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1959 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament in the United States

Field	Value
name	Ryder Cup
year	1959
dates	November 6–7, 1959
venue	Eldorado Country Club
location	Indian Wells, California
home	USA
away	Great Britain
homecaptain	Sam Snead
awaycaptain	Dai Rees
homescore	8
awayscore	3
result	United States wins

|USA |USA California The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held November 6–7, 1959 at the Eldorado Country Club in Indian Wells, California.

The British were again led by Dai Rees, but were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively beaten on American soil. The Americans took a 2–1 lead in the foursomes before finishing off the British challenge in the singles by winning five matches with two matches finishing all square to win the cup back. The British won just one foursome match with Christy O'Connor and Peter Alliss beating Art Wall Jr. and Doug Ford by 3 & 2 and one singles match when Eric Brown beat Cary Middlecoff by 4 & 3 however by the time his match was won the United States had already won the competition.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. Since the inaugural event in 1927, the format consisted of four foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and eight singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, 6 points were required to win the Cup, and all matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes. This was the last Ryder Cup played under this format.

Teams

Source:

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
Sam Snead – captain	47	6	11	9–2–0	81.82
Julius Boros	39	0	Rookie
Jack Burke Jr.	36	4	8	7–1–0	87.50
Dow Finsterwald	30	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Doug Ford	37	2	4	3–1–0	75.00
Jay Hebert	36	0	Rookie
Cary Middlecoff	38	2	4	2–2–0	50.00
Bob Rosburg	33	0	Rookie
Mike Souchak	32	0	Rookie
Art Wall Jr.	35	1	1	0–1–0	0.00

Seven members of the British team were chosen using a Ryder Cup points system based on performances during the 1959 season. The first event was the PGA Close Championship starting on 8 April with the final event being the Irish Hospitals Tournament finishing on 12 July. The seven qualifiers were Hunt, Rees, Weetman, Mills, Alliss, Drew and O'Connor. The remaining three, Bousfield, Brown and Thomas, were selected by the P.G.A. tournament committee in late September, after the Dunlop Masters.

The British team sailed from Southampton on 15 October on the Queen Elizabeth. Mills had a back injury while the team was in Washington and was to be replaced by John Panton. However, he recovered enough to attend the event, although he was not chosen to play any matches; Hunt was also not in full health, suffering from bronchial trouble. The British team had a rough trip on a short flight from Los Angeles to Palm Springs and nearly all the players were ill, with some taking several days to recover.

Name	Age	Previous
Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning
percentage
WAL Dai Rees – captain	46	7	12	4–7–1	37.50
ENG Peter Alliss	28	2	4	0–4–0	0.00
ENG Ken Bousfield	40	4	4	3–1–0	75.00
SCO Eric Brown	34	3	6	3–3–0	50.00
NIR Norman Drew	27	0	Rookie
ENG Bernard Hunt	29	2	4	1–2–1	37.50
ENG Peter Mills	28	1	1	1–0–0	100.00
IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	34	2	3	1–2–0	33.33
WAL Dave Thomas	25	0	Rookie
ENG Harry Weetman	39	4	6	1–5–0	16.67

Friday's foursome matches

Two matches went to the last hole. Boros and Finsterwald were 1 up against Rees and Bousfield playing the last. The match ended when the British pair put their second shot in the water and took 4 to reach the green. Weetman and Thomas were 1 up against Snead and Middlecoff at the last. Snead put his second in the water but rather than playing short, Weetman also put his second in the water. Middlecoff then chipped to 8 feet and Snead holed the putt to win the hole and halve the match. Weetman received some criticism for his decision not to lay-up.

GBR	Results	USA
Hunt/Brown	USA 5 & 4	Rosburg/Souchak
Rees/Bousfield	USA 2 up	Boros/Finsterwald
O'Connor/Alliss	GBR 3 & 2	Wall/Ford
Weetman/Thomas	halved	Snead/Middlecoff
1	Session	2

18 hole scores: Rosburg/Souchak: 6 up, Boros/Finsterwald: 1 up, O'Connor/Alliss: 2 up, Snead/Middlecoff: 1 up.

Saturday's singles matches

The Americans got off to a good start in many of the matches and had large leads in five of the matches at lunch. Eric Brown was the only British winner on the day.

GBR	Results	USA
Norman Drew	halved	Doug Ford
Ken Bousfield	USA 3 & 2	Mike Souchak
Harry Weetman	USA 6 & 5	Bob Rosburg
Dave Thomas	USA 6 & 5	Sam Snead
Christy O'Connor	USA 7 & 6	Art Wall Jr.
Dai Rees	USA 1 up	Dow Finsterwald
Peter Alliss	halved	Jay Hebert
Eric Brown	GBR 4 & 3	Cary Middlecoff
2	Session	6

18 hole scores: Ford: 1 up, Souchak: 4 up, Rosburg: 4 up, Snead: 4 up, Wall: 5 up, Finsterwald: 5 up, Alliss: 1 up, Brown: 3 up.

Individual player records

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

Source:

United States

Player	Points		Overall
Julius Boros	1	1–0–0	0–0–0
Dow Finsterwald	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Doug Ford	0.5	0–1–1	0–0–1
Jay Hebert	0.5	0–0–1	0–0–1
Cary Middlecoff	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0
Bob Rosburg	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Sam Snead	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0
Mike Souchak	2	2–0–0	1–0–0
Art Wall Jr.	1	1–1–0	1–0–0

Jack Burke Jr. did not play in any matches.

Great Britain

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Peter Alliss	1.5	1–0–1	0–0–1	1–0–0
Ken Bousfield	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Eric Brown	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Norman Drew	0.5	0–0–1	0–0–1	0–0–0
Bernard Hunt	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Christy O'Connor	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Dai Rees	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Dave Thomas	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–1
Harry Weetman	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–1

Peter Mills did not play in any matches.

References

(November 2, 1959). "People, paintbrush palms and mirrored mountains".
(November 8, 1959). "U.S. regains Ryder crown". Eugene Register-Guard.
(November 16, 1959). "Big splash in the Ryder Cup".
"2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide".
(8 April 1959). "Professional golf gets underway – Playing for Ryder Cup places". The Times.
(13 July 1959). "Faulkner four up at finish – Alliss and Thomas in second place". The Times.
(23 September 1959). "Ryder Cup side completed – Thomas and Brown dispel doubts". The Times.
(16 October 1959). "Ryder Cup captain undismayed – foursomes matches "vital"". The Times.
(29 October 1959). "Mills out of Ryder Cup team". The Times.
(6 November 1959). "Lake guards four greens on Ryder Cup course". The Times.
(9 November 1959). "British Isles golfers crushed in singles - U.S. Ryder Cup putting much superior". The Times.

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