1963 Ryder Cup

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1963 Ryder Cup Matches
Venue		Atlanta Athletic Club
Location		Atlanta, Georgia
Captains		Arnold Palmer (US) John Fallon (GB)
23   9
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1961		1965»

The 15th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Atlanta Athletic Club (now known as the East Lake Golf Club) in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States team won the competition by a score of 23 to 9 points.

Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Friday's matches 3.1 Morning foursomes 3.2 Afternoon foursomes 4 Saturday's matches 4.1 Morning four-ball 4.2 Afternoon four-ball 5 Sunday's matches 5.1 Morning singles 5.2 Afternoon singles 6 References

[edit] Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format changed in 1963, with the addition of four-ball (better ball) matches on a third day of play. The schedule of play was as follows:

• Day 1 (Friday) — 8 foursomes (alternate shot) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
• Day 2 (Saturday) — 8 four-ball (better ball) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
• Day 3 (Sunday) — 16 singles matches, 8 each in morning and afternoon sessions

With a total of 32 points, 16½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

[edit] Teams

Team United States Arnold Palmer — Captain Billy Casper Julius Boros Gene Littler Johnny Pott Dave Ragan Tony Lema Dow Finsterwald Billy Maxwell Bob Goalby

Team Great Britain Captain: John Fallon Brian Huggett Peter Alliss Neil Coles Dave Thomas George Will Christy O'Connor Bernard Hunt Harry Weetman Tom Haliburton Geoffrey Hunt

[edit] Friday's matches

[edit] Morning foursomes

	Results
Huggett/Will	3 & 2	Palmer/Pott
Alliss/O'Connor	1 up	Casper/Ragan
Coles/Hunt	halved	Boros/Lema
Thomas/Weetman	halved	Littler/Finsterwald
2	Session	2
2	Overall	2

[edit] Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Thomas/Weetman	4 & 3	Maxwell/Goalby
Huggett/Will	5 & 4	Palmer/Casper
Coles/Hunt	2 & 1	Littler/Finsterwald
Haliburton/Hunt	1 up	Boros/Lema
0	Session	4
2	Overall	6

[edit] Saturday's matches

[edit] Morning four-ball

	Results
Huggett/Thomas	5 & 4	Palmer/Finsterwald
Alliss/Hunt	halved	Littler/Boros
Weetman/Will	3 & 2	Casper/Maxwell
Coles/O'Connor	1 up	Goalby/Ragan
1½	Session	2½
3½	Overall	8½

[edit] Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Coles/O'Connor	3 & 2	Palmer/Finsterwald
Alliss/Hunt	1 up	Lema/Pott
Haliburton/Hunt	2 & 1	Casper/Maxwell
Huggett/Thomas	halved	Goalby/Ragan
½	Session	3½
4	Overall	12

[edit] Sunday's matches

[edit] Morning singles

	Results
Geoffrey Hunt	5 & 3	Tony Lema
Brian Huggett	3 & 1	Johnny Pott
Percy Alliss	1 up	Arnold Palmer
Neil Coles	halved	Billy Casper
Dave Thomas	3 & 2	Bob Goalby
Christy O'Connor	1 up	Gene Littler
Harry Weetman	1 up	Julius Boros
Bernard Hunt	2 up	Dow Finsterwald
4½	Session	3½
8½	Overall	15½

[edit] Afternoon singles

	Results
George Will	3 & 2	Arnold Palmer
Neil Coles	2 & 1	Dave Ragan
Percy Alliss	halved	Tony Lema
Tom Haliburton	6 & 5	Gene Littler
Harry Weetman	2 & 1	Julius Boros
Christy O'Connor	2 & 1	Billy Maxwell
Dave Thomas	4 & 3	Dow Finsterwald
Bernard Hunt	2 & 1	Bob Goalby
½	Session	7½
9	Overall	23

[edit] References