1928 Walker Cup

Golf tournament April 2022 Walker Cup 1928 August 30–31, 1928 Chicago Golf Club Wheaton, Illinois USA GB&I Bobby Jones William Tweddell 11 1 United States wins The 1928 Walker Cup, the 5th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 30 and 31, 1928, at Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois. The United States won by 11 matches to 1.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p6dAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4748%2C8621794 Glasgow Herald August 31, 1928 Walker Cup 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PqBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3186%2C74838 Glasgow Herald September 1, 1928 Walker Cup 9https://walkercup.co.uk/1928-chicago/ 1928 – Chicago walkercup.co.uk December 13, 2018 Format Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Thursday and eight singles matches on Friday. 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 The United States picked their team of 8 in late-April. Great Britain and Ireland selected a team of 10 in mid-June.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lqBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5420%2C6882103 Glasgow Herald June 12, 1928 Walker Cup 3 This team included Cyril Tolley but he withdrew at the end of the month and was replaced by Noel Martin.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=swI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YkkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6264%2C9769796 Glasgow Herald June 30, 1928 Vacancy in Walker Cup Team 14 At his time Tolley had become involved in a libel action against J. S. Fry & Sons of Bristol, chocolate manufacturers who had produced an advert in which Tolley was caricatured. United States USA 70px Playing captain: Bobby Jones Chick Evans Watts Gunn Jimmy Johnston Roland MacKenzie Francis Ouimet Jess Sweetser George Von Elm Great Britain & Ireland GBR 70px & IRL 70px Playing captain: ENG William Tweddell ENG John Beck ENG Ronald Hardman NIR Charles Hezlet SCO William Hope SCO Archibald MacCallum NIR Noel Martin ENG Philip Perkins ENG Eustace Storey SCO Tony Torrance Thursday's foursomes GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxPerkins/TweddellUSA 7 & 6 Von Elm/SweetserHezlet/HopeUSA 5 & 3Jones/EvansStorey/TorranceUSA 4 & 2Johnston/OuimetBeck/MacCallumUSA 7 & 5Gunn/MacKenzie 0 Foursomes 4 0 Overall 4 Friday's singles GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxPhilip PerkinsUSA 13 & 12Bobby JonesWilliam TweddellUSA 3 & 2George Von ElmCharles HezletUSA 8 & 7Francis OuimetWilliam HopeUSA 5 & 4Jess SweetserEustace StoreyUSA 4 & 2Jimmy JohnstonTony TorranceGBRIRL 1 upChick EvansRonald HardmanUSA 11 & 10Watts GunnNoel MartinUSA 2 & 1Roland MacKenzie 1 Singles 7 1 Overall 11 References Category:Walker Cup Category:Golf tournaments in Illinois Walker Cup Walker Cup Walker Cup