1935 Ryder Cup

The 5th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey, a suburb northwest of New York City in Bergen County. The United States team won the competition by a score of 9–3 points to regain the cup.

5th Ryder Cup Matches

Dates	September 28–29, 1935
Venue	Ridgewood Country Club
Location	Paramus, New Jersey
Captains	Walter Hagen (USA) Charles Whitcombe (Great Britain)
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United States wins the Ryder Cup
← 1933 1937 →

Ridgewood CC

Location in the United States

Ridgewood CC

Location in New Jersey

The U.S. took a 3–2 lead in the series, all of which were won on home soil. It was the first of seven consecutive wins by the U.S. side, which did not lose again until 1957 in England.

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1927 through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, 61⁄2 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes.

Teams

Source: ^[1]

Team USA
Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Walter Hagen – captain	42	4	8	6–1–1	81.25
Olin Dutra	34	1	2	0–2–0	0.00
Ky Laffoon	26	0	Rookie
Sam Parks	26	0	Rookie
Henry Picard	28	0	Rookie
Johnny Revolta	24	0	Rookie
Paul Runyan	27	1	2	0–2–0	0.00
Gene Sarazen	33	4	8	4–2–2	62.50
Horton Smith	27	3	2	2–0–0	100.00
Craig Wood	33	2	3	1–2–0	33.33

In February 1935, it was announced that a selection committee of six would choose the Great Britain team for the 1935 Ryder Cup.^[2] As in 1933, Henry Cotton would not be considered as he was employed by a Belgium club. In July, the first eight players were selected: Alliss, Burton, Busson, Cox, Jarman, Padgham, Perry and Charles Whitcombe. Whitcombe was chosen as captain.^[3] In August the remaining two, Ernest and Reg Whitcombe were selected.^[4]

The British team sailed from Southampton on the Empress of Australia for Quebec on September 14 following the conclusion of the News of the World Match Play the previous day.^[5] They returned from New York on board Aquitania leaving on October 17.^[6]

Team Great Britain
Name	Age	Previous Ryder Cups	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Charles Whitcombe – captain	40	4	7	2–2–3	50.00
Percy Alliss	38	2	2	1–0–1	75.00
Dick Burton	27	0	Rookie
Jack Busson	24	0	Rookie
Bill Cox	25	0	Rookie
Ted Jarman	28	0	Rookie
Alf Padgham	29	1	2	0–2–0	0.00
Alf Perry	30	1	1	0–1–0	0.00
Ernest Whitcombe	44	2	4	0–3–1	12.50
Reg Whitcombe	37	0	Rookie

Saturday's foursome matches

	Results
Perry/Busson	7 & 6	Sarazen/Hagen
Padgham/Alliss	6 & 5	Picard/Revolta
Cox/Jarman	9 & 8	Runyan/Smith
C. Whitcombe/E. Whitcombe	1 up	Dutra/Laffoon
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

Sunday's singles matches

	Results
Jack Busson	3 & 2	Gene Sarazen
Dick Burton	5 & 3	Paul Runyan
Reg Whitcombe	2 & 1	Johnny Revolta
Alf Padgham	4 & 2	Olin Dutra
Percy Alliss	1 up	Craig Wood
Bill Cox	halved	Horton Smith
Ernest Whitcombe	3 & 2	Henry Picard
Alf Perry	halved	Sam Parks
2	Session	6
3	Overall	9

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Source: ^[1]

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Olin Dutra	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Walter Hagen	1	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0
Ky Laffoon	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Sam Parks	0.5	0–0–1	0–0–1	0–0–0
Henry Picard	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Johnny Revolta	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Paul Runyan	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Gene Sarazen	2	2–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Horton Smith	1.5	1–0–1	0–0–1	1–0–0
Craig Wood	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0

Great Britain

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes
Percy Alliss	1	1–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Dick Burton	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0
Jack Busson	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Bill Cox	0.5	0–1–1	0–0–1	0–1–0
Ted Jarman	0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Alf Padgham	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Alf Perry	0.5	0–1–1	0–0–1	0–1–0
Charles Whitcombe	1	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0
Ernest Whitcombe	1	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Reg Whitcombe	0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0