1977 Ryder Cup

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The 22nd 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 12½ – 7½ points.

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

[edit] Teams

[edit] Team Great Britain and Ireland

Captain: Brian Huggett

• Howard Clark
• Neil Coles
• Peter Dawson
• Brian Barnes
• Tommy Horton
• Bernard Gallacher
• Eamonn Darcy
• Mark James
• Nick Faldo
• Peter Oosterhuis
• Tony Jacklin
• Ken Brown

[edit] Team United States

Captain: Dow Finsterwald

• Lanny Wadkins
• Lou Graham
• Don January
• Hale Irwin
• Dave Hill
• Jack Nicklaus
• Hubert Green
• Raymond Floyd
• Tom Watson
• Jerry McGee
• Dave Stockton
• Ed Sneed

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Foursomes

	Results
Gallacher/Barnes	3 & 1	Wadkins/Irwin
Coles/Dawson	1 hole	Stockton/McGee
Faldo/Oosterhuis	2 & 1	Floyd/Graham
Darcy/Jacklin	halved	Sneed/January
Horton/James	5 & 4	Nicklaus/Watson
1 ½	Foursomes	3 ½
1 ½	Overall	3 ½

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Four-Ball

	Results
Barnes/Horton	5 & 4	Watson/Green
Coles/Dawson	5 & 3	Sneed/Wadkins
Faldo/Oosterhuis	3 & 1	Nicklaus/Floyd
Jacklin/Darcy	5 & 3	Hill/Stockton
James/Brown	1 hole	Irwin/Graham
1	Four-Ball	4
2 ½	Overall	7 ½

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Singles

	Results
Howard Clark	4 & 3	Lanny Wadkins
Neil Coles	5 & 3	Lou Graham
Peter Dawson	5 & 4	Don January
Brian Barnes	1 hole	Hale Irwin
Tommy Horton	5 & 4	Dave Hill
Bernard Gallacher	1 hole	Jack Nicklaus
Eamonn Darcy	1 hole	Hubert Green
Mark James	2 & 1	Raymond Floyd
Nick Faldo	1 hole	Tom Watson
Peter Oosterhuis	2 holes	Jerry McGee
5	Singles	5
7 ½	Overall	12 ½

[edit] References

1975 Ryder Cup 21 11

1977 Ryder Cup 12½ 7½

1979 Ryder Cup 17 11