1975 Walker Cup

The 1975 Walker Cup, the 25th Walker Cup Match, was played on 28 and 29 May 1975, on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The event was won by the United States 15½ to 8½.[1]

25th Walker Cup Match
Dates28–29 May 1975
VenueOld Course at St Andrews
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Captains

 8½ 15½
United States wins the Walker Cup

Format

The format for play on Wednesday and Thursday 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. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ 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 plus one non-playing captain for each team.[2]

Great Britain & Ireland

&
Captain: David Marsh

United States


Captain: Ed Updegraff

Wednesday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
James/Eyles 1 up Pate/Siderowf
Davies/Poxon 5 & 4 Burns/Stadler
Green/Stuart 2 & 1 Haas/Strange
Macgregor/Hutcheon 5 & 4 Giles/Koch
1 Foursomes 3
1 Overall 3

Afternoon singles
& Results
Mark James 2 & 1 Jerry Pate
John Davies halved Curtis Strange
Pat Mulcare 1 up Dick Siderowf
Hugh Stuart 3 & 2 Gary Koch
Martin Poxon 3 & 1 John Grace
Ian Hutcheon halved William C. Campbell
Richard Eyles 2 & 1 Jay Haas
George Macgregor 3 & 2 Vinny Giles
3 Singles 5
4 Overall 8

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Mulcare/Hutcheon 1 up Pate/Siderowf
James/Eyles 5 & 3 Campbell/Grace
Green/Stuart 1 up Burns/Stadler
Hedges/Davies 3 & 2 Haas/Strange
2 Foursomes 2
6 Overall 10

Afternoon singles
& Results
Ian Hutcheon 3 & 2 Jerry Pate
Pat Mulcare 4 & 3 Curtis Strange
Mark James 5 & 4 Gary Koch
John Davies 2 & 1 George Burns
Charlie Green 2 & 1 John Grace
George Macgregor 3 & 2 Craig Stadler
Richard Eyles 2 & 1 William C. Campbell
Peter Hedges halved Vinny Giles
2½ Singles 5½
8½ Overall 15½

References
  1. Jacobs, Raymond (30 May 1975). "U.S. Strength in depth counts". Glasgow Herald. p. 30.
  2. "1975 – St. Andrews". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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