1955 Walker Cup

Golf tournament April 2022 Walker Cup 1955 20–21 May 1955 Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews, Scotland GB&I USA Alec Hill William C. Campbell 2 10 United States wins The 1955 Walker Cup, the 15th Walker Cup Match, was played on 20 and 21 May 1955, on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The United States won by 10 matches to 2. The United States won all four of the foursomes matches on the first day. Great Britain and Ireland won just two of the singles matches on the second day, both at the final hole, to give the United States a convincing victory.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pnVDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZVkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4225%2C2510893 Glasgow Herald 23 May 1955 America's runaway win in Walker Cup 4 William C. Campbell, the United States playing captain, did not select himself for any of the matches.https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/1950s/1955/550605.pdf Captains choice in the Walker Cup USGA Journal and Turf Management June 1955 5 Joseph C. Rey, Jr. Format 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. If a match was all square after the 36th 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 Great Britain & Ireland had a team of 10 plus a non-playing captain. The United States only selected a team of 9, which included a playing captain.https://walkercup.co.uk/1955-st-andrews/ 1955 – St. Andrews walkercup.co.uk 6 December 2018 Great Britain & Ireland GBR 70px & IRL 70px Captain: ENG Alec Hill SCO David Blair ENG Ian Caldwell IRL Joe Carr SCO Robin Cater IRL Cecil Ewing ENG Gerald Micklem ENG Bunny Millward WAL John Llewellyn Morgan ENG Philip Scrutton ENG Ronnie White United States USA 70px Playing captain: William C. Campbell Don Cherry Joe Conrad Bruce Cudd Jimmy Jackson Dale Morey Billy Joe Patton Harvie Ward Dick Yost Friday's foursomes GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxCarr/WhiteUSA 1 upWard/CherryMicklem/MorganUSA 2 & 1Patton/YostCaldwell/MillwardUSA 3 & 2Conrad/MoreyBlair/CaterUSA 5 & 4Cudd/Jackson 0 Foursomes 4 0 Overall 4 Saturday's singles GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxRonnie WhiteUSA 6 & 5Harvie WardPhilip ScruttonUSA 2 & 1Billy Joe PattonIan CaldwellGBRIRL 1 upDale MoreyJoe CarrUSA 5 & 4Don CherryDavid BlairGBRIRL 1 upJoe ConradBunny MillwardUSA 2 upBruce CuddCecil EwingUSA 6 & 4Jimmy JacksonJohn Llewellyn MorganUSA 8 & 7Dick Yost 2 Singles 6 2 Overall 10 References Category:Walker Cup Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Walker Cup Walker Cup Walker Cup