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 1973 Muirfield, Muirfield, Scotland
Captains: Jack Burke (US), Bernard Hunt (GB & Ireland)
USA 19GB & I 13

1973 Great Britain & Ireland Team
In the first Ryder Cup Matches to be contested in Scotland, players from the Republic of Ireland were eligible to compete for the British Team. The host's bid to end a seven-Match U.S. winning streak took a fateful turn prior to the opening of the second-day foursomes. Britain's Bernard Gallacher, who had teamed for two important foursomes victories in a 5 1/2 to 2 1/2 Great Britain advantage, contracted food poisoning. Peter Butler was summoned from bed just 1 1/2 hours before his tee time to replace Gallacher and join teammate Brian Barnes. Butler responded by becoming the first player to record a hole-in-one in Ryder Cup history. He aced the par-3 16th hole in the morning foursomes, but U.S. opponents Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf claimed a 1-up victory. Butler and Barnes also fell in the afternoon fourballs, 2-up, to Arnold Palmer and J.C. Snead.


Great Britain & IrelandUnited States
 Foursomes: Morning
 B W Barnes & B J Gallacher (1 hole)1 L Trevino & W J Casper0
 C O'Connor & N C Coles (3 & 2)1 T Weiskopf & J C Snead0
 A Jacklin & P A Oosterhuis (halved)½ J Rodriguez & L Graham (halved)½
 M E Bembridge & E Polland0 J W Nicklaus & A Palmer (6 & 5)1
 Fourballs: Afternoon
 B W Barnes & B J Gallacher (5 & 4)1 T Aaron & G Brewer0
 M E Bembridge & B G C Huggett (3 & 1)1 A Palmer & J W Nicklaus0
 A Jacklin & P Oosterhuis (3 & 1)1 T Weiskopf & W J Casper0
 C O'Connor & N C Coles0 L Trevino & H Blancas (2 & 1)1
 Foursomes: Morning
 B W Barnes & P J Butler0 J W Nicklaus & T Weiskopf (1 hole)1
 P A Oosterhuis & A Jacklin (2 holes)1 A Palmer & D Hill0
 M E Bembridge & B G C Huggett (5 & 4)1 J Rodriguez & L Graham0
 N C Coles & C O'Connor0 L Trevino & W Casper (2 & 1)1
 Fourballs: Afternoon
 B W Barnes & P J Butler0 J C Snead & A Palmer (2 holes)1
 A Jacklin & P A Oosterhuis0 G Brewer & W Casper (3 & 2)1
 C Clark & E Polland0 J W Nicklaus & T Weiskopf (3 & 2)1
 M E Bembridge & B G C Huggett (halved)½ L Trevino & H Blancas (halved)½
 Singles: Morning
 B W Barnes0 W J Casper (2 & 1)1
 B J Gallacher0 T Weiskopf (3 & 1)1
 P J Butler0 H Blancas (5 & 4)1
 A Jacklin (3 & 1)1 T Aaron0
 N C Coles (halved)½ G Brewer (halved)½
 C O'Connor0 J C Snead (1 hole)1
 M E Bembridge (halved)½ J W Nicklaus (halved)½
 P A Oosterhuis (halved)½ L Trevino(halved)½
 Singles: Afternoon
 B G C Huggett (4 & 2)1 H Blancas0
 B W Barnes0 J C Snead (3 & 1)1
 B J Gallacher0 G Brewer (6 & 5)1
 A Jacklin0 W J Casper (2 & 1)1
 N C Coles0 L Trevino (6 & 5)1
 C O'Connor (halved)½ T Weiskopf(halved)½
 M E Bembridge0 J W Nicklaus (2 holes)1
 P A Oosterhuis (4 & 2)1 A Palmer0
USA 19GB & I 13


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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