Teams
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In late 1928, it was announced that a selection committee of five professional golfers would choose the Great Britain team for the 1929 Ryder Cup. This committee consisted of James Braid, Sandy Herd and J.H. Taylor together with J.B. Batley and R. Mackenzie. In January 1929, the team of 10 (as above) were selected with Duncan as captain.
It was originally planned that, as in 1927, only eight players should be used by each team. However, Hagan wished to use all 10 of his players. This was agreed to, although Duncan announced that he would only select eight as originally intended. Alliss and Burns were left out.
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