Lionel Platts
Summary
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-2-2 · 2 points (40.0%)
- Singles 1-1-0 · Foursomes 0-1-0 · Four-ball 0-0-2
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 5 matches: 1 won, 2 lost, 2 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-2, singles 1-1-0.
- 1965 Royal Birkdale Golf Club GB · USA won 19.5–12.5 · 1-2-2, 2 points · automatic
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Peter Butler's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1965 Ryder Cup
Royal Birkdale Golf Club · USA won 19.5–12.5 · 1-2-2, 2 points
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1965.
Career line, 1965–1965
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- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Lionel Platts was born in 1934 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Platts played in 1 Ryder Cup for GB (1965), winning 1, losing 2 and halving 2 of 5 matches for 2 points.
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The record
Ryder Cup
Platts played 1 Ryder Cups for GB: 5 matches, 1 won, 2 lost, 2 halved, 2 points (40.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-2, singles 1-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1965 Royal Birkdale Golf Club GB · USA won 19.5–12.5 · 1-2-2, 2 points · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Peter Butler (3).
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.