1927 Abe Mitchell Score Card Stratford upon Avon Golf Club. Mitchell was supposed to be the player-captain of Great Britain's first Ryder Cup team in 1927 but was unable to make the voyage to the United States due to appendicitis. He did play on the next three teams in 1929, 1931, and 1933. Mitchell possibly was Samuel Ryder's personal golf instructor from 1925 at Verulam Golf Club, St Albans. The figure on top of the Cup trophy is modelled after Mitchell