1969 - Team Team Events
The winners in the category "1969 - Team Team Events" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (18th) (Sept 18-20). USA vs Great Britain. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight fourball matches, eight foursomes and 16 singles. Non-playing captains: Sam Snead (USA); Eric Brown (Scot/GB). [Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].
Overall result: USA 16, GB 16; the tied score resulted in the USA retaining the Ryder Cup as holders.
Saturday morning singles (home player stated first): Peter Alliss (Eng) lost to Lee Trevino 2&1; Peter Townsend (Eng) lost to Dave Hill 5&4; Neil Coles (Eng) bt Tommy Aaron 1 hole; Brian Barnes (Scot) lost to Billy Casper 1 hole; Christy O'Connor (Ire) bt Frank Beard 5&4; Maurice Bembridge (Eng) bt Ken Still 1 hole; Peter Butler (Eng) bt Raymond Floyd 1 hole; Tony Jacklin (Eng) bt Jack Nicklaus 4&3.
Saturday afternoon singles: Barnes lost to Hill 4&2; Bernard Gallacher (Scot) bt Trevino 4&3; Bembridge lost to Miller Barber 7&6; Butler bt Dale Douglass 3&2; Coles lost to Dan Sikes 4&3; O'Connor lost to Gene Littler 2&1; Brian Huggett (Wales) halved with Casper; Jacklin halved with Nicklaus.
Note: Alex Caygill (Eng) and Bernard Hunt (Eng) did not play in the singles.
The Concession: most memorably, in the final match on the final green, Ryder Cup rookie Jack Nicklaus conceded a three-foot putt to his opponent Tony Jacklin. If Jacklin missed the putt the Americans would have won outright. The "concession" provided an unforgettable sporting gesture at the end of a contest that had been anything but sportsmanlike in the first two days.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (22nd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 8; no points awarded for the six halved matches. Non-playing captain: Billy Joe Patton (USA); playing captain: Michael Bonallack (Eng/GB&I). [Milwaukee CC, River Hills, nr Milwaukee, Wisconsin].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Bruce Fleisher halved with Michael Bonallack (Eng); Vinny Giles III bt Charlie Green (Scot) 1 hole; Allen Miller III bt Bruce Critchley (Eng) 1 hole; Dick Siderowf bt Peter Tupling (Eng) 6&5; Steve Melnyk lost to Peter Benka (Eng) 3&1; Lanny Wadkins lost to Geoff Marks (Eng) 1 hole; John Bohmann bt Michael King (Eng) 2&1; Ed Updegraff bt Rodney Foster (Eng) 6&5.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Fleisher lost to Bonallack 5&4; Siderowf halved with Critchley; Miller bt King 1 hole; Giles halved with Tom Craddock (Ire); Joe Inman bt Benka 2&1; Bohmann lost to Andrew Brooks (Scot) 4&3; Bill Hyndman III halved with Green; Updegraff lost to Marks 3&2.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Takaaki Kono & Haruo Yasuda (Jpn) finished 8 shots behind Lee Trevino & Orville Moody (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Best individual score: Lee Trevino (275). [Bukit course, Singapore Island CC, Singapore].
Sony Open in Hawaii: played at Waialae Country Club near Honolulu, the Sony Open takes over the spotlight from The Sentry as the PGA Tour’s calendar-year opening event (Jan 15-18). The Sentry (not being played in 2026) was formerly known as the Tournament of Champions, with a field typically restricted to golfers who won a PGA Tour event in the previous calendar year.
Dubai Desert Classic: the DP World Tour’s first Rolex Series event of 2026, is contested for the 37th time (Jan 22-25). First won by Englishman Mark James in 1989, it now boasts a four-time winner, Rory McIlroy. Played on the Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis course, this once desert-surrounded course is the long-time flagship for Golf in Dubai.
Our visit last month included two rounds at Golf de Chantilly, one of France’s most prestigious clubs.
It offers two superb layouts: Le Vineuil, a five-star championship course with a rich history, and Longères, an excellent four-star course that provides a strong and enjoyable test.
The wider Paris region offers plenty more. Courses such as Fontainebleau, Golf de Saint-Germain, and several other top-rated layouts make this area one of Europe’s most rewarding golf destinations, offering a mix of woodland, heathland, and parkland designs.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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