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| | | | 1957 Lindrick Club, Yorkshire, England | | | |
| Captains: Jack Burke (US), Dai Rees (GB) | GB 7 1/2 USA 4 1/2 | | | 
1957 Great Britain Team | |
Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire industrialist, donated 10,000 (pounds) to
finance the British Ryder Cup Team and was invited to nominate the venue.
Goodwin chose Lindrick Golf Club. The British Team, selected by an
entirely new points system, was led by the indomitable Dai Rees, who
captained and played his team into a rousing final-day rally. The
Americans built a 3-1 lead after the foursomes, but Rees and Ken
Bousfield, who had teamed for the lone foursomes victory, provided the
spark. The British earned a 6 1/2 to 1 1/2 decision in the singles. Rees
held a team meeting after the foursomes to determine who should be
represented the final day. Harry Weetman and Max Faulkner were chosen to
stand down, though Harry Weetman was later quoted as never wanting to play
again for a team captained by Rees. Weetman was later suspended by the PGA
of Great Britain for one year. But Rees later moved to have the suspension
reduced. Meanwhile, the British Team rallied around Rees and turned in a
memorable singles performance. Rees routed Ed Furgol, 7 and 6, Bousfield
eased past Lionel Hebert, 4 and 3, and Christy O'Connor outdistanced Dow
Finsterwald, 7 and 6. The decisive match honor went to Bousfield, who
suffered a temporary collapse on the back nine and lost three holes in a
row to Hebert. Without benefit of extra scoreboards on the course,
Bousfield was looking for a spark. Shortly thereafter, Rees and Faulkner
appeared in the gallery and encouraged their teammate. Bousfield closed
out Hebert with a halve at the 15th hole to end the match. |
| | | | Great Britain | United States | | | Foursomes | | | | | | | | | P Alliss & B J Hunt | 0 | D Ford & D Finsterwald (2 & 1) | 1 | | K Bousfield & D J Rees (3 & 2) | 1 | A Wall & F Hawkins | 0 | | M Faulkner & H Weetman | 0 | T Kroll & J Burke (4 & 3) | 1 | | C O'Connor & E C Brown | 0 | R Mayer & T Bolt (7 & 5) | 1 | | Singles | | | | | | | | | E C Brown (4 & 3) | 1 | T Bolt | 0 | | R P Mills (5 & 3) | 1 | J Burke | 0 | | P Alliss | 0 | F Hawkins (2 & 1) | 1 | | K Bousfield (4 & 3) | 1 | L Herbert | 0 | | D J Rees (7 & 6) | 1 | E Furgol | 0 | | B J Hunt (6 & 5) | 1 | D Ford | 0 | | C O'Connor (7 & 6) | 1 | D Finsterwald | 0 | | H Bradshaw (halved) | ½ | R Mayer (halved) | ½ | | | GB 7 1/2USA 4 1/2 | | | |
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