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1923 Walker Cup

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Dates
  
18–19 May 1923

Location
  
St Andrews, Scotland

Venue
  
Old Course

5½
  
6½

Captains
  
Robert Harris (Great Britain)Robert A. Gardner (USA)

The 1923 Walker Cup, the second Walker Cup Match, was 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.

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Format

There were ten players in each team. Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Friday 18 May and eight singles matches on Saturday 19 May. Each of the 12 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. Matches level after 36 holes were halved.

Team Great Britain


Captain: Robert Harris

  • John Caven
  • Ernest Holderness
  • Chubby Hooman
  • William L. Hope
  • Willis Mackenzie
  • William Murray
  • Cyril Tolley
  • Roger Wethered
  • John Wilson

    • Orme C. Bristowe was the reserve.

    Team United States


    Captain: Robert A. Gardner

  • S. Davidson Herron
  • Harrison R. Johnston
  • Max R. Marston
  • J.F. Neville
  • Francis Ouimet
  • George V. Rotan
  • Jess Sweetser
  • Oscar F. Willing
  • Frederick J. Wright

    • References

    1923 Walker Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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