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
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
15½ United States
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

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Captain: England David Marsh

United States

United States
Captain: Ed Updegraff

Wednesday's matches

Morning foursomes

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
James/Eyles United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Pate/Siderowf
Davies/Poxon United States 5 & 4 Burns/Stadler
Green/Stuart United States 2 & 1 Haas/Strange
Macgregor/Hutcheon United States 5 & 4 Giles/Koch
1 Foursomes 3
1 Overall 3

Afternoon singles

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

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Mulcare/Hutcheon United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Pate/Siderowf
James/Eyles United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 3 Campbell/Grace
Green/Stuart United States 1 up Burns/Stadler
Hedges/Davies United States 3 & 2 Haas/Strange
2 Foursomes 2
6 Overall 10

Afternoon singles

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Ian Hutcheon United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Jerry Pate
Pat Mulcare United States 4 & 3 Curtis Strange
Mark James United States 5 & 4 Gary Koch
John Davies United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 George Burns
Charlie Green United States 2 & 1 John Grace
George Macgregor United States 3 & 2 Craig Stadler
Richard Eyles United States 2 & 1 William C. Campbell
Peter Hedges halved Vinny Giles
Singles
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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