1931 Ryder Cup

Infobox Ryder Cup
year = 1931

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dates = June 26–27
venue = Scioto Country Club
location = Columbus, Ohio
home = US
away = GB
homecaptain = Walter Hagen
awaycaptain = Charles Whitcombe
homescore = 9
awayscore = 3
result = United States winsThe 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on June 26 and 27, 1931.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points.

Prior to the match, there was some controversy with the membership of Great Britain's team. A rule was put in place requiring players to be residents (as well as natives) of the country they were representing, which disqualified Percy Alliss and Aubrey Boomer, two of Great Britain's best players, as they had both taken jobs as club professionals in mainland Europe. Herbert Jolly had qualified, but withdrew shortly before the matches citing recent poor play. Finally, Henry Cotton had objected to a team rule requiring all exhibition winnings to be shared amongst the team, and also did not play.

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

;flagicon|USA|1912|size=50px Team United States
*Walter Hagen — Captain
*Gene Sarazen
*Leo Diegel
*Billy Burke
*Johnny Farrell
*Denny Shute
*Al Espinosa
*Wilfred Cox
*Craig Wood;flagicon|GBR|size=50px Team Great Britain
*flagicon|England Charles Whitcombe — Captain
*flagicon|England Archie Compston
*flagicon|Scotland George Duncan
*flagicon|England Abe Mitchell
*flagicon|England Syd Easterbrook
*flagicon|England William Davies
*flagicon|England Arthur Havers
*flagicon|England Fred Robson
*flagicon|England Ernest Whitcombe
*flagicon|England Bert Hodson

Friday's foursome matches

aturday's singles matches

References

*cite web |url=http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1931.html |title=Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1931 Results |publisher=The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive |accessdate=2007-03-15
*cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1931.htm |title=Ryder Cup – 1931 |publisher=About:Golf |accessdate=2007-03-15
*cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/spl/hi/golf/02/ryder_cup/history/html/pre_war_31.stm |title=Ryder Cup history: 1931 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-03-15
*cite web |url=http://www.thegolfvine.co.uk/articles.cfm/article/ryder_cup_rows_it_was_ever_thus |title=Ryder Cup Rows - it was ever thus |last=Farrell|first=Andy|accessdate=2007-03-24

External links

* [http://www.sciotocc.com/fw/main/1931_Ryder_Cup-1615.html Scioto Country Club description of the event]