I don’t follow or play golf myself, but I did hear the news this weekend that the United States won its first Ryder Cup since 1999. That reminded me of some Hugh Morton images from the 1951 Ryder Cup, played in Pinehurst, N.C. (which the U.S. also won).
I have a list of the team members (below), but can anyone help me attach names to faces in these images? I know a few of them, and could probably fill the rest in a bit of research, but I thought I’d test the golf knowledge of our readership.
Team United States (list from Wikipedia): Sam Snead (Captain), Clayton Heafner, Ed Oliver, Ben Hogan, Jack Burke, Jr., Henry Ransom, Lloyd Mangrum, Jimmy Demaret, Skip Alexander
Elizabeth:
Here is my guess for the Ryder Cup photos:
Top Picture: (Left to Right)
Lloyd Mangrum (He is out of the frame, but you can see his nose and he has his arm around Henry Ransom)
Henry Ransom
Clayton Heafner
Sam Snead (with trophy)
Skip Alexander
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Ed Oliver
Bottom Picture: (Left To Right)
Lloyd Mangrum
Henry Ransom
I don’t believe that Jack Burke, Jr. is in either of these two pictures.
Elizabeth:
I just ran across the top Ryder Cup picture in Hugh’s 2003 book on page 177. The book picture is a little wider shot than the one in your post. It includes Jack Burke, Jr. on the far left I believe I have the other names correct.
Didn’t Dutch Harrison play on the 51′ Ryder Cup Team, but not present in your picture?
According to this first web site, Dutch Harrison played on three Ryder Cup teams, 1947, 1949, 1951. Don’t know why he isn’t in the Morton images.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Harrison
Here is the link to the 1951 Ryder Cup. Don’t see his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Ryder_Cup
I also thought he played in ’51. I guess it’s an oversight on the Wiki entry.
Stumbled on this article while researching some material for our Golf CLub in Morris county NJ. I thought i would find the answer here… strangely enough we had the same question! …