Above: 1965 Walker Cup programme


Left: The 1957 USA Walker Cup team


In 1953…... The match was played at


Kittansett,


Massachusetts. The stalwarts on the GB&I team included Carr, White, Micklem and Morgan. The USA team included Campbell, Coe, Ward and Ken Venturi. Carr and White were beaten 6 and 4 in the foursomes by Urzetta and Venturi. It was White’s first defeat since his selection in 1947. The USA won 3 of the 4 foursomes games. The singles resulted in 6 wins for the USA and 2 wins, by Morgan and White, for GB&I. USA won the match 9 games to 3. The match is best remembered for a rules infringement by a USA player who discovered he had 16 clubs in his bag. The penalty was loss of game but on hearing of this the GB&I captain, Tony Duncan, invoked the “exceptional circumstances” rule and requested a 2 holes penalty instead. The media reported the incident under the heading BRITANNIA WAIVES THE RULES.


In 1955…... The match was played at St Andrews.


Again, the stalwarts for GB&I were Carr, White, Micklem, Morgan and Ewing playing in the last of his 6 Walker Cup match appearances. GB&I were whitewashed in the foursomes and won only 2 games in the singles. USA won the match 10 games to 2.


In 1957…... Minikahda, Minneapolis hosted the


1957 match. The GB&I team, captained by Gerald Micklem, included Carr, Reid Jack, Alan Thirwell and Guy Wolstenholme. The foursomes went 2 games to 1 in favour of the USA, whose team included Bill Campbell and Billy Joe Patton. The singles were won comprehensively 6 games to 2 by the USA team. USA won the match 8 games to 3.


In 1959…... It was the turn of Muirfield. Messrs Carr,


Jack and Wolstenholme were joined by Michael Bonallack on the GB&I team. Messrs Ward, Hyndman, Aaron, Patton and Coe were joined by Jack Nicklaus on the USA team. The foursomes were a whitewash in favour of the USA and they also won 5 singles. USA won the match 9 games to 3.


In 1961…... The match was played in Seattle,


Washington. It was the first Walker Cup match played in the Western United States. In addition to Carr and Bonallack, Brian Chapman, a current member of Royal Liverpool, was on the GB&I team. The foursomes and all but one of the singles were won by the USA. USA won the match 11 games to 1.


In 1963…... The match descended on Turnberry. The


GB&I team included Bonallack, Carr, Shade, Lunt


and Christmas. Patton,


Beman, Coe and Davies were on the USA team. This was the first year of the new format for the match. On Day 1 the USA won the foursomes 2 to 1 and the singles 5 to 1. With a commanding lead going into the second day they won all foursomes and 5 of the singles. USA won the match 12 games to 8.


In 1965…... Baltimore, Maryland was the venue for


the 1965 match. The USA team included Campbell, Beman and Patton whilst the GB&I team included Bonallack, Shade, Lunt, Peter Townsend and playing Captain Joe Carr. GB&I won 2 of the foursomes and 6 of the singles on the first day to give them a commanding lead of 8 games to 3.


The foursomes were


shared on the second day. The strength in depth of the Americans came to the fore in the singles and they won 6 games. The overall result was a drawn game with 11 games each. The USA, as holders of the Cup, retained the trophy.


In 1967…... The match returned to Royal St. George’s,


Sandwich, where it had been played


previously in 1930. Campbell was the mainstay of the USA team once again. The GB&I team included


Bonallack,


Shade, Carr, Foster, Peter Oosterhuis and Irishman Tom Craddock. On the first day, the USA won 3 of the foursomes and 5 of the singles to give them a healthy lead. On the second day the GB&I team won 3 of the foursomes and 3 of the singles. USA won the match 13 games to 7.


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