1975 Ryder Cup

21st Ryder Cup Matches
Dates		September 19–21
Venue		Laurel Valley Golf Club
Location		Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Captains		Arnold Palmer (USA) Bernard Hunt (GB&I)
21   11
United States retains the Ryder Cup
«1973		1977»

The 21st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The United States team won the competition by a score of 21 to 11 points. After the competition questions started to be asked about the future of the event as Britain and Ireland had once again failed to seriously challenge the United States team.^{[citation needed]}

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format was adjusted slightly from the 1973 Ryder Cup, with the second day sessions being swapped:

• Day 1 — 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session
• Day 2 — 4 four-ball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome 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

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

	Results
Barnes/Gallacher	5 & 4	Nicklaus/Weiskopf
Wood/Bembridge	4 & 3	Littler/Irwin
Jacklin/Oosterhuis	3 & 1	Geiberger/Miller
Horton/O'Leary	2 & 1	Trevino/Snead
0	Session	4
0	Overall	4

Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Oosterhuis/Jacklin	2 & 1	Casper/Floyd
Darcy/O'Connor	3 & 2	Weiskopf/Graham
Barnes/Gallacher	halved	Nicklaus/Murphy
Horton/O'Leary	2 & 1	Trevino/Irwin
1½	Session	2½
1½	Overall	6½

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

	Results
Oosterhuis/Jacklin	halved	Casper/Miller
Horton/Wood	4 & 2	Nicklaus/Snead
Barnes/Gallacher	5 & 3	Littler/Graham
Darcy/Hunt	halved	Geiberger/Floyd
1	Session	3
2½	Overall	9½

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Jacklin/Huggett	3 & 2	Trevino/Murphy
O'Connor/O'Leary	5 & 3	Weiskopf/Miller
Oosterhuis/Bembridge	3 & 2	Irwin/Casper
Darcy/Hunt	3 & 2	Geiberger/Graham
1	Session	3
3½	Overall	12½

Sunday's matches

Morning singles

	Results
Tony Jacklin	2 & 1	Bob Murphy
Peter Oosterhuis	2 holes	Johnny Miller
Bernard Gallacher	halved	Lee Trevino
Tommy Horton	halved	Hale Irwin
Brian Huggett	4 & 2	Gene Littler
Eamonn Darcy	3 & 2	Billy Casper
Guy Hunt	5 & 3	Tom Weiskopf
Brian Barnes	4 & 2	Jack Nicklaus
3	Session	5
6½	Overall	17½

Afternoon singles

	Results
Tony Jacklin	1 hole	Raymond Floyd
Peter Oosterhuis	3 & 2	J. C. Snead
Bernard Gallacher	halved	Al Geiberger
Tommy Horton	2 & 1	Lou Graham
John O'Leary	2 & 1	Hale Irwin
Maurice Bembridge	2 & 1	Bob Murphy
Norman Wood	2 & 1	Lee Trevino
Brian Barnes	2 & 1	Jack Nicklaus
4½	Session	3½
11	Overall	21

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