1953 Walker Cup

Golf tournament April 2022 Walker Cup 1953 September 4–5, 1953 The Kittansett Club Marion, Massachusetts USA GB&I Charlie Yates Tony Duncan 9 3 United States wins The 1953 Walker Cup, the 14th Walker Cup Match, was played on September 4 and 5, 1953, at the Kittansett Club, Marion, Massachusetts. The United States won by 9 matches to 3.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=40pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XoYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1723%2C623886 Glasgow Herald September 7, 1953 R.J. White's performance in Walker Cup 9 S.L. McKinlayhttp://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/1950s/1953/530905.pdf The Walker Cup match USGA Journal and Turf Management September 1953 5 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 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.https://walkercup.co.uk/1953-the-kittansett-club/ 1953 – The Kittansett Club walkercup.co.uk December 7, 2018 Tony Duncan, the Great Britain and Ireland playing captain, did not select himself for any of the matches. United States USA 70px Captain: Charlie Yates William C. Campbell Dick Chapman Don Cherry Charles Coe Jimmy Jackson Gene Littler Sam Urzetta Ken Venturi Harvie Ward Jack Westland Great Britain & Ireland GBR 70px & IRL 70px Playing captain: WAL Tony Duncan IRL Joe Carr NIR Norman Drew ENG John Langley SCO Roy MacGregor ENG Gerald Micklem WAL John Llewellyn Morgan ENG Arthur Perowne ENG Ronnie White SCO James Wilson Friday's foursomes GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxCarr/WhiteUSA 6 & 4Urzetta/VenturiLangley/PerowneUSA 9 & 8Ward/WestlandWilson/MacGregorUSA 3 & 2Jackson/LittlerMicklem/MorganGBRIRL 4 & 3Campbell/Coe 1 Foursomes 3 1 Overall 3 Saturday's singles GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxJoe CarrUSA 4 & 3Harvie WardRonnie WhiteGBRIRL 1 upDick ChapmanGerald MicklemUSA 5 & 3Gene LittlerRoy MacGregorUSA 7 & 5Jack WestlandNorman DrewUSA 9 & 7Don CherryJames WilsonUSA 9 & 8Ken VenturiJohn Llewellyn MorganGBRIRL 3 & 2Charles CoeJohn LangleyUSA 3 & 2Sam Urzetta 2 Singles 6 3 Overall 9 References Category:Walker Cup Category:Golf tournaments in Massachusetts Category:Sports in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Category:Marion, Massachusetts Walker Cup Walker Cup Walker Cup Walker Cup