Syd Easterbrook
Summary
Near misses
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 3 matches: 2 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Ernest Whitcombe's rivals →
Moments
- 1933 Ryder Cup All square on the 18th (36th) hole, Denny Shute ran his first putt 4 feet past and missed the return; Syd Easterbrook holed his short putt to win 1 up and the Cup.
Results by championship
Best day
1933 Ryder Cup
Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club · GB won 6.5–5.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
All square on the 18th (36th) hole, Denny Shute ran his first putt 4 feet past and missed the return; Syd Easterbrook holed his short putt to win 1 up and the Cup.
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1933.
Career line, 1931–1935
4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Syd Easterbrook was born in 1905 in Sidmouth, Devon, England. Easterbrook played in 2 Ryder Cups for GB (1931, 1933), winning 2, losing 1 and halving 0 of 3 matches for 2 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
Easterbrook played 2 Ryder Cups for GB: 3 matches, 2 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 2 points (66.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1931 Scioto Country Club GB · USA won 9–3 · 0-1-0, 0 points
- 1933 Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club GB · GB won 6.5–5.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
Partners, with matches played together: Ernest Whitcombe (1), Bill Davies (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.