1973 Ryder Cup

The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points.[1] For the first time, what had previously been the "Great Britain" team was called "Great Britain and Ireland", although golfers from the Republic of Ireland had played since 1953, and from Northern Ireland since 1947.

20th Ryder Cup Matches
Dates20–22 September 1973
VenueMuirfield
LocationEast Lothian, Scotland
Captains

 13 19
United States wins the Ryder Cup
Muirfield
Location in Scotland

Muirfield had hosted the Open Championship the previous year, won by American Lee Trevino.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was adjusted slightly in 1973 from the format used from 1963 through 1971:

  • Day 1 — 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 — 4 foursome matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 — 16 singles matches, 8 each in morning and afternoon sessions

With a total of 32 points, 16½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

Source: [2]

 Team Great Britain and Ireland
Name Age Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Bernard Hunt 43Non-playing captain
Brian Barnes 28262–4–033.33
Maurice Bembridge 28273–3–150.00
Peter Butler 413113–6–236.36
Clive Clark 280Rookie
Neil Coles 3863211–15–643.75
Bernard Gallacher 24295–3–161.11
John Garner 26110–1–00.00
Brian Huggett 364195–9–539.47
Tony Jacklin 293177–6–452.94
Christy O'Connor Snr 4893110–18–337.10
Peter Oosterhuis 25163–3–050.00
Eddie Polland 260Rookie

Due to the rules of the PGA of America in place at the time, players with less than five years as a professional were not eligible for the U.S. team, which included reigning U.S. Open champion Johnny Miller and Lanny Wadkins.[3] (These rules also kept Jack Nicklaus on the sidelines until 1969.) Miller made his Ryder Cup debut in 1975 and Wadkins in 1977.

 Team USA
Name Age Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Jack Burke, Jr. 50Non-playing captain
Tommy Aaron 36141–2–137.50
Homero Blancas 350Rookie
Gay Brewer 41153–2–060.00
Billy Casper 4262714–7–662.96
Lou Graham 350Rookie
Dave Hill 36164–2–066.67
Jack Nicklaus 332106–3–165.00
Arnold Palmer 4452720–5–277.78
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 370Rookie
J. C. Snead 32144–0–0100.00
Lee Trevino 332116–3–263.64
Tom Weiskopf 300Rookie

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes

[4] [5]

Results
Barnes/Gallacher 1 up Trevino/Casper
O'Connor/Coles 3 & 2 Weiskopf/Snead
Jacklin/Oosterhuis halved Rodríguez/Graham
Bembridge/Polland 6 & 5 Nicklaus/Palmer
2½ Session 1½
2½ Overall 1½

Afternoon four-ball
Results
Barnes/Gallacher 5 & 4 Aaron/Brewer
Bembridge/Huggett 3 & 1 Nicklaus/Palmer
Jacklin/Oosterhuis 3 & 1 Weiskopf/Casper
Coles/O'Connor 2 & 1 Trevino/Blancas
3 Session 1
5½ Overall 2½

Friday's matches

[6]

Morning foursomes
Results
Barnes/Butler 1 up Nicklaus/Weiskopf
Oosterhuis/Jacklin 2 up Palmer/Hill
Bembridge/Huggett 5 & 4 Rodríguez/Graham
Coles/O'Connor 2 & 1 Trevino/Casper
2 Session 2
7½ Overall 4½

Afternoon four-ball
Results
Barnes/Butler 2 up Snead/Palmer
Jacklin/Oosterhuis 3 & 2 Brewer/Casper
Clark/Polland 3 & 2 Nicklaus/Weiskopf
Bembridge/Huggett halved Trevino/Blancas
½ Session 3½
8 Overall 8

Saturday's matches

[7]

Morning singles
Results
Brian Barnes 2 & 1 Billy Casper
Bernard Gallacher 3 & 1 Tom Weiskopf
Peter Butler 5 & 4 Homero Blancas
Tony Jacklin 3 & 1 Tommy Aaron
Neil Coles halved Gay Brewer
Christy O'Connor 1 up J. C. Snead
Maurice Bembridge halved Jack Nicklaus
Peter Oosterhuis halved Lee Trevino
2½ Session 5½
10½ Overall 13½

Afternoon singles
Results
Brian Huggett 4 & 2 Homero Blancas
Brian Barnes 3 & 1 J. C. Snead
Bernard Gallacher 6 & 5 Gay Brewer
Tony Jacklin 2 & 1 Billy Casper
Neil Coles 6 & 5 Lee Trevino
Christy O'Connor halved Tom Weiskopf
Maurice Bembridge 2 up Jack Nicklaus
Peter Oosterhuis 4 & 2 Arnold Palmer
2½ Session 5½
13 Overall 19

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

Source: [2]

Great Britain and Ireland
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Brian Barnes22–4–00–2–01–1–01–1–0
Maurice Bembridge32–2–20–1–11–1–01–0–1
Peter Butler00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Clive Clark00–1–00–0–00–0–00–1–0
Neil Coles1.51–3–10–1–11–1–00–1–0
Bernard Gallacher22–2–00–2–01–0–01–0–0
Brian Huggett3.53–0–11–0–01–0–01–0–1
Tony Jacklin3.53–2–11–1–01–0–11–1–0
Christy O'Connor1.51–3–10–1–11–1–00–1–0
Peter Oosterhuis43–1–21–0–11–0–11–1–0
Eddie Polland00–2–00–0–00–1–00–1–0

John Garner did not play in any matches.

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Tommy Aaron00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Homero Blancas2.52–1–11–1–00–0–01–0–1
Gay Brewer2.52–1–11–0–10–0–01–1–0
Billy Casper44–2–02–0–01–1–01–1–0
Lou Graham0.50–1–10–0–00–1–10–0–0
Dave Hill00–1–00–0–00–1–00–0–0
Jack Nicklaus4.54–1–11–0–12–0–01–1–0
Arnold Palmer22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Chi-Chi Rodríguez0.50–1–10–0–00–1–10–0–0
J. C. Snead33–1–02–0–00–1–01–0–0
Lee Trevino43–1–21–0–11–1–01–0–1
Tom Weiskopf3.53–2–11–0–11–1–01–1–0

References
  1. "U.S. prevails in Ryder Cup". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 23 September 1973. p. 5D.
  2. "2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. Green, Bob (22 June 1973). "Johnny Miller ineligible for Ryder Cup team". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine. Associated Press. p. 18.
  4. "Ryder cup captains choose predictable partnerships". Glasgow Herald. 20 September 1973. p. 5.
  5. "Scottish pair show the way to British lead". Glasgow Herald. 21 September 1973. p. 4.
  6. "Americans now hold the balance of power". Glasgow Herald. 21 September 1973. p. 2.
  7. "US victory confirms hopeless imbalance of Ryder cup". Glasgow Herald. 24 September 1973. p. 5.

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