Mike Souchak
Summary
- Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 5-1-0 · 5 points (83.3%)
- Singles 3-0-0 · Foursomes 2-1-0 · Four-ball 0-0-0
- Open top 10s 1956 (T8)
Near misses
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 6 matches: 5 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 5 points. Foursomes 2-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 3-0-0.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Bill Collins' rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1961 Ryder Cup
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · USA won 14.5–9.5 · 3-1-0, 3 points
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1961.
Career line, 1956–1961
3 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, USA
Mike Souchak was born in 1927 in Berwick, Pennsylvania. Souchak played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1959, 1961), winning 5, losing 1 and halving 0 of 6 matches for 5 points.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Souchak played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 6 matches, 5 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 5 points (83.3% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 3-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1959 Eldorado Country Club USA · USA won 8.5–3.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
- 1961 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 14.5–9.5 · 3-1-0, 3 points
Partners, with matches played together: Bill Collins (2), Bob Rosburg (1).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 1 won, 1 lost.
- 1957 Round of 32 beat Brien Charter 4 & 3
- 1957 Round of 16 lost to Lionel Hebert 2 & 1
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.