A Collection of Five Official Ryder Cup Golf Match Souvenir Programs 1963-1971
A collection of five vintage official souvenir programs for the biennial Ryder Cup golf matches, spanning ten years of tournament history from 1963 to 1971. The group includes programs for matches held in both the United States and Great Britain.
The 15th Ryder Cup (1963) program for the matches at East Lake Country Club in Atlanta, Georgia, features an aerial photographic cover of the course. The 16th Ryder Cup (1965) and 18th Ryder Cup (1969) programs both represent matches held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, Lancashire; the 1965 edition features a cream cover with the trophy and crossed flags, while the 1969 edition features a high-contrast trophy on a black ground. The 17th Ryder Cup (1967) program for the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, has a black cover with gold-tone lettering. The 19th Ryder Cup (1971) program for Old Warson Country Club in Saint Louis, Missouri, features stylized waving US and British flags on the cover.
Internal contents include detailed tournament information, player biographies with black-and-white portraits, course maps, and a wide array of period advertisements. Notable profiles in the 1969 program include Dave Hill, Gene Littler, Jack Nicklaus (noted as his first year of Ryder Cup eligibility), and Dan Sikes. Advertisements throughout the collection feature brands such as Coca-Cola, Buick, Oldsmobile, Texaco, Michelob, Falstaff Beer, Teacher's Scotch Whisky, Bourbon Supreme, St. James’s Scotch, Foot-Joy, Wilson, Viyella, and Izod Lacoste. The 1971 program contains a dedicated page for autographs which is blank..
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