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Saturday 17 September 1949Team cupsYear in Review

USA wins Ryder Cup

Ganton Golf Club, Ganton, England · Friday 16 to Saturday 17 September 1949

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

12 h 16 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R116°/12°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 39 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R215°/12°C · wind 28 km/h NW, gusts 48 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. Ryder Cup

1927–2025 in our record, 45 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

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