1933 Ryder Cup

4th Ryder Cup Matches

Dates	26–27 June 1933
Venue	Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
Location	Southport, England
Captains	John Henry Taylor (Great Britain) Walter Hagen (USA)
6½ 5½
Great Britain wins the Ryder Cup

Southport

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Location in England

The 4th Ryder Cup Matches were held 26–27 June 1933 at the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The Great Britain team won the competition by a score of 6½–5½ points, which at the time was the closest score possible other than a tie. As with the three previous events, the host team won and the series was tied at two wins each.

John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup and was Great Britain's last Ryder Cup victory until 1957, the only post-war win until Team Europe won its first in 1985.

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

Source:

In February 1931, it was announced that a selection committee of six would choose the Great Britain team for the 1933 Ryder Cup. A preliminary squad of 22 was announced. Henry Cotton was not considered as he was employed in Belgium.

In early June, the team of ten was selected (as below). J.H. Taylor was to be the non-playing captain.

Team Great Britain
Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
J.H. Taylor	62	Non-playing captain
Percy Alliss	36	1	0	0–0–0
Allan Dailey	25	0	Rookie
William Davies	41	1	2	1–1–0	50.00
Syd Easterbrook	28	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
Arthur Havers	35	2	4	1–3–0	25.00
Arthur Lacey	29	0	Rookie
Abe Mitchell	46	2	4	2–2–0	50.00
Alf Padgham	26	0	Rookie
Alf Perry	28	0	Rookie
Charles Whitcombe	37	3	5	2–1–2	60.00

Team USA
Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Walter Hagen – captain	40	3	6	5–1–0	83.33
Billy Burke	30	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Leo Diegel	34	3	5	3–2–0	60.00
Ed Dudley	32	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
Olin Dutra	32	0	Rookie
Paul Runyan	24	0	Rookie
Gene Sarazen	31	3	6	3–2–1	58.33
Denny Shute	28	1	2	2–0–0	100.00
Horton Smith	25	2	1	1–0–0	100.00
Craig Wood	31	1	1	0–1–0	0.00

Foursome matches

Monday, 26 June 1933

	Results
Alliss/Whitcombe	halved	Sarazen/Hagen
Mitchell/Havers	3 & 2	Dutra/Shute
Davies/Easterbrook	1 up	Wood/Runyan
Padgham/Perry	1 up	Dudley/Burke
2½	Session	1½
2½	Overall	1½

Singles matches

Tuesday, 27 June 1933

	Results
Alf Padgham	6 & 4	Gene Sarazen
Abe Mitchell	9 & 8	Olin Dutra
Arthur Lacey	2 & 1	Walter Hagen
William Davies	4 & 3	Craig Wood
Percy Alliss	2 & 1	Paul Runyan
Arthur Havers	4 & 3	Leo Diegel
Syd Easterbrook	1 up	Denny Shute
Charles Whitcombe	2 & 1	Horton Smith
4	Session	4
6½	Overall	5½

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	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–0–1
William Davies	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Syd Easterbrook	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Arthur Havers	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Arthur Lacey	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Abe Mitchell	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Alf Padgham	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Alf Perry	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Charles Whitcombe	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–1

Allan Dailey did not play in any matches.

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Billy Burke	1	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0
Leo Diegel	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Ed Dudley	1	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0
Olin Dutra	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Walter Hagen	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–0–1
Paul Runyan	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Gene Sarazen	1.5	1–0–1	1–0–0	0–0–1
Denny Shute	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Horton Smith	1	1–0–0	1–0–0	0–0–0
Craig Wood	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0

References

• "Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1933 Results". The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
• "Ryder Cup history: 1933". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2007-03-15.

External links

• PGA of America: 1933 Ryder Cup
• About.com 1933 Ryder Cup