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Saturday 7 November 1959Team cupsYear in Review
USA wins Ryder Cup
Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California · Friday 6 to Saturday 7 November 1959
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/10°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- 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.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Team cup
Ryder Cup
Eldorado Country Club, Eldorado
1 of 5 researched
Winner
USA
USA 8½, Great Britain 3½Total
5 pointsMargin
Runner-up: Great Britain
To par not yet researched.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet