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1923 Walker Cup

Coordinates: 56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W / 56.343; -2.803
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2nd Walker Cup Match
Dates18–19 May 1923
VenueOld Course
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Captains
United Kingdom 5 6 United States
United States wins the Walker Cup
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1924 →

The 1923 Walker Cup, the second Walker Cup Match, was a team golf match 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.[1]

Format

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There were ten players in each team. 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. Matches level after 36 holes were halved.

Teams

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Team Great Britain

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United Kingdom
Playing captain: Scotland Robert Harris

Orme Bristowe was the reserve.[2] John Caven was not selected for any matches.

Team United States

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United States
Playing captain: Robert Gardner

Friday's foursomes

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United Kingdom Results United States
Wethered/Tolley United Kingdom 6 & 5 Ouimet/Sweetser
Harris/Hooman United States 7 & 6 Gardner/Marston
Holderness/Hope United Kingdom 1 up Rotan/Herron
Wilson/Murray United Kingdom 4 & 3 Johnston/Neville
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Saturday's singles

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United Kingdom Results United States
Roger Wethered halved Francis Ouimet
Cyril Tolley United Kingdom 4 & 3 Jess Sweetser
Robert Harris United States 1 up Robert Gardner
Willis Mackenzie United States 5 & 4 George Rotan
William Hope United States 6 & 5 Max Marston
Ernest Holderness United States 1 up Fred Wright
John Wilson United Kingdom 1 up Davidson Herron
William Murray United States 2 & 1 Oscar Willing
2 Session 5
5 Overall 6

References

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  1. ^ "1923 – St. Andrews". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Great Britain v America - Teams for the Walker Cup". The Times. 12 May 1923. p. 6.

56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W / 56.343; -2.803