Golf Ireland today
18th Ryder Cup at Royal Birkdale, Southport from 18th - 20th September
| Royal Birkdale, Southport, September 18th to 20th 1969 |
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| Great Britain & Ireland Captain: E. C. Brown | America Captain: Sam Snead | |||||
| Great Britain and Ireland | Holes | Points |
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America | Holes | Points |
| Foursomes a. m. September 18th | ||||||
| N. Coles & B. Huggett | 3 & 2 | 1 | M. Barber & R. Floyd | 0 | ||
| B. Gallacher & M. Bembridge | 3 & 1 | 1 | L. Trevino & K. Still | 0 | ||
| T. Jacklin & P. Townsend | 3 & 1 | 1 | D. Hill & T. Aaron | 0 | ||
| C. O'Connor & P. Allis | Halved | ½ | B. Casper & F. Beard | Halved | ½ | |
| Fourball p. m. Day 1 |
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| N. Coles & B. Huggett | 0 | D. Hill & T. Aaron | 1-up | 1 | ||
| B. Gallacher & M. Bembridge | 0 | L. Trevino & G. Littler | 2-up | 1 | ||
| T. Jacklin & P. Townsend | Halved | ½ | B. Casper & F. Beard | Halved | ½ | |
| P. Butler & B. Hunt | 0 | J. Nicklaus & D. Sikes | 1-up | 1 | ||
| Points after Day 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Fourball a. m. September 19th |
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| C. O'Connor & P Townsend | 1-up | 1 | D. Hill & D. Douglas | 0 | ||
| B. Huggett & A. Caygill | Halved | ½ | R. Floyd & M. Barber | Halved | ½ | |
| B. Barnes & P. Allis | 0 | L. Trevino & G. Littler | 1-up | 1 | ||
| T. Jacklin & N. Coles | 1-up | 1 | J. Nicklaus & S. Sikes | 0 | ||
| Foursomes p. m. Day 2 |
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| P. Butler & P. Townsend | 0 | B. Casper & F. Beard | 2-up | 1 | ||
| B. Huggett & B. Gallacher | 0 | B. Hill & K. Still | 2 & 1 | 1 | ||
| M. Bembridge & B. Hunt | Halved | ½ | T. Aaron & R. Floyd | Halved | ½ | |
| T. Jacklin &N. Cole | Halved | ½ | L. Trevino & M. Barber | Halved | ½ | |
| Points after Day 2 | 7 ½ | 8 ½ | ||||
| Singles a. m. September 20th |
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| Peter Alliss | 0 | Lee Trevino | 2 & 1 | 1 | ||
| Peter Townsend | 0 | Dave Hill | 5 & 4 | 1 | ||
| Neil Coles | 1-up | 1 | Tommy Aaron | 0 | ||
| Brian Barnes | 0 | Billy Casper | 1-up | 1 | ||
| Christy O'Connor | 5 & 4 | 1 | Frank Beard | 0 | ||
| Maurice Bembridge | 1-up | 1 | Ken Still | 0 | ||
| Peter Butler | 1-up | 1 | Ray Floyd | 0 | ||
| Tony Jacklin | 4 & 3 | 1 | Jack Nicklaus | 0 | ||
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| Singles p. m. Day 3 |
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| Brian Barnes | 0 | Dave Hill | 4 & 2 | 1 | ||
| Bernard Gallacher | 4 & 3 | 1 | Lee Trevino | 0 | 0 | |
| Maurice Bembridge | 0 | Miller Barber | 7 & 6 | 1 | ||
| Peter Butler | 3 & 2 | 1 | Dale Douglas | 0 | ||
| Neil Coles | 0 | Dan Sikes | 4 & 3 | 1 | ||
| Christy O'Connor | 0 | Gene Littler | 2 & 1 | 1 | ||
| Brian Huggett | Halved | ½ | Billy Casper | Halved | ½ | |
| Tony Jacklin | Halved | ½ | Jack Nicklaus | Halved | ½ | |
| Points after Day 3 | 16 | 16 | ||||
