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| | | | 1955 Thunderbird Golf & Country Club, Palm Springs, California | | | |
| Captains: Chick Harbert (US), Dai Rees (GB) | USA 8 GB 4 | | | 
1955 Great Britain Team | |
The backbone of this U.S. victory was the dynamic quartet of Tommy Bolt,
Jack Burke Jr., Doug Ford and Sam Snead. They had two victories apiece to
account for all of the American points. Chick Harbert was named U.S.
Captain, who guided a team featuring five rookies: Jerry Barber, Bolt,
Ford, Marty Furgol and Chandler Harper. The British Team was the first
comprised of the top seven players earning points through the Order of
Merit. Those seven chose the three at-large players. The only cliff-hanger
match was Bolt and Burke's 1-up struggle over Arthur Lees and Harry
Weetman. The Americans gained a 1-up lead heading into the 18th hole when
Bolt and Lees each hit outstanding approach shots. But Burke and Weetman
each holed birdie putts to give the U.S. a key point and a 3-1 foursomes
lead. Lord Brabazon of Tara, then president of the Professional Golfers
Association of Great Britain, said in the closing ceremony, "We have
learned a lot, although we have lost, and we are going back to practice in
the streets and on the beaches." |
| | | | Great Britain | United States | | | Foursomes | | | | | | | | | J Fallon & J R M Jacobs (1 hole) | 1 | C Harper & J Barber | 0 | | E C Brown & S S Scott | 0 | D Ford & T Kroll (5 & 4) | 1 | | A Lees & H Weetman | 0 | J Burke & T Bolt (1 hole) | 1 | | H Bradshaw & D J Rees | 0 | S Snead & C Middlecoff (3 & 2) | 1 |
| Singles | | | | | | | | | C O'Connor | 0 | T Bolt (4 & 2) | 1 | | S S Scott | 0 | C Harbert (3 & 2) | 1 | | J R M Jacobs (1 hole) | 1 | C Middlecoff | 0 | | D J Rees | 0 | S Snead (3 & 1) | 1 | | A Lees (3 & 2) | 1 | M Furgol | 0 | | E C Brown (3 & 2) | 1 | J Barber | 0 | | H Bradshaw | 0 | J Burke (3 & 2) | 1 | | H Weetman | 0 | D Ford (3 & 2) | 1 | | | USA 8GB 4 | | | |
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