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1975 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament

Golf tournament

FieldValue
nameRyder Cup
year1975
datesSeptember 19–21, 1975
venueLaurel Valley Golf Club
locationLigonier, Pennsylvania
homeUSA
awayGB&I
homecaptainArnold Palmer
awaycaptainBernard Hunt
homescore21
awayscore11
resultUnited States wins

|USA Golf Club |USA Pennsylvania The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21 at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points. After the competition, questions started to be asked about the future of the event, as Britain and Ireland had once again failed to seriously challenge the United States team. The next time the competition was held in the U.S. in 1979, the visiting team included players from continental Europe.

Laurel Valley was co-founded by U.S. captain Arnold Palmer and had hosted the PGA Championship a decade earlier, in 1965.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was adjusted slightly from the 1973 Ryder Cup, with the second day sessions being swapped:

  • Day 1 — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 — 4 four-ball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 — 16 singles matches, 8 each in morning and afternoon sessions With a total of 32 points, 16 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

Source:

NameAgePrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Arnold Palmer46Non-playing captain
Billy Casper4473318–9–663.64
Raymond Floyd33140–2–225.00
Al Geiberger38153–1–170.00
Lou Graham37120–1–125.00
Hale Irwin300Rookie
Gene Littler4562411–5–862.50
Johnny Miller280Rookie
Bob Murphy320Rookie
Jack Nicklaus3531610–4–268.75
J. C. Snead34287–1–087.50
Lee Trevino353179–4–464.71
Tom Weiskopf32163–2–158.33

Eight members of the Great Britain and Ireland team were chosen from the money leaders in 1975 European Tour events after the Benson & Hedges Festival on 16 August, with the remaining four members of the 12-man team selected by a committee. The eight automatic selections were: Eamonn Darcy, Maurice Bembridge, Brian Barnes, Bernard Gallacher, Norman Wood, John O'Leary, Guy Hunt and Brian Huggett. The committee chose two US-based players, Tony Jacklin and Peter Oosterhuis, together with Christy O'Connor Jnr and Tommy Horton. Horton was selected despite finishing 15th in the points list, making his debut at the age of 34.

Neil Coles withdrew from consideration because of his fear of flying and because it was impractical to travel by sea.

NameAgePrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
ENG Bernard Hunt45Non-playing captain
SCO Brian Barnes303124–8–033.33
ENG Maurice Bembridge303135–5–350.00
IRL Eamonn Darcy230Rookie
SCO Bernard Gallacher263137–5–157.69
ENG Tommy Horton340Rookie
WAL Brian Huggett385238–9–647.83
ENG Guy Hunt280Rookie
ENG Tony Jacklin3142310–8–554.35
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr270Rookie
IRL John O'Leary260Rookie
ENG Peter Oosterhuis272126–4–258.33
SCO Norman Wood280Rookie

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

GBR IRLResultsUSA0Overall4
Barnes/GallacherUSA 5 & 4**Nicklaus/Weiskopf**
Wood/BembridgeUSA 4 & 3**Littler/Irwin**
Jacklin/OosterhuisUSA 3 & 1**Geiberger/Miller**
Horton/O'LearyUSA 2 & 1**Trevino/Snead**
0Session4

Afternoon four-ball

GBR IRLResultsUSA1Overall6
**Oosterhuis/Jacklin**GBRIRL 2 & 1Casper/Floyd
Darcy/O'ConnorUSA 3 & 2**Weiskopf/Graham**
Barnes/GallacherhalvedNicklaus/Murphy
Horton/O'LearyUSA 2 & 1**Trevino/Irwin**
1Session2

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

GBR IRLResultsUSA2Overall9
Oosterhuis/JacklinhalvedCasper/Miller
Horton/WoodUSA 4 & 2**Nicklaus/Snead**
Barnes/GallacherUSA 5 & 3**Littler/Graham**
Darcy/HunthalvedGeiberger/Floyd
1Session3

Afternoon foursomes

GBR IRLResultsUSA3Overall12
**Jacklin/Huggett**GBRIRL 3 & 2Trevino/Murphy
O'Connor/O'LearyUSA 5 & 3**Weiskopf/Miller**
Oosterhuis/BembridgeUSA 3 & 2**Irwin/Casper**
Darcy/HuntUSA 3 & 2**Geiberger/Graham**
1Session3

Sunday's matches

Morning singles

GBR IRLResultsUSA6Overall17
Tony JacklinUSA 2 & 1**Bob Murphy**
**Peter Oosterhuis**GBRIRL 2 upJohnny Miller
Bernard GallacherhalvedLee Trevino
Tommy HortonhalvedHale Irwin
Brian HuggettUSA 4 & 2**Gene Littler**
Eamonn DarcyUSA 3 & 2**Billy Casper**
Guy HuntUSA 5 & 3**Tom Weiskopf**
**Brian Barnes**GBRIRL 4 & 2Jack Nicklaus
3Session5

Afternoon singles

GBR IRLResultsUSA11Overall21
Tony JacklinUSA 1 up**Raymond Floyd**
**Peter Oosterhuis**GBRIRL 3 & 2J. C. Snead
Bernard GallacherhalvedAl Geiberger
**Tommy Horton**GBRIRL 2 & 1Lou Graham
John O'LearyUSA 2 & 1**Hale Irwin**
Maurice BembridgeUSA 2 & 1**Bob Murphy**
**Norman Wood**GBRIRL 2 & 1Lee Trevino
**Brian Barnes**GBRIRL 2 & 1Jack Nicklaus
4Session3

Individual player records

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

Source:

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Billy Casper2.52–1–11–0–01–0–0
Raymond Floyd1.51–1–11–0–00–0–0
Al Geiberger32–0–20–0–12–0–0
Lou Graham33–1–00–1–01–0–0
Hale Irwin4.54–0–11–0–12–0–0
Gene Littler33–0–01–0–01–0–0
Johnny Miller2.52–1–10–1–02–0–0
Bob Murphy2.52–1–12–0–00–1–0
Jack Nicklaus2.52–2–10–2–01–0–0
J. C. Snead22–1–00–1–01–0–0
Lee Trevino2.52–2–10–1–11–1–0
Tom Weiskopf44–0–01–0–02–0–0

Great Britain and Ireland

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Brian Barnes2.52–2–12–0–00–1–00–1–1
Maurice Bembridge00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0
Eamonn Darcy0.50–3–10–1–00–1–00–1–1
Bernard Gallacher1.50–2–30–0–20–1–00–1–1
Tommy Horton1.51–3–11–0–10–1–00–2–0
Brian Huggett11–1–00–1–01–0–00–0–0
Guy Hunt0.50–2–10–1–00–1–00–0–1
Tony Jacklin2.52–3–10–2–01–1–01–0–1
Christy O'Connor00–2–00–0–00–1–00–1–0
John O'Leary00–4–00–1–00–2–00–1–0
Peter Oosterhuis3.53–2–12–0–00–2–01–0–1
Norman Wood11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0

References

References

  1. Parascenzo, Marino. (September 22, 1975). "British retreat from Ligonier as Ryder Cup remains in U.S.". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  2. Jenkins, Dan. (September 29, 1975). "As much play as match".
  3. (September 22, 1975). "US golfers rout British". Milwaukee Sentinel.
  4. "2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide".
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  6. (19 August 1975). "Horton chosen for Ryder Cup but is centre of controversy again". The Times.
  7. (19 August 1975). "British Ryder Cup team completed". Glasgow Herald.
  8. (6 August 1975). "Coles drop out of Ryder Cup". The Guardian.
  9. "2014 Ryder Cup Media and Players' Guide".
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