1975 Ryder Cup

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The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 – 11 points.

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

[edit] Teams

[edit] Team Great Britain and Ireland

Captain: Bernard Hunt

• Tony Jacklin
• Peter Oosterhuis
• Bernard Gallacher
• Tommy Horton
• Brian Huggett
• Eamonn Darcy
• Guy Hunt
• Brian Barnes
• John O'Leary
• Maurice Bembridge
• Norman Wood

[edit] Team United States

Captain: Arnold Palmer

• Bob Murphy
• Johnny Miller
• Lee Trevino
• Hale Irwin
• Gene Littler
• Billy Casper
• Tom Weiskopf
• Jack Nicklaus
• Raymond Floyd
• J. C. Snead
• Al Geiberger
• Lou Graham

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning Foursomes

	Results
Barnes/Gallacher	5 & 4	Nicklaus/Weiskopf
Wood/Bembridge	4 & 3	Littler/Irwin
Jacklin/Oosterhuis	3 & 1	Geiberger/Miller
Horton/O'Leary	2 & 1	Trevino/Snead
0	Foursomes	4
0	Overall	4

[edit] Afternoon Four-Ball

	Results
Oosterhuis/Jacklin	2 & 1	Casper/Floyd
Darcy/O'Connor	3 & 2	Weiskopf/Graham
Barnes/Gallacher	halved	Nicklaus/Murphy
Horton/O'Leary	2 & 1	Trevino/Irwin
1 ½	Four-Ball	2 ½
1 ½	Overall	6 ½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning Four-Ball

	Results
Oosterhuis/Jacklin	halved	Casper/Miller
Horton/Wood	4 & 2	Nicklaus/Snead
Barnes/Gallacher	5 & 3	Littler/Graham
Darcy/Hunt	halved	Geiberger/Floyd
1	Four-Ball	3
2 ½	Overall	9 ½

[edit] Afternoon Foursomes

	Results
Jacklin/Huggett	3 & 2	Trevino/Murphy
O'Connor/O'Leary	5 & 3	Weiskopf/Miller
Oosterhuis/Bembridge	3 & 2	Irwin/Casper
Darcy/Hunt	3 & 2	Geiberger/Graham
1	Foursomes	3
3 ½	Overall	12 ½

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Tony Jacklin	2 & 1	Bob Murphy
Peter Oosterhuis	2 holes	Johnny Miller
Bernard Gallacher	halved	Lee Trevino
Tommy Horton	halved	Hale Irwin
Brian Huggett	4 & 2	Gene Littler
Eamonn Darcy	3 & 2	Billy Casper
Guy Hunt	5 & 3	Tom Weiskopf
Brian Barnes	4 & 2	Jack Nicklaus
3	Singles	5
6 ½	Overall	17 ½

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
Tony Jacklin	1 hole	Raymond Floyd
Peter Oosterhuis	3 & 2	J. C. Snead
Bernard Gallacher	halved	Al Geiberger
Tommy Horton	2 & 1	Lou Graham
John O'Leary	2 & 1	Hale Irwin
Maurice Bembridge	2 & 1	Bob Murphy
Norman Wood	2 & 1	Lee Trevino
Brian Barnes	2 & 1	Jack Nicklaus
4 ½	Singles	3 ½
11	Overall	21

[edit] References

1973 Ryder Cup 19 13

1975 Ryder Cup 21 11

1977 Ryder Cup 12½ 7½