June 4, 1927 – The very first Ryder Cup Golf tournament was held. Matches were held at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts, and pitted the best golfers of Great Britain against the tops from America.
Unfortunately, the man that came up with the concept, Samuel Ryder was ill and could not attend the event he had dreamed up. In this first occurrence of the tourney, the US overcame the Great Britain squad, with a 9½-2½ victory. Walter Hagen was the first American captain while the British team was led by Ted Ray.
The Ryder Cup is a match play golf event, with each match worth one point. From this inaugural event through the one that took place in 1959, the format consisted of 4 alternate-shot matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points.
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