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1947 Walker Cup

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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
204:. The British team was announced less than a week before the match after a series of trial matches. The United States used the same eight players on both day, Hamer being left out. For Great Britain and Ireland, Micklem was left out of the foursomes while Kyle was left out of the singles. 196:
Nine players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team. The U.S. team was announced in January and included
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The match should have been played in the United States; the previous match, in 1938, having been played at St. Andrews. However, the
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decided that it would have been impossible to send a team to the United States. Rather than postpone the match, the
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two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.
176: 1109: 1105: 179:agreed that the match would take place in Britain. 55: 41: 31: 23: 160:Match, was played on 16 and 17 May 1947, on the 1121: 892:"Walker Cup match to be played at St Andrews" 8: 1429:May 1947 sports events in the United Kingdom 18: 924:"Twelve Names in U.S. Walker Cup Selection" 581: 425: 168:. The United States won by 8 matches to 4. 1128: 1114: 1106: 860:"American Fighting Quality Key to Success" 17: 819: 1020:"Irish Pair lead Britain in Foursomes" 1052:"British Golfers Supremely Confident" 968:from the original on 24 February 2021 936:from the original on 24 February 2021 7: 1090:from the original on 9 December 2018 14: 774: 754: 736: 729: 707: 687: 667: 649: 642: 620: 606: 594: 586: 540: 533: 511: 493: 486: 464: 450: 438: 430: 359: 341: 329: 317: 305: 293: 281: 269: 257: 245: 232: 221: 213: 111: 96: 88: 1064:from the original on 1 May 2024 1032:from the original on 1 May 2024 1000:from the original on 1 May 2024 904:from the original on 1 May 2024 872:from the original on 1 May 2024 840:from the original on 1 May 2024 988:"Selectors Rely on Experience" 964:. 20 January 1947. p. 2. 932:. 13 January 1947. p. 2. 900:. 11 October 1946. p. 2. 1: 956:"U.S. Walker Cup Team Change" 1414:Golf tournaments in Scotland 208:Great Britain & Ireland 1445: 1060:. 16 May 1947. p. 6. 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Index

Old Course at St Andrews
St Andrews
Scotland
John Beck
Francis Ouimet
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
United States
Walker Cup
1938
1949
Walker Cup
Old Course at St Andrews
Scotland
Royal and Ancient
USGA
Cary Middlecoff
George Hamer
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
England
John Beck
Republic of Ireland
Joe Carr
England
Leonard Crawley
Republic of Ireland
Cecil Ewing
Scotland
Alex Kyle

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