1971 Ryder Cup

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The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Golf Club in St. Louis, Missouri. The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ – 13½ points.

Contents 1 Teams 1.1 Team Great Britain 1.2 Team United States 2 Friday's matches 2.1 Morning Foursomes 2.2 Afternoon Foursomes 3 Saturday's matches 3.1 Morning Four-Ball 3.2 Afternoon Four-Ball 4 Sunday's matches 4.1 Morning singles 4.2 Afternoon singles 5 References

[edit] Teams

[edit] Team Great Britain

Captain: Eric Brown

• Tony Jacklin
• Bernard Gallacher
• Brian Barnes
• Peter Oosterhuis
• Peter Townsend
• Christy O'Connor
• Harry Bannerman
• Neil Coles
• Brian Huggett
• John Garner
• Maurice Bembridge
• Peter Butler

[edit] Team United States

Captain: Jay Hebert

• Lee Trevino
• Dave Stockton
• Mason Rudolph
• Gene Littler
• Jack Nicklaus
• Gardner Dickinson
• Arnold Palmer
• Frank Beard
• J. C. Snead
• Miller Barber
• Billy Casper
• Charles Coody

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning Foursomes

	Results
Coles/O'Connor	2 & 1	Casper/Barber
Townsend/Oosterhuis	1 hole	Palmer/Dickinson
Huggett/Jacklin	3 & 2	Nicklaus/Stockton
Bembridge/Butler	1 hole	Coody/Beard
3	Foursomes	1
3	Overall	1

[edit] Afternoon Foursomes

	Results
Bannerman/Gallacher	2 & 1	Casper/Barber
Townsend/Oosterhuis	1 hole	Palmer/Dickinson
Huggett/Jacklin	halved	Trevino/Rudolph
Bembridge/Butler	5 & 3	Nicklaus/Snead
1 ½	Foursomes	2 ½
4 ½	Overall	3 ½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning Four-Ball

	Results
O'Connor/Barnes	2 & 1	Trevino/Rudolph
Coles/Garner	2 & 1	Beard/Snead
Oosterhuis/Gallacher	5 & 4	Palmer/Dickinson
Townsend/Bannerman	2 & 1	Nicklaus/Littler
0	Four-Ball	4
4 ½	Overall	7 ½

[edit] Afternoon Four-Ball

	Results
Gallacher/Oosterhuis	1 hole	Trevino/Casper
Jacklin/Huggett	2 & 1	Littler/Snead
Townsend/Bannerman	1 hole	Palmer/Nicklaus
Coles/O'Connor	halved	Coody/Beard
1 ½	Four-Ball	2 ½
6	Overall	10

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Tony Jacklin	1 hole	Lee Trevino
Bernard Gallacher	halved	Dave Stockton
Brian Barnes	1 hole	Mason Rudolph
Peter Oosterhuis	4 & 3	Gene Littler
Peter Townsend	3 & 2	Jack Nicklaus
Christy O'Connor	5 & 4	Gardner Dickinson
Harry Bannerman	halved	Arnold Palmer
Neil Coles	halved	Frank Beard
3 ½	Singles	4 ½
9 ½	Overall	14 ½

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
Brian Huggett	7 & 6	Lee Trevino
Tony Jacklin	1 hole	J. C. Snead
Brian Barnes	2 & 1	Miller Barber
Peter Townsend	1 hole	Dave Stockton
Bernard Gallacher	2 & 1	Charles Coody
Neil Coles	5 & 3	Jack Nicklaus
Peter Oosterhuis	3 & 2	Arnold Palmer
Harry Bannerman	2 & 1	Gardner Dickinson
4	Singles	4
13 ½	Overall	18 ½

[edit] References

1969 Ryder Cup 16 16

1971 Ryder Cup 18½ 13½

1973 Ryder Cup 19 13