1961 Ryder Cup

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The 14th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 14½ – 9½ points.

Contents 1 Teams 1.1 Team Great Britain 1.2 Team United States 2 Saturday's matches 2.1 Morning Foursomes 2.2 Afternoon Foursomes 3 Sunday's matches 3.1 Morning singles 3.2 Afternoon singles 4 References

[edit] Teams

[edit] Team Great Britain

• Dai Rees — Captain
• Christy O'Connor
• John Panton
• Tom Haliburton
• Percy Alliss
• Bernard Hunt
• Ken Bousfield
• Neil Coles
• Harry Weetman
• Ralph Moffitt

[edit] Team United States

• Jerry Barber — Captain
• Doug Ford
• Art Wall
• Billy Casper
• Bill Collins
• Gene Littler
• Jay Hebert
• Arnold Palmer
• Mike Souchak
• Dow Finsterwald

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning Foursomes

	Results
O'Connor/Alliss	4 & 3	Ford/Littler
Panton/Hunt	4 & 3	Wall/Hebert
Rees/Bousfield	2 & 1	Casper/Palmer
Haliburton/Coles	1 hole	Collins/Souchak
1	Foursomes	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Afternoon Foursomes

	Results
O'Connor/Alliss	1 hole	Wall/Hebert
Panton/Hunt	5 & 4	Casper/Palmer
Rees/Bousfield	2 & 1	Collins/Souchak
Haliburton/Coles	1 hole	Barber/Finsterwald
1	Foursomes	3
2	Overall	6

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Harry Weetman	1 hole	Doug Ford
Ralph Moffitt	5 & 4	Mike Souchak
Percy Alliss	halved	Arnold Palmer
Ken Bousfield	5 & 3	Billy Casper
Dai Rees	2 & 1	Jay Hebert
Neil Coles	halved	Gene Littler
Bernard Hunt	5 & 4	Jerry Barber
Christy O'Connor	2 & 1	Dow Finsterwald
3	Singles	5
5	Overall	11

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
Harry Weetman	1 hole	Art Wall
Percy Alliss	3 & 2	Bill Collins
Bernard Hunt	2 & 1	Mike Souchak
Tom Haliburton	2 & 1	Arnold Palmer
Dai Rees	4 & 3	Doug Ford
Ken Bousfield	1 hole	Jerry Barber
Neil Coles	1 hole	Dow Finsterwald
Christy O'Connor	halved	Gene Littler
4 ½	Singles	3 ½
9 ½	Overall	14 ½

[edit] References

1959 Ryder Cup 8½ 3½

1961 Ryder Cup 14½ 9½

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