Ryder CUP １９２９ It began ..............MOORTOWN G.C Leeds

STICKING IT TO THE YANKS:   1929    MOORTOWN GOLF COURSE 

Talk about giving the others guys the shaft.   By 1929, the USGA had approved the use of steel shafts in competition. But the R&A had yet to do so. So, when the Americans showed up on English soil steeled, as it were, for battle, their opponents made it clear: steel-shafted clubs were a no-no. The Americans went back to their old equipment, and Great Britain went on to victory