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Dick Mayer

United States · born , Stamford, Connecticut, USA · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1957 U.S. Open
  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-0-1 · 1.5 points (75.0%)

Wins

  1. 1957 U.S. Open Inverness Club · 282 (+2) · won a playoff against Cary Middlecoff

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 2 matches: 1 won, 0 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points. Foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-1.

  1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 1-0-1, 1.5 points · automatic

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Cary Middlecoff's rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    1957 U.S. Open

    Inverness Club, Toledo, OH · 282 (+2) · won a playoff against Cary Middlecoff (18 holes, 72–79)

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1957.

    Career line, 1957–1957

    U.S. Open
    1957 U.S. Open: won
    Ryder Cup
    1957 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-0-1
    19571958

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    • Major win
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Dick Mayer was born on August 28, 1924, in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Mayer won one major championship: the 1957 U.S. Open. Mayer played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1957), winning 1, losing 0 and halving 1 of 2 matches for 1.5 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1957 U.S. Open Inverness Club, Toledo, OH · 282 (+2) · won a playoff against Cary Middlecoff (18 holes, 72–79)

    Near misses

      U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 2 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

      Ryder Cup

      Mayer played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 1 won, 0 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points (75.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-1 (won-lost-halved).

      1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 1-0-1, 1.5 points · automatic

      Partners, with matches played together: Tommy Bolt (1).

      PGA Championship match play

      Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 2 won, 1 lost.

      1. 1957 Round of 32 beat Al Smith 5 & 3
      2. 1957 Round of 16 beat Ted Kroll 1 up
      3. 1957 Quarterfinal lost to Don Whitt unknown

      Sources

      Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

      1. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
      2. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
      3. Golf Compendium 1957
      4. GC: 1957 ryder cup
      5. Wikipedia: 1957 Ryder Cup