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1937 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament held in England

Field	Value
name	Ryder Cup
year	1937
dates	29–30 June 1937
venue	Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
location	Southport, England
home	Great Britain
away	USA
homecaptain	Charles Whitcombe
awaycaptain	Walter Hagen
homescore	4
awayscore	8
result	United States wins

|UK England |United Kingdom Merseyside Ainsdale Golf Club}} north of Liverpool, England The 6th Ryder Cup Matches were held 29–30 June 1937 at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition and the second of seven consecutive wins for the U.S. side. The course had hosted the event four years earlier in 1933, Britain's last win until 1957.

Due to World War II, this was the final Ryder Cup for a full decade; the series resumed in 1947 in the U.S. at Portland, Oregon.

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, points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.

Teams

Source:

From the start of 1937, Henry Cotton became professional to the Ashridge Golf Club and hence became eligible for selection for the British team. He had missed the 1931 edition because of a dispute and was not eligible in 1933 and 1935 because he was employed in Belgium. In April 1937, it was announced that, as in 1935, a selection committee of six would choose the Great Britain team for the 1937 Ryder Cup. In July, the team of ten was selected (as below). Charles Whitcombe was again chosen as the captain.

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
ENG Charles Whitcombe – captain	41	5	8	3–2–3	56.25
ENG Percy Alliss	40	3	4	2–1–1	62.50
ENG Dick Burton	29	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
ENG Henry Cotton	30	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
ENG Bill Cox	27	1	2	0–1–1	25.00
ENG Sam King	26	0	Rookie
ENG Arthur Lacey	33	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
ENG Alf Padgham	30	2	4	0–4–0	0.00
ENG Alf Perry	32	2	3	0–2–1	16.67
WAL Dai Rees	24	0	Rookie

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
Walter Hagen	44	Non-playing captain
Ed Dudley	36	2	2	1–1–0	50.00
Ralph Guldahl	25	0	Rookie
Tony Manero	32	0	Rookie
Byron Nelson	25	0	Rookie
Henry Picard	30	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Johnny Revolta	26	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Gene Sarazen	35	5	10	6–2–2	70.00
Denny Shute	32	2	4	2–2–0	50.00
Horton Smith	29	4	4	3–0–1	87.50
Sam Snead	25	0	Rookie

Tuesday's foursome matches

GBR	Results	USA
Padgham/Cotton	USA 4 & 2	Dudley/Nelson
Lacey/Cox	USA 2 & 1	Guldahl/Manero
Whitcombe/Rees	halved	Sarazen/Shute
Alliss/Burton	GBR 2 & 1	Picard/Revolta
	Session

18 hole scores: Padgham/Cotton v Dudley/Nelson: all square, Lacey/Cox: 1 up, Whitcombe/Rees v Sarazen/Shute: all square, Alliss/Burton: 3 up.

Wednesday's singles matches

GBR	Results	USA
Alf Padgham	USA 8 & 7	Ralph Guldahl
Sam King	halved	Denny Shute
Dai Rees	GBR 3 & 1	Byron Nelson
Henry Cotton	GBR 5 & 3	Tony Manero
Percy Alliss	USA 1 up	Gene Sarazen
Dick Burton	USA 5 & 4	Sam Snead
Alf Perry	USA 2 & 1	Ed Dudley
Arthur Lacey	USA 2 & 1	Henry Picard
	Session

18 hole scores: Guldahl: 6 up, King v Shute: all square, Rees: 1 up, Cotton: 2 up, Alliss: 1 up, Snead: 2 up, Dudley: 1 up, Picard: 1 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	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Dick Burton	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Henry Cotton	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Bill Cox	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Sam King	0.5	0–0–1	0–0–1	0–0–0
Arthur Lacey	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Alf Padgham	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Alf Perry	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Dai Rees	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–0–1
Charles Whitcombe	0.5	0–0–1	0–0–0	0–0–1

United States

Player	Points		Overall
Ed Dudley	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Ralph Guldahl	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Tony Manero	1	1–1–0	0–1–0
Byron Nelson	1	1–1–0	0–1–0
Henry Picard	1	1–1–0	1–0–0
Johnny Revolta	0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Gene Sarazen	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0
Denny Shute	1	0–0–2	0–0–1
Sam Snead	1	1–0–0	1–0–0

Horton Smith did not play in any matches.

References

"2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide".
"T.H. Cotton for Ashridge". ''The Times'', Saturday, October 10, 1936; pg. 6; Issue 47502; col C.
"Ryder Cup Selection Committee". ''The Times'', Wednesday, April 14, 1937; pg. 6; Issue 47658; col F.
"British Team Selected". ''The Times'', Tuesday, June 08, 1937; pg. 8; Issue 47705; col D.
"The Ryder Cup - America Leads". ''The Times'', Wednesday, June 30, 1937; pg. 7; Issue 47724.
"Golf - US Win the Ryder Cup". ''The Times'', Thursday, July 1, 1937; pg. 6; Issue 47725.

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