Right: Rory McIlroy, The Open, Hoylake 2014
Below left: Rickie Fowler at Hoylake in 2014
Below right: The victorious GB&I team of 2011
13 European victories, and, at 16 years of age, set the course record of 61 on the
Dunluce links at Royal Portrush where the Open Championship is to be staged this year. Danny Willett won the Masters Tournament in 2016 thus becoming only the second Englishman to do so.
The US team was captained by George “Buddy” Marucci Jr. and included Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson, Kyle Stanley and Billy Horschel. Since turning professional these players have won 35 PGA tour events and have amassed winnings of approximately $160 million. Day 1 - Foursomes: US 2, GB&I 2. Singles: US 4, GB&I 4.
Day 2 - Foursomes: US 4, GB&I 0. Singles: US 2 ½, GB&I 5 ½.
The match came down to the game
between Nigel Edwards and Jonathan Moore. Nigel lost by 1 hole. The overall match result was US 12 ½, GB&I 11 ½.
Match 42 2009, MERION, ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, USA. The East course at Merion was the venue for the 42nd match. It opened in 1911, was designed by amateur golf course architect Hugh Wilson, and was once described by the editor of Golf Digest as a “three act play”, consisting of the drama (holds 1 to 6), the comedy (holes 7 to 13) and the tragedy (holes 14 to 18). Closely associated with the USGA, many memorable championships have
been contested there. Chick Evans won the US Amateur in 1916 to complete the Amateur and US Open double. Bobby Jones completed the final leg of his grand slam in 1930. Ben Hogan staged his remarkable come-back from a car crash to win the US Open in 1950. Lee Trevino won the US Open in 1971, beating Jack Nicklaus, and then went on to win the Canadian Open and Open championships all within the space of 20 days. Justin Rose won the US Open there in 2013.
The GB&I team was captained by Colin
Dalgleish. None of the members of his team had previously played in the Walker Cup. The US team was captained by George “Buddy” Marucci Jr. and included Rickie Fowler, Brian Harman, Cameron Tringale and Peter Uihlein. Merion is the home club of Buddy Marucci Jr. The format of the match was altered
and all ten players played in the final days singles. Day 1 - Foursomes: US 3, GB&I 1. Singles: US 5, GB&I 3. Day 2 - Foursomes: US 3, GB&I 1. Singles: US 5 ½. GB&I 4 ½.
Both Ricky Fowler and Peter Uihlein
earned maximum 4 points each in the match. The overall match result was US 16 ½, GB&I 9 ½.
Match 43 2011, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND. Royal Aberdeen golf club is the sixth oldest golf club in the world. The game has been played there for around 240 years. That doyen of golf writers, Bernard Darwin, vouched for its quality saying it is “much more than a good golf course, it is a noble links”. Nigel Edwards, one of the last career
amateur golfers and a veteran of four Walker Cup matches, was captain of the GB&I team which included Irishman Paul Cutler, Welshman Rhys Pugh, and Englishmen Tom Lewis and Andy Sullivan. Tom Lewis won the silver medal for low amateur at the 2011 Open at Royal St George’s and, with an opening 65, recorded the lowest
round by an
amateur in Open history. Jim Holtgrieve, a veteran of 3 Walker
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