2003 Walker Cup

Golf tournament March 2020 Walker Cup 2003 6–7 September 2003 Ganton Golf Club North Yorkshire, England GB&I USA Garth McGimpsey Bob Lewis 12½ 11½ Great Britain & Ireland wins The 2003 Walker Cup, the 39th Walker Cup Match, was played on 6 and 7 September 2003, at Ganton Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England. The event was won by Great Britain and Ireland 12½ to 11½, marking the first time that Great Britain & Ireland had three consecutive wins. Format The format for play on Saturday and Sunday 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 is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12½ points wins the competition. Teams Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team. USA 70px   Team USANameAgeHometownNotesBob Lewis59Pepper Pike, Ohionon-playing captainBill Haas21Greer, South CarolinaSon of Jay Haas; 2002 U.S. Amateur semifinalistMatt Hendrix22Aiken, South CarolinaWon 2003 Sunnehanna AmateurTrip Kuehne31Irving, TexasLow amateur at 2003 U.S. OpenBrock Mackenzie22Yakima, WashingtonWon 2002 Pacific Coast AmateurRyan Moore20Puyallup, WashingtonWon 2002 U.S. Amateur Public LinksChris Nallen21Hackettstown, New JerseyWon 2003 Northeast AmateurAdam Rubinson23Fort Worth, TexasRunner up at 2002 Western Amateur and NCAA ChampionshipCasey Wittenberg18Memphis, TennesseeWon 2003 Porter Cup, Southern AmateurLee Williams21Alexander City, AlabamaWon 2002 Southern Amateur; runner-up at 2003 NCAAsGeorge Zahringer50New York CityWon 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur GBR 70px & IRL 70px Team Great Britain & IrelandNameAgeHometownNotesNIR Garth McGimpsey48Bangor, Northern Irelandnon-playing captainWAL Nigel Edwards34Caerphilly, WalesFourth in the 2003 Lytham Trophy and Brabazon TrophyIRL Noel Fox29Dublin, IrelandWon 2003 Irish AmateurSCO Graham Gordon23Aberdeen, ScotlandWon 2003 Scottish Amateur and seven 2002 eventsSCO David Inglis21Roslin, Midlothian, ScotlandWon five 2003 U.S. collegiate eventsWAL Stuart Manley24Mountain Ash, WalesIRL Colm Moriarty24Athlone, IrelandWon 2003 New South Wales Amateur, third in Lytham TrophyENG Michael Skelton19Redcar, EnglandWon 2003 Welsh Open Amateur, runner-up in 2003 English Amateur ENG Oliver Wilson22Mansfield, EnglandWon three 2003 U.S. college eventsSCO Stuart Wilson26Forfar, ScotlandWon the 2003 Lytham TrophyENG Gary Wolstenholme42Market Harborough, EnglandWon two Amateur Championships Saturday's matches Morning foursomes GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxWolstenholme/SkeltonUSA 2 and 1Haas/KuehneS. Wilson/InglisGBRIRL 2 upWilliams/ZahringerEdwards/Manley GBRIRL 3 and 2Nallen/MooreFox/MoriartyGBRIRL 4 and 2Rubinson/Wittenberg 3 Foursomes 1 3 Overall 1 Afternoon singles GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxGary WolstenholmeUSA 1 upBill HaasOliver WilsonhalvedTrip KuehneDavid InglisUSA 3 and 2Brock MackenzieStuart WilsonhalvedMatt HendrixNigel EdwardsGBRIRL 3 and 2George ZahringerColm MoriartyUSA 2 upChris NallenNoel FoxUSA 3 and 2Adam RubinsonGraham GordonUSA 5 and 4Casey Wittenberg 2 Singles 6 5 Overall 7 Sunday's matches Morning foursomes GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxWolstenholme/O. WilsonGBRIRL 5 and 4Haas/KuehneFox/MoriartyUSA 6 and 5Mackenzie/HendrixS. Wilson/InglishalvedWittenberg/RubinsonEdwards/ManleyhalvedWilliams/Zahringer 2 Foursomes 2 7 Overall 9 Afternoon singles GBR 50px & IRL 50px Results USA 50pxOliver WilsonGBRIRL 1 upBill HaasGary WolstenholmeGBRIRL 3 and 2Casey WittenbergMichael SkeltonGBRIRL 3 and 2Adam RubinsonColm MoriartyUSA 3 and 1Brock MackenzieStuart WilsonUSA 5 and 4Matt HendrixDavid InglisGBRIRL 4 and 3Ryan MooreNigel EdwardshalvedLee WilliamsStuart ManleyGBRIRL 3 and 1Trip Kuehne 5½ Singles 2½ 12½ Overall 11½ References http://www.walkercup.org/2003/index.html( https://web.archive.org/web/20090814121211/http://www.walkercup.org/2003/index.html 14 August 2009 2009-06-24) 54.1882 -0.4962 type:event title Category:Walker Cup Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in North Yorkshire Category:Sports competitions in Yorkshire Walker Cup Walker Cup Walker Cup