Moortown Golf Club

Moortown Golf Club hosted the second “official” Ryder Cup match between the USA and Great Britain in 1929. Team Captains were Walter Hagen (US), George Duncan (GB). It was a close match, which the British won, GB 7 - USA 5. The Ryder Cup was inaugurated two years earlier at the Worcester Country Club and the 1931 Ryder Cup was played at Fred Lawson-Brown, a non-golfer, was inspired by the beauty of and decided that Leeds should have an equivalent golf…