The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.

Muirfield had hosted the Open Championship the previous year, won by American Lee Trevino.

The top 8 were: Oosterhuis, Coles, Jacklin, Bembridge, Barnes, Butler, O'Connor and Gallacher.

[4] The selection committee chose the players lying 9th to 12th in the list: Garner, Polland, Clark and Huggett.

[5] Due to the rules of the PGA of America in place at the time, players with less than five years as a professional were not eligible for the U.S. team, which included reigning U.S. Open champion Johnny Miller and Lanny Wadkins.