The 11th Ryder Cup Matches were held November 5–6, 1955, at Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.

Source: [4] Seven members of the British team were chosen from the Order of Merit after the 1955 Open Championship.

[5][6] The seven who qualified after the Open were: Rees, Bradshaw, Scott, Weetman, O'Connor, Bousfield and Jacobs.

[8] The three remaining players, Brown, Lees and Fallon, were chosen at the end of the Dunlop Masters in September.

Brown had recently lost in the final of the News of the World Match Play where Lees was a losing semi-finalist.