Peter Townsend
Summary
- Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 3-8-0 · 3 points (27.3%)
- Singles 0-3-0 · Foursomes 2-2-0 · Four-ball 1-3-0
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 11 matches: 3 won, 8 lost, 0 halved, 3 points. Foursomes 2-2-0, four-ball 1-3-0, singles 0-3-0.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
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Results by championship
Best day
1969 Ryder Cup
Royal Birkdale Golf Club · tied 16–16 · 3-2-0, 3 points
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1969.
Career line, 1969–1971
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Peter Townsend was born in 1946 in Cambridge, England. Townsend played in 2 Ryder Cups for GB (1969, 1971), winning 3, losing 8 and halving 0 of 11 matches for 3 points.
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The record
Ryder Cup
Townsend played 2 Ryder Cups for GB: 11 matches, 3 won, 8 lost, 0 halved, 3 points (27.3% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-2-0, four-ball 1-3-0, singles 0-3-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1969 Royal Birkdale Golf Club GB · tied 16–16 · 3-2-0, 3 points · automatic
- 1971 Old Warson Country Club GB · USA won 18.5–13.5 · 0-6-0, 0 points · committee pick
Partners, with matches played together: Tony Jacklin (2), Peter Oosterhuis (2), Harry Bannerman (2), Christy O'Connor Snr (1), Peter Butler (1).
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.