Judges' Unpopular Decision First Ryder Cup Reverse on British Ground Meant Record American Victory London, June 30. Eerasusumo a new record in the history of the tournament, the golf professionals of the United States won the Ryder Cup on British soil for the first time to-day, defeating their British opponents by seven matches to three, with two halved.
The Americans will now endeavour to accomplish the "double" by capturing the British Open, which will be played at Carnoustie from July 5 to July 9.
With a lead of 2% to 1% in the foursomes, the Americans won five and halved one of the eight singles in the worst possible conditions—there being rain and wind—to achieve what no other American Ryder Cup team had previously done—defeat the Britons at home.
The greatest defeat in the singles to-day was suffered by the British open Champion, Alf Padgham, who went down by the huge margin of 8 and 7 to Ralph Guldahl, the American Open Champion.
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