1971 Ryder Cup

19th Ryder Cup Matches

Dates

September 16–18, 1971

Venue

Old Warson Country Club

Location

St. Louis, Missouri

Captains

Jay Hebert (USA)
Eric Brown (Great Britain)

18½

13½

United States wins the Ryder Cup

Old Warson Country Club

Location in the United States

Old Warson
Country Club

Location in Missouri

The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 16–18, 1971, in the United States at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. The U.S. team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.^[1]^[2]

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1963 through 1971 the competition format was as follows:

Day 1 — 8 foursomes (alternate shot) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
Day 2 — 8 four-ball (better ball) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
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: ^[3]

Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team USA
Jay Hebert	48	Non-playing captain
Miller Barber	40	1	4	1–1–2	50.00
Frank Beard	32	1	4	1–2–1	37.50
Billy Casper	40	5	24	14–4–6	70.83
Charles Coody	34	0	Rookie
Gardner Dickinson	44	1	5	5–0–0	100.00
Gene Littler	41	5	21	9–4–8	61.90
Jack Nicklaus	31	1	4	1–2–1	37.50
Arnold Palmer	42	4	21	16–4–1	78.57
Mason Rudolph	37	0	Rookie
J. C. Snead	30	0	Rookie
Dave Stockton	29	0	Rookie
Lee Trevino	31	1	6	3–2–1	58.33

Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team Great Britain
Eric Brown	46	Non-playing captain
Harry Bannerman	29	0	Rookie
Brian Barnes	26	1	3	0–3–0	0.00
Maurice Bembridge	26	1	5	2–2–1	50.00
Peter Butler	39	2	9	2–5–2	33.33
Neil Coles	36	5	27	10–13–4	44.44
Bernard Gallacher	22	1	4	2–2–0	50.00
John Garner	24	0	Rookie
Brian Huggett	34	3	15	4–7–4	40.00
Tony Jacklin	27	2	12	6–3–3	62.50
Christy O'Connor Snr	46	8	27	9–16–2	37.04
Peter Oosterhuis	23	0	Rookie
Peter Townsend	25	1	5	3–2–0	60.00

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes

	Results
Coles/O'Connor	2 & 1	Casper/Barber
Townsend/Oosterhuis	2 up	Palmer/Dickinson
Huggett/Jacklin	3 & 2	Nicklaus/Stockton
Bembridge/Butler	1 up	Coody/Beard
3	Session	1
3	Overall	1

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Bannerman/Gallacher	2 & 1	Casper/Barber
Townsend/Oosterhuis	1 up	Palmer/Dickinson
Huggett/Jacklin	halved	Trevino/Rudolph
Bembridge/Butler	5 & 3	Nicklaus/Snead
1½	Session	2½
4½	Overall	3½

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

	Results
O'Connor/Barnes	2 & 1	Trevino/Rudolph
Coles/Garner	2 & 1	Beard/Snead
Oosterhuis/Gallacher	5 & 4	Palmer/Dickinson
Townsend/Bannerman	2 & 1	Nicklaus/Littler
0	Session	4
4½	Overall	7½

Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Gallacher/Oosterhuis	1 up	Trevino/Casper
Jacklin/Huggett	2 & 1	Littler/Snead
Townsend/Bannerman	1 up	Palmer/Nicklaus
Coles/O'Connor	halved	Coody/Beard
1½	Session	2½
6	Overall	10

Saturday's matches

Morning singles

	Results
Tony Jacklin	1 up	Lee Trevino
Bernard Gallacher	halved	Dave Stockton
Brian Barnes	1 up	Mason Rudolph
Peter Oosterhuis	4 & 3	Gene Littler
Peter Townsend	3 & 2	Jack Nicklaus
Christy O'Connor	5 & 4	Gardner Dickinson
Harry Bannerman	halved	Arnold Palmer
Neil Coles	halved	Frank Beard
3½	Session	4½
9½	Overall	14½

Afternoon singles

	Results
Brian Huggett	7 & 6	Lee Trevino
Tony Jacklin	1 up	J. C. Snead
Brian Barnes	2 & 1	Miller Barber
Peter Townsend	1 up	Dave Stockton
Bernard Gallacher	2 & 1	Charles Coody
Neil Coles	5 & 3	Jack Nicklaus
Peter Oosterhuis	3 & 2	Arnold Palmer
Harry Bannerman	2 & 1	Gardner Dickinson
4	Session	4
13½	Overall	18½

Individual player records

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

Source: ^[3]

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Miller Barber	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–0–0
Frank Beard	2	1–1–2	0–0–1	0–1–0	1–0–1
Billy Casper	0	0–3–0	0–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Charles Coody	0.5	0–2–1	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Gardner Dickinson	4	4–1–0	1–1–0	2–0–0	1–0–0
Gene Littler	2	2–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	2–0–0
Jack Nicklaus	5	5–1–0	2–0–0	1–1–0	2–0–0
Arnold Palmer	4.5	4–1–1	0–1–1	2–0–0	2–0–0
Mason Rudolph	1.5	1–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–1	1–0–0
J. C. Snead	4	4–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
Dave Stockton	1.5	1–1–1	1–0–1	0–1–0	0–0–0
Lee Trevino	3.5	3–1–1	2–0–0	0–0–1	1–1–0

Great Britain

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Harry Bannerman	2.5	2–2–1	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–2–0
Brian Barnes	2	2–1–0	2–0–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Maurice Bembridge	1	1–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0
Peter Butler	1	1–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0
Neil Coles	2	1–2–2	0–1–1	1–0–0	0–1–1
Bernard Gallacher	3.5	3–1–1	1–0–1	1–0–0	1–1–0
John Garner	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Brian Huggett	1.5	1–2–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	0–1–0
Tony Jacklin	1.5	1–3–1	0–2–0	1–0–1	0–1–0
Christy O'Connor	1.5	1–2–1	0–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–1
Peter Oosterhuis	3	3–3–0	2–0–0	0–2–0	1–1–0
Peter Townsend	0	0–6–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–2–0

References

↑ Brown, Gwilym S. (September 29, 1971). "Meet me in St. Louis - but at your own risk". Sports Illustrated. p. 88.
↑ "Snead clinches win in tough Ryder Cup". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 19, 1971. p. 6-sports.
1 2 "2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 26, 2015.

"Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1971 Results". The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved March 15, 2007.

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