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1933 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament held in England

Field	Value
name	Ryder Cup
year	1933
dates	26–27 June 1933
venue	Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
location	Southport, England
home	Great Britain
away	USA
homecaptain	John Henry Taylor
awaycaptain	Walter Hagen
homescore	6
awayscore	5
result	Great Britain wins

|UK England |United Kingdom Merseyside Ainsdale Golf Club}} north of Liverpool, England The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held 26–27 June 1933 at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6–5 points, which at the time was the closest score possible other than a tie. As with the three previous events, the host team won and the series was tied at two wins each.

John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup and was Great Britain's last Ryder Cup victory until 1957, the only post-war win until Team Europe won its first in 1985.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1927 through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, 6 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.

Teams

Source:

In February 1931, it was announced that a selection committee of six would choose the Great Britain team for the 1933 Ryder Cup. A preliminary squad of 22 was announced. Henry Cotton was not considered as he was employed in Belgium.

In early June, the team of ten was selected (as below). J.H. Taylor was to be the non-playing captain. Initially Easterbrook and Havers were called "reserves" but the distinction was ignored when choosing those who actually played in the matches.

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
ENG J.H. Taylor	62	Non-playing captain
ENG Percy Alliss	36	1	0	0–0–0
SCO Allan Dailey	25	0	Rookie
ENG Bill Davies	41	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
ENG Syd Easterbrook	28	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
ENG Arthur Havers	35	2	4	1–3–0	25.00
ENG Arthur Lacey	29	0	Rookie
ENG Abe Mitchell	46	2	4	2–2–0	50.00
ENG Alf Padgham	26	0	Rookie
ENG Alf Perry	28	0	Rookie
ENG Charles Whitcombe	37	3	5	2–1–2	60.00

The American team did not arrive in the UK until 21 June. They travelled to London and arrived in Southport the following day.

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
Walter Hagen – captain	40	3	6	5–1–0	83.33
Billy Burke	30	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Leo Diegel	34	3	5	3–2–0	60.00
Ed Dudley	32	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
Olin Dutra	32	0	Rookie
Paul Runyan	24	0	Rookie
Gene Sarazen	31	3	6	3–2–1	58.33
Denny Shute	28	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Horton Smith	25	2	1	1–0–0	100.00
Craig Wood	31	1	1	0–1–0	0.00

All the Americans competed in the 1933 Open Championship. They all qualified and 8 of the 10 made the cut. After the four rounds they held 5 of the 6 leading positions with Shute and Wood tying for the tead. Shute won the 36 hole play-off by 5 strokes.

Monday's foursome matches

After the morning matches Great Britain led three of the four matches with the other match level. Alliss and Whitcombe had extended their lead to four after eight holes of the afternoon round. Sarazen and Hagen then won the next three holes and levelled the match at the 16th. The British pair won the 17th but Whitcombe missed a 4-foot putt at the last and the match was halved. In the final match the American pair of Dudley and Burke levelled the match after six holes of the afternoon round having been four behind at lunch. They won the 17th and halved the last to win the match.

GBR	Results	USA
Alliss/Whitcombe	halved	Sarazen/Hagen
Mitchell/Havers	GBR 3 & 2	Dutra/Shute
Davies/Easterbrook	GBR 1 up	Wood/Runyan
Padgham/Perry	USA 1 up	Dudley/Burke
2	Session	1

18 hole scores: Alliss/Whitcombe: 3 up, Mitchell/Haver: 4 up, Davies/Easterbrook v Wood/Runyan: all square, Padgham/Perry: 4 up.

Tuesday's singles matches

Dutra was 3 up on Mitchell after 10 holes but Mitchell then won eight holes in a hole to be 5 up at lunch. At the 18th Dutra was stymied and, attempting to chip over Mitchell's ball, knocked Mitchell's ball into the hole. At lunch each team was up in three matches with the other two matches level. In the afternoon play the first two matches finished quickly with wins for Sarazen and Mitchell. Lacey and Hagen were level after 14 holes but Hagen won the next two and eventually won 2 & 1. Alliss and Havers won their matches for Great Britain and after Whitcombe lost at the 17th, all depended on the Easterbrook/Shute match. The match was all square playing the last and both players took three to reach the green. Shute's first putt was strong and he missed the return putt from 4 feet. Easterbrook had also missed his first putt but, when he holed his short second putt, Great Britain had secured the narrowest of wins. If Shute had holed his putt the match would have ended as a tie and the United States, as defending champions, would have retained the cup.

GBR	Results	USA
Alf Padgham	USA 6 & 4	Gene Sarazen
Abe Mitchell	GBR 9 & 8	Olin Dutra
Arthur Lacey	USA 2 & 1	Walter Hagen
Bill Davies	USA 4 & 3	Craig Wood
Percy Alliss	GBR 2 & 1	Paul Runyan
Arthur Havers	GBR 4 & 3	Leo Diegel
Syd Easterbrook	GBR 1 up	Denny Shute
Charles Whitcombe	USA 2 & 1	Horton Smith
4	Session	4

18 hole scores: Sarazen: 2 up, Mitchell: 5 up, Lacey: 1 up, Davies v Wood: all square, Alliss: 1 up, Havers v Diegel: all square, Shute: 1 up, Smith: 5 up.

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Source:

Great Britain

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Percy Alliss	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–0–1
Bill Davies	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Syd Easterbrook	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Arthur Havers	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Arthur Lacey	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Abe Mitchell	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Alf Padgham	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Alf Perry	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Charles Whitcombe	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–1

Allan Dailey did not play in any matches.

United States

Player	Points		Overall
Billy Burke	1	1–0–0	0–0–0
Leo Diegel	0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Ed Dudley	1	1–0–0	0–0–0
Olin Dutra	0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Walter Hagen	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0
Paul Runyan	0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Gene Sarazen	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0
Denny Shute	0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Horton Smith	1	1–0–0	1–0–0
Craig Wood	1	1–1–0	1–0–0

References

"2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide".
"The Ryder Cup". ''The Times'', Wednesday, February 15, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46369; col B.
"The Ryder Cup". ''The Times'', Thursday, February 23, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46376; col F.
"British Ryder Cup Team". ''The Times'', Thursday, June 08, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46465; col A.
"U.S. Ryder Cup team arrive". ''The Times'', Thursday, 22 Jun 1933; pg. 4; Issue 46477.
"The Ryder Cup - Great Britain lead on the foursomes". ''The Times'', Tuesday, 27 June 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46481.
"The Ryder Cup regained - Great matches at Southport". ''The Times'', Wednesday, 28 June 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46482.

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