1959 Ryder Cup
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Eldorado CC Location in the United States Eldorado CC Location in California The 13th Ryder Cup Matches were held November 6–7, 1959 at the Eldorado Country Club in Indian Wells, California.
The United States team won the competition by a score of 8 1⁄2 to 3 1⁄2 points.
The British were again led by Dai Rees, but were unable to repeat the heroics of two years earlier and were comprehensively beaten on American soil.
The Americans took a 2 1⁄2–1 1⁄2 lead in the foursomes before finishing off the British challenge in the singles by winning five matches with two matches finishing all square to win the cup back.
The British won just one foursome match with Christy O'Connor and Peter Alliss beating Art Wall Jr. and Doug Ford by 3 & 2 and one singles match
when Eric Brown beat Cary Middlecoff by 4 & 3 however by the time his match was won the United States had already won the competition.
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point.
Since the inaugural event in 1927, the format consisted of four foursome （alternate shot） matches on the first day and eight singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points.
Therefore, 6 1⁄2 points were required to win the Cup, and all matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.
This was the last Ryder Cup played under this format.
Source: Seven members of the British team were chosen using a Ryder Cup points system based on performances during the 1959 season.
The first event was the PGA Close Championship starting on 8 April with the final event being the Irish Hospitals Tournament finishing on 12 July.
The seven qualifiers were Hunt, Rees, Weetman, Mills, Alliss, Drew and O'Connor.
The remaining three, Bousfield, Brown and Thomas, were selected by the P.G.A. tournament committee in late ...