Walker Cup

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The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland (in political terms the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). The event, officially called the Walker Cup Match (not "Matches", unlike the professional Ryder Cup Matches), is co-organised by the R&A and the United States Golf Association, and is named in honor of George Herbert Walker (grandfather and namesake of the former President of the United States George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of current President George W. Bush), who was president of the USGA in 1920 when the series was initiated. There was an unofficial event in 1921 and annual events to 1924. From that time on it became a biennial event, and after World War Two it switched to odd numbered years. It is played alternately on either side of the Atlantic. Half points for matches finishing even were awarded for the first time in 1971.

The Match employs a combination of foursomes (alternate-shot) and singles competition and was originally the format used for the professional equivalent Ryder Cup, which also began as a competition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; unlike the Ryder Cup, the Walker Cup has never been expanded to make all European amateur golfers eligible to compete. There is little present competitive reason to do so: through 2005 the United States leads the series 33 to 7, with one halved match, but the Great Britain & Ireland team has won three of the last four matches, and each of the last two matches has been decided by one point.

[edit] Results

Year	Venue	Winning Team	Score		Losing Team	Captains
2011	Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
2009	Merion Golf Club
2007	Royal County Down Golf Club					Buddy Marucci Colin Dalgleish
2005	Chicago Golf Club	United States	12½	11½	Great Britain & Ireland	Bob Lewis Garth McGimpsey
2003	Ganton Golf Club	Great Britain & Ireland	12½	11½	United States	Bob Lewis Garth McGimpsey
2001	Ocean Forest Golf Club	Great Britain & Ireland	15	9	United States	Danny Yates Peter McEvoy
1999	Nairn Golf Club	Great Britain & Ireland	15	9	United States	Danny Yates Peter McEvoy
1997	Quaker Ridge Golf Club	United States	18	6	Great Britain & Ireland	A. Downing Gray Clive Brown
1995	Royal Porthcawl Golf Club	Great Britain & Ireland	14	10	United States	A. Downing Gray Clive Brown
1993	Interlachen Country Club	United States	19	5	Great Britain & Ireland	Vinny Giles George MacGregor
1991	Portmarnock Golf Club	United States	14	10	Great Britain & Ireland	Jim Gabrielsen George MacGregor
1989	Peachtree Golf Club	Great Britain & Ireland	12½	11½	United States	Fred Ridley Geoffrey Marks
1987	Sunningdale Golf Club	United States	16½	7½	Great Britain & Ireland	Fred Ridley Geoffrey Marks
1985	Pine Valley Golf Club	United States	13	11	Great Britain & Ireland	Jay Sigel Charles Wilson Green
1983	Royal Liverpool Golf Club	United States	13½	10½	Great Britain & Ireland	Jay Sigel Charles Wilson Green
1981	Cypress Point Club	United States	15	9	Great Britain & Ireland	Jim Gabrielsen Rodney Foster
1979	Muirfield	United States	15½	8½	Great Britain & Ireland	Richard L. Siderowf Rodney Foster
1977	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club	United States	16	8	Great Britain & Ireland	Lewis Oehmig Sandy Saddler
1975	Old Course at St Andrews	United States	15½	8½	Great Britain & Ireland	Edgar Updegraff David Marsh
1973	The Country Club	United States	14	10	Great Britain & Ireland	Jess Sweetser David Marsh
1971	Old Course at St Andrews	Great Britain & Ireland	13	11	United States	John M. Winters Michael Bonallack
1969	Milwaukee Country Club	United States	10	8	Great Britain & Ireland	William J. Patton Michael Bonallack
1967	Royal St George's Golf Club	United States	13	7	Great Britain & Ireland	Jess Sweetser Joseph B. Carr
1965	Baltimore Country Club	United States	11	11	Great Britain & Ireland	John W. Fischer Joseph B. Carr
1963	Westin Turnberry Resort	United States	12	8	Great Britain & Ireland	Richard Tufts Charles Lawrie
1961	Seattle Golf Club	United States	11	1	Great Britain & Ireland	Jack Westland Charles Lawrie
1959	Muirfield	United States	9	3	Great Britain & Ireland	Charles Coe Gerald Micklem
1957	The Minikahda Club	United States	8½	3½	Great Britain & Ireland	Charles Coe Gerald Micklem
1955	Old Course at St Andrews	United States	10	2	Great Britain & Ireland	William C. Campbell G. Alec Hill
1953	The Kittansett Club	United States	9	3	Great Britain & Ireland	Charles R. Yates A. A. Duncan
1951	Royal Birkdale Golf Club	United States	7½	4½	Great Britain & Ireland	William Turnesa Raymond Oppenheimer
1949	Winged Foot Golf Club	United States	10	2	Great Britain & Ireland	Francis Ouimet Percy Lucas
1947	Old Course at St Andrews	United States	8	4	Great Britain & Ireland	Francis Ouimet John B. Beck
1940-46: Not held due to World War II
1938	Old Course at St Andrews	Great Britain & Ireland	7½	4½	United States	Francis Ouimet John B. Beck
1936	Pine Valley Golf Club	United States	10½	1½	Great Britain & Ireland	Francis Ouimet William Tweddell
1934	Old Course at St Andrews	United States	9½	2½	Great Britain & Ireland	Francis Ouimet Michael Scott
1932	The Country Club	United States	9½	2½	Great Britain & Ireland	Francis Ouimet T.A. Torrance
1930	Royal St George's Golf Club	United States	10	2	Great Britain & Ireland	Bobby Jones Roger Wethered
1928	Chicago Golf Club	United States	11	1	Great Britain & Ireland	Bobby Jones William Tweddell
1926	Old Course at St Andrews	United States	6½	5½	Great Britain & Ireland	Robert A. Gardner Robert Harris
1924	Garden City Golf Club	United States	9	3	Great Britain & Ireland	Robert A. Gardner Cyril Tolley
1923	Old Course at St Andrews	United States	6½	5½	Great Britain & Ireland	Robert A. Gardner Robert Harris
1922	National Golf Links of America	United States	8	4	Great Britain & Ireland	William C. Fownes Robert Harris