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Saturday 18 September 1971Team cupsYear in Review
USA wins Ryder Cup
Old Warson Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri · Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 September 1971
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 40 · 14.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/14°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/15°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
Old Warson Country Club, Old Warson
1 of 5 researched
Winner
USA
USA 18½, Great Britain 13½Total
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