1973 Ryder Cup

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20th Ryder Cup Matches
Dates 20–22 September 1973
Venue Muirfield
Location East Lothian, Scotland
Captains
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland		 13 19 United States
United States wins the Ryder Cup
Muirfield is located in Scotland
Muirfield
Muirfield
Location in Scotland

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.

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]

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Team Great Britain and Ireland
Name Age Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
England Bernard Hunt 43 Non-playing captain
Scotland Brian Barnes 28 2 6 2–4–0 33.33
England Maurice Bembridge 28 2 7 3–3–1 50.00
England Peter Butler 41 3 11 3–6–2 36.36
England Clive Clark 28 0 Rookie
England Neil Coles 38 6 32 11–15–6 43.75
Scotland Bernard Gallacher 24 2 9 5–3–1 61.11
England John Garner 26 1 1 0–1–0 0.00
Wales Brian Huggett 36 4 19 5–9–5 39.47
England Tony Jacklin 29 3 17 7–6–4 52.94
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 48 9 31 10–18–3 37.10
England Peter Oosterhuis 25 1 6 3–3–0 50.00
Northern Ireland Eddie Polland 26 0 Rookie

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.

United States Team USA
Name Age Previous
Ryder Cups		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Jack Burke, Jr. 50 Non-playing captain
Tommy Aaron 36 1 4 1–2–1 37.50
Homero Blancas 35 0 Rookie
Gay Brewer 41 1 5 3–2–0 60.00
Billy Casper 42 6 27 14–7–6 62.96
Lou Graham 35 0 Rookie
Dave Hill 36 1 6 4–2–0 66.67
Jack Nicklaus 33 2 10 6–3–1 65.00
Arnold Palmer 44 5 27 20–5–2 77.78
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 37 0 Rookie
J. C. Snead 32 1 4 4–0–0 100.00
Lee Trevino 33 2 11 6–3–2 63.64
Tom Weiskopf 30 0 Rookie

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes

[4] [5]

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

Afternoon four-ball

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results United States
Barnes/Gallacher United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 4 Aaron/Brewer
Bembridge/Huggett United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 1 Nicklaus/Palmer
Jacklin/Oosterhuis United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 1 Weiskopf/Casper
Coles/O'Connor United States 2 & 1 Trevino/Blancas
3 Session 1
5½ Overall 2½

Friday's matches

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Morning foursomes

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results United States
Barnes/Butler United States 1 up Nicklaus/Weiskopf
Oosterhuis/Jacklin United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 up Palmer/Hill
Bembridge/Huggett United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 4 Rodríguez/Graham
Coles/O'Connor United States 2 & 1 Trevino/Casper
2 Session 2
7½ Overall 4½

Afternoon four-ball

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results United States
Barnes/Butler United States 2 up Snead/Palmer
Jacklin/Oosterhuis United States 3 & 2 Brewer/Casper
Clark/Polland United States 3 & 2 Nicklaus/Weiskopf
Bembridge/Huggett halved Trevino/Blancas
½ Session 3½
8 Overall 8

Saturday's matches

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Morning singles

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

Afternoon singles

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results United States
Brian Huggett United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 2 Homero Blancas
Brian Barnes United States 3 & 1 J. C. Snead
Bernard Gallacher United States 6 & 5 Gay Brewer
Tony Jacklin United States 2 & 1 Billy Casper
Neil Coles United States 6 & 5 Lee Trevino
Christy O'Connor halved Tom Weiskopf
Maurice Bembridge United States 2 up Jack Nicklaus
Peter Oosterhuis United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 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

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Brian Barnes 2 2–4–0 0–2–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Maurice Bembridge 3 2–2–2 0–1–1 1–1–0 1–0–1
Peter Butler 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Clive Clark 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–0
Neil Coles 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–1 1–1–0 0–1–0
Bernard Gallacher 2 2–2–0 0–2–0 1–0–0 1–0–0
Brian Huggett 3.5 3–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–1
Tony Jacklin 3.5 3–2–1 1–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
Christy O'Connor 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–1 1–1–0 0–1–0
Peter Oosterhuis 4 3–1–2 1–0–1 1–0–1 1–1–0
Eddie Polland 0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0

John Garner did not play in any matches.

United States

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Tommy Aaron 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0
Homero Blancas 2.5 2–1–1 1–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–1
Gay Brewer 2.5 2–1–1 1–0–1 0–0–0 1–1–0
Billy Casper 4 4–2–0 2–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Lou Graham 0.5 0–1–1 0–0–0 0–1–1 0–0–0
Dave Hill 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0
Jack Nicklaus 4.5 4–1–1 1–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0
Arnold Palmer 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 0.5 0–1–1 0–0–0 0–1–1 0–0–0
J. C. Snead 3 3–1–0 2–0–0 0–1–0 1–0–0
Lee Trevino 4 3–1–2 1–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–1
Tom Weiskopf 3.5 3–2–1 1–0–1 1–1–0 1–1–0

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