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1955 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament in the United States

Field	Value
name	Ryder Cup
year	1955
dates	November 5–6, 1955
venue	Thunderbird Country Club
location	Rancho Mirage, California
home	USA
away	Great Britain
homecaptain	Chick Harbert
awaycaptain	Dai Rees
homescore	8
awayscore	4
result	United States wins

|USA |USA California The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held November 5–6, 1955, at Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The United States team won its seventh consecutive competition by a score of 8 to 4 points.

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:

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
Chick Harbert – captain	40	1	1	1–0–0	100.00
Jerry Barber	39	0	Rookie
Tommy Bolt	39	0	Rookie
Jack Burke Jr.	32	2	4	4–0–0	100.00
Doug Ford	33	0	Rookie
Marty Furgol	39	0	Rookie
Chandler Harper	41	0	Rookie
Ted Kroll	36	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Cary Middlecoff	34	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Sam Snead	43	5	9	7–2–0	77.78

Seven members of the British team were chosen from the Order of Merit after the 1955 Open Championship. To qualify players had to play in 5 of the 6 qualifying events. The qualifying events were all stroke-play tournaments played in Great Britain from the Spalding Tournament ending on 22 April to the Open Championship ending on 8 July. The last three places were chosen by the seven players already selected and the four members of the PGA tournament sub-committee. The seven who qualified after the Open were: Rees, Bradshaw, Scott, Weetman, O'Connor, Bousfield and Jacobs. Later in July, Rees was chosen as captain. The three remaining players, Brown, Lees and Fallon, were chosen at the end of the Dunlop Masters in September. Brown had recently lost in the final of the News of the World Match Play where Lees was a losing semi-finalist. Fallon was runner-up in the Open Championship.

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
WAL Dai Rees – captain	42	5	8	2–5–1	31.25
ENG Ken Bousfield	36	2	2	1–1–0	50.00
IRL Harry Bradshaw	42	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
SCO Eric Brown	30	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
SCO John Fallon	42	0	Rookie
ENG John Jacobs	30	0	Rookie
ENG Arthur Lees	47	3	6	3–3–0	50.00
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	30	0	Rookie
ENG Syd Scott	41	0	Rookie
ENG Harry Weetman	35	2	3	1–2–0	33.33

Saturday's foursome matches

GBR	Results	USA
Fallon/Jacobs	GBR 1 up	Harper/Barber
Brown/Scott	USA 5 & 4	Ford/Kroll
Lees/Weetman	USA 1 up	Burke/Bolt
Bradshaw/Rees	USA 3 & 2	Snead/Middlecoff
1	Session	3

18 hole scores: Harper/Barber: 2 up, Ford/Kroll: 3 up, Lees/Weetman: 1 up, Bradshaw/Rees v Snead/Middlecoff: all square.

Sunday's singles matches

GBR	Results	USA
Christy O'Connor	USA 4 & 2	Tommy Bolt
Syd Scott	USA 3 & 2	Chick Harbert
John Jacobs	GBR 1 up	Cary Middlecoff
Dai Rees	USA 3 & 1	Sam Snead
Arthur Lees	GBR 3 & 2	Marty Furgol
Eric Brown	GBR 3 & 2	Jerry Barber
Harry Bradshaw	USA 3 & 2	Jack Burke Jr.
Harry Weetman	USA 3 & 2	Doug Ford
3	Session	5

18 hole scores: Bolt: 3 up, Harbert: 6 up, Middlecoff: 2 up, Snead: 5 up, Lees v Furgol: all square, Brown: 3 up, Bradshaw v Burke: all square, Ford: 1 up.

Individual player records

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

Source:

United States

Player	Points		Overall
Jerry Barber	0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Tommy Bolt	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Jack Burke Jr.	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Doug Ford	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Marty Furgol	0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Chick Harbert	1	1–0–0	1–0–0
Chandler Harper	0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Ted Kroll	1	1–0–0	0–0–0
Cary Middlecoff	1	1–1–0	0–1–0
Sam Snead	2	2–0–0	1–0–0

Great Britain

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Harry Bradshaw	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Eric Brown	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
John Fallon	1	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0
John Jacobs	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Arthur Lees	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Christy O'Connor	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Dai Rees	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Syd Scott	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Harry Weetman	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0

Ken Bousfield did not play in any matches.

References

Wind, Herbert Warren. (November 14, 1955). "Despite the distracting flora and fauna of Palm Springs the U. S. team again beat Britain's best to retain the Ryder Cup".
(November 7, 1955). "Ryder Cup kept by U.S.; Briton tops Middlecoff". Spokesman-Review.
(November 7, 1955). "U.S. retains Ryder Cup golf trophy by 8-4". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
"2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide".
(8 December 1954). "P.G.A. offer a solution - Three players to sit on committee". The Times.
(12 January 1955). "P.G.A. differences - Conference to be held next week". The Times.
(9 July 1955). "Ryder Cup places filled". The Times.
(22 July 1955). "A new British golf event - The first close championship". The Times.
(22 September 1955). "Ryder Cup team completed". The Times.

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