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Ryder Cup During World War II

The Ryder Cup matches between the United States and Great Britain were cancelled during World War II, but beginning in 1940, the American team played a series of “challenge matches” in the Detroit area to raise money for war-related charities. This is the story of those matches.

The Ryder Cup Challenge Matches

The Ryder Cup Challenge Matches: Scorecards and Results, 1940-1943

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