1973 Ryder Cup

{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Ryder Cup

| year = 1973

| logo =

| dates = 20–22 September 1973

| venue = Muirfield

| location = East Lothian, Scotland

| home = GB&I

| away = USA

| homecaptain = Bernard Hunt

| awaycaptain = Jack Burke Jr.

| homescore = 13

| awayscore = 19

| result = United States wins

}}

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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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d6ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2741%2C5477760|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=U.S. prevails in Ryder Cup |date=23 September 1973 |page=5D}} 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, 16{{1/2}} points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg_2015_rc.pdf |title=2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide |accessdate=September 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927104329/http://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg_2015_rc.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-27 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}

Selection for the Great Britain and Ireland team was based on a points list with points being earned between the 1972 Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf and the same event in 1973. Total points determined the order, with 30 points to the winner, 24 for the runner-up, down to 1 point for the player in 25th place.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q5VAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1449%2C3752422 |title=Change to Ryder Cup team selection |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=3 February 1972}} The leading 8 in the points list were guaranteed places, with the remaining 4 selected by a committee. The top 8 were: Oosterhuis, Coles, Jacklin, Bembridge, Barnes, Butler, O'Connor and Gallacher.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q5VAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1449%2C3752422 |title=Garner may miss Ryder Cup |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=5 |date=20 August 1973}} The selection committee chose the players lying 9th to 12th in the list: Garner, Polland, Clark and Huggett.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rJVAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1393%2C3956592 |title=Selectors stick to Ryder Cup table |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=21 August 1973}}

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style="background:#dfd;" \| colspan="6"\|{{flagicon\|GBR\|size=50px}} {{flagicon\|IRL\|size=50px}} Team Great Britain and Ireland
style="background:#dfd;" !Name !Age !Previous Ryder Cups !Matches !W–L–H !Winning percentage
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Bernard Hunt \| 43	colspan="4" \| Non-playing captain
align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Brian Barnes \| 28	2	6	2–4–0	33.33
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Maurice Bembridge \| 28	2	7	3–3–1	50.00
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Peter Butler \| 41	3	11	3–6–2	36.36
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Clive Clark \| 28	0	colspan="3"\|Rookie
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Neil Coles \| 38	6	32	11–15–6	43.75
align=left\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Bernard Gallacher \| 24	2	9	5–3–1	61.11
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Garner \| 26	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
align=left\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Brian Huggett \| 36	4	19	5–9–5	39.47
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Tony Jacklin \| 29	3	17	7–6–4	52.94
align=left\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} Christy O'Connor Snr \| 48	9	31	10–18–3	37.10
align=left\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Peter Oosterhuis \| 25	1	6	3–3–0	50.00
align=left\|{{flagicon\|NIR}} Eddie Polland \| 26	0	colspan="3"\|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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oKMgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1966%2C3121797 |newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine |agency=Associated Press |last=Green |first=Bob |title=Johnny Miller ineligible for Ryder Cup team |date=22 June 1973 |page=18 }} (These rules also kept Jack Nicklaus on the sidelines until 1969.) Miller made his Ryder Cup debut in 1975 and Wadkins in 1977.

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style="background:#dfd;" \| colspan="6"\|{{flagicon\|USA\|size=50px}} Team USA
style="background:#dfd;" !Name !Age !Previous Ryder Cups !Matches !W–L–H !Winning percentage
align=left\|Jack Burke Jr. \| 50	colspan="4" \| Non-playing captain
align=left\|Tommy Aaron \| 36	1	4	1–2–1	37.50
align=left\|Homero Blancas \| 35	0	colspan="3"\|Rookie
align=left\|Gay Brewer \| 41	1	5	3–2–0	60.00
align=left\|Billy Casper \| 42	6	27	14–7–6	62.96
align=left\|Lou Graham \| 35	0	colspan="3"\|Rookie
align=left\|Dave Hill \| 36	1	6	4–2–0	66.67
align=left\|Jack Nicklaus \| 33	2	10	6–3–1	65.00
align=left\|Arnold Palmer \| 44	5	27	20–5–2	77.78
align=left\|Chi-Chi Rodríguez \| 37	0	colspan="3"\|Rookie
align=left\|J. C. Snead \| 32	1	4	4–0–0	100.00
align=left\|Lee Trevino \| 33	2	11	6–3–2	63.64
align=left\|Tom Weiskopf \| 30	0	colspan="3"\|Rookie

Thursday's matches

=Morning foursomes=

{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730920&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Ryder cup captains choose predictable partnerships |date=20 September 1973 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |page=5}}

{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730921&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title= Scottish pair show the way to British lead |date=21 September 1973 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |page=4}}

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! style="width:7em;"| Results

! style="width:12em;"| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Barnes/Gallacher

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 1 up

|Trevino/Casper

O'Connor/Coles

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 2

|halved

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 6 & 5

|Nicklaus/Palmer

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| 2{{1/2}}

| Session

| 1{{1/2}}

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! 2{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 1{{1/2}}

=Afternoon four-ball=

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Barnes/Gallacher

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 5 & 4

|Aaron/Brewer

Bembridge/Huggett

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 1

|Nicklaus/Palmer

Jacklin/Oosterhuis

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 1

|Weiskopf/Casper

Coles/O'Connor

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Trevino/Blancas

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| 3

| Session

| 1

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! 5{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 2{{1/2}}

Friday's matches

{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730922&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Americans now hold the balance of power|date=21 September 1973|newspaper=Glasgow Herald |page=2}}

=Morning foursomes=

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Barnes/Butler

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Nicklaus/Weiskopf

Oosterhuis/Jacklin

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 up

|Palmer/Hill

Bembridge/Huggett

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 5 & 4

|Rodríguez/Graham

Coles/O'Connor

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Trevino/Casper

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| 2

| Session

| 2

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! 7{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 4{{1/2}}

=Afternoon four-ball=

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Barnes/Butler

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 up

|Snead/Palmer

Jacklin/Oosterhuis

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Brewer/Casper

Clark/Polland

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Nicklaus/Weiskopf

Bembridge/Huggett

|halved

|Trevino/Blancas

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| {{1/2}}

| Session

| 3{{1/2}}

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! 8

! Overall

! 8

Saturday's matches

{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730924&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=US victory confirms hopeless imbalance of Ryder cup |date=24 September 1973|newspaper=Glasgow Herald |page=5}}

=Morning singles=

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Brian Barnes

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Billy Casper

Bernard Gallacher

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 1

|Tom Weiskopf

Peter Butler

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 4

|Homero Blancas

Tony Jacklin

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 1

|halved

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|J. C. Snead

|halved

|halved

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| 2{{1/2}}

| Session

| 5{{1/2}}

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! 10{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 13{{1/2}}

=Afternoon singles=

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Brian Huggett

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 4 & 2

|Homero Blancas

Brian Barnes

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 1

|J. C. Snead

Bernard Gallacher

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 6 & 5

|Gay Brewer

Tony Jacklin

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Billy Casper

Neil Coles

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 6 & 5

|Lee Trevino

Christy O'Connor

|halved

|Tom Weiskopf

Maurice Bembridge

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 up

|Jack Nicklaus

Peter Oosterhuis

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 4 & 2

|Arnold Palmer

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| 2{{1/2}}

| Session

| 5{{1/2}}

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! 13

! Overall

! 19

Individual player records

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

Source:

=Great Britain and Ireland=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Player !! Points !! Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs
align=left\|Brian Barnes	2	2–4–0	0–2–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Maurice Bembridge	3	2–2–2	0–1–1	1–1–0	1–0–1
align=left\|Peter Butler	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Clive Clark	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Neil Coles	1.5	1–3–1	0–1–1	1–1–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Bernard Gallacher	2	2–2–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
align=left\|Brian Huggett	3.5	3–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–1
align=left\|Tony Jacklin	3.5	3–2–1	1–1–0	1–0–1	1–1–0
align=left\|Christy O'Connor	1.5	1–3–1	0–1–1	1–1–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Peter Oosterhuis	4	3–1–2	1–0–1	1–0–1	1–1–0
align=left\|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=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Player !! Points	Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs
align=left\|Tommy Aaron	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Homero Blancas	2.5	2–1–1	1–1–0	0–0–0	1–0–1
align=left\|Gay Brewer	2.5	2–1–1	1–0–1	0–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Billy Casper	4	4–2–0	2–0–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Lou Graham	0.5	0–1–1	0–0–0	0–1–1	0–0–0
align=left\|Dave Hill	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
align=left\|Jack Nicklaus	4.5	4–1–1	1–0–1	2–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Arnold Palmer	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Chi-Chi Rodríguez	0.5	0–1–1	0–0–0	0–1–1	0–0–0
align=left\|J. C. Snead	3	3–1–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
align=left\|Lee Trevino	4	3–1–2	1–0–1	1–1–0	1–0–1
align=left\|Tom Weiskopf	3.5	3–2–1	1–0–1	1–1–0	1–1–0

References

{{cite web |url=http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1973.html |title=Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1973 Results |publisher=The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive |accessdate=2007-03-15 |archive-date=22 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022153519/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1973.html |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3910613.stm |title=Ryder Cup history: 1973 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-03-15 |date=2004-09-13 |df=dmy-all }}

External links

[http://www.pgamediaguide.com/rydercup_detail.cfm?tournament_id=721&tourn_name_id=9&dateid=1973 PGA of America: 1973 Ryder Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023171433/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/rydercup_detail.cfm?tournament_id=721&tourn_name_id=9&dateid=1973 |date=23 October 2006 }}
[http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1973.htm About.com: 1973 Ryder Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108145706/http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1973.htm |date=8 January 2014 }}

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