1951 Walker Cup
| Dates | 11–12 May 1951 | ||||
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| Venue | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Southport, Lancashire, England | ||||
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| United States wins the Walker Cup | |||||
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The 1951 Walker Cup, the 13th Walker Cup Match, was played on 11 and 12 May 1951, at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Lancashire, England. The United States won by 6 matches to 3 with 3 matches halved.[1][2]
Format
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. If a match was all square after the 36th hole extra holes were not played. The team with most points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.
Teams
Great Britain & Ireland had a team of 10 plus a non-playing captain. The United States only selected a team of 9, which included a playing captain.[3] Frank Deighton was in the Great Britain & Ireland team but was not selected for any matches.
Great Britain & Ireland
United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Captain: England Raymond Oppenheimer
- Republic of Ireland Jimmy Bruen
- England Ian Caldwell
- Republic of Ireland Joe Carr
- Scotland Frank Deighton
- Republic of Ireland Cecil Ewing
- Scotland Alex Kyle
- England John Langley
- Northern Ireland Max McCready
- Wales John Llewellyn Morgan
- England Ronnie White
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United States
United States
Playing captain: Willie Turnesa
- William C. Campbell
- Dick Chapman
- Charles Coe
- Bobby Knowles
- Jim McHale Jr.
- Harold Paddock Jr.
- Frank Stranahan
- Sam Urzetta
Friday's foursomes
Jimmy Bruen, who was paired with John Llewellyn Morgan, had a recurrence of a wrist injury during his match. The match was close until the 8th hole on the afternoon round but, with Bruen's wrist getting worse, the American pair of Turnesa and Urzetta then won 6 holes in a row to win 5&4. Bruen withdrew from the singles.[4]
| United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| White/Carr | halved | Stranahan/Campbell |
| Ewing/Langley | halved | Coe/McHale |
| Kyle/Caldwell | United States 1 up | Chapman/Knowles |
| Bruen/Morgan | United States 5 & 4 | Turnesa/Urzetta |
| 0 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 0 | Overall | 2 |
Saturday's singles
| United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Max McCready | United States 4 & 3 | Sam Urzetta |
| Joe Carr | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 | Frank Stranahan |
| Ronnie White | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 | Charles Coe |
| John Langley | United States 2 up | Jim McHale Jr. |
| Cecil Ewing | United States 5 & 4 | William C. Campbell |
| Alex Kyle | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 up | Willie Turnesa |
| Ian Caldwell | halved | Harold Paddock Jr. |
| John Llewellyn Morgan | United States 7 & 6 | Dick Chapman |
| 3 | Singles | 4 |
| 3 | Overall | 6 |
References
- ↑ "Britain's improving showing in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1951. p. 6.
- ↑ Turnesa, William P. (June 1951). "The Walker Cup Match" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 10.
- ↑ "1951 – Birkdale". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ↑ "Walker Cup lead for America". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1951. p. 5.