1923 Walker Cup
Dates | 18–19 May 1923 | ||||
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Venue | Old Course | ||||
Location | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||
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United States wins the Walker Cup | |||||
The 1923 Walker Cup, the second Walker Cup Match, was a team golf match played on 18 and 19 May 1923 on the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The United States won 6 to 5, with one match halved.[1]
Format
[edit]There were ten players in each team. Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Friday and eight singles matches on Saturday. Each of the 12 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. Matches level after 36 holes were halved.
Teams
[edit]Team Great Britain
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Playing captain: Robert Harris
John Caven
Ernest Holderness
Chubby Hooman
William Hope
Willis Mackenzie
William Murray
Cyril Tolley
Roger Wethered
John Wilson
Orme Bristowe was the reserve.[2] John Caven was not selected for any matches.
Team United States
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Playing captain: Robert Gardner
- Davidson Herron
- Jimmy Johnston
- Max Marston
- Jack Neville
- Francis Ouimet
- George Rotan
- Jess Sweetser
- Oscar Willing
- Fred Wright
Friday's foursomes
[edit]![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Wethered/Tolley | ![]() | Ouimet/Sweetser |
Harris/Hooman | ![]() | Gardner/Marston |
Holderness/Hope | ![]() | Rotan/Herron |
Wilson/Murray | ![]() | Johnston/Neville |
3 | Session | 1 |
3 | Overall | 1 |
Saturday's singles
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1923 – St. Andrews". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Great Britain v America - Teams for the Walker Cup". The Times. 12 May 1923. p. 6.