Gardner Dickinson
Summary
- Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 9-1-0 · 9 points (90.0%)
- Singles 2-1-0 · Foursomes 4-0-0 · Four-ball 3-0-0
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 10 matches: 9 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 9 points. Foursomes 4-0-0, four-ball 3-0-0, singles 2-1-0.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
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Moments
- 1967 Ryder Cup Arnold Palmer and rookie Gardner Dickinson each won all five of their matches, the first players to go 5-0 in one Cup.
Records and firsts
- — Ryder Cup Perfect pairing · 5-0-0 (1967–1971)
- — Ryder Cup 5-0-0 in one Cup (Gardner Dickinson (1967), Arnold Palmer (1967), Larry Nelson (1979), Francesco Molinari (2018), Dustin Johnson (2021))
- — Ryder Cup Most wins by a rookie (Gardner Dickinson; Larry Nelson)
Results by championship
Best day
1967 Ryder Cup
Champions Golf Club · USA won 23.5–8.5 · 5-0-0, 5 points
Arnold Palmer and rookie Gardner Dickinson each won all five of their matches, the first players to go 5-0 in one Cup.
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1967.
Career line, 1967–1971
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Ryder Cup, USA
Gardner Dickinson was born in 1927 in Dothan, Alabama. Dickinson played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1967, 1971), winning 9, losing 1 and halving 0 of 10 matches for 9 points.
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The record
Ryder Cup
Dickinson played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 10 matches, 9 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 9 points (90.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 4-0-0, four-ball 3-0-0, singles 2-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1967 Champions Golf Club USA · USA won 23.5–8.5 · 5-0-0, 5 points · automatic
- 1971 Old Warson Country Club USA · USA won 18.5–13.5 · 4-1-0, 4 points
Partners, with matches played together: Arnold Palmer (5), Doug Sanders (2).
Records and firsts
Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.
- — Ryder Cup Perfect pairing · 5-0-0 (1967–1971)
- — Ryder Cup 5-0-0 in one Cup (Gardner Dickinson (1967), Arnold Palmer (1967), Larry Nelson (1979), Francesco Molinari (2018), Dustin Johnson (2021))
- — Ryder Cup Most wins by a rookie (Gardner Dickinson; Larry Nelson)
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
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.