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1977 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament in England

Golf tournament in England

FieldValue
nameRyder Cup
year1977
dates15–17 September 1977
venueRoyal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
locationLytham St Annes, England
homeGB&I
awayUSA
homecaptainBrian Huggett
awaycaptainDow Finsterwald
homescore7
awayscore12
resultUnited States wins

|UK England St Annes The 22nd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of 12 to 7 points.

The event was the last time that a Great Britain and Ireland team would compete for the Ryder Cup. During the competition, officials from the PGA of America and the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland discussed the possibility of allowing players from continental Europe to participate in the Cup, and Jack Nicklaus also advocated this change in a meeting with Lord Derby. The Deed of Trust that was struck with the PGA of Great Britain and Samuel Ryder was amended in time for the 1979 matches, and changed the popularity and competitive balance of the Ryder Cup.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was reduced in scope from the formats used from 1963 through 1975, with only 20 matches played instead of 32. The schedule of play was as follows:

  • Day 1 — 5 foursome (alternate shot) matches
  • Day 2 — 5 four-ball (better ball) matches
  • Day 3 — 10 singles matches With a total of 20 points, 10 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
WAL Brian Huggett40Non-playing captain
SCO Brian Barnes324176–10–138.24
SCO Ken Brown200Rookie
ENG Howard Clark230Rookie
ENG Neil Coles4273712–18–741.89
IRL Eamonn Darcy25140–3–112.50
ENG Peter Dawson270Rookie
ENG Nick Faldo200Rookie
SCO Bernard Gallacher284187–7–450.00
ENG Tommy Horton36151–3–130.00
ENG Tony Jacklin3352912–11–651.72
ENG Mark James230Rookie
ENG Peter Oosterhuis293189–6–358.33
NameAgePrevious
Ryder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Dow Finsterwald48Non-playing captain
Raymond Floyd35271–3–335.71
Lou Graham39263–2–158.33
Hubert Green300Rookie
Dave Hill40274–3–057.14
Hale Irwin32154–0–190.00
Don January47152–2–150.00
Jerry McGee340Rookie
Jack Nicklaus3742112–6–364.29
Ed Sneed330Rookie
Dave Stockton35131–1–150.00
Lanny Wadkins270Rookie
Tom Watson280Rookie

Thursday's foursome matches

GBR IRLResultsUSA1Overall3
Gallacher/BarnesUSA 3 & 1**Wadkins/Irwin**
Coles/DawsonUSA 1 up**Stockton/McGee**
**Faldo/Oosterhuis**GBRIRL 2 & 1Floyd/Graham
Darcy/JacklinhalvedSneed/January
Horton/JamesUSA 5 & 4**Nicklaus/Watson**
1Session3

Friday's four-ball matches

GBR IRLResultsUSA2Overall7
Barnes/HortonUSA 5 & 4**Watson/Green**
Coles/DawsonUSA 5 & 3**Sneed/Wadkins**
**Faldo/Oosterhuis**GBRIRL 3 & 1Nicklaus/Floyd
Jacklin/DarcyUSA 5 & 3**Hill/Stockton**
James/BrownUSA 1 up**Irwin/Graham**
1Session4

Saturday's singles matches

GBR IRLResultsUSA7Overall12
Howard ClarkUSA 4 & 3**Lanny Wadkins**
Neil ColesUSA 5 & 3**Lou Graham**
**Peter Dawson**GBRIRL 5 & 4Don January
**Brian Barnes**GBRIRL 1 upHale Irwin
Tommy HortonUSA 5 & 4**Dave Hill**
**Bernard Gallacher**GBRIRL 1 upJack Nicklaus
Eamonn DarcyUSA 1 up**Hubert Green**
Mark JamesUSA 2 & 1**Raymond Floyd**
**Nick Faldo**GBRIRL 1 upTom Watson
**Peter Oosterhuis**GBRIRL 2 upJerry McGee
5Session5

Individual player records

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

Source:

Great Britain and Ireland

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Brian Barnes11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Ken Brown00–1–00–0–00–0–00–1–0
Howard Clark00–1–00–1–00–0–00–0–0
Neil Coles00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Eamonn Darcy0.50–2–10–1–00–0–10–1–0
Peter Dawson11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Nick Faldo33–0–01–0–01–0–01–0–0
Bernard Gallacher11–1–01–0–00–1–00–0–0
Tommy Horton00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Tony Jacklin0.50–1–10–0–00–0–10–1–0
Mark James00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Peter Oosterhuis33–0–01–0–01–0–01–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Raymond Floyd11–2–01–0–00–1–0
Lou Graham22–1–01–0–00–1–0
Hubert Green22–0–01–0–00–0–0
Dave Hill22–0–01–0–00–0–0
Hale Irwin22–1–00–1–01–0–0
Don January0.50–1–10–1–00–0–1
Jerry McGee11–1–00–1–01–0–0
Jack Nicklaus11–2–00–1–01–0–0
Ed Sneed1.51–0–10–0–00–0–1
Dave Stockton22–0–00–0–01–0–0
Lanny Wadkins33–0–01–0–01–0–0
Tom Watson22–1–00–1–01–0–0

References

References

  1. Jacobs, Raymond. (19 September 1977). "Talent gap wide as Atlantic". The Glasgow Herald.
  2. "Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1977 Results". The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive.
  3. "2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide".
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