1967 Ryder Cup

17th Ryder Cup Matches

Dates

October 20–22, 1967

Venue

Champions Golf Club

Location

Houston, Texas, U.S.

Captains

Ben Hogan (USA)
Dai Rees (Great Britain)

23½

8½

United States wins the Ryder Cup

Houston

Location in the United States

Houston

Location in Texas

The 17th Ryder Cup Matches were held October 20–22, 1967 at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. The United States team won the competition by a record score of 23½ to 8½ points.^[1]^[2]^[3] To date, the 15-point victory margin remains the largest at the Ryder Cup.^[4]

Ben Hogan was named the captain of the U.S. team in May 1967, five months before the matches.^[5] He opted for the U.S. team to use the smaller British golf ball; the same weight, its diameter was .06 inches (1.5 mm) smaller at 1.62 inches (4.11 cm).^[6]

The course hosted the U.S. Open two years later in 1969.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1963 through 1971 the competition format was as follows:

Day 1 — 8 foursomes (alternate shot) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
Day 2 — 8 four-ball (better ball) matches, 4 each in morning and afternoon sessions
Day 3 — 16 singles matches, 8 each in morning and afternoon sessions

With a total of 32 points, 16½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

Source: ^[7]^[8]

Name	Age	Points rank	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team USA
Ben Hogan	55	Non-playing captain
Billy Casper	36	1	3	14	8–3–3	67.86
Arnold Palmer	38	2	3	16	11–4–1	71.88
Gay Brewer	35	3	0	Rookie
Doug Sanders	34	4	0	Rookie
Gene Littler	37	5	3	14	5–3–6	57.14
Julius Boros	47	6	3	11	7–2–2	72.73
Bobby Nichols	31	7	0	Rookie
Al Geiberger	30	8	0	Rookie
Gardner Dickinson	40	9	0	Rookie
Johnny Pott	31	10	2	3	1–2–0	33.33

Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Team Great Britain
Dai Rees	54	Non-playing captain
Peter Alliss	36	6	21	9–8–4	52.38
Hugh Boyle	31	0	Rookie
Neil Coles	33	3	16	5–8–3	40.62
Malcolm Gregson	24	0	Rookie
Brian Huggett	30	1	5	2–2–1	50.00
Bernard Hunt	37	6	21	6–12–3	35.71
Tony Jacklin	23	0	Rookie
Christy O'Connor Snr	42	6	19	7–11–1	39.47
Dave Thomas	33	3	13	1–9–3	19.23
George Will	30	2	10	2–7–1	25.00

Friday matches

October 20, 1967

Morning foursomes

	Results
Huggett/Will	halved	Casper/Boros
Alliss/O'Connor	2 & 1	Palmer/Dickinson
Jacklin/Thomas	4 & 3	Sanders/Brewer
Hunt/Coles	6 & 5	Nichols/Pott
1½	Session	2½
1½	Overall	2½

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Huggett/Will	1 up	Casper/Boros
Gregson/Boyle	5 & 4	Dickinson/Palmer
Jacklin/Thomas	3 & 2	Littler/Geiberger
Alliss/O'Connor	2 & 1	Nichols/Pott
1	Session	3
2½	Overall	5½

Saturday matches

October 21, 1967

Morning four-ball

	Results
Alliss/O'Connor	3 & 2	Casper/Brewer
Hunt/Coles	1 up	Nichols/Pott
Jacklin/Thomas	1 up	Littler/Geiberger
Huggett/Will	3 & 2	Dickinson/Sanders
0	Session	4
2½	Overall	9½

Afternoon four-ball

	Results
Hunt/Coles	5 & 3	Casper/Brewer
Alliss/Gregson	3 & 2	Dickinson/Sanders
Will/Boyle	1 up	Palmer/Boros
Jacklin/Thomas	halved	Littler/Geiberger
½	Session	3½
3	Overall	13

Sunday matches

October 22, 1967

Morning singles

	Results
Hugh Boyle	4 & 3	Gay Brewer
Peter Alliss	2 & 1	Billy Casper
Tony Jacklin	3 & 2	Arnold Palmer
Brian Huggett	1 up	Julius Boros
Neil Coles	2 & 1	Doug Sanders
Malcolm Gregson	4 & 2	Al Geiberger
Dave Thomas	halved	Gene Littler
Bernard Hunt	halved	Bobby Nichols
3	Session	5
6	Overall	18

Afternoon singles

	Results
Brian Huggett	5 & 3	Arnold Palmer
Peter Alliss	2 & 1	Gay Brewer
Tony Jacklin	3 & 2	Gardner Dickinson
Christy O'Connor	3 & 2	Bobby Nichols
George Will	3 & 1	Johnny Pott
Malcolm Gregson	2 & 1	Al Geiberger
Bernard Hunt	halved	Julius Boros
Neil Coles	2 & 1	Doug Sanders
2½	Session	5½
8½	Overall	23½

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

Source: ^[7]

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Julius Boros	3	2–1–2	0–1–1	1–0–1	1–0–0
Gay Brewer	3	3–2–0	1–1–0	0–1–0	2–0–0
Billy Casper	4.5	4–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	2–0–0
Gardner Dickinson	5	5–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0
Al Geiberger	3.5	3–1–1	2–0–0	0–1–0	1–0–1
Gene Littler	2	1–1–2	0–0–1	0–1–0	1–0–1
Bobby Nichols	4.5	4–0–1	1–0–1	2–0–0	1–0–0
Arnold Palmer	5	5–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–0
Johnny Pott	4	4–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–0
Doug Sanders	2	2–3–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	2–0–0

Great Britain

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Peter Alliss	1	1–5–0	1–1–0	0–2–0	0–2–0
Hugh Boyle	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Neil Coles	2	2–3–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	0–2–0
Malcolm Gregson	0	0–4–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Brian Huggett	1.5	1–3–1	1–1–0	0–1–1	0–1–0
Bernard Hunt	1	0–3–2	0–0–2	0–1–0	0–2–0
Tony Jacklin	2.5	2–3–1	0–2–0	2–0–0	0–1–1
Christy O'Connor	0	0–4–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Dave Thomas	3	2–1–2	0–0–1	2–0–0	0–1–1
George Will	0.5	0–4–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	0–2–0

Nicklaus absence

Despite having won his seventh major title as a professional at the U.S. Open in June, 27-year-old Jack Nicklaus was not a member of the U.S. team. At the time, a five-year apprenticeship as a professional was required before Ryder Cup points could be earned. Nicklaus turned pro in November 1961 and was granted tournament status at the end of that year.^[9] He expedited his status by passing PGA business classes in February 1966, and was granted full membership that June.^[10] Only then was he eligible to accumulate Ryder Cup points, which ended with the Masters in April. Captain's selections did not exist in 1967 and Nicklaus was in a slump following his win at the Masters in 1966;^[11] entering the Masters in 1967 as the two-time defending champion, he was in 13th place in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings. Also just off the team were Dave Marr and Bob Goalby.^[12] Nicklaus and Goalby missed the cut at Augusta and Marr's T-16 finish was not enough to pass Johnny Pott for the tenth and final spot on the team.^[8]

The outmoded five-year rule had similarly kept Arnold Palmer off the teams in 1957 and 1959. Don January won the PGA Championship in 1967 in July, but was also at home; the only reigning major champion on either team in 1967 was Masters champion Gay Brewer.

Nicklaus competed in the Ryder Cup as a player from 1969 through 1981, missing only in 1979. He was the non-playing captain in 1983 and 1987.

References

↑ Wright, Alfred (October 30, 1967). "Ben and Arnie liven up the weekend". Sports Illustrated. p. 56.
↑ "British swamped in Ryder Cup play". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. UPI. October 23, 1967. p. 4B.
↑ "Palmer ace in Cup win, 23½ to 8½". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. October 23, 1967. p. 34.
↑ "Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1967 Results". The PGA of America. Retrieved March 15, 2007.
↑ "Hogan named Ryder captain". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. Associated Press. May 25, 1967. p. 20.
↑ "Hogan elects small ball for Ryder Cup matches". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. October 2, 1967. p. 29.
1 2 "2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
1 2 "Five newcomers chosen for Ryder Cup team". Miami News. Associated Press. April 13, 1967. p. 3B.
↑ "Nicklaus must return to school to qualify for Ryder Cup team". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. December 18, 1965. p. 38.
↑ Auclair, T.J. (June 1, 2016). "Jack Nicklaus celebrates 50 years of PGA Membership". PGA of America. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
↑ "Big Nick may miss action on Cup team". Times-News. Hendersonville, North Carolina. UPI. March 29, 1967. p. 8.
↑ "Ryder spot is elusive for Nicklaus". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 28, 1967. p. 12.

"Ryder Cup – 1967". About.com. Retrieved March 15, 2007.

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