captain
- Bob Rosburg
- Julius Boros
- Art Wall
- Mike Souchak
- Dow Finsterwald
- Doug Ford
- Cary Middlecoff
- Jay Hebert
[edit] Saturday's matches
[edit] Foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Hunt/Brown |  5 & 4 |
Rosburg/Souchak |
| Rees/Bousfield | 2 holes |
Boros/Finsterwald |
| O'Connor/Alliss |  3 & 2 |
Wall/Ford |
| Weetman/Thomas | halved | Snead/Middlecoff |
| 1 ½ | Foursomes | 2 ½ |
| 1 ½ | Overall | 2 ½ |
[edit] Sunday's matches
[edit] Singles
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Drew | halved | Doug Ford |
| Ken Bousfield | 3 & 2 |
Mike Souchak |
| Harry Weetman | 6 & 5 |
Bob Rosburg |
| Dave Thomas | 6 & 5 |
Sam Snead |
| Christy O'Connor | 7 & 6 |
Art Wall |
| Dai Rees | 1 hole |
Dow Finsterwald |
| Peter Alliss | halved | Jay Hebert |
| Eric Brown | 4 & 3 |
Cary Middlecoff |
| 2 | Singles | 6 |
| 3 ½ | Overall | 8 ½ |
[edit] References
- Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1959 Results. The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
- Ryder Cup – 1959. About:Golf. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
- Ryder Cup history: 1959. BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 15, 2007.
| 1957 Ryder Cup 7½ 4½ |
1959 Ryder Cup 8½ 3½ |
1961 Ryder Cup 14½ 9½ |
