1947 Ryder Cup

7th Ryder Cup Matches
Dates		November 1–2
Venue		Portland Golf Club
Location		Portland, Oregon
Captains		Ben Hogan (USA) Henry Cotton (Great Britain)
11   1
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1937		1949»

The 7th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon, marking a resumption of the tournament after World War II forced its cancellation from 1939 to 1945. The United States overwhelmed the British team by winning the contest by a score of 11–1. From 1947 to 1967 it was the worst defeat a Great Britain team suffered at the hands of the United States, and to date it remains the closest that a side has come to not winning any matches in any single Ryder Cup competition. The British team, led by Henry Cotton, knew that they had no real chance of winning^{[citation needed]} and proved themselves correct on the first day by losing every foursomes match. The American team took a 4–0 lead into the second day, and continued to dominate by winning all but one singles match. The only British victory in the competition came when Sam King beat Herman Keiser 4 & 3 to save them from leaving Portland without winning any points.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1927 through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, 6½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.

Teams

Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Cotton/Lees	10 & 9	Oliver/Worsham
Daly/Ward	6 & 5	Snead/Mangrum
Adams/Faulkner	2 holes	Hogan/Demaret
Rees/King	2 & 1	Nelson/Barron
0	Session	4
0	Overall	4

Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Fred Daly	5 & 4	E. J. Harrison
Jimmy Adams	3 & 2	Lew Worsham
Max Faulkner	6 & 5	Lloyd Mangrum
Charlie Ward	4 & 3	Ed Oliver
Arthur Lees	2 & 1	Byron Nelson
Henry Cotton	5 & 4	Sam Snead
Dai Rees	3 & 2	Jimmy Demaret
Sam King	4 & 3	Herman Keiser
1	Session	7
1	Overall	11

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