1967 Walker Cup

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.

21st Walker Cup Match
Dates19–20 May 1967
VenueRoyal St George's Golf Club
LocationSandwich, Kent, England
Captains

 7 13
United States wins the Walker Cup

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

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

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

&
Playing captain: Joe Carr

United States


Captain: Jess Sweetser

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Shade/Oosterhuis halved Murphy/Cerrudo
Foster/Saddler 1 up Campbell/Lewis
Bonallack/Attenborough 4 & 2 Gray/Tutwiler
Carr/Craddock 3 & 1 Dickson/Grant
0 Foursomes 3
0 Overall 3

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

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Bonnallack/Craddock 2 up Murphy/Cerrudo
Saddler/Pirie 1 up Campbell/Lewis
Shade/Oosterhuis 3 & 1 Gray/Tutwiler
Foster/Millensted 2 & 1 Allen/Fleckman
3 Foursomes 1
4 Overall 9

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

References
  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.
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