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 1969 Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
Captains: Sam Snead (US), Eric Brown (GB)
USA 16  GB 16

1969 Great Britain Team
In the closest contest in Ryder Cup history, 17 of the 32 matches went down to the last hole. With the matches tied going into the last day, the British won five of the eight morning singles. But the U. S. roared back, winning four of the first six afternoon matches to even the score. In Brian Huggett's match against Billy Casper, Huggett made a four-foot putt to halve the match. That left the Ryder Cup to be decided by the last group of Tony Jacklin and Jack Nicklaus, who where tied going into the last hole. In one of golf's most memorable moments of sportsmanship, Nicklaus, playing in his first Ryder Cup Matches, conceded a two-footer to Jacklin after making a four-footer for par on the last green, resulting in the first tie in the Matches' history.


Great BritainUnited States
 Foursomes: Morning
 N C Coles & B G C Huggett (3 & 2)1 M Barber & R Floyd0
 B Gallacher & M Bembridge (2 & 1)1 L Trevino & K Still0
 A Jacklin & P Townsend (3 & 1)1 D Hill & T Aaron0
 C O'Connor & P Alliss (halved)½ W Casper & F Beard (halved)½
 Foursomes: Afternoon
 N C Coles & B G C Huggett0 D Hill & T Aaron (1 hole)1
 B Gallacher & M Bembridge0 L Trevino & G Littler (1 hole)1
 A Jacklin & P Townsend (1 hole)1 W Casper & F Beard0
 P J Butler & B J Hunt0 J Nicklaus & D Sikes (1 hole)1
 Fourballs: Morning
 C O'Connor & P Townsend (1 hole)1 D Hill & D Douglass0
 B G C Huggett & G A Caygill (halved)½ R Floyd & M Barber (halved)½
 B Barnes & P Alliss0 L Trevino & G Littler (1 hole)1
 A Jacklin & N C Coles (1 hole)1 J Nicklaus & D Sikes0
 Fourballs: Afternoon
 P J Butler & P Townsend0 W Casper & F Beard (2 holes)1
 B G C Huggett & B Gallacher0 D Hill & K Still (2 & 1)1
 M Bembridge & B J Hunt (halved)½ T Aaron & R Floyd (halved)½
 A Jacklin & N C Coles (halved)½ L Trevino & M Barber (halved)½
 Singles: Morning
 P Alliss0 L Trevino (2 & 1)1
 P Townsend0 D Hill (5 & 4)1
 N C Coles (1 hole)1 T Aaron0
 B Barnes0 W Casper (1 hole)1
 C O'Connor (5 & 4)1 F Beard0
 M Bembridge (1 hole)1 K Still0
 P J Butler (1 hole)1 R Floyd0
 A Jacklin (4 & 3)1 J Nicklaus0
 Singles: Afternoon
 B Barnes0 D Hill (4 & 2)1
 B Gallacher (4 & 3)1 L Trevino0
 M Bembridge0 M Barber (7 & 6)1
 P J Butler (3 & 2)1 D Douglass0
 N C Coles0 D Sikes (4 & 3)1
 C O'Connor0 G Littler (2 & 1)1
 B G C Huggett (halved)½ W Casper (halved)½
 A Jacklin (halved)½ J Nicklaus(halved)½
USA 16  GB 16


did you know?
1961 saw all matches reduced from 36 holes to 18 which has remained the position since. In 1963 fourball matches were introduced and the overall match extended to three days from the previous two.
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