1983 Walker Cup
The 1983 Walker Cup, the 29th Walker Cup Match, was played on 25 and 26 May 1983, at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England. The event was won by the United States 13½ to 10½.
| Dates | 25–26 May 1983 | ||||
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| Venue | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Hoylake, England | ||||
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| United States wins the Walker Cup | |||||
The match was level after the second day foursomes. In the final round of 8 singles, Great Britain and Ireland had just two wins, by Philip Walton and Andrew Oldcorn, both of whom had also won their singles on the first day. The United States won 5 of the singles matches and halved the other to win the Walker Cup for the sixth successive time.[1]
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. The United States had a playing captain, while Great Britain & Ireland had a non-playing captain.[2]
Great Britain & Ireland
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Captain: 
Charlie Green
David Carrick- Stephen Keppler
- Malcolm Lewis
- George Macgregor
- Lindsay Mann
- Andrew Oldcorn
Philip Parkin- Arthur Pierse
- Martin Thompson
- Philip Walton
United States
Playing captain: Jay Sigel
- Nathaniel Crosby
- Brad Faxon
- Rick Fehr
- William Hoffer
- Jim Holtgrieve
- Bob Lewis
- David Tentis
- Billy Tuten
- Willie Wood
Wednesday's matches
Morning foursomes
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Results | |
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| Macgregor/Walton | 3 & 2 |
Sigel/Fehr |
| Keppler/Pierse | 3 & 1 |
Wood/Faxon |
| Lewis/Thompson | 7 & 6 |
Lewis/Holtgrieve |
| Mann/Oldcorn | 5 & 4 |
Hoffer/Tentis |
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 2 |
Afternoon singles
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Results | |
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| Philip Walton | 1 up |
Jay Sigel |
| Stephen Keppler | 1 up |
Rick Fehr |
| George Macgregor | halved | Willie Wood |
| David Carrick | 3 & 1 |
Brad Faxon |
| Andrew Oldcorn | 4 & 3 |
Billy Tuten |
| Philip Parkin | 6 & 4 |
Nathaniel Crosby |
| Arthur Pierse | 3 & 1 |
Bob Lewis |
| Lindsay Mann | 6 & 5 |
Jim Holtgrieve |
| 3½ | Singles | 4½ |
| 5½ | Overall | 6½ |
Thursday's matches
Morning foursomes
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Results | |
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| Macgregor/Walton | 2 up |
Crosby/Hoffer |
| Parkin/Thompson | 1 up |
Faxon/Wood |
| Mann/Oldcorn | 1 up |
Lewis/Holtgrieve |
| Keppler/Pierse | halved | Sigel/Fehr |
| 2½ | Foursomes | 1½ |
| 8 | Overall | 8 |
Afternoon singles
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Results | |
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| Philip Walton | 2 & 1 |
Willie Wood |
| Philip Parkin | 3 & 2 |
Brad Faxon |
| George Macgregor | 2 & 1 |
Rick Fehr |
| Martin Thompson | 3 & 2 |
Billy Tuten |
| Lindsay Mann | halved | David Tentis |
| Stephen Keppler | 6 & 5 |
Bob Lewis |
| Andrew Oldcorn | 3 & 2 |
Jim Holtgrieve |
| David Carrick | 3 & 1 |
Jay Sigel |
| 2½ | Singles | 5½ |
| 10½ | Overall | 13½ |
References
- Jacobs, Raymond (27 May 1983). "America's will to win again proves decisive". Glasgow Herald.
- "1983 – Royal Liverpool GC". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.