1937 Ryder Cup

6th Ryder Cup Matches

Dates	29–30 June 1937
Venue	Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
Location	Southport,England
Captains	Charles Whitcombe(Great Britain) Walter Hagen(USA)
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United States wins theRyder Cup

Southport

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Location inEngland

Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club

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Location inSouthport,Merseyside,
north ofLiverpool,England

The6th Ryder Cup Matcheswere held 29–30 June 1937 at theSouthport and Ainsdale Golf ClubinSouthport,England.TheUnited Statesteam won the competition by a score of 8 to 4 points. It was the first time that the host team lost the competition and the second of seven consecutive wins for the U.S. side. The course had hosted the event four years earlier in1933,Britain's last win until1957.

Due toWorld War II,this was the final Ryder Cup for a full decade; the series resumed in1947in the U.S. atPortland, Oregon.

Format

TheRyder Cupis amatch playevent, with each match worth one point. From1927through1959,the format consisted of 4foursome(alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore,6+1⁄2points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.

Teams

Source:

From the start of 1937,Henry Cottonbecame professional to theAshridge Golf Cluband hence became eligible for selection for the British team.He had missed the1931edition because of a dispute and was not eligible in1933and1935because he was employed inBelgium.In April 1937, it was announced that, as in 1935, a selection committee of six would choose the Great Britain team for the 1937 Ryder Cup.In July, the team of ten was selected (as below). Charles Whitcombe was again chosen as the captain.

Team Great Britain
Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Charles Whitcombe– captain	41	5	8	3–2–3	56.25
Percy Alliss	40	3	4	2–1–1	62.50
Dick Burton	29	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
Henry Cotton	30	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Bill Cox	27	1	2	0–1–1	25.00
Sam King	26	0	Rookie
Arthur Lacey	33	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
Alf Padgham	30	2	4	0–4–0	0.00
Alf Perry	32	2	3	0–2–1	16.67
Dai Rees	24	0	Rookie

Team USA
Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Walter Hagen	44	Non-playing captain
Ed Dudley	36	2	2	1–1–0	50.00
Ralph Guldahl	25	0	Rookie
Tony Manero	32	0	Rookie
Byron Nelson	25	0	Rookie
Henry Picard	30	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Johnny Revolta	26	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Gene Sarazen	35	5	10	6–2–2	70.00
Denny Shute	32	2	4	2–2–0	50.00
Horton Smith	29	4	4	3–0–1	87.50
Sam Snead	25	0	Rookie

Tuesday's foursome matches

	Results
Padgham/Cotton	4 & 2	Dudley/Nelson
Lacey/Cox	2 & 1	Guldahl/Manero
Whitcombe/Rees	halved	Sarazen/Shute
Alliss/Burton	2 & 1	Picard/Revolta
1+1⁄2	Session	2+1⁄2
1+1⁄2	Overall	2+1⁄2

18 hole scores: Padgham/Cotton v Dudley/Nelson: all square, Lacey/Cox: 1 up, Whitcombe/Rees v Sarazen/Shute: all square, Alliss/Burton: 3 up.

Wednesday's singles matches

	Results
Alf Padgham	8 & 7	Ralph Guldahl
Sam King	halved	Denny Shute
Dai Rees	3 & 1	Byron Nelson
Henry Cotton	5 & 3	Tony Manero
Percy Alliss	1 up	Gene Sarazen
Dick Burton	5 & 4	Sam Snead
Alf Perry	2 & 1	Ed Dudley
Arthur Lacey	2 & 1	Henry Picard
2+1⁄2	Session	5+1⁄2
4	Overall	8

18 hole scores: Guldahl: 6 up, King v Shute: all square, Rees: 1 up, Cotton: 2 up, Alliss: 1 up, Snead: 2 up, Dudley: 1 up, Picard: 1 up.

Individual player records

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

Source:

Great Britain

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Percy Alliss	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Dick Burton	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Henry Cotton	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Bill Cox	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Sam King	0.5	0–0–1	0–0–1	0–0–0
Arthur Lacey	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Alf Padgham	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Alf Perry	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Dai Rees	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–0–1
Charles Whitcombe	0.5	0–0–1	0–0–0	0–0–1

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Ed Dudley	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Ralph Guldahl	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Tony Manero	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Byron Nelson	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Henry Picard	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Johnny Revolta	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Gene Sarazen	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–0–1
Denny Shute	1	0–0–2	0–0–1	0–0–1
Sam Snead	1	1–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–0

Horton Smithdid not play in any matches.

External links

• "Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1937 Results".The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Archived fromthe originalon 22 October 2006.Retrieved15 March2007.
• "Ryder Cup history: 1937".BBC Sport. 14 September 2006.Retrieved15 March2007.
• PGA of America: 1937 Ryder Cup
• About.com: 1937 Ryder CupArchived27 January 2017 at theWayback Machine