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1967 Walker Cup

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21st Walker Cup Match
Dates19–20 May 1967
VenueRoyal St George's Golf Club
LocationSandwich, Kent, England
Captains
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
7 13 United States
United States wins the Walker Cup
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The 1967 Walker Cup, the 21st Walker Cup Match, was played on 19 and 20 May 1967, at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent, England. The event was won by the United States 13 to 7 with 4 matches halved.

The United States took an 8 to 1 lead on the first day.[1] Great Britain and Ireland did much better on the second day, winning the morning foursomes. Needing just two wins in the afternoon singles, the United States won four and halved another for a convincing victory.[2]

Format

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The format for play on Friday and Saturday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.

Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th 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

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Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. Great Britain & Ireland had a playing captain, while the United States had a non-playing captain.[3]

Great Britain & Ireland

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Playing captain: Republic of Ireland Joe Carr

United States

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United States
Captain: Jess Sweetser

Friday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Shade/Oosterhuis halved Murphy/Cerrudo
Foster/Saddler United States 1 up Campbell/Lewis
Bonallack/Attenborough United States 4 & 2 Gray/Tutwiler
Carr/Craddock United States 3 & 1 Dickson/Grant
0 Foursomes 3
0 Overall 3

Afternoon singles

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Ronnie Shade United States 2 & 1 William C. Campbell
Rodney Foster United States 2 & 1 Bob Murphy
Michael Bonallack halved Downing Gray
Michael Attenborough United States 4 & 3 Ron Cerrudo
Peter Oosterhuis United States 6 & 4 Bob Dickson
Tom Craddock United States 2 & 1 Jack Lewis Jr
Sandy Pirie halved Don Allen
Sandy Saddler United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Marty Fleckman
1 Singles 5
1 Overall 8

Saturday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Bonnallack/Craddock United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 up Murphy/Cerrudo
Saddler/Pirie United States 1 up Campbell/Lewis
Shade/Oosterhuis United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 1 Gray/Tutwiler
Foster/Millensted United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Allen/Fleckman
3 Foursomes 1
4 Overall 9

Afternoon singles

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Ronnie Shade United States 3 & 2 William C. Campbell
Michael Bonallack United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 2 Bob Murphy
Sandy Saddler United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Downing Gray
Rodney Foster halved Ron Cerrudo
Sandy Pirie United States 4 & 3 Bob Dickson
Tom Craddock United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 4 Jack Lewis Jr
Peter Oosterhuis United States 1 up Jimmy Grant
Dudley Millensted United States 3 & 1 Ed Tutwiler
3 Singles 4
7 Overall 13

References

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  1. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (20 May 1967). "U.S. only three points from Walker Cup victory". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (22 May 1967). "Respectability given to Walker Cup result". Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  3. ^ "1967 – Royal St. George's". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2018.