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Saturday 22 September 1973Team cupsYear in Review
USA wins Ryder Cup
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 September 1973
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 33° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/8°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/8°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0.6 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
Muirfield, Muirfield
1 of 5 researched
Winner
USA
USA 19, Great Britain & Ireland 13Final
6 pointsMargin
Runner-up: Great Britain & Ireland
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