USA
The main tournament wins for USA are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (15th) (Sept 26-29). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-Eurpn); 12 top professional golfers per team competing over four days in a total of nine fourball matches, nine foursomes, and 12 singles. [Blue course, Royal Montreal GC, Ile Bizard, Montreal].
Non-playing captains: Mike Weir (Canada/Intl); Jim Furyk (USA).
Overall result: Intl team 11.5 vs USA 18.5, which was the USA's tenth straight victory in this event.
Sunday singles (USA player stated first): Xander Schauffele beat Jason Day (Aus) 4&3; Sam Burns halved with Joo-hyung "Tom" Kim (S Kor); Scottie Scheffler lost to Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) by 1 hole; Russell Henley beat Sungjae Im (S Kor) 3&2; Patrick Cantlay beat Taylor Pendrith (Can) 3&1; Keegan Bradley beat See-woo Kim (S Kor) 1 up; Tony Finau lost to Corey Conners (Can) 5&3; Wyndham Clark halved with Min Woo Lee (Aus); Sahith Theegala halved with Byeong-hun "Ben" An (S Kor); Collin Morikawa beat Adam Scott (Aus) 2&1; Brian Harman lost to Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) 2&1; Max Homa beat Mackenzie Hughes (Can) 2&1.
Team Events
LET / LPGA
The Solheim Cup (19th) (Sept 13-15). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. [Robert Trent Jones GC, Gainesville, Virginia].
Non-playing captains: Stacy Lewis (USA); Suzann Pettersen (Nor/Europe).
Overall result: USA 15.5, Europe 12.5.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Nelly Korda lost to Charley Hull (Eng) 6&4; Megan Khang beat Emily Kristine Pedersen (Den) 6&5; Alison Lee lost to Georgia Hall (Eng) 4&3; Allisen Corpuz beat Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 4&3; Rose Zhang beat Carlota Ciganda (Esp) 6&4; Andrea Lee halved with Esther Henseleit (Ger); Lexi Thompson lost to Céline Boutier (Fra) by 1 hole; Lauren Coughlin halved with Maja Stark (Swe); Lilia Vu halved with Albane Valenzuela (Switz); Sarah Schmelzel beat Madelene Sagström (Swe) 1 up; Ally Ewing lost to Leona Maguire (Ire) 4&3; Jennifer Kupcho beat Linn Grant (Swe) 2&1.
Note: 2024 Solheim Cup was played just one year after the previous edition, to move this biennial event to even years.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (49th) (Sept 2-3). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top male amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes, 1x eight singles and 1x ten singles. Non-playing captains: Stuart Wilson (Scot/GB&I); Mike McCoy (USA). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; GB&I player stated first): Barclay Brown (Eng) lost to Caleb Surratt 4&3; Calum Scott (Scot) bt Nick Gabrelcik 2&1; Jack Bingham (Eng) lost to Gordon Sargent by 1 hole; Liam Nolan (Ire) bt Austin Greaser 1 up; Mark Power (Ire) bt David Ford 1 up; Matthew McClean (N.Ire) tied with Preston Summerhays; Alex Maguire (Ire) lost to Stewart Hagestad 4&3; John Gough (Eng) bt Nick Dunlap 6&5.
SUNDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches; GB&I player stated first): Calum Scott lost to Caleb Surratt 3&2; Barclay Brown halved with Nick Dunlap; Connor Graham (Scot) lost to Stewart Hagestad 3&2; John Gough lost to Gordon Sargent by one hole; James Ashfield (Wales) lost to Preston Summerhays 4&3; Matthew McClean halved with Dyland Menant; Jack Bigham bt Nick Gabrelcik 3&2; Mark Power bt Ben James 1 up; Liam Nolan lost to Austin Greaser 3&1; Alex Maguire lost to David frost 3&2.
Among the 2023 USA team were the world amateur ranked No.1 player (Sargent), No.4 (Ford); No.5 (Dunlap), No.6 (Menante), No.7 (James), No.8 (Surratt), No.9 (Greaser), No.10 (Gabrelcik). The highest placed GB&I player in the world amateur rankings was Gough (No.13).
Team Events
PGA Tour Champions
The inaugural World Champions Cup (Dec 7-10). USA vs Europe vs Internationals. Each team comprises six top PGA Tour Champions players (aged 50 and above), competing over three days in a total of 12 team-based matches (6x Scotch Sixsomes, 6x Six Balls) and 12 singles. Players on the winning team received $100,000 each. [The Concession GC, Bradenton, FL].
1. Team USA (winners; 221 pts): Jim Furyk (playing captain, but didn't play due to injury); Billy Andrade (non-playing vice captain, but played as cover for injured Jim Furyk); Jerry Kelly, Justin Leonard, Brett Quigley, Steve Stricker & David Toms.
2. Team International (second; 219 pts): Ernie Els (RSA; playing captain); Stuart Appleby (Aus; non-playing vice captain); Steven Alker (NZ), Stephen Ames (Can), KJ Choi (S Kor), Retief Goosen (RSA) & Vijay Singh (Fiji).
3. Team Europe (third; 208 pts): Darren Clarke (N.Ire; playing captain); Jesper Parnevik (non-playing vice-captain); Alex Čejka (Ger), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Bernhard Langer (Ger) & Colin Montgomerie (Scot).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Curtis Cup (42nd) (June 10-12). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes, 2x three four-balls and eight singles. Result: USA 15.5, GB&I 4.5. Non-playing captains: Sarah LeBrun Ingram (USA); Elaine Ratcliffe (Eng/GB&I). [East Course, Merion GC, Ardmore, nr Philadelphia, PA].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Rose Zhang bt Louise Duncan (Scot) 7&5; Rachel Kuehn bt Caley McGinty (Eng) 2&1; Rachel Heck bt Lauren Walsh (Ire) 2&1; Jensen Castle bt Hannah Darling (Scot) 2&1; Latanna Stone bt Charlotte Heath (Eng) 1 up; Emilia Migliaccio bt Annabell Fuller (Eng) 6&5; Megha Ganne bt Amelia Williamson (Eng) 2&1; Amari Avery lost to Emily Price (Eng) 4&3.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (14th) (Sept 23-25; originally scheduled for Sept 30-Oct 3, 2021, but moved to 2022 after the Ryder Cup was moved from 2020 to 2021 due to global coronavirus pandemic). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-Eurpn); 12 top professional golfers per team competing over four days in a total of nine fourball matches, nine foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Davis Love III (USA); Trevor Immelman (RSA). [Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, NC].
Overall result: USA 17.5, Intl team 12.5.
Sunday singles (USA player stated first): Justin Thomas lost to Si-woo Kim (S Kor) 1 up; Jordan Spieth bt Cameron "Cam" Davis (Aus) 4&3; Sam Burns halved with Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn); Patrick Cantlay bt Adam Scott (Aus) 3&2; Scottie Scheffler lost to Sebastián Muñoz (Colombia) 2&1; Tony Finau bt Taylor Pendrith (Can) 3&1; Xander Schauffele bt Corey Conners (Can) 1 up; Cameron Young lost to Sung-jae Im (S Kor) 1 up; Billy Horschel lost to Kyoung-hoon Lee (S Kor) 3&1; Max Homa bt Joo-hyung Kim (S Kor) 1 up; Collin Morikawa bt Mito Pereira (Chile) 3&2; Kevin Kisner lost to Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) 2&1.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Curtis Cup (41st) (Aug 26-28; postponed from Jun 12-14, 2020 due to world coronavirus pandemic). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland; eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes, 2x three four-balls and eight singles. Result: USA 12.5, GB&I 7.5. Non-playing captains: Sarah LeBrun Ingram (USA); Elaine Ratcliffe (Eng/GB&I). [Conwy (Caernarvonshire) GC, Conwy, N Wales].
SATURDAY (final day) SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; GB&I player stated first): Hannah Darling (Scot) halved with Jensen Castle; Lauren Walsh (Ire) lost to Rachel Heck 3&1; Charlotte Heath (Eng) lost to Brooke Matthews 3&2; Louise Duncan (Scot) lost to Rachel Kuehn 2 up; Annabel Wilson (N.Ire) lost to Allisen Corpuz 2&1; Caley McGinty (Eng) beat Gina Kim 4&3; Annabell Fuller (Eng) lost to Emilia Migliaccio 2 up; Emily Toy (Eng) lost to Rose Zhang 1 up.
Team Events
Eurpn Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (43rd) (Sep 24-26; postponed from Sept 25-27, 2020 due to global coronavirus pandemic). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Steve Stricker (USA); Padraig Harrington (Ire/Europe). [Straits Course, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin].
Overall result: USA 19; Europe 9.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Xander Schauffele lost to Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) 3&2; Patrick Cantlay bt Shane Lowry (Ire) 4&2; Scottie Scheffler bt Jon Rahm (Esp) 4&3; Bryson DeChambeau bt Sergio Garcia (Esp) 3&2; Collin Morikawa halved with Viktor Hovland (Nor); Dustin Johnson bt Paul Casey (Eng) 1 up; Brooks Koepka bt Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2&1; Tony Finau lost to Ian Poulter (Eng) 3&2; Justin Thomas bt Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4&3; Harris English lost to Lee Westwood (Eng) 1 up; Jordan Spieth halved with Tommy Fleetwood (Eng); Daniel Berger bt Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) 1 up.
Note: Dustin Johnson joined Arnold Palmer (1967), Gardner Dickinson (1967), Larry Nelson (1979) and Francesco Molinari (2018) as one of only five golfers to score a perfect 5-0-0 in a single Ryder Cup.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (48th) (May 8-9). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes, 1x eight singles and 1x ten singles. Result: USA 14; GB&I 12. Non-playing captains: Nathaniel Crosby (USA); Stuart Wilson (Scot/GB&I). [Seminole GC, Juno Beach, Florida ... first time this ultra exclusive club has hosted a USGA event].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Pierceson Coody bt Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng) 2 up; Davis Thompson lost to Mark Power (Ire) 3&2; Ricky Castillo bt Ben Schmidt (Eng) 5&3; William Mouw bt Ben Jones (Eng) 4&3; Quad Cummins lost to Matty Lamb (Eng) 2&1; Austin Eckroat bt Angus Flanagan (Eng) 1 up; John Pak lost to Barclay Brown (Eng) 2&1; Cole Hammer bt John Murphy (Ire) 3&1.
SUNDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Eckroat bt Power 7&6; Coody bt Fitzpatrick 3&1; Pak lost to Joe Long (Eng) 1 up; Thompson lost to Lamb 2 up; Cummins tied with Brown; Mouw lost to Flanagan 1 up; Castillo bt Murphy 2&1; Tyler Strafaci lost to Jack Dyer (Eng) 1 up; Hammer bt Schmidt 4&3; Stewart Hagestad bt Jones 4&2.
Among the 2021 cast were: USA captain Nathaniel Crosby (son of legendary entertainer Bing Crosby), Alex Fitzpatrick (younger brother of European Tour player Matt) and on the USA team the world amateur ranked No.2 player (Coody), No.3 (Thompson), No.4 (Pak), No.9 (Strafaci) and No.10 (Castillo).
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (13th) (Dec 12-15). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professional golfers per team competing over four days in a total of nine fourball matches, nine foursomes, and 12 singles. Captains: Tiger Woods (USA; playing capt); Ernie Els (RSA; non-playing capt). [West course, Royal Melbourne GC, Victoria, Aus].
Overall result: USA 16, Intl team 14.
Sunday singles (USA player stated first): Tiger Woods bt Abraham Ancer (Mex) 3&2; Tony Finau halved with Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn); Patrick Reed bt C.T. Pan (Taiw) 4&2; Dustin Johnson bt Haotong Li (China) 4&3; Bryson DeChambeau halved with Adam Hadwin (Can); Gary Woodland lost to Sungjae Im (S Kor) 4&3; Patrick Cantlay bt Joaquim Niemann (Chile) 3&2; Xander Schauffele bt Adam Scott (Aus) 2&1; Webb Simpson bt Byeong Hun An (S Kor) 2&1; Justin Thomas lost to Cameron Smith (Aus) 2&1; Matt Kuchar halved with Louis Oosthuizen (RSA); Rickie Fowler halved with Marc Leishman (Aus).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (47th) (Sept 7-8). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes, 1x eight singles and 1x ten singles. Result: USA 15.5; GB&I 10.5. Non-playing captains: Nathaniel Crosby (USA); Craig Watson (Scot/GB&I). [Royal Liverpool GC, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng) bt Cole Hammer 2 up; Euan Walker (Scot) bt Steven Fisk 2 up; Sandy Scott (Scot) bt Andy Ogletree 1 up; Conor Purcell (Ire) lost to John Augenstein 2&1; James Sugrue (Ire) lost to John Pak 1 up; Conor Gough (Eng) bt Isaiah Salinda 2 up; Caolan Rafferty (Ire) bt Alex Smalley 2&1; Tom Sloman (Eng) lost to Brandon Wu 4&2.
SUNDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches): Fitzpatrick lost to Salinda 2 up; Walker lost to Pak 2&1; Scott bt Wu 4&3; Rafferty lost to Smalley 2&1; Harry Hall (Eng) lost to Stewart Hagestad 5&3; Gough lost to Ogletree 2&1; Thomas Plumb (Eng) lost to Augenstein 4&3; Sugrue lost to Akshay Bhatia 4&2; Purcell lost to Hammer 6&5; Sloman bt Fisk 2 up.
Among the 2019 cast were: USA captain Nathaniel Crosby (son of legendary entertainer Bing Crosby), Alex Fitzpatrick (younger brother of European Tour player Matt) and world No.1 ranked amateur Cole Hammer.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Curtis Cup (40th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes, 2x three four-balls and eight singles. Result: USA 17, GB&I 3. Non-playing captains: Derby Grimes (USA); Elaine Farquharson-Black (Scot/GB&I). [Quaker Ridge GC, Scarsdale, nr New York City, NY].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Sophie Schubert bt Olivia Mehaffey (N.Ire) 2&1; Lilia Vu bt Sophie Lamb (Eng) 2 up; Jennifer Kupcho bt Lily May Humphreys (Eng) 2&1; Andrea Lee bt Alice Hewson (Eng) 2&1; Lauren Stephenson bt Shannon McWilliam (Scot) 2&1; Kristen Gillman bt Annabell Fuller (Eng) 5&4; Lucy Li bt India Clyburn (Eng) 5&4; Mariel Galdiano bt Paula Grant (N.Ire) 1 up.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (12th) (Sept 28-Oct 1). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of nine fourball matches, nine foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Steve Stricker (USA); Nick Price (Zim/Intl). [Liberty National GC, Jersey City, NJ].
Overall result: USA 19, Intl team 11.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Kevin Chappell halved with Marc Leishman (Aus); Charley Hoffman lost to Jason Day 2&1; Justin Thomas lost to Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3&1; Daniel Berger bt So-woo Kim (S Kor) 2&1; Matt Kuchar lost to Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 1 up; Patrick Reed lost to Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 1 up; Dustin Johnson halved with Branden Grace (RSA); Brooks Koepka lost to Adam Scott (Aus) 3&2; Jordan Spieth lost to Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 2&1; Kevin Kisner halved with Anirban Lahiri (India); Phil Mickelson bt Adam Hadwin (Can) 2&1; Rickie Fowler bt Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 6&4.
Team Events
LET / LPGA
The Solheim Cup (15th) (Aug 18-20). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Juli Inkster (USA); Annika Sörenstam (Swe/Europe). [Composite of North/South courses, Des Moines G&CC, West Des Moines, Iowa].
Overall result: USA 16.5, Europe 11.5.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Lexi Thompson halved with Anna Nordqvist (Swe); Paula Creamer bt Georgia Hall (Eng) 1 hole; Cristie Kerr bt Mel Reid (Eng) 2&1; Stacy Lewis lost to Catriona Matthew (Scot) 1 hole; Angel Yin halved with Karine Icher (Fra); Michelle Wie lost to Caroline Masson (Ger) 4&2; Lizette Salas bt Jodi Ewart Shadoff (Eng) 1 hole; Brittany Lang lost to Charley Hull (Eng) 1 hole; Brittany Lincicome lost to Carlota Ciganda (Esp) 4&3; Gerina Piller bt Florentyna Parker (Eng) 4&2; Austin Ernst lost to Madelene Sagström (Swe) 3&2; Danielle Kang bt Emily Pedersen (Den) 3&1.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (46th) (Sept 9-10). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes, 1x eight singles and 1x ten singles. Result: USA 19; GB&I 7. Non-playing captains: John "Spider" Miller (USA); Andy Ingram (Wales/GB&I). [Los Angeles CC, Los Angeles, CA].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Braden Thornberry bt Harry Ellis (Eng) 2 up; Norman Xiong bt Connor Syme (Scot) 2&1; Stewart Hagestad lost to Jack Singh Brar (Eng) 3&2; Collin Morikawa bt Paul McBride (Ire) 3&2; Will Zalatoris bt Matthew Jordan (Eng) 2 up; Cameron Champ lost to Robert MacIntyre (Scot) 6&4; Doug Ghim bt David Boote (Wales) 2&1; Maverick McNealy bt Scott Gregory (Eng) 3&1.
SUNDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches): Hagestad bt Brar 2&1; Xiong halved with Gregory; Scottie Scheffler bt Syme 1 up; Morikawa bt Ellis 2&1; Thornberry bt McBride 6&5; Ghim bt Jordan 3&1; Champ halved with MacIntyre; Zalatoris bt Jack Davidson (Wales) 3&2; Doc Redman lost to Boote 1 up; McNealy bt Alfie Plant (Eng) 4&2.
Team Events
UL
Played as the UL International Crown (July 21-24; biennial four-day matchplay event between eight country teams, each comprising four top women professionals). Second-placed Korea (So Yeon Ryu, In-gee Chun, Amy Yang & Sei-young Kim) finished 1 pt behind winning USA team (Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis, Gerina Piller & Lexi Thompson). [Merit Club, Libertyville, IL].
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (41st) (Sept 30-Oct 2). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Davis Love III (USA); Darren Clarke (N.Ire/Europe). [Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, Minnesota].
Overall result: USA 17, Europe 11. America's win stopped the Europeans going four in a row.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Patrick Reed bt Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) 1 hole; Jordan Spieth lost to Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3&2; J.B. Holmes lost to Thomas Pieters (Belg) 3&2; Rickie Fowler bt Justin Rose (Eng) 1 hole; Jimmy Walker lost to Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 3&2; Phil Mickelson halved with Sergio García (Esp); Ryan Moore bt Lee Westwood (Eng) 1 hole; Brandt Snedeker bt Andy Sullivan (Eng) 3&1; Dustin Johnson bt Chris Wood (Eng) 1 hole; Brooks Koepka bt Danny Willett (Eng) 5&4; Matt Kuchar lost to Martin Kaymer (Ger) 1 hole; Zach Johnson bt Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng) 4&3.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (11th) (Oct 8-11). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of nine fourball matches, nine foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Jay Haas (USA); Nick Price (Zim/Intl). [Jack Nicklaus GC, Incheon, S Korea].
Overall result: USA 15.5, Intl team 14.5; a win for the USA team for the sixth straight time, but by the closest margin to date. The outcome was decided on the final hole of the final match.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) halved with Patrick Reed; Adam Scott (Aus) bt Rickie Fowler 6&5; Danny Lee (NZ) lost to Dustin Johnson 2&1; Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) bt J.B. Holmes 1 hole; Thongchai Jaidee (Thai) halved with Bubba Watson; Steven Bowditch (Aus) bt Jimmy Walker 2 holes; Charl Schwartzel (RSA) lost to Phil Mickelson 5&4; Anirban Lahiri (India) lost to Chris Kirk 1 hole; Marc Leishman (Aus) bt Jordan Spieth 1 hole; Jason Day (Aus) lost to Zach Johnson 3&2; Branden Grace (RSA) bt Matt Kuchar 2&1; Sang-moon Bae (Kor) lost to Bill Haas 2 holes.
Team Events
LET/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (14th) (Sept 18-20). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days in days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Juli Inkster (USA); Carin Koch (Swe/Europe). [St Leon course, GC St Leon-Rot, nr Heidelberg, Germany].
Overall result: USA 14.5, Europe 13.5. The Americans staged the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history. Trailing 6-10 going into the Sunday singles, they comfortably won the last five singles matches to clinch a memorable 1-point victory.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Carlota Ciganda (Esp) halved with Lexi Thompson; Catriona Matthew (Scot) lost to Morgan Pressel 2 holes; Karine Icher (Fra) bt Brittany Lincicome 3&2; Melissa Reid (Eng) bt Brittany Lang 2&1; Gwladys Nocera (Fra) lost to Alison Lee 3&1; Caroline Masson (Ger) lost to Gerina Piller 1 hole; Anna Nordqvist (Swe) bt Stacy Lewis 2&1; Azahara Munoz (Esp) lost to Lizette Salas 3&1; Suzann Pettersen (Nor) lost to Angela Stanford 2&1; Charley Hull (Eng) lost to Cristie Kerr 3&2; Caroline Hedwall (Swe) lost to Michelle Wie 6&4; Sandra Gal (Ger) lost to Paula Creamer 4&3.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (38th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes, 2x three fourballs and eight singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 7. Non-playing captains: Ellen Port (USA); Tegwen Matthews (Wales/GB&I). [St Louis CC, Clayton, Missouri].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Emma Talley bt Bronte Law (Eng) 4&3; Ally McDonald bt Annabel Dimmock (Eng) 4&3; Kyung Kim lost to Georgia Hall (Eng) 3&2; Ashlan Ramsey lost to Gemma Dryburgh (Scot) 1 hole; Erynne Lee lost to Charlotte Thomas (Eng) 2 holes; Mariah Stackhouse halved with Eilidh Briggs (Scot); Annie Park bt Gabriella Cowley (Eng) 5&4; Alison Lee lost to Stephanie Meadow (N.Ire) 2&1.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (10th) (Oct 3-6). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of 11 fourball matches, 11 foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Fred Couples (USA); Nick Price (Zim/Intl). [Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, nr Columbus, Ohio].
Overall result: USA 18.5, Intl team 15.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Hunter Mahan bt Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3&2; Brandt Snedeker lost to Jason Day (Aus) 6&4; Jordan Spieth lost to Graham DeLaet (Can) 1 hole; Steve Stricker lost to Ernie Els (RSA) 1 hole; Jason Dufner bt Brendon de Jonge (RSA) 4&3; Bill Haas lost to Adam Scott (Aus) 2&1; Zach Johnson bt Branden Grace (RSA) 4&2; Matt Kuchar lost to Marc Leishman (Aus) 1 hole; Tiger Woods bt Richard Sterne (RSA) 1 hole; Keegan Bradley lost to Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 2&1; Webb Simpson halved with Louis Oosthuizen (RSA); Phil Mickelson lost to Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1 hole.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (44th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes, 1x eight singles and 1x ten singles. Result: USA 17, GB&I 9. Non-playing captains: Jim Holtgrieve (USA); Nigel Edwards (Wales/GB&I). [National Golf Links of America, Southampton, Long Island, NY].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Bobby Wyatt bt Neil Raymond (Eng) 2 holes; Max Homa bt Max Orrin (Eng); Michael Kim bt Callum Shinkwin (Eng) 2&1; Cory Whitsett bt Jordan Smith (Eng) 1 hole; Jordan Niebrugge bt Garrick Porteous (Eng) 1 hole; Michael Weaver bt Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3&1; Justin Thomas halved with Nathan Kimsey (Eng); Patrick Rodgers lost to Gavin Moynihan (Ire) 2&1.
SUNDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches): Wyatt bt Raymond 4&3; Thomas bt Orrin 6&4; Weaver lost to Fitzpatrick 3&2; Todd White bt Rhys Pugh (Wales) 4&3; Nathan Smith bt Kimsey 4&3; Whitsett lost to Shinkwin 2 holes; Kim bt Porteous 4&2; Homa lost to Kevin Phelan (Ire) 2&1; Niebrugge bt Smith 6&5; Rodgers bt Moynihan 1 hole.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (9th) (Nov 17-20). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of 11 fourball matches, 11 foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Fred Couples (USA); Greg Norman (Aus/Intl). [Composite of East & West courses, Royal Melbourne GC, Victoria, Aus].
Overall result: USA 19, Intl team 15.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Kyung-tae "K.T." Kim (S Kor) bt Webb Simpson 1 hole; Charl Schwartzel (RSA) bt Dustin Johnson 2&1; Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) bt Bubba Watson 3&2; Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) bt Bill Haas 2 holes; Jason Day (Aus) lost to Hunter Mahan 5&3; Kyung-Ju "K.J." Choi (S Kor) lost to Nick Watney 3&2; Adam Scott (Aus) bt Phil Mickelson 2&1; Retief Goosen (RSA) bt Matt Kuchar 1 hole; Ernie Els (RSA) lost to Jim Furyk 4&3; Robert Allenby (Aus) lost to David Toms 7&5; Aaron Baddeley (Aus) lost to Tiger Woods 4&3; Yong-eun "Y.E." Yang (S Kor) lost to Steve Stricker 2&1.
Team Events
Omega
Played as the Omega Mission Hills World Cup (Nov 24-27; two-man stroke play team event; rounds 1 & 3 better ball; 2 & 4 alternate shot). Second-placed Ian Poulter & Justin Rose (Eng) and Martin Kaymer & Alex Cejka (Ger) finished 2 shots behind Matt Kuchar & Gary Woodland (USA), who shared the $2.4 million first prize. [Blackstone course, Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan Island, China].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (36th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes, 2x three fourballs and eight singles. Result: USA 12.5, GB&I 7.5. Non-playing captains: Noreen Mohler (USA); Mary McKenna (Ire/GB&I). [Essex County Club, Manchester, Massachusetts].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Jennifer Song lost to Danielle McVeigh (N.Ire) 3&2; Alexis "Lexi" Thompson bt Sally Watson (Scot) 6&5; Jennifer Johnson bt Rachel Jennings (Eng) 5&4; Kimberley Kim lost to Lisa Maguire (Ire) 1 hole; Cydney Clanton bt Hannah Barwood (Eng) 4&3; Tiffany Lua lost to Leona Maguire (Ire) 2&1; Jessica Korda bt Pamela Pretswell (Scot) 4&3; Stephanie Kono lost to Holly Clyburn (Eng) 2&1.
NOTE: 15-year-old win sisters Leona and Lisa Maguire became the youngest players ever to represent GB&I in the Curtis Cup. The youngest-ever player to compete for either side was 14-year-old Michelle Wie in 2004.
Within four years of this Curtis Cup, Lexi Thompson would go on to win her first major championship (2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship).
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (8th) (Oct 8-11). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of 11 fourball matches, 11 foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Fred Couples (USA); Greg Norman (Aus/Intl). [Harding Park GC, San Francisco, CA; now called TPC Harding Park].
Overall result: USA 19.5, Intl team 14.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Hunter Mahan bt Camillo Villegas (Col) 2&1; Stewart Cink bt Adam Scott (Aus) 4&3; Justin Leonard halved with Mike Weir (Can); Anthony Kim bt Robert Allenby (Aus) 5&3; Steve Stricker lost to Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 2&1; Sean O'Hair bt Ernie Els (RSA) 6&4; Kenny Perry lost to Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 2&1; Zach Johnson lost to Tim Clark (RSA) 4&3; Tiger Woods bt Yong-eun "Y.E." Yang (S Kor) 6&5; Lucas Glover halved with Vijay Singh (Fiji); Phil Mickelson bt Retief Goosen (RSA) 2&1; Jim Furyk lost to Angel Cabrera (Arg) 4&3.
Team Events
LET/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (11th) (Aug 21-23). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Beth Daniel (USA); Alison Nicholas (Eng/Europe). [Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, nr Chicago, Illinois].
Overall result: USA 16, Europe 12.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Paula Creamer bt Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 3&2; Angela Stanford bt Becky Brewerton (Wales) 5&4; Michelle Wie bt Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 1 hole; Brittany Lang halved with Laura Davies (Eng); Juli Inkster halved with Gwladys Nocera (Fra); Kristy McPherson lost to Catriona Matthew (Scot) 3&2; Brittany Lincicome bt Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 3&2; Nicole Castrale lost to Diana Luna (Italy) 3&2; Christina Kim bt Tania Elosegui (Esp) 2 holes; Cristie Kerr halved with Maria Hjorth (Swe); Morgan Pressel bt Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 3&2; Natalie Gulbis halved with Janice Moodie (Scot).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (42nd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes, 1x eight singles and 1x ten singles. Result: USA 16.5, GB&I 9.5. Non-playing captains: Buddy Marucci (USA); Colin Dalgleish (Scot/GB&I). [East Course, Merion GC, Ardmore, nr Philadelphia, PA].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Brian Harman halved with Gavin Dear (Scot); Rickie Fowler bt Sam Hutsby (Eng) 7&6; Cameron Tringale halved with Wallace Booth (Scot); Morgan Hoffman halved with Matt Haines (Eng); Peter Uihlein bt Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 2&1; Drew Weaver halved with Chris Paisley (Eng); Bud Cauley bt Niall Kearney (Ire) 2&1; Brendan Gielow lost to Stiggy Hodgson (Eng) 2&1.
SUNDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches): Harman lost to Dear 3&2; Fowler bt Haines 2&1; Uihlein bt Hodgson 3&1; Hoffman bt Booth 1 hole; Cauley halved with Paisley; Adam Mitchell lost to Hutsby 1 hole; Weaver lost to Fleetwood 1 hole; Tringale bt Luke Goddard (Eng) 8&6; Nathan Smith lost to Kearney 3&2; Gielow bt Dale Whitnell (Eng) 4&3.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (35th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes, 2x three fourballs and eight singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 7. Non-playing captains: Carol Semple Thompson (USA); Mary McKenna (Ire/GB&I). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Breanne Loucks (Wales) lost to Kimberly Kim 3&1; Jodi Ewart (Eng) lost to Amanda Blumenherst 2&1; Elizabeth "Liz" Bennett (Eng) lost to Stacy Lewis 3&2; Carly Booth (Scot) lost to Tiffany Joh 6&5; Michele Thomson (Scot) halved with Jennie Lee; Florentyna Parker (Eng) bt Meghan Bolger 6&4; Krystle Caithness (Scot) bt Mina Harigae 2&1; Sally Watson (Scot) lost to Alison Walshe 1 hole.
NOTE: A new three-day format rather than two-day, introduced fourball play for the first time. This gave Stacy Lewis the opportunity to become the first player to win five matches in the same Curtis Cup match.
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (37th) (Sept 19-21). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Paul Azinger (USA); Nick Faldo (Eng/Europe). [Valhalla GC, Louisville, Kentucky].
Overall result: USA 16.5, Europe 11.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Anthony Kim bt Sergio García (Esp) 5&4; Hunter Mahan halved with Paul Casey (Eng); Justin Leonard lost to Robert Karlsson (Swe) 5&3; Phil Mickelson lost to Justin Rose (Eng) 3&2; Kenny Perry bt Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3&2; Boo Weekley bt Oliver Wilson (Eng) 4&2; J.B. Holmes bt Soren Hansen (Den) 2&1; Jim Furyk bt Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) 2&1; Stewart Cink lost to Graeme McDowell (N.Ire) 2&1; Steve Stricker lost to Ian Poulter (Eng) 3&2; Ben Curtis bt Lee Westwood (Eng) 2&1; Chad Cambell bt Padraig Harrington (Ire) 2&1.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (7th) (Sept 27-30). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of 11 fourball matches, 11 foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Jack Nicklaus (USA); Gary Player (RSA/Intl). [Blue course, Royal Montreal GC, Ile Bizard, Montreal].
Overall result: USA 19.5, Intl team 14.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Rory Sabbatini (RSA) lost to Scott Verplank 2&1; Ernie Els (RSA) bt Lucas Glover 2 holes; Vijay Singh (Fiji) lost to Phil Mickelson 5&4; Mike Weir (Can) bt Tiger Woods 1 hole; Angel Cabrera (Arg) bt Woody Austin 2&1; Adam Scott (Aus) bt Zach Johnson 2&1; Trevor Immelman (RSA) lost to David Toms 2 holes; Nick O'Hern (Aus) lost to Stewart Cink 6&4; Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) bt Steve Stricker 1 hole; Kyung-Ju "K.J." Choi (S Kor) bt Hunter Mahan 3&2; Stuart Appleby (Aus) lost to Charles Howell III 2&1; Retief Goosen (RSA) bt Jim Furyk 2&1.
Team Events
LET/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (10th) (Sept 14-16). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Betsy King (USA); Helen Alfredsson (Swe/Europe). [North course, Halmstad GK, Tylosand, nr Halmstad, Sweden].
Overall result: USA 16, Europe 12.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Catriona Matthew (Scot) bt Laura Diaz 3&2; Sophie Gustafson (Swe) lost to Pat Hurst 2&1; Suzann Pettersen (Swe) lost to Stacy Prammanasudh 2 holes; Iben Tinning (Den) lost to Juli Inkster 4&3; Becky Brewerton (Wales) halved with Sherri Steinhauer; Trish Johnson (Eng) lost to Angela Stanford 3&2; Annika Sörenstam (Swe) lost to Morgan Pressel 2&1; Laura Davies (Eng) bt Brittany Lincicome 4&3; Bettina Hauert (Ger) lost to Nicole Castrale 3&2; Maria Hjorth (Swe) lost to Paula Creamer 2&1; Linda Wessberg (Swe) bt Cristie Kerr 1 hole; Gwladys Nocera (Fra) lost to Natalie Gulbis 4&3.
Note: as in 2002, a heavy 8.5-3.5 defeat in the singles matches turned the Europeans winning position after two days into a losing one overall.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (41st). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 12.5, GB&I 11.5. Non-playing captains: Buddy Marucci (USA); Colin Dalgleish (Scot/GB&I). [Royal County Down GC, Newcastle, Co. Down, N. Ireland].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) lost to Billy Horschel 1 hole; Lloyd Saltman (Scot) lost to Rickie Fowler bt 5&4; Rhys Davies (Wales) bt Dustin Johnson 5&4; Danny Willett (Eng) lost to Colt Knost 2 holes; Llewellyn Matthew (Wales) lost to Jamie Lovemark 5&4; Nigel Edwards (Wales) bt Kyle Stanley 1 hole; Jamie Moul (Eng) bt Chris Kirk 1 hole; David Horsey (Eng) bt Webb Simpson 1 hole.
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): McIlroy bt Horschel 4&2; Davies bt Fowler 3&2; Willett halved with Knost; Saltman bt Trip Kuehne 2&1; Johnny Caldwell (N.Ire) bt Stanley; Edwards lost to Jonathan Moore 1 hole; Moul lost to Lovemark 4&3; Horsey bt Simpson 1 hole. Not involved in the singles: John Parry (Eng).
NOTE: A Walker Cup match that was packed with future major championship, PGA Tour and European Tour winners, not least: Rickie Fowler, Billy Horschel, David Horsey, Dustin Johnson, Chris Kirk, Rory McIlroy, Webb Simpson, Kyle Stanley and Danny Willett.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (34th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 11.5, GB&I 6.5. Non-playing captains: Carol Semple Thompson (USA); Ada O'Sullivan (Ire/GB&I). [Pacific Dunes course, Bandon Dunes, Oregon].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Jenny Suh lost to Kiran Mathuru (Eng) 2&1; Jennie Lee bt Martina Gillen (Ire) 4&3; Amanda Blumenherst lost to Breanne Loucks (Wales) 5&4; Paige Mackenzie bt Melissa Reid (Eng) 5&4; Jane Park bt Tara Delaney (Ire) 3&2; Taylor Leon bt Claire Coughlan (Ire) 5&4.
SUNDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Virginia Grimes lost to Gillen 3&2; Amanda McCurdy lost to Loucks 3&2; Mackenzie bt Tricia Mangan (Ire) 1 hole; Leon bt Naomi Edwards (Eng) 5&4; Lee bt Reid 3&2; Park bt Delaney 3&2.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (6th) (Sept 22-25). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of 11 fourball matches, 11 foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Jack Nicklaus (USA); Gary Player (RSA/Intl). [Robert Trent Jones GC, Gainesville, Virginia].
Overall result: USA 18.5, Intl team 15.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Justin Leonard bt Tim Clark (RSA) 4&3; David Toms bt Trevor Immelman (RSA) 2&1; Tiger Woods lost to Retief Goosen (RSA) 2&1; Kenny Perry bt Mark Hensby (Aus) 4&3; Fred Couples bt Vijay Singh (Fiji) 1 hole; Scott Verplank lost to Mike Weir (Can) 3&2; Jim Furyk bt Adam Scott (Aus) 3&2; Stewart Cink lost to Peter Lonard (Aus) 3&2; Fred Funk lost to Michael Campbell (NZ) 3&2; Davis Love III bt Nick O'Hern (Aus) 4&3; Phil Mickelson halved with Angel Cabrera (Arg); Chris DiMarco bt Stuart Appleby (Aus) 1 hole.
Team Events
LET/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (9th) (Sept 9-11). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Nancy Lopez (USA); Catrin Nilsmark (Swe/Europe). [Crooked Stick GC, Carmel, Indiana].
Overall result: USA 15.5, Europe 12.5.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Juli Inkster bt Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 2&1; Paula Creamer bt Laura Davies (Eng) 7&5; Pat Hurst bt Trish Johnson (Eng) 2&1; Laura Diaz bt Iben Tinning (Den) 6&5; Christina Kim bt Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 5&4; Beth Daniel lost to Annika Sörenstam (Swe) 4&3; Natalie Gulbis bt Maria Hjorth (Swe) 2&1; Wendy Ward lost to Catriona Matthew (Scot) 3&2; Michele Redman lost to Carin Koch (Swe) 2&1; Cristie Kerr lost to Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 2&1; Meg Mallon bt Karen Stupples (Eng) 3&1; Rosie Jones halved with Suzann Pettersen (Nor).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (40th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 12.5, GB&I 11.5. Non-playing captains: Bob Lewis (USA); Garth McGimpsey (N.Ire/GB&I). [Chicago GC, Wheaton, nr Chicago, Illinois].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Matthew Every lost to Rhys Davies (Wales) 4&3; Anthony Kim bt Gary Lockerbie (Eng) 6&5; Jeff Overton bt Nigel Edwards (Wales) 5&4; Michael Putnam lost to Oliver Fisher (Eng) 2 holes; Nicholas Thompson lost to Matthew Richardson (Eng) 5&4; Billy Hurley III lost to Lloyd Saltman (Scot) 1 hole; J.B. Holmes bt Gary Wolstenholme (Eng) 1 hole; Lee Williams bt Brian McElhinney (Ire) 2&1.
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Kim lost to Wolstenholme 1 hole; Brian Harman bt Davies 6&5; Putnam halved with Fisher; Every halved with Robert Dinwiddie (Eng); Holmes lost to Richardson 5&4; Kyle Reifers lost to Saltman 1 hole; Overton bt Edwards 1 hole; Williams bt Lockerbie 4&3. Not involved in the singles: Richie Ramsay (Scot).
NOTE: The first USA win in the Walker Cup since 1997, which stopped GB&I's four-in-a-row bid. The GB&I team fielded the youngest ever Walker Cup player, 16-year-old Oliver Fisher (Eng).
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (33rd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 8. Non-playing captains: Ada O'Sullivan (Ire/GB&I); Martha Kirouac (USA). [Formby GC, Formby, Merseyside].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Emma Duggelby (Eng) bt Liz Janangelo 3&2; Danielle Masters lost to Erica Blasberg (Eng) 1 hole; Fame More (Eng) lost to Paula Creamer 5&3; Anna Highgate (Wales) lost to Michelle Wie 5&4; Shelley McKevitt (Eng) lost to Jane Park 4&3; Anne Laing (Scot) lost to Annie Thurman 4&3.
SUNDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Duggelby lost to Creamer 3&2; Laing bt Park 3&1; McKevitt lost to Janangelo 1 hole; Nicola Timmins (Eng) lost to Wie 6&5; Claire Coughlan (Ire) bt Brittany Lang 2 holes; Masters lost to Thurman 1 hole.
Sarah Huarte (USA) did not play in the singles.
NOTE: This was the fourth successive Curtis Cup win for the USA. Playing for the USA was the youngest ever Curtis Cup player, 14-year-old Michelle Wie, who comfortably won both her singles matches.
Team Events
Tommy Bahama
Played as the inaugural Tommy Bahama Challenge (Nov 9; made-for-TV unofficial PGA Tour money event; four top US tour pros aged 30 or under vs four non-US). Result: USA bt Internationals at the first playoff hole. Non-playing capts: Gary McCord (USA); David Feherty (N.Ire). Winning USA team: Chad Campbell; Zach Johnson; Hank Kuehne; Chris Riley. Losing INTERNATIONAL team: Paul Casey (Eng); Kevin Na (S Kor); Ian Poulter (Eng); David Howell (Eng). [Raptor course, Grayhawk GC, Scottsdale, AZ].
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Honours were even at 12 - 12, so Cup was retained by the USA.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (32nd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 11, GB&I 7. Non-playing captains: Mary Budke (USA); Pam Benka (Eng/GB&I). [Fox Chapel GC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Emily Bastel lost to Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 2 holes; Leigh Anne Hardin bt Emma Duggelby (Eng) 2&1; Meredith Duncan bt Fame More (Eng) 5&4; Angela Jerman bt Sarah Jones (Wales) 6&5; Courtney Swaim bt Heather Stirling (Scot) 4&2; Mollie Fankhauser lost to Vikki Laing (Scot) 1 hole.
SUNDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Fankhauser bt Hudson 3&1; Carol Semple Thompson bt Laing 1 hole; Hardin lost to Duggelby 4&3; Laura Myerscough bt Stirling 2 holes; Duncan bt Alison Coffey (N.Ire) 3&1; Swaim lost to Jones 5&3.
Kerry Smith (Eng) did not play in the singles.
NOTE: This was the last of 53-year-old Carol Semple Thompson's 12 playing appearances in the Curtis Cup. In a total of 33 matches played, she won 16, lost 13 and halved four. Semple Thompson also led victorious USA teams in 2006 and 2008 as non-playing captain.
Team Events
LET/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (7th) (Sept 20-22). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Patty Sheehan (USA); Dale Reid (Scot/Europe). [Interlachen CC, Edina, nr Minneapolis, Minnesota].
Overall result: USA 15.5, Europe 12.5. A heavy 8.5-3.5 defeat in the singles matches turned the Europeans winning position after two days into a losing one overall.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Juli Inkster bt Raquel Carriedo (Esp) 4&3; Laura Diaz bt Paula Marti (Esp) 5&3; Emilee Klein bt Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 2&1; Kelli Keuhne lost to Iben Tinning (Den) 3&2; Michele Redman halved with Suzann Pettersen (Nor); Wendy Ward halved with Annika Sörenstam (Swe); Kelly Robbins bt Maria Hjorth (Swe) 5&3; Cristie Kerr lost to Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 3&2; Meg Mallon bt Laura Davies (Eng) 3&2; Pat Hurst bt Mhairi McKay (Scot) 3&2; Beth Daniel halved with Carin Koch (Swe); Rosie Jones bt Karine Icher (Fra) 3&2.
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UBS
Played as the UBS Warburg Cup, between mens' professionals (over 40's) from USA and Rest of the World. Winning Captain : Arnold Palmer.
Team Events
UBS
The inaugural UBS Cup, played between men's professionals (over 40's) from USA and Rest of World. Winning Captain : Arnold Palmer. Played on the Ocean Course.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (31st). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 8. Non-playing captains: Jane Bastanchury Booth (USA); Claire Dowling (Ire/GB&I; née Hourihane). [Ganton GC, nr Scarborough, North Yorkshire].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Kim Andrew (Eng, née Rostron) lost to Beth Bauer 3&2; Rebecca Hudson (Eng) lost to Stephanie Keever 4&2; Fiona Brown (Eng) lost to Robin Weiss 1 hole; Lesley Nicholson (Scot) halved with Angela Stanford; Suzie O'Brien (Ire) bt Leland Beckel 3&1; Emma Duggelby (Eng) lost to Hilary Homeyer 1 hole.
SUNDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Hudson lost to Bauer 1 hole; O'Brien bt Weiss 3&2; Duggelby bt Keever 4&2; Rebecca "Becky" Brewerton (Wales) lost to Homeyer 3&2; Rebecca "Becky" Morgan (Wales) bt Stanford 5&4; Andrew bt Virgina Derby Grimes 6&5.
Carol Semple Thompson (USA) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (4th) (Oct 19-22). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over four days in a total of ten fourball matches, ten foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Ken Venturi (USA); Peter Thomson (Aus/Intl). [Robert Trent Jones GC, Gainesville, Virginia].
Overall result: USA 21.5, Intl team 10.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Paul Azinger lost to Robert Allenby (Aus) 2&1; David Duval bt Nick Price (Zim) 2&1; Loren Roberts bt Stuart Appleby (Aus) 3&2; Phil Mickelson lost to Mike Weir (Can) 4&3; Davis Love III bt Ernie Els (RSA) 4&3; Tom Lehman lost to Steve Elkington (Aus) 1 hole; Tiger Woods bt Vijay Singh (Fiji) 2&1; Stewart Cink bt Greg Norman (Aus) 2&1; Hal Sutton lost to Carlos Franco (Para) 6&5; Jim Furyk bt Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 5&4; Kirk Triplett halved with Michael Campbell (NZ); Notah Begay III bt Retief Goosen (RSA) 1 hole.
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WGC
Played as the WGC-EMC2 World Cup of Golf (Dec 7-10; two-man stroke play team event; rounds 1 & 3 better ball; 2 & 4 alternate shot). Second-placed Eduardo Romero & Ángel Cabrera (Arg) finished 3 shots behind Tiger Woods & David Duval (USA), who shared the $1 million first prize. [Buenos Aires GC, Buenos Aires, Argentina].
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (33rd) (Sept 24-26). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Ben Crenshaw (USA); Mark James (Eng/Europe). [The Country Club, Brookline, Boston, Mass.].
Overall result: USA 14.5, Europe 13.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Tom Lehman bt Lee Westwood (Eng) 3&2; Hal Sutton bt Darren Clarke (N.Ire) 4&2; Phil Mickelson bt Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 5&3; Davis Love III bt Jean van de Velde (Fra) 6&5; Tiger Woods bt Andrew Coltart (Scot) 3&2; David Duval bt Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 5&4; Mark O'Meara lost to Padraig Harrington (Ire) 1 hole; Steve Pate bt Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) 2&1; Justin Leonard halved with José María Olazábal (Esp); Payne Stewart lost to Colin Montgomerie (Scot) 1 hole; Jim Furyk bt Sergio García (Esp) 4&3; Jeff Maggert lost to Paul Lawrie (Scot) 4&3.
Note: dubbed the "Battle of Brookline" the matches were marred by the over-zealous behaviour of some American fans. There was also the infamous "invasion" of the 17th green on the final day when Justin Leonard holed his 45-foot birdie putt. Over-excited American players and their wives charged onto the green in celebration. Once the commotion had died down, it was left for Jose Maria Olazabal to attempt his 22-foot birdie putt to halve the hole. Unsurprisingly he missed the putt.
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (Nov 18-21; 72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Santiago Luna & Miguel Ángel Martín (Esp) finished 5 shots behind Tiger Woods & Mark O'Meara (USA), who shared the $400,000 first prize. Best individual score: Tiger Woods (263). [The Mines Resort & GC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (30th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 8. Non-playing captains: Barbara McIntire (USA); Ita Burke Butler (Ire/GB&I). [Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Kellee Booth bt Kim Rostron (Eng) 2&1; Brenda Corrie Kuehn bt Alison Rose (Scot) 3&2; Jenny Chuasiriporn halved with Rebecca Hudson (Eng); Beth Bauer bt Hilary Monaghan (Scot) 5&3; Jo Jo Robertson lost to Rebecca "Becky" Morgan (Wales) 2&1; Carol Semple Thompson lost to Elaine Ratcliffe (Eng) 3&2.
SUNDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Booth bt Rostron 2&1; Kuehn bt Morgan 2&1; Thompson lost to Karen Stupples (Eng) 1 hole; Robin Burke lost to Hudson 2&1; Robertson lost to Fiona Brown (Eng) 1 hole; Virginia Derby Grimes halved with Ratcliffe.
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Eur LPGA/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (5th) (Sept 18-20). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Judy Rankin (USA); Pia Nilsson (Swe/Europe). [Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, nr Columbus, Ohio].
Overall result: USA 16, Europe 12.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Pat Hurst lost to Laura Davies (Eng) 1 hole; Juli Inkster lost to Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 2&1; Donna Andrews lost to Annika Sörenstam (Swe) 2&1; Brandie Burton lost to Liselotte Neumann (Swe) 1 hole; Dottie Pepper bt Trish Johnson (Eng) 3&2; Kelly Robbins bt Charlotta Sörenstam (Swe) 2&1; Christa "Chris" Johnson lost to Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) 1 hole; Rosie Jones bt Catrin Nilsmark (Swe) 6&4; Tammie Green bt Alison Nicholas (Eng) 1 hole; Sherri Steinhauer bt Catriona Matthew (Scot) 3&2; Betsy King lost to Lisa Hackney (Eng) 6&5; Meg Mallon halved with Sophie Gustafson (Swe).
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R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (36th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 18, GB&I 6. Non-playing captains: Downing Gray Jr (USA); Clive Brown (Wales/GB&I). [Quaker Ridge GC, Scarsdale, nr New York City, NY].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Duke Delcher lost to Steven Young (Eng) 5&4; Steve Scott lost to Craig Watson (Scot) 1 hole; Brad Elder bt Barclay Howard (Scot); Joel Kribel lost to Justin Rose (Eng) 1 hole; Randy Leen bt Keith Nolan (Ire) 3&2; Jason Gore bt Graham Rankin (Scot) 3&2; Chris Wollmann halved with Richie Coughlan (Ire); John Harris bt Gary Wolstenholme (Eng) 1 hole.
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Kribel lost to Young 2&1; Gore halved with Watson; Jerry Courville Jr bt Rose 3&2; Elder bt Nolan 2&1; Harris bt Michael Brooks (Scot) 6&5; Buddy Marucci bt David Park (Wales) 4&3; Delcher bt Wolstenholme 2&1; Scott bt Coughlan 2&1.
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Dunhill
Played as the Dunhill Cup (three-man team event for a team prize of $300,000). USA beat New Zealand 2-1 in the final: Phil Mickelson 69 bt Greg Turner 72; Steve Stricker 67 bt Grant Waite 73; Mark O'Meara 72 lost to Frank Nobilo 69. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Team Events
PGA Tour
The Presidents Cup (2nd) (Sept 13-15). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of ten fourball matches, ten foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Arnold Palmer (USA); Peter Thomson (Aus/Intl). [Robert Trent Jones GC, Gainesville, Virginia].
Overall result: USA 16.5, Intl team 15.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Mark Brooks lost to Craig Parry (Aus) 5&4; David Duval bt Peter Senior (Aus) 3&2; Mark O'Meara bt Nick Price (Zim) 1 hole; Kenny Perry lost to David Frost (RSA) 7&6; Steve Stricker bt Robert Allenby (Aus) 6&5; Scott Hoch bt Mark McNulty (Zim) 1 up; Davis Love III bt Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) 5&4; Justin Leonard lost to Steve Elkington (Aus) 1 hole; Phil Mickelson lost to Ernie Els (RSA) 3&2; Corey Pavin lost to Greg Norman 3&1; Tom Lehman lost to Frank Nobilo (NZ) 3&2; Fred Couples bt Vijay Singh (Fiji) 2&1.
Team Events
WPG Eur Tr/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (4th) (Sept 20-22). USA vs Europe. 12 top women professionals per team competing over three days in eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Judy Rankin (USA); Mickey Walker (Eng/Europe). [Old course, St Pierre Hotel & CC, Chepstow, South Wales].
Overall result: USA 17, Europe 11. Going into Sunday with a 9-7 lead and on home territory, the Europeans were overwhelmed 10-2 in the singles and collapsed to a 17-11 defeat.
Sunday singles (twelve 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Annika Sörenstam (Swe) bt Pat Bradley 2&1; Kathryn Marshall (Scot) lost to Val Skinner 2&1; Laura Davies (Eng) lost to Michelle McGann 3&2; Liselotte Neumann (Swe) halved with Beth Daniel; Lisa Hackney (Eng) lost to Brandie Burton 1 hole; Trish Johnson (Eng) lost to Dottie Pepper 3&2; Alison Nicholas (Eng) halved with Kelly Robbins; Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) lost to Betsy King 5&4; Joanne Morley (Eng) lost to Rosie Jones 5&4; Dale Reid (Scot) lost to Jane Geddes 2 holes; Catrin Nilsmark (Swe) lost to Patty Sheehan 2&1; Helen Alfredsson (Swe) lost to Meg Mallon 4&2.
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the (last) Chrysler Cup (Feb 24-26; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA beat the International team 11-5, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [Tres Vidas GC, Acapulco, Mexico].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Jim Colbert (capt) bt Bob Charles (NZ; capt) 69-72; Jim Dent bt Harold Henning (RSA) 71-76; George Archer lost to Antonio Garrido (Esp) 76-71; Tom Wargo halved with Tommy Horton (Eng) 71-71; Larry Gilbert bt Bruce Crampton (Aus) 68-73; Bob Murphy bt Simon Hobday (RSA) 72-78; Tom Weiskopf lost to Tony Jacklin (Eng) 74-71; Jim Albus lost to Graham Marsh (Aus) 74-69.
Team Events
Heineken
Played as the Heineken World Cup of Golf (Nov 9-12; 72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Robert Allenby & Brett Ogle (Aus) finished 14 shots behind defending champions Fred Couples & Davis Love III (USA), who shared the $400,000 first prize. Best individual score: Davis Love III (267). This was the first international golf tournament held in China. [World Cup course, Mission Hills Shenzhen, China].
Team Events
PGA Tour
The inaugural Presidents Cup (Sept 16-18). USA vs International Team (non-US, non-European). 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of ten fourball matches, ten foursomes, and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Hale Irwin (USA); David Graham (Aus/Intl). [Robert Trent Jones GC, Gainesville, Virginia].
Overall result: USA 20, Intl team 12.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Hale Irwin bt Robert Allenby (Aus) 1 hole; Jay Haas bt Mark McNulty (Zim) 4&3; Jim Gallagher Jr bt Tsukasa Watanabe (Jpn); Phil Mickelson halved with Fulton Allem (RSA); Tom Lehman halved with Vijay Singh (Fiji); John Huston lost to Peter Senior (Aus) 3&2; Scott Hoch halved with David Frost (RSA); Jeff Maggert bt Bradley Hughes (Aus) 2&1; Loren Roberts halved with Frank Nobilo (NZ); Fred Couples bt Nick Price (Zim) 1 hole; Davis Love III bt Steve Elkington (Aus) 1 hole; Corey Pavin lost to Craig Parry (Aus) 1 hole.
Team Events
WPG Eur Tr/LPGA
The Solheim Cup (3rd) (Oct 21-23). USA vs Europe. 10 top women professionals per team competing over three days in five foursome matches, five fourballs and ten singles. Non-playing captains: JoAnne Carner (USA); Mickey Walker (Eng/Europe). [Greenbrier course, Greenbrier GC, White Sulphur Springs, WV].
Overall result: USA 13, Europe 7.
Sunday singles (ten 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Betsy King lost to Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 2&1; Dottie Mochrie (née Pepper) bt Catrin Nilsmark (Swe) 6&5; Beth Daniel bt Trish Johnson (Eng) 1 hole; Kelly Robbins bt Lora Fairclough (Eng) 4&2; Meg Mallon bt Pam Wright (Scot) 1 hole; Patty Sheehan lost to Alison Nicholas (Eng) 3&2; Brandie Burton bt Laura Davies (Eng) 1 hole; Tammie Green bt Annika Sörenstam (Swe) 3&2; Sherri Steinhauer bt Dale Reid (Scot) 2 holes; Donna Andrews bt Liselotte Neumann (Swe) 3&2.
Team Events
Heineken
Played as the Heineken World Cup of Golf (Nov 10-13; 72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Tony Johnstone & Mark McNulty (Zim) finished 14 shots behind Fred Couples & Davis Love III (USA), who shared the $300,000 first prize and who won this event for the third straight year. Best individual score: Fred Couples (265). [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].].
Team Events
Dunhill
Played as the Dunhill Cup (three-man team event for a team prize of $300,000). USA beat defending champions England 2-1 in the final: Fred Couples 68 bt Nick Faldo 69; John Daly 70 bt Peter Baker 73; Payne Stewart 74 lost to Mark James 70. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Cup (Feb 26-28; eight top senior professionals per team; best five rounds per team from each of the three days). Result: USA team 1036 (44-under-par) beat the International team 1045 (35-under-par) by 9 shots, and shared the $200,000 winning team prize. [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
WINNING USA team: George Archer, Miller Barber, Jim Colbert, Dale Douglass, Al Geiberger, Mike Hill, Chi Chi Rodriguez and Tom Weiskopf. LOSING International team: Bob Charles (NZ), Isao Aoki (Jpn), Gary Player (RSA), Tommy Horton (Eng), Bruce Crampton (Aus), Harold Henning (RSA), Simon Hobday (RSA) and Bruce Devlin (Aus). Weiskopf won an additional $55,000 for the lowest individual 54-hole score: 202 (-14). [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (30th) (Sept 24-26). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Tom Watson (USA); Bernard Gallacher (Scot/Europe). [Brabazon course, The Belfry, Wishaw, nr Birmingham].
Overall result: USA 15, Europe 13.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Ian Woosnam (Wales) halved with Fred Couples; Barry Lane (Eng) lost to Chip Beck 1 hole; Colin Montgomerie (Scot) bt Lee Janzen 1 hole; Peter Baker (Eng) bt Corey Pavin 2 holes; Joakim Haeggman (Swe) bt John Cook 1 hole; Mark James (Eng) lost to Payne Stewart 3&2; Costantino Rocca (Italy) lost to Davis Love III 1 hole; Seve Ballesteros (Esp) lost to Jim Gallacher 3&2; José María Olazábal (Esp) lost to Raymond Floyd 2 holes; Bernhard Langer (Ger) lost to Tom Kite 5&3; Nick Faldo (Eng) halved with Paul Azinger; Sam Torrance (Scot) halved with Lanny Wadkins ( ... this singles match wasn't actually played due to Torrance suffering from a septic toe).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (34th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x ten singles. Result: USA 19, GB&I 5. Non-playing captains: Vinny Giles (USA); George Macgregor (Scot/GB&I). [Interlachen CC, Edina, nr Minneapolis, Minnesota].
WEDNESDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Allen Doyle bt Iain Pyman (Eng) 1 hole; David Berganio Jr lost to Matt Stanford (Eng) 3&2; Jay Sigel lost to Dean Robertson (Scot) 3&2; Kelly Mitchum halved with Stuart Cage (Eng); Tim Herron bt Padraig Harrington (Ire) 1 hole; Danny Yates III bt Paul Page (Eng) 2&1; Todd Demsey bt Raymond Russell (Scot) 2&1; Justin Leonard bt Raymond Burns (N.Ire) 4&3; Brian Gay lost to Van Phillips (Eng) 2&1; John Harris bt Bradley Dredge (Wales) 4&3.
THURSDAY SINGLES (ten 18-hole matches): Doyle bt Robertson 4&3; Harris bt Pyman 3&2; Yates bt Cage 2&1; Gay halved with Harrington; Sigel bt Page 5&4; Herron bt Phillips 3&2; Mitchum bt Russell 4&2; Berganio lost to Burns 1 hole; Demsey bt Dredge 3&2; Leonard bt Stanford 5&4.
NOTE: This marked the last of Jay Sigel's nine consecutive Walker Cup appearances for the USA, during which time he was twice the playing captain (1983 and 1985). He was never a non-playing captain. In a total of 33 foursomes and singles matches played, he won 18, lost 10 and halved 5.
Team Events
Heineken
Played as the Heineken World Cup of Golf (Nov 11-14; 72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Mark McNulty & Nick Price (Zim) finished 5 shots behind defending champions Fred Couples & Davis Love III (USA). Best individual score: Bernhard Langer (Ger, 272). [Lake Nona G&CC, Orlando, FL].
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Cup (Feb 28-Mar 1; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 54 pts beat the International team 46 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Jim Dent lost to Tommy Horton (Eng) 72-69; Lee Trevino lost to Bob Charles (NZ) 71-69; Dale Douglass lost to Gary Player (RSA) 69-68; Chi Chi Rodriguez lost to Harold Henning (RSA) 73-71; Mike Hill bt Bruce Crampton (Aus) 70-72; Jim Colbert bt Bill Dunk (Aus) 71-76); George Archer halved with Simon Hobday (RSA); Miller Barber (USA capt) lost to Bruce Devlin (Aus) 71-70.
Team Events
Philip Morris
Played as the World Cup of Golf by Philip Morris (Nov 5-8; 72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Per-Ulrich Johansson & Anders Forsbrand (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Fred Couples & Davis Love III (USA), who shared the $240,000 first prize. Best individual score: Brett Ogle (Aus, 270) after a playoff with Ian Woosnam (Wales). [No.2 course, Golf La Moraleja, Alcobendas, nr Madrid; now called Real (Royal) La Moraleja].
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Cup (Feb 22-24; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 58.5 pts beat the International team 41.5 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Al Geiberger lost to Brian Waites (Eng) 72-71; Miller Barber lost to Bob Charles (NZ) 70-66; Mike Hill bt Bruce Devlin (Aus) 67-72; Charles Coody bt Harold Henning (RSA) 63-69; Jim Dent lost to Gary Player (RSA) 69-66; George Archer bt Bruce Crampton (Aus) 70-72; Chi Chi Rodriguez bt Simon Hobday 65-71; Lee Trevino bt Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) 68-77. Coody (USA) won a new car for the lowest individual final round score: 63 (-9).
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (29th) (Sept 27-29). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Dave Stockton (USA); Bernard Gallacher (Scot/Europe). [The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, SC].
Overall result: USA 14.5, Europe 13.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Raymond Floyd lost to Nick Faldo (Eng) 2 holes; Payne Stewart lost to David Feherty (N.Ire) 2&1; Mark Calcavecchia halved with Colin Montgomerie (Scot); Paul Azinger bt Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp) 2 holes; Corey Pavin bt Steven Richardson (Eng) 2&1; Wayne Levi lost to Seve Ballesteros (Esp) 3&2; Chip Beck bt Ian Woosnam (Wales) 3&1; Mark O'Meara lost to Paul Broadhurst (Eng) 3&1; Fred Couples bt Sam Torrance (Scot) 3&2; Lanny Wadkins bt Mark James (Eng) 3&2; Hale Irwin halved with Bernhard Langer (Ger); Steve Pate halved with David Gilford (Eng). The Pate-Gilford singles match was not actually played due an injury sustained by Pate on the eve of the matches.
Note: this Ryder Cup was dubbed the "War on the Shore" as a result of the over-zealous behaviour of some American fans.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (33rd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 14, GB&I 10. Non-playing captains: Jim Gabrielsen (USA); George Macgregor (Scot/GB&I). [Portmarnock GC, nr Dublin, Ireland].
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Andrew Coltart (Scot) lost to Phil Mickelson 4&3; Jim Payne (Eng) bt Franklin Langham 2&1; Gary Evans (Eng) bt David Duval 2&1; Ricky Willison (Eng) lost to Bob May 2&1; Garth McGimpsey (Ire) bt Mike Sposa 1 hole; Paul McGinley (Ire) lost to Allen Doyle 6&4; Garry Hay (Scot) bt Tom Scherrer 1 hole; Liam White (Eng) lost to Jay Sigel 4&3.
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): James Milligan (Scot) lost to Mickelson 1 hole; Payne bt Doyle 3&1; Evans lost to Langham 4&2; Coltart bt Sigel 1 hole; Willison bt Scherrer 3&2; Padraig Harrington (Ire) lost to David Eger 3&2; McGimpsey lost to May 4&3; Hay lost to Mitch Voges 3&1.
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Cup (Feb 23-25; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 53.5 pts beat the International team 30.5 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Don Bies bt Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) 69-72; Dave Hill bt Bob Charles (NZ) 70-72; Miller Barber halved with Gary Player (RSA) 71-71; Al Geiberger halved with Bruce Crampton (Aus) 73-73; Arnold Palmer lost to Harold Henning (RSA) 74-70; Orville Moody halved with Bruce Devlin (Aus) 73-73; Chi Chi Rodriguez bt Bill Dunk (Aus) 73-77; Lee Trevino bt Peter Thomson (Aus) 69-83.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (26th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 14, GB&I 4. Non-playing captains: Leslie Shannon (USA); Jill Thornhill (Eng/GB&I). [Somerset Hills CC, Bernardsville, nr Newark, New Jersey].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Vicki Goetz lost to Julie Hall (Eng, née Wade) 2&1; Katie Peterson bt Kathryn Imrie (Scot) 3&2; Brandie Burton bt Linzi Fletcher (Eng) 3&1; Robin Weiss bt Elaine Farquharson (Scot) 4&3; Karen Noble bt Catriona Lambert (Scot, later Matthew) 1 hole; Carol Semple Thompson lost to Vicki Thomas (Wales) 1 hole.
SUNDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Goetze bt Helen Dobson (Eng) 4&3; Burton bt Lambert 4&3; Peterson bt Imrie 1 hole; Noble bt Wade 2 holes; Weiss bt Farquharson 2&1; Thompson bt Thomas 3&1.
Anne Quast Sander (USA), Margaret Platt (USA) and Helen Wadsworth (Wales) did not play in the singles.
NOTE: This was the last of eight Curtis Cup playing appearances made by Anne Sander (née Quast, also Decker and Welts). In a total of 22 matches played, she won 11, lost seven and halved four.
Team Events
WPG Eur Tr/LPGA
The inaugural Solheim Cup (Nov 16-18). USA vs Europe. Eight top women professionals per team competing over three days in four foursome matches, four fourballs and eight singles. Non-playing captains: Kathy Whitworth (USA); Mickey Walker (Eng/Europe). [Lake Nona G&CC, Orlando, Florida].
Overall result: USA 11.5, Europe 4.5.
Sunday singles (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Pat Bradley bt Trish Johnson (Eng) 8&7; Beth Daniel bt Liselotte Neumann (Swe) 7&6; Nancy Lopez bt Alison Nicholas (Eng) 6&4; Cathy Gerring bt Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 4&3; Dotti Mochrie (née Pepper) bt Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) 4&2; Rosie Jones lost to Laura Davies (Eng) 3&2; Patty Sheehan lost to Dale Reid (Scot) 2&1; Betsy King halved with Pam Wright (Scot).
Team Events
Dunhill
Played as the Dunhill Cup (three-man team event for a team prize of $300,000). First of two years where the final was played as two sets of 18-hole matches rather than one. USA beat Japan 3.5-2.5 in the final. Ist round of final: Mark Calcavecchia 67 bt Hajime Meshiai 68; Tom Kite 68 halved with Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki; Curtis Strange 72 bt Koichi Suzuki 75. 2nd round of final: Calcavecchia 66 bt Meshiai 73; Kite 74 lost to Suzuki 71; Strange 71 lost to Ozaki 69. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Cup (April 20-23; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 71 pts beat the International team 29 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Chi Chi Rodriguez bt Bruce Crampton (Aus) 69-73; Al Geiberger bt Harold Henning (RSA) 68-71; Walter Zembriski bt Doug Dalziel (Scot) 70-71; Miller Barber bt Gary Player (RSA) 69-70; Dave Hill bt Bob Charles (NZ) 66-71; Gene Littler lost to Peter Thomson (Aus) 72-69; Orville Moody halved with Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) 68-68; Arnold Palmer bt Bruce Devlin (Aus) 70-74.
Team Events
Asahi Glass
Played as the Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship (Nov 2-5; six-man teams from the world's four leading men's tours). USA and Europe tied in the final, six points apiece. The USA team were declared winners, based on a lower aggregate score than Europe (404 vs 416) in the earlier group stage, which involved all four teams. [Yomiuri CC, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan].
Winning USA team: Mark Calcavecchia; Chip Beck; Ken Green; Payne Stewart; Curtis Strange; Tom Kite. Second was EUROPE: Bernhard Langer (capt); Gordon Brand Jr; Ronan Rafferty; Mark James; Ian Woosnam; José María Olazábal. Third was JAPAN: Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki; Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki; Tateo "Jet" Ozaki; Toru Nakamura; Koichi Suzuki; Katsunari Takahashi. Fourth was AUSTRALASIA: Ian Baker-Finch; Wayne Grady; Brian Jones; Craig Parry; Peter Senior; Greg Norman.
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Cup (April 22-24; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 55 pts beat the International team 45 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Orville Moody lost to Bob Charles (NZ) 70-67; Gene Littler bt Peter Thomson (Aus) 70-71; Dale Douglass lost to Harold Henning (RSA) 71-70; Billy Casper bt Christy O'Connor (Ire) 72-73; Arnold Palmer lost to Gary Player (RSA) 74-72; Miller Barber lost to Bruce Crampton (Aus) 74-72; Al Geiberger lost to Bruce Devlin (Aus) 73-72; Chi Chi Rodriguez bt Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) 69-70.
Team Events
Kirin
Played as the Kirin Cup World Championship (Dec 15-18; six-man teams from the world's four leading men's tours). USA (8 pts) beat Europe (4 pts) in the final (six singles matches); the final followed a group stage involving all four teams. [Bay Course, Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii].
Winning USA team: Chip Beck; Ben Crenshaw; Steve Pate; Mike Reid; Joey Sindelar; Curtis Strange. Second was EUROPE: Gordon Brand Jr; Anders Forsbrand; Mark James; Mark Mouland; Ronan Rafferty; José Rivero. Third was AUSTRALASIA: Ian Baker-Finch; Rodger Davis; Brian Jones; Graham Marsh; Craig Parry; Peter Senior. Fourth was JAPAN: Isao Aoki; Hiroshi Makino; Masahiro Kuramoto; Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima; Yoshimi Niizeki; Nobuo Serizawa.
Team Events
Philip Morris
Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed (brothers) Tateo "Jet" Ozaki & Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Ben Crenshaw & Mark McCumber (USA), who shared the $176,000 first prize. Best individual score: Ben Crenshaw (275). [Composite of East & West courses, Royal Melbourne GC, Victoria, Aus].
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (31st). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 16.5, GB&I 7.5. Non-playing captains: Fred Ridley (USA); Geoff Marks (Eng/GB&I). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].
WEDNESDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): David Curry (Eng) bt Buddy Alexander 2 holes; Jeremy Robinson (Eng) lost to Billy Andrade 7&5; Colin Montgomerie (Scot) bt Jim Sorenson 3&2; Robert Eggo (Eng) lost to Jay Sigel 3&2; John McHenry (Ire) lost to Brian Montgomery 1 hole; Paul Girvan (Scot) lost to Bob Lewis Jr 3&2; David Carrick (Scot) lost to Billy Mayfair 2 holes; Graeme Shaw (Scot) bt Chris Kite 1 hole.
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Curry lost to Alexander 5&4; Montgomerie bt Andrade 4&2; McHenry bt Bill Loeffler 3&2; Shaw halved with Sorenson; Robinson bt Len Mattiace 1 hole; Carrick lost to Lewis 3&2; Eggo lost to Mayfair 1 hole; Girvan lost to Sigel 6&5. Not involved in the singles: George Macgregor (Scot) and Paul Mayo (Wales).
Team Events
Kirin
Played as the Kirin Cup World Championship (Nov 5-8; six-man teams from the world's four leading men's tours). USA (10 pts) beat Europe (2 pts) in the final (six singles matches); the final followed a group stage involving all four teams. [Yomiuri CC, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan].
Winning USA team: Mark Calcavecchia; Tom Kite; Scott Simpson; Payne Stewart; Curtis Strange; Lanny Wadkins. Second was EUROPE: Bernhard Langer (capt); Ken Brown; Nick Faldo; Sandy Lyle; José María Olazábal; Ian Woosnam. Third was AUSTRALASIA: Ian Baker-Finch; Rodger Davis; Brian Jones; Graham Marsh; Greg Norman; Peter Senior. Fourth was JAPAN: Isao Aoki; Hajime Meshiai; Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima; Tōru Nakamura; Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki; Tateo "Jet" Ozaki.
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the inaugural Chrysler Cup (Sept 4-7; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 68 pts beat the International team 30 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Potomac, nr Washington DC; at the time called TPC Avenel].
SUNDAY FINAL ROUND SCORES: WINNING USA team: Arnold Palmer (capt) 69; Gene Littler 69; Chi Chi Rodriguez 70; Don January 72; Billy Casper 73; Dale Douglass 74; Lee Elder 74; Miller Barber 75. LOSING INTERNATIONAL team: Bob Charles (NZ) 70; Gary Player (RSA, capt) 72; Bruce Crampton (Aus) 72; Al Balding (Can) 73; Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) 74; Harold Henning (RSA) 77; Christy O'Connor (Ire) 77; Peter Thomson (Aus) 81. Palmer and Littler both earned the use of a luxury new car for a year for shooting the final day's best score: 69 (-2).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (30th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 11. Playing captain: Jay Sigel (USA); non-playing captain: Charlie Green (Scot/GB&I). [Pine Valley GC, Clementon, NJ].
WEDNESDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Scott Verplank bt Garth McGimpsey (Ire) 2&1; Sam Randolph bt Paul Mayo (Wales) 5&4; Randy Sonnier halved with John Hawksworth (Eng); Jay Sigel bt Colin Montgomerie (Scot) 5&4; Bob Lewis Jr lost to Peter McEvoy (Eng) 2&1; Clark Burroughs lost to George Macgregor (Scot) 2 holes; Duffy Waldorf bt David Gilford (Eng) 4&2; Jerry Haas lost to Sandy Stephen (Scot) 2&1.
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Randolph halved with McGimpsey; Verplank bt Montgomerie 1 hole; Sigel lost to Hawksworth 4&3; Davis Love III bt McEvoy 5&3; Sonnier lost to Peter Baker (Eng) 5&4; Burroughs lost to Macgregor 3&2; Lewis bt Cecil Bloice (Scot) 4&3; Waldorf lost to Stephen 2&1. Not involved in the singles: Mike Podolak (USA).
Team Events
Nissan
Played as the inaugural Nissan PGA Cup World Championship (Nov 7-10; six-man teams from the world's four leading men's tours). USA (10 pts) beat Europe (2 pts) in the final (six singles matches); the final followed a group stage involving all four teams. [Bay Course, Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii].
Winning USA team: Raymond Floyd (playing capt); Mark O'Meara; Corey Pavin; Calvin Peete; Curtis Strange; Lanny Wadkins. Second was EUROPE: Bernhard Langer (playing capt); Gordon Brand Jr; Howard Clark; Sandy Lyle; Sam Torrance; Ian Woosnam. Third was JAPAN: Isao Aoki (playing capt); Kikuo Arai; Shinsaku Maeda; Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima; Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki; Tateo "Jet" Ozaki. Fourth was AUSTRALASIA: Graham Marsh (playing capt); Ian Baker-Finch; Wayne Grady; David Graham; Brian Jones; Greg Norman. Best individual score: Sandy Lyle (267 over the four rounds played).
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (23rd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 9.5, GB&I 8.5. Non-playing captains: Phyllis Preuss (USA); Diane Bailey (Eng/GB&I). [Muirfield - The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Gullane, East Lothian].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Jill Thornhill (Eng) halved with Joanne Pacillo; Claire Waite (Eng) lost to Penny Hammell 4&2; Claire Hourihan (Ire) lost to Jody Rosenthal 3&1; Vicki Thomas (Wales) bt Dana Howe 2&1; Penny Grice (Eng) bt Anne Quast Sander 2 holes; Beverely New (Eng) lost to Mary Anne Widman 4&3.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Thornhill lost to Pacillo 3&2; Laura Davies (Eng) bt Sander 1 hole; Waite bt Lancy Smith 5&4; Grice lost to Howe 2 holes; New lost to Heather Farr 6&5; Hourihane bt Hammel 2&1.
Mary McKenna (Ire) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (25th) (Oct 14-16). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Jack Nicklaus (USA); Tony Jacklin (Eng/Europe). [Champion course, PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gdns, Florida].
Overall result: USA 14.5, Europe 13.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Fuzzy Zoeller halved with Seve Ballesteros (Esp); Jay Haas lost to Nick Faldo (Eng) 2&1; Gil Morgan lost to Bernhard Langer (Ger) 2 holes; Bob Gilder bt Gordon J. Brand (Scot) 2 holes; Ben Crenshaw bt Sandy Lyle (Scot) 3&1; Calvin Peete bt Brian Waites (Eng) 1 hole; Curtis Strange lost to Paul Way (Eng) 2&1; Tom Kite halved with Sam Torrance (Scot); Craig Stadler bt Ian Woosnam (Wales) 3&2; Lanny Wadkins halved with José Maria Cañizares (Esp); Raymond Floyd lost to Ken Brown (Scot) 4&3; Tom Watson bt Bernard Gallacher (Scot) 2&1.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (29th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 13.5, GB&I 10.5. Playing captain: Jay Sigel (USA); non-playing captain: Charlie Green (Scot/GB&I). [Royal Liverpool GC, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside].
WEDNESDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Philip Walton (Ire) bt Jay Sigel 1 hole; Stephen Keppler (Eng) lost to Rick Fehr 1 hole; George Macgregor (Scot) halved with Willie Wood; David Carrick (Scot) lost to Brad Faxon 3&1; Andrew Oldcorn (Eng) bt Billy Tuten 4&3; Philip Parkin (Wales) bt Nathaniel Crosby 5&4; Arthur Pierse (Ire) lost to Bob Lewis Jr 3&1; Lindsay Mann (Scot) lost to Jim Holtgrieve 6&5.
THURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Walton bt Wood 2&1; Parkin lost to Faxon 3&2; Macgregor lost to Fehr 2&1; Martin Thompson (Eng) lost to Tuten 3&2; Mann halved with David Tentis; Keppler lost to B. Lewis 6&5; Oldcorn bt Holtgrieve 3&2; Carrick lost to Sigel 3&2.
Not involved in the singles: William Hoffer (USA) and Malcolm Lewis (Eng).
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (Dec 8-11; 72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Terry Gale & Wayne Grady (Aus) and Jerry Anderson & Dave Barr (Can) finished 7 shots behind Rex Caldwell & John Cook (USA). Best individual score: Dave Barr (12-under-par 276). [Pondok Indah GC, South Jakarta, Indonesia].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (22nd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 14.5, GB&I 3.5. Non-playing captains: Betty Probasco (USA); Marie O'Donnell (Ire/GB&I). [Denver CC, Denver, Colorado].
THURSDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Amy Benz bt Mary McKenna (Ire) 2&1; Cathy Hanlon bt Jane Connachan (Scot) 5&4; Mari McDougall bt Wilma Aitken (Scot) 2 holes; Kathy Baker bt Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot) 7&6; Judy Oliver lost to Janet Soulsby (Eng) 2 holes; Juli Inkster bt Kitrina Douglas (Eng) 7&6.
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Inkster bt Douglas 7&6; Baker bt Gillian Stewart (Scot) 4&3; Oliver bt Vicki Thomas (Wales) 5&4; McDougall bt Soulsby 2&1; Carol Semple bt McKenna 1 hole; Lancy Smith lost to Robertson 5&4.
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (24th) (Sept 18-20). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Dave Marr (USA); John Jacobs (Eng/Europe). [Old course, Walton Heath GC, Walton on the Hill, Surrey].
Overall result: USA 18.5, Europe 9.5.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Sam Torrance (Scot) lost to Lee Trevino 5&3; Sandy Lyle (Scot) lost to Tom Kite 3&2; Bernard Gallacher (Scot) halved with Bill Rogers; Mark James (Eng) lost to Larry Nelson 2 holes; Des Smyth (Ire) lost to Ben Crenshaw 6&4; Bernhard Langer (Ger) halved with Bruce Lietzke; Manuel Piñero (Esp) bt Jerry Pate 4&2; José Maria Cañizares (Esp) lost to Hale Irwin 1 hole; Nick Faldo (Eng) bt Johnny Miller 2&1; Howard Clark (Eng) bt Tom Watson 4&3; Peter Oosterhuis (Eng) lost to Raymond Floyd 1 hole; Eamonn Darcy (Ire) lost to Jack Nicklaus 5&3.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (28th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 15, GB&I 9. Non-playing captains: Jim Gabrielsen (USA); Rodney Foster (Eng/GB&I). [Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, California].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Hal Sutton bt Ronan Rafferty (N.Ire) 3&1; Joe Rassett bt Colin Dalgliesh (Scot) 1 hole; Philip Walton (Ire) bt Ron Commans 1 hole; Bob Lewis Jr lost to Roger Chapman (Eng) 2&1; Jodie Mudd bt Geoff Godwin (Eng) 1 hole; Corey Pavin bt Ian Hutcheon (Scot) 4&3; Dick Von Tacky lost to Paul Way (Eng) 3&1; Jay Sigel bt Peter McEvoy (Eng) 4&2.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Sutton lost to Chapman 1 hole; Jim Holtgrieve bt Rafferty 2&1; Frank Fuhrer III bt Walton 4&3; Sigel bt Way 6&5; Mudd bt Dalgliesh 7&5; Commans halved with Godwin; Rassett bt Peter Deeble (Eng) 4&3; Pavin halved with Duncan Evans (Wales).
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (21st). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 5. Non-playing captains: Nancy Roth Syms (USA); Carol Comboy (Eng/GB&I). [Old course, St Pierre Hotel & CC, Chepstow, South Wales].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Mary McKenna (Ire) lost to Patty Sheehan 3&2; Claire Nesbitt (N.Ire) halved with Lancy Smith; Jane Connachan (Scot) lost to Brenda Goldsmith 2 joles; Maureen Madill (N.Ire) lost to Carol Semple 4&3; Lynda Moore (Eng) halved with Mary Hafeman; Carole Caldwell (Eng) lost to Judy Oliver 1 hole.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Madill lost to Sheehan 5&4; McKenna lost to Lori Castillo 5&4; Connachan lost to Hafeman 6&5; Gillian Stewart (Scot) bt Smith 5&4; Moore bt Goldsmith 1 hole; Tegwen Perkins Thomas (Wales) lost to Semple 4&3.
Terri Moody (USA) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
Eur Tr/PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (23rd) (Sept 14-16). USA vs Europe. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight foursome matches, eight fourballs and 12 singles. Non-playing captains: Billy Casper (USA); John Jacobs (Eng/Europe). [Greenbrier course, Greenbrier GC, White Sulphur Springs, WV].
Overall result: USA 17, Europe 11.
Sunday singles (home player stated first): Lanny Wadkins lost to Bernard Gallacher (Scot) 3&2; Larry Nelson bt Seve Ballesteros (Esp) 3&2; Tom Kite bt Tony Jacklin (Eng) 1 hole; Mark Hayes bt Antonio Garrido (Esp) 1 hole; Andy Bean bt Michael King (Eng) 4&3; John Mahaffey bt Brian Barnes (Scot) 1 hole; Lee Elder lost to Nick Faldo (Eng) 3&2; Hale Irwin bt Des Smyth (Ire) 5&3; Hubert Green bt Peter Oosterhuis (Eng) 2 holes; Fuzzy Zoeller lost to Ken Brown (Scot) 1 hole; Lee Trevino bt Sandy Lyle (Scot) 2&1; Gil Morgan halved with Mark James (Eng). The Morgan-James match was not actually played as both players were injured.
Note: The first year that a European team rather than Great Britain & Ireland competed against the USA. Two continental Europeans were included, Spain's Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido. Although the Europeans lost, an important corner had been turned that would bring an end to years of American domination in the Ryder Cup.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (27th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 15.5, GB&I 8.5. Non-playing captains: Dick Siderowf (USA); Rodney Foster (Eng/GB&I). [Muirfield-The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, East Lothian].
WEDNESDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Peter McEvoy (Eng) halved with Jay Sigel; John Davies (Eng) lost to Doug Clarke 8&7; James Buckley (Wales) lost to Scott Hoch 9&7; Ian Hutcheon (Scot) lost to Jim Holtgrieve 6&4; Brian Marchbank (Scot) bt Michael Peck 1 hole; Geoff Godwin (Eng) bt Griff Moody III 3&2; Michael Kelley (Eng) bt Doug Fischesser 3&2; Allan Brodie (Scot) lost to Michael Gove 3&2.
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): McEvoy lost to Hoch 3&1; Gordon Brand Jr (Scot) lost to Clarke 2&1; Godwin lost to Gove 3&2; Hutcheon lost to Peck 2&1; Brodie bt Martin West III 3&2; Kelley lost to Moody 3&2; Marchbank lost to Hal Sutton 3&1; Iain Carslaw (Scot) lost to Jay Sigel 2&1.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Sandy Lyle & Ken Brown (Scot) finished 5 shots behind John Mahaffey & Hale Irwin (USA), who shared the $6,000 first prize. Best individual score: Hale Irwin (285). [Glyfada GC of Athens, Greece].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (20th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 12, GB&I 6. Non-playing captains: Helen Wilson (USA); Carol Comboy (Eng/GB&I). [The Apawamis Club, Rye, nr New York City, NY].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Beth Daniel bt Vanessa Marvin (Eng) 5&4; Noreen Uihlein lost to Mary Everard (Eng) 7&6; Lancy Smith bt Angela Uzielli (Eng) 4&3; Cindy Hill bt Julia Greenhalgh (Eng) 2&1; Carolyn Hill halved with Carole Caldwell (Eng); Judy Oliver bt Tegwen Perkins (Wales) 2&1.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Daniel bt Mary McKenna (Ire) 2&1; Patricia Cornett bt Caldwell 3&2; Cindy Hill lost to Muriel Thomson (Scot) 2&1; Smith bt Perkins 2 holes; Oliver halved with Greenhalgh; Uihlein halved with Everard.
Brenda Goldsmith (USA) did not play in the singles.
NOTE: Cindy and Carolyn Hill were not related.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Greg Norman & Wayne Grady (Aus) finished 10 shots behind John Mahaffey & Andy North (USA). Best individual score: John Mahaffey (281). [Makai Club at Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii].
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (22nd) (Sept 15-17). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of five foursome matches, five fourballs and ten singles. Non-playing captains: Dow Finsterwald (USA); Brian Huggett (Wales/GB&I). [Royal Lytham & St Annes GC, nr Blackpool, Lancs].
Overall result: USA 12.5, GB&I 7.5.
Saturday singles (home player stated first): Howard Clark (Eng) lost to Lanny Wadkins 4&3; Neil Coles (Eng) lost to Lou Graham 5&3; Peter Dawson (Eng) bt Don January 5&4; Brian Barnes (Scot) bt Hale Irwin 1 hole; Tommy Horton (Eng) lost to Dave Hill 5&4; Bernard Gallacher (Scot) bt Jack Nicklaus 1 hole; Eamonn Darcy (Ire) lost to Hubert Green 1 hole; Mark James (Eng) lost to Raymond Floyd 2&1; Nick Faldo (Eng) bt Tom Watson 1 hole; Peter Oosterhuis (Eng) bt Jerry McGee 2 holes. // Ken Brown (Scot), Tony Jacklin (Eng), Ed Sneed (USA) and Dave Stockton (USA) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (26th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 16, GB&I 8. Non-playing captains: Lewis "Lou" Oehmig (USA); Alexander "Sandy" Saddler (Scot/GB&I). [Shinnecock Hills GC, Southampton, Long Island, NY].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Lindy Miller bt Peter McEvoy (Eng) 2 holes; John Fought bt Ian Hutcheon (Scot) 4&3; Scott Simpson bt Gordon Murray (Scot) 7&6; Vance Heafner bt John Davies (Eng) 4&3; Bill Sander lost to Allan Brodie (Scot) 4&3; Gary Hallberg lost to Steve Martin (Scot) 3&2; Fred Ridley bt Sandy Lyle (Scot) 2 holes; Jay Sigel bt Paul McKellar (Scot) 5&3.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Miller bt Martin 1 hole; Fought bt Davies 2&1; Sander lost to Brodie 2&1; Hallberg bt McEvoy 4&3; Dick Siderowf lost to Michael Kelley (Eng) 2&1; Mike Brannan lost to Hutcheon 2 holes; Ridley bt Lyle 5&3; Sigel bt Peter Deeble (Eng) 1 hole.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (19th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 11.5, GB&I 6.5. Non-playing captains: Barbara McIntire (USA); Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot/GB&I). [Royal Lytham & St Annes GC, nr Blackpool, Lancs].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Ann Irvin (Eng) lost to Beth Daniel 4&3; Dinah Oxley Henson (Eng) bt Cindy Hill 1 hole; Suzanne Cadden (Scot) lost to Nancy Lopez 3&1; Mary McKenna (Ire) lost to Nancy Roth Syms 1 hole; Tegwen Perkins (Wales) lost to Debbie Massey 1 hole; Julia Greenhalgh (Eng) halved with Barbara Barrow.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Henson lost to Daniel 3&2; Greenhalgh beat Syms 2&1; Cadden lost to Donna Horton White 6&5; Jennie Lee-Smith (Eng) lost to Massey 3&2; Perkins bt Hill 1 hole; McKenna bt Carol Semple 1 hole.
Ann Stant (Eng) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (21st) (Sept 19-21). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight fourball matches, eight foursomes and 16 singles. Non-playing captains: Arnold Palmer (USA); Bernard Hunt (Eng/GB&I). [Laurel Valley GC, Ligonier, nr Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania].
Overall result: USA 21, GB&I 11.
Sunday morning singles (home player stated first): Bob Murphy bt Tony Jacklin (Eng) 2&1; Johnny Miller lost in Peter Oosterhuis (Eng) 2 holes; Lee Trevino halved with Bernard Gallacher (Scot); Hale Irwin halved with Tommy Horton (Eng); Gene Littler bt Brian Huggett (Wales) 4&2; Billy Casper bt Eamonn Darcy (Ire) 3&2; Tom Weiskopf bt Guy Hunt (Eng) 5&3; Jack Nicklaus lost to Brian Barnes (Scot) 4&2.
Sunday afternoon singles (eight 18-hole matches): Raymond Floyd bt Jacklin 1 hole; J.C. Snead lost to Oosterhuis 3&2; Al Geiberger halved with Gallacher; Lou Graham lost to Horton 2&1; Irwin bt John O'Leary (Ire) 2&1; Murphy bt Maurice Bembridge (Eng) 2&1; Trevino lost to Norman Wood (Scot) 2&1; Barnes bt Nicklaus 2&1.
Note: Christy O'Connor Jr (Ire) did not play in the singles matches. GB&I's Brian Barnes famously beat the great Jack Nicklaus twice in one day in the singles.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (25th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 15.5, GB&I 8.5. Non-playing captains: Ed Updegraff (USA); David Marsh (Eng/GB&I). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
WEDNESDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Mark James (Eng) bt Jerry Pate 2&1; John Davies (Eng) halved with Curtis Strange; Paddy Mulcare (Ire) bt Dick Siderowf 1 hole; Hugh Stuart (Scot) lost to Gary Koch 3&2; Martin Poxon (Eng) lost to John Grace 3&1; Ian Hutcheon (Scot) halved with William C. "Bill" Campbell; Richard Eyles (Eng) lost to Jay Haas 2&1; George Macgregor (Scot) lost to Vinny Giles III 5&4.
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Hutcheon bt Pate 3&2; Mulcare lost to Strange 4&3; James lost to Koch 5&4; Davies bt George Burns 2&1; Charlie Green (Scot) lost to Craig Stadler 3&2; Eyles lost to Campbell 2&1; Peter Hedges (Eng) halved with Giles.
NOTE: This marked the last of Bill Campbell's eight Walker Cup appearances for the USA, during which time he was the team's non-playing captain in 1955. In a total of 18 foursomes and singles matches played, he won 11, lost 4 and halved 3.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Hsieh Min-nan & Kuo Chi-hsiung (Taiw) finished 10 shots behind Johnny Miller & Lou Graham (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Best individual score: Johnny Miller (275). [Navatanee GC, Bangkok, Thailand].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (18th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 5. Non-playing captains: Sis Choate (USA); Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot/GB&I). [San Francisco GC, San Francisco, California].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Carol Semple lost to Maureen Walker (Eng) 2&1; Jane Bastanchury Booth bt Mary McKenna (Ire) 5&3; Debbie Massey bt Mary Everard (Eng) 1 hole; Bonnie Lauer bt Jennie Lee-Smith (Eng) 6&5; Beth Barry bt Julia Greenhalgh (Eng) 1 hole; Cindy Hill halved with Tegwen Perkins (Wales).
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Anne Quast Sander bt Everard 4&3; Booth bt Greenhalgh 7&5; Massey bt Carol LeFeuvre (Eng) 6&5; Semple bt Walker 2&1; Mary Budke bt Perkins 5&4; Lauer lost to McKenna 2&1.
In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised eight players, the GB&I team seven players.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (20th) (Sept 20-22). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight fourball matches, eight foursomes and 16 singles. Non-playing captains: Jack Burke Jr (USA); Bernard Hunt (Eng/GB&I). [Muirfield-The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, East Lothian].
Overall result: USA 19, GB&I 13.
Saturday morning singles (home player stated first): Brian Barnes (Scot) lost to Billy Casper 2&1; Bernard Gallacher (Scot) lost to Tom Weiskopf 3&1; Peter Butler (Eng) lost to Homero Blancas 5&4; Tony Jacklin (Eng) bt Tommy Aaron 3&1; Neil Coles (Eng) halved with Gay Brewer; Christy O'Connor Sr (Ire) lost to J.C. Snead 1 hole; Maurice Bembridge (Eng) halved with Jack Nicklaus; Peter Oosterhuis (Eng) halved with Lee Trevino.
Saturday afternoon singles: Brian Huggett (Wales) bt Blancas 4&2; Barnes lost to Snead 3&1; Gallacher lost to Brewer 6&5; Jacklin lost to Casper 2&1; Coles lost to Trevino 6&5; O'Connor halved with Weiskopf; Bembridge (Eng) lost to Nicklaus 2 holes; Oosterhuis (Eng) bt Arnold Palmer 4&2.
Note: Clive Clark (Eng), Eddie Polland (N.Ire), Lou Graham (USA), Dave Hill (USA) and Chi-Chi Rodriguez (USA) did not play in the singles. John Garner (Eng) did not play in any matches.
GB&I: first year that the GB team was referred to as Great Britain & Ireland, although players had competed from Northern Ireland since 1947 and the Republic of Ireland since 1953. After three big losses in 1973, '75 and '77, the GB&I team was expanded to include continental European players in 1979.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (24th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 14, GB&I 10. Non-playing captains: Jess Sweetser (USA); David Marsh (Eng/GB&I). [The Country Club, Brookline, Boston, Mass.].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Vinny Giles III bt Hugh Stuart (Scot) 5&4; Dick Siderowf bt Michael Bonallack (Eng) 4&2; Gary Koch lost to John Davies (Eng) 1 hole; Martin West III lost to Howard Clark (Eng) 2&1; Danny Edwards bt Rodney Foster (Eng) 2 holes; Michael Killian lost to Michael King (Eng) 1 hole; Bill Rogers lost to Charlie Green (Scot) 1 hole; Mark Pfeil lost to William Milne (Scot) 4&3.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): James Ellis lost to Stuart 5&4; Siderowf lost to Davies 3&2; Edwards bt Trevor Homer (Eng) 2&1; Giles halved with Green; West bt King 1 hole; Killian lost to Milne 2&1; Koch halved with Peter Hedges (Eng); Pfeil bt Clark 1 hole.
Douglas Ballenger (USA) was not involved in the singles.
NOTE: This marked the last of Michael Bonallack's nine consecutive Walker Cup appearances for GB&I, during which time he was twice the playing captain (1969 and 1971). He was never a non-playing captain. In a total of 25 foursomes and singles matches played, he won 8, lost 14 and halved 3.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Gary Player & Hugh Baiocchi (RSA) finished 6 shots behind Jack Nicklaus & Johnny Miller (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Best individual score: Johnny Miller (277). [Royal (Real) Las Brisas, Nueva Andalucía, Costa del Sol; at the time known as Las Brisas GC].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (17th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 8. Non-playing captains: Jean Crawford (USA); Frances Stephens (Eng/GB&I). [Western Gailes GC, Gailes, Irvine, Ayrshire].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Mickey Walker (Eng) halved with Laura Baugh; Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot) lost to Jane Bastanchury Booth 3&1; Mary Everard (Eng) lost to Martha Wilkinson Kirouac 4&3; Dinah Oxley (Eng) lost to Barbara McIntire 4&3; Kathryn Phillips (Eng) beat Lancy Smith 2 holes; Mary McKenna (Ire) lost to Beth Barry 2&1.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Robertson lost to Baugh 6&5; Everard bt McIntire 6&5; Walker bt Booth 1 hole; McKenna bt Kirouac 3&1; Diane Robb Frearson (Eng) lost to Smith 3&1; Phillips lost to Barry 3&1.
Beverly Huke (Eng) and Hollis Stacy (USA) did not play in the singles. In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised seven players, the GB&I team eight players.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (19th) (Sept 16-18). USA vs Great Britain. 12 top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight fourball matches, eight foursomes and 16 singles. Non-playing captains: Jay Hebert (USA); Eric Brown (Scot/GB). [Old Warson CC, St Louis, Missouri].
Overall result: USA 18.5, GB 13.5.
Saturday morning singles (home player stated first): Lee Trevino bt Tony Jacklin (Eng) 1 hole; Dave Stockton halved with Bernard Gallacher (Scot); Mason Rudolph lost to Brian Barnes (Scot) 1 hole; Gene Littler lost to Peter Oosterhuis (Eng) 4&3; Jack Nicklaus bt Peter Townsend (Eng) 3&2; Gardner Dickinson bt Christy O'Connor (Ire) 5&4; Arnold Palmer halved with Harry Bannerman (Scot); Frank Beard halved with Neil Coles (Eng).
Saturday afternoon singles: Trevino bt Brian Huggett (Wales) 7&6; J.C. Snead bt Jacklin 1 hole; Miller Barber lost to Barnes 2&1; Stockton bt Townsend 1 hole; Charles Coody lost to Gallacher 2&1; Nicklaus bt Coles 5&3; Palmer lost to Oosterhuis 3&2; Dickinson lost to Bannerman 2&1.
Note: Billy Casper (USA), Maurice Bembridge (Eng), Peter Butler (Eng) and John Garner (Eng) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Gary Player & Harold Henning (RSA) finished 12 shots behind Jack Nicklaus & Lee Trevino (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Best individual score: Jack Nicklaus (271). [East Course, BallenIsles CC, Palm Beach Gdns, FL; at the time known as the PGA National GC].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (16th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 11.5, GB&I 6.5. Non-playing captains: Carolyn Cudone (USA); Jeanne Bisgood (Eng/GB&I). [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Massachusetts].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Jane Bastanchury bt Dinah Oxley (Eng) 5&3; Martha Wilkinson bt Ann Irvin (Eng) 1 hope; Shelley Hamlin halved with Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot); Phyllis Preuss lost to Mary McKenna (Ire) 5&4; Nancy Hager bt Margaret Pickard (Eng) 5&4; Alice Dye bt Julia Greenhalgh (Eng) 1 hole.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Bastanchury bt Irvin 4&3; Hamlin halved with Oxley; Preuss bt Robertson 1 hole; Wilkinson lost to Greenhalgh 6&4; Hager lost to Mary Everard (Eng) 4&3; Cindy Hill bt McKenna 2&1.
Jane Fassinger (USA) did not play in the singles. In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised eight players, the GB&I team seven players.
NOTE: Alice Dye (née O'Neal), together with her husband Paul "Pete" Dye Jr, became an accomplished golf course designer and the first woman president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (22nd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 8; no points awarded for the six halved matches. Non-playing captain: Billy Joe Patton (USA); playing captain: Michael Bonallack (Eng/GB&I). [Milwaukee CC, River Hills, nr Milwaukee, Wisconsin].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Bruce Fleisher halved with Michael Bonallack (Eng); Vinny Giles III bt Charlie Green (Scot) 1 hole; Allen Miller III bt Bruce Critchley (Eng) 1 hole; Dick Siderowf bt Peter Tupling (Eng) 6&5; Steve Melnyk lost to Peter Benka (Eng) 3&1; Lanny Wadkins lost to Geoff Marks (Eng) 1 hole; John Bohmann bt Michael King (Eng) 2&1; Ed Updegraff bt Rodney Foster (Eng) 6&5.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Fleisher lost to Bonallack 5&4; Siderowf halved with Critchley; Miller bt King 1 hole; Giles halved with Tom Craddock (Ire); Joe Inman bt Benka 2&1; Bohmann lost to Andrew Brooks (Scot) 4&3; Bill Hyndman III halved with Green; Updegraff lost to Marks 3&2.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Takaaki Kono & Haruo Yasuda (Jpn) finished 8 shots behind Lee Trevino & Orville Moody (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Best individual score: Lee Trevino (275). [Bukit course, Singapore Island CC, Singapore].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (15th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 10.5, GB&I 7.5. Non-playing captains: Evelynn Monsted (USA); Zara Bolton (N.Ire/GB&I). [Royal County Down GC, Newcastle, Co. Down, N. Ireland].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Ann Irvin (Eng) bt Anne Quast Welts 3&2; Vivien Saunders (Eng) lost to Shelley Hamlin 1 hole; Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot) lost to Roberta Albers 1 hole; Bridget Jackson (Eng) halved with Peggy Conley; Dinah Oxley (Eng) halved with Phyllis Preuss; Margaret Pickard (Eng) bt Jean Ashley 2 holes.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Irvin bt Hamlin 3&2; Robertson halved with Welts; Saunders halved with Albers; Ann Howard (Eng) lost to Mary Lou Dill 4&2; Pickard lost to Conley 1 hole; Jackson lost to Preuss 2&1.
Pam Tredinnick (Eng) did not play in the singles. In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised seven players, the GB&I team eight players.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (17th) (Oct 20-22). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight fourball matches, eight foursomes and 16 singles. Non-playing captains: Ben Hogan (USA); Dai Rees (Wales/GB). [Cypress Creek course, Champions GC, Houston, TX].
Overall result: USA 23.5, GB 8.5.
Sunday morning singles (home player stated first): Gay Brewer bt Hugh Boyle (Ire) 4&3; Billy Casper bt Peter Alliss (Eng) 2&1; Arnold Palmer bt Tony Jacklin (Eng) 3&2; Julius Boros lost to Brian Huggett (Wales) 1 hole; Doug Sanders lost to Neil Coles (Eng) 2&1; Al Geiberger bt Malcolm Gregson (Eng) 4&2; Gene Littler halved with Dave Thomas (Wales); Bobby Nichols halved with Bernard Hunt (Eng).
Sunday afternoon singles: Palmer bt Huggett 5&3; Brewer lost to Alliss 2&1; Gardner Dickinson bt Jacklin 3&2; Nichols bt Christy O'Connor (Ire) 3&2; Johnny Pott bt George Will (Scot) 3&1; Geiberger bt Gregson 2&1; Boros halved with Hunt; Sanders lost to Coles 2&1.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (21st). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 7; no points awarded for the four halved matches. Non-playing captain: Jess Sweetser (USA); playing captain: Joe Carr (Ire/GB&I). [Royal St George's GC, Sandwich, Kent].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Ronnie Shade (Scot) lost to William C. "Bill" Campbell 2&1; Rodney Foster (Eng) lost to Bob Murphy Jr 2&1; Michael Bonallack (Eng) halved with Downing Gray Jr; Michael Attenborough (Eng) lost to Ron Cerrudo 4&3; Peter Oosterhuis (Eng) lost to Bob Dickson 6&4; Tom Craddock (Ire) lost to Jack Lewis Jr 2&1; Sandy Pirie (Scot) halved with Don Allen; Sandy Saddler (Scot) bt Marty Fleckman 3&2.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Shade lost to Campbell 3&2; Bonallack bt Murphy 4&2; Saddler bt Gray 3&2; Foster halved with Cerrudo; Pirie lost to Dickson 4&3; Craddock bt Lewis 5&4; Oosterhuis lost to James A. Grant 1 hole; Dudley Millensted (Eng) lost to Edgar M. Tutwiler 3&1.
Joe Carr (GB capt) was not involved in the singles.
NOTE: This marked the last of Joe Carr's eleven consecutive Walker Cup appearances for GB&I, during which time he was once the non-playing captain (1965) and once the playing captain (1967). In a total of 20 foursomes and singles matches played, he won 5, lost 14 and halved 1.
Team Events
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Played as the World Cup of Golf (formerly the Canada Cup) (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Bob Charles & Walter Godfrey (NZ) finished 13 shots behind wire-to-wire winners Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Best individual score: Arnold Palmer (276). [Club de Golf Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (14th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 5. Non-playing captains: Dorothy Porter (USA, née Germain); Zara Bolton (N.Ire/GB&I). [Cascades course, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Jean Ashley bt Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot) 1 hole; Anne Quast Welts halved with Susan Armitage (Eng); Barbara White Boddie bt Angela Ward Bonallack (Eng) 3&2; Nancy Roth Syms bt Elizabeth Chadwick (Eng) 2 holes; Helen Wilson lost to Ita Burke (Ire) 3&1; Carol Sorenson Flenniken bt Marjory Fowler (Scot) 3&1.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Ashley lost to Bonallack 2&1; Welts halved with Robertson; Boddie bt Armitage 3&2; Syms halved with Pam Tredinnick (Eng); Phyllis Preuss bt Chadwick 3&2; Flenniken bt Burke 2&1.
Barbara McIntire (USA) and Joan Hastings (Scot) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Gary Player & Harold Henning (RSA) finished 5 shots behind Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Best individual score: George Knudson (Can, 272) after a playoff with Hideyo Sugimoto (Jpn). [Tokyo Yomiuri CC, Inagi, nr Tokyo, Japan].
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (16th) (Oct 7-9). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight fourball matches, eight foursomes and 16 singles. Non-playing captains: Byron Nelson (USA); Harry Weetman (Eng/GB). [Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].
Overall result: USA 19.5, GB 12.5.
Saturday morning singles (home player stated first): Jimmy Hitchcock (Eng) lost to Arnold Palmer 3&2; Lionel Platts (Eng) lost to Julius Boros 4&2; Peter Butler (Eng) lost to Tony Lema 1 hole; Neil Coles (Eng) lost to Dave Marr 2 holes; Bernard Hunt (Eng) bt Gene Littler 2 holes; Dave Thomas (Wales) lost to Tommy Jacobs 2&1; Peter Alliss (Eng) bt Billy Casper 1 hole; George Will (Scot) halved with Don January.
Saturday afternoon singles: Christy O'Connor (Ire) lost to Lema 6&4; Hitchcock lost to Boros 2&1; Butler lost to Palmer 2 holes; Alliss bt Ken Venturi 3&1; Coles bt Casper 3&2; Will lost to Littler 2&1; Hunt lost to Marr 1 hole; Platts bt Jacobs 1 hole.
Note: Jimmy Martin (Ire) did not play in the singles. Johnny Pott (USA) did not play in any matches.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (13th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 10.5, GB&I 1.5. Non-playing captains: Helen Hawes (USA); Elsie Corlett (Eng/GB&I). [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales]. Angela Ward Bonallack (Eng) JoAnne Carner (USA; née Gunderson).
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Angela Ward Bonallack (Eng) lost to JoAnne Gunderson 6&5; Marley Spearman (Eng) halved with Barbara McIntire; Julia Greenhalgh (Eng) lost to Barbara White 3&2; Bridget Jackson (Eng) bt Carol Sorenson 4&3; Joan Lawrence (Scot) lost to Peggy Conley 1 hole; Ruth Porter (Eng) bt Nancy Roth 1 hole.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Spearman halved with Gunderson; Lawrence lost to McIntire 4&2; Greenhalgh bt Phyllis Preuss 5&3; Bonallack lost to White 3&2; Porter lost to Sorenson 3&2; Jackson lost to Conley 1 hole.
Sheila Vaughan (Eng) and Susan Armitage (Eng) did not play in the singles. In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised seven players, the GB&I team eight players.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Roberto De Vicenzo & Leopoldo Ruiz (Arg) finished 11 shots behind Arnold Palmer & Jack Nicklaus (USA), who shared the $2,000 first prize. Fifth straight win for the USA in this event. Best individual 72-hole score: Jack Nicklaus (276).[Royal Ka'anapali course, Ka'anapali Resort, Maui, Hawaii; at the time known as the North course].
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (15th) (Oct 11-13). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over three days in a total of eight fourball matches, eight foursomes and 16 singles. Playing captain: Arnold Palmer (USA); non-playing captain: John Fallon (Scot/GB). [East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia; at the time known as the East Lake No.1 course of Atlanta Athletic Club].
Overall result: USA 23, GB 9.
Sunday morning singles (home player stated first): Tony Lema bt Geoffrey Hunt (Eng) 5&3; Johnny Pott lost to Brian Huggett (Wales) 3&1; Arnold Palmer lost to Peter Alliss (Eng) 1 hole; Billy Casper halved with Neil Coles (Eng); Bob Goalby bt Dave Thomas (Wales) 3&2; Gene Littler bt Christy O'Connor (Ire) 1 hole; Julius Boros lost to Harry Weetman (Eng) 1 hole; Dow Finsterwald lost to Bernard Hunt (Eng) 2 holes.
Sunday afternoon singles: Palmer bt George Will (Scot) 3&2; Dave Ragan bt Coles 2&1; Lema halved with Alliss; Littler bt Tom Haliburton (Scot) 6&5; Boros bt Weetman 2&1; Billy Maxwell bt O'Connor 2&1; Finsterwald bt Thomas 4&3; Goalby bt B. Hunt 2&1.
Note: Geoffrey and Bernard Hunt were not the first brothers to play together in the same Ryder Cup team. In 1929 and 1931 Charles and Ernest Whitcombe played in the same GB team; in 1935 the Whitcombes were joined in the team by their younger brother Reg.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (19th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in 2x four foursomes and 2x eight singles. Result: USA 12, GB&I 8; no points awarded for the four halved matches. Non-playing captains: Richard Tufts (USA); Charles Lawrie (Scot/GB&I). [Ailsa course, Turnberry Resort, Ayrshire].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Stuart Murray (Scot) bt Deane Beman 3&1; Martin Christmas (Eng) lost to Billy Joe Patton 3&2; Joe Carr (Ire) bt Richard "R.H." Sikes 7&5; David Sheahan (Ire) bt Labron Harris Jr 1 hole; Michael Bonallack (Eng) bt Richard Davies 1 hole; Sandy Saddler (Scot) halved with Charles Coe; Ronnie Shade (Scot) bt Downing Gray Jr 4&3; Michael Lunt (Eng) halved with Charles B. Smith.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches): Murray lost to Patton 3&2; Sheahan bt Davies 1 hole; Carr lost to Ed Updegraff 4&3; Bonallack lost to Harris 3&2; Lunt lost to Robert W. Gardner 3&2; Saddler halved with Beman; Shade bt Gray 2&1; Charlie Green (Scot) lost to Coe 4&3.
David Madeley (Ire) was not involved in the singles.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Sebastian Miguel & Ramon Sota (Esp) finished 3 shots behind Arnold Palmer & Jack Nicklaus (USA). Fourth straight win for the USA in this event. Best individual score: Jack Nicklaus (237). Played over 63 holes due to fog. [Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, nr Paris, France].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (12th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 8, GB&I 1. Non-playing captains: Polly Riley (USA); Frances Stephens (Eng/GB&I). [The Broadmoor GC, Colorado Springs, Colorado].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Judy Bell lost to Diane Robb Frearson (Eng) 8&7; JoAnne Gunderson bt Angela Ward Bonallack (Eng) 2&1; Clifford Ann Creed bt Sally Bonallack 6&5; Anne Quast Decker bt Marley Spearman (Eng) 7&5; Phyllis Preuss bt Jean Roberts (Eng); Barbara McIntire bt Sheila Vaughan (Eng) 5&4.
Jean Ashley (USA), Ann Casey Johnstone (USA), Ann Irvin (Eng) and Ruth Porter (Eng) did not play in the singles.
NOTE: Sally and Angela Bonallack were sisters-in-law. Angela (née Ward) married Sally's brother Michael Bonallack.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Fidel de Luca & Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead & Arnold Palmer (USA). Third straight win for the USA in this event. Best individual score: Roberto de Vincenzo (276). [Jockey Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina].
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (14th) (Oct 13/14). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of eight foursome matches and 16 singles. Playing captains: Jerry Barber (USA); Dai Rees (Wales/GB). [Royal Lytham & St Annes GC, nr Blackpool, Lancs].
Overall result: USA 14.5, GB 9.5.
Saturday morning singles (home player stated first): Harry Weetman (Eng) lost to Doug Ford 1 hole; Ralph Moffitt (Eng) lost to Mike Souchak 5&4; Peter Alliss (Eng) halved with Arnold Palmer; Ken Bousfield (Eng) lost to Billy Casper 5&3; Dai Rees (Wales) bt Jay Hebert 2&1; Neil Coles (Eng) halved with Gene Littler; Bernard Hunt (Eng) bt Jerry Barber 5&4; Christy O'Connor (Ire) lost to Dow Finsterwald 2&1.
Saturday afternoon singles: Weetman lost to Art Wall Jr 1 hole; Alliss bt Bill Collins 3&2; Hunt lost to Souchak 2&1; Tom Haliburton (Scot) lost to Palmer 2&1; Rees bt Ford 4&3; Bousfield bt Barber 1 hole; Coles bt Finsterwald 1 hole; O'Connor halved with Littler.
Note: John Panton (Scot) did not play in the singles matches.
Format: first year that the eight 36-hole singles matches were replaced by sixteen 18-hole matches.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (18th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 11, GB&I 1. Non-playing captains: Jack Westland (USA); Charles Lawrie (Scot/GB&I). [Seattle GC, Seattle, Washington].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Deane Beman bt Michael Bonallack (Eng) 3&2; Charles Coe beat Michael Lunt (Eng) 5&4; Frank Taylor Jr bt James Walker (Scot) 3&2; Bill Hyndman III bt David Frame (Eng) 7&6; Jack Nicklaus bt Joe Carr (Ire) 6&4; Charles B. Smith lost to Martin Christmas (Eng) 3&2; Robert W. Gardner bt Ronnie Shade (Scot) 1 hole; Don Cherry bt David Blair (Scot) 5&4.
Robert E. Cochran (USA), Eugene S. Andrews (USA), Brian Chapman (Eng) and Gordon Huddy (Eng) were not involved in the singles.
NOTE: this was the second of Jack Nicklaus's two Walker Cup appearances.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Peter Thomson & Kel Nagle (Aus) finished 12 shots behind 51-year-old Jimmy Demaret & 49-year-old Sam Snead (USA), who retained the Canada Cup for the USA. Best individual 72-hole score: Sam Snead (272). [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (11th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 6.5, GB&I 2.5. Non-playing captains: Mildred Prunaret (USA); Maureen Garrett (Eng/GB&I). [Lindrick GC, Worksop, Nottinghamshire].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Elizabeth Price (Eng) halved with Barbara McIntire; Angela Ward Bonallack (Eng) lost to JoAnne Gunderson 2&1; Janette Robertson (Scot) lost to Anne Quast 2 holes; Philomena Garvey (Ire) lost to Judy Eller 4&3; Belle McCorkindale (Scot) lost to Judy Bell 8&7; Ruth Porter (Eng) bt Joanne Goodwin 1 hole.
Frances Stephens Smith (Eng) and Ann Casey Johnstone (USA) did not play in the singles. Marley Spearman (Eng) did not play in any matches. In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised seven players, the GB&I team eight players.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Harry Weetman & Bernard Hunt (Eng) finished 8 shots behind Sam Snead & Arnold Palmer (USA). Best individual score: Flory Van Donck (Belg, 279). [Portmarnock GC, nr Dublin, Ireland].
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (13th) (Nov 6/7). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captains: Sam Snead (USA); Dai Rees (Wales/GB). [Eldorado CC, Indian Wells, California].
Overall result: USA 8.5, GB 3.5.
Saturday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Doug Ford halved with Norman Drew (N.Ire); Mike Souchak bt Ken Bousfield (Eng) 3&2; Bob Rosburg bt Harry Weetman (Eng) 6&5; Sam Snead bt Dave Thomas (Wales) 6&5; Dow Finsterwald bt Dai Rees (Wales) 1 hole; Jay Hebert halved with Peter Alliss (Eng); Art Wall Jr bt Christy O'Connor (Ire) 7&6; Cary Middlecoff lost to Eric Brown (Scot) 4&3. // Julius Boros (USA) and Bernard Hunt (Eng) did not play in the singles. Jack Burke Jr (USA) and Peter Mills (Eng) did not play in any matches.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (17th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 9, GB&I 3. Playing captain: Charles Coe (USA); non-playing captain: Gerald Micklem (Eng/GB&I). [Muirfield-The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, East Lothian].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Joe Carr (Ire) bt Charles Coe 3&1; Guy Wolstenholme (Eng) lost to E. Harvie Ward 9&8; R. Reid Jack (Scot) bt Billy Joe Patton 5&3; Doug Sewell (Eng) lost to Bill Hyndman III 4&3; Alec Shepperson (Eng) bt Tommy Aaron 2&1; Michael Bonallack (Eng) lost to Deane Beman 2 holes; Michael Lunt (Eng) lost to H. Ward Wettlaufer 6&5; Dickson Smith (Scot) lost to Jack Nicklaus 5&4.
Arthur Perowne (Eng) and Frank Taylor Jr (USA) were not involved in the singles. David Marsh (Eng) did not play in any of the matches. The USA sent a nine-man team, which included their captain.
NOTE: 19-year-old Jack Nicklaus was making the first of his two Walker Cup appearances. His lifelong friend Arnold Palmer never played in the Walker Cup despite winning the U.S. Amateur championship in 1954, the year he turned professional.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (16th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 8, GB&I 3; no points awarded for the one halved match. Non-playing captains: Charles Coe (USA); Gerald Micklem (Eng/GB&I). [Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota].
SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Billy Joe Patton bt R. Reid Jack (Scot) 1 hole; William C. "Bill" Campbell bt Joe Carr (Ire) 3&2; Rex Baxter Jr bt Alan Thirlwell (Eng) 4&3; Bill Hyndman III bt Frank Deighton (Scot) 7&6; Joe Campbell lost to Alan Bussell (Scot) 2&1; Frank Taylor Jr bt Doug Sewell (Eng) 1 hole; Mason Rudolph bt Philip Scrutton (Eng) 3&2; Hillman Robbins Jr lost to Guy Wolstenholme (Eng) 2&1.
Arnold Blum (USA), Chuck Kocsis (USA) and Alec Shepperson (Eng) were not involved in the singles. Walker Cup debutant Michael Bonnallack (Eng) did not play in any of the matches.
NOTE: Also debuting for GB&I was Doug Sewell, not a typical international amateur golfer of that time. Sewell was a railway signals wireman by trade. He belonged to the Hook Heath Artisans GC, which was attached to Woking GC, where his father was an assistant greenkeeper. In return for a certain amount of work on the course during the year, the artisans enjoyed playing rights on the course ... but only at certain times, and not before 4pm on weekends in the summer.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed Bobby Locke & Gary Player (S Africa) finished 14 shots behind Ben Hogan & Sam Snead (USA). Best individual score: Ben Hogan (277). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (11th) (Nov 5/6). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captains: Chick Harbert (USA); Dai Rees (Wales/GB). [Thunderbird CC, Rancho Mirage, California].
Overall result: USA 8, GB 4.
Sunday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Tommy Bolt bt Christy O'Connor (Ire) 4&2; Chick Harbert bt Syd Scott (Eng) 3&2; Cary Middlecoff lost to John Jacobs (Eng) 1 hole; Sam Snead bt Dai Rees (Wales) 3&1; Marty Furgol lost to Arthur Lees (Eng) 3&2; Jerry Barber lost to Eric Brown (Scot) 3&2; Jack Burke Jr bt Harry Bradshaw (Ire) 3&2; Doug Ford bt Harry Weetman (Eng) 3&2. // Ted Kroll (USA), Chandler Harper (USA) and John Fallon (Scot) did not play in the singles. Although included in the team, Ken Bousfield (Eng) did not play in any matches.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (15th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 2. Non-playing captains: William C. "Bill" Campbell (USA); G. Alex Hill (Eng/GB&I). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Ronnie White (Eng) lost to E. Harvie Ward 6&5; Philip Scrutton (Eng) lost to Billy Joe Patton 2&1; Ian Caldwell (Eng) bt Dale Morey 1 hole; Joe Carr (Ire) lost to Don Cherry 5&4; David Blair (Scot) bt Joseph Conrad 1 hole; Bunny Millward (Eng) lost to Bruce Cudd 2 holes; Cecil Ewing (Ire) lost to James Jackson 6&4; John Morgan (Wales) lost to Dick Yost 8&7.
Gerald Micklem (Eng) and Robin Cater (Scot) were not involved in the singles. Bill Campbell (USA capt, eligible to play) did not select himself for any of the matches. The USA sent a nine-man team, which included their captain.
Team Events
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Played as the Canada Cup (72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed and defending champions Peter Thomson & Kel Nagle (Aus) finished 9 shots behind Chick Harbert & Ed Furgol (USA), who shared the $2,500 first prize. Best individual score: Ed Furgol (279) after a playoff against Peter Thomson (Aus) and Flory Van Donck (Belg). [Columbia CC, Chevy Chase, Maryland].
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (8th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 6, GB&I 3. Non-playing captains: Edith Flippin (USA); Baba Beck (Ire/GB&I). [East Course, Merion GC, Ardmore, nr Philadelphia, PA].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Mary Lena Faulk lost to Frances Stephens (Eng) 1 hole; Claire Doran bt Jeane Bisgood (Eng) 4&3; Polly Riley bt Elizabeth Price (Eng) 9&8; Dorothy Kirby lost to Philomena Garvey (Ire) 3&1; Grace DeMoss Smith bt Jessie Anderson Valentine (Scot) 4&3; Joyce Ziske lost to Janette Robertson (Scot) 3&1.
Patricia Lesser (USA), Barbara Romack (USA) and Marjorie Peel (Scot) did not play in the singles. In addition to the non-playing captains the USA team comprised eight players, the GB&I team seven players.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (10th) (Oct 2/3). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captain: Lloyd Mangram (USA); non-playing captain: Henry Cotton (Eng/GB). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].
Overall result: USA 6.5, GB 5.5.
Saturday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Dai Rees (Wales) lost to Jack Burke Jr 2&1; Fred Daly (N.Ire) bt Ted Kroll 9&7; Eric Brown (Scot) bt Lloyd Mangrum 2 holes; Harry Weetman (Eng) bt Sam Snead 1 hole; Max Faulkner (Eng) lost to Cary Middlecoff 3&1; Peter Alliss (Eng) lost to Jim Turnesa 1 hole; Bernard Hunt (Eng) halved with Dave Douglas; Harry Bradshaw (Ire) bt Fred Haas 3&2. // Walter Burkemo (USA), Ed "Porky" Oliver (USA), Jimmy Adams (Scot) and John Panton (Scot) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (14th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 9, GB&I 3. Non-playing captains: Charlie Yates (USA); Tony Duncan (Wales/GB&I). [The Kittansett Club, Marion, Massachusetts].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): E. Harvie Ward bt Joe Carr (Ire) 4&3; Dick Chapman lost to Ronnie White (Eng) 1 hole; Gene Littler bt Gerald Micklem (Eng) 5&3; Jack Westland bt Roy MacGregor (Scot) 7&5; Don Cherry bt Norman Drew (N.Ire) 9&7; Ken Venturi bt Jimmy Wilson (Scot) 9&8; Charles Coe lost to John L. Morgan (Wales) 3&2; Sam Urzetta bt John Langley (Eng) 3&2.
William C. "Bill" Campbell (USA), James Jackson (USA) and Arthur Perowne (Eng) were not involved in the singles. Tony Duncan (GB capt, eligible to play) did not select himself for any of the matches.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (9th) (Nov 2-4). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captain: Sam Snead (USA); non-playing captain: Arthur Lacey (Eng/GB). [No.2 Course, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina].
Overall result: USA 9.5, GB 2.5.
Sunday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Jack Burke Jr bt Jimmy Adams (Scot) 4&3; Jimmy Demaret bt Dai Rees (Wales) 2 holes; Clayton Heafner halved with Fred Daly (N.Ire); Lloyd Mangrum bt Harry Weetman (Eng) 6&5; Ed "Porky" Oliver lost to Arthur Lees (Eng) 2&1; Ben Hogan bt Charlie Ward (Eng) 3&2; Skip Alexander bt John Panton (Scot) 8&7; Sam Snead bt Max Faulkner (Eng) 4&3. // E.J. "Dutch" Harrison (USA), Henry Ransom (USA), Jack Hargreaves (Eng) and Ken Bousfield (Eng) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (13th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 6, GB&I 3; no points awarded for the three halved matches. Playing captain: Willie Turnesa (USA); non-playing captain: Raymond Oppenheimer (Eng/GB&I). [Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): S. Max McCready (Ire) lost to Sam Urzetta 4&3; Joe Carr (Ire) bt Frank Stranahan 2&1; Ronnie White (Eng) bt Charles Coe 2&1; John Langley (Eng) lost to James McHale Jr 2 holes; Cecil Ewing (Ire) lost to William C. "Bill" Campbell 5&4; Alex Kyle (Scot) bt Willie Turnesa 2 holes; Ian Caldwell (Eng) halved with Harold Paddock Jr; John Morgan (Wales) lost to Dick Chapman 7&6.
Robert Knowles Jr (USA) and Jimmy Bruen (Ire) were not involved in the singles. Frank Deighton (Scot) did not play in any of the matches. The USA sent a nine-man team, which included their playing captain.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (6th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 7.5, GB&I 1.5. Non-playing captains: Glenna Collett Vare (USA); playing captain Diana Fishwick Critchley (Eng/GB&I). [CC of Buffalo, Williamsville, nr Buffalo, NY].
TUESDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Dorothy Porter (née Germain) halved with Frances Stephens (Eng); Polly Riley bt Jessie Anderson Valentine (Scot) 7&6; Beverly Hanson bt Jean Donald (Scot) 6&5; Dorothy Kielty bt Philomena Garvey (Ire) 2&1; Peggy Kirk bt Jeanne Bisgood (Eng) 1 hole; Grace Lenczyk bt Elizabeth Price (Eng) 5&4.
Dorothy Kirby (USA) and Helen Wilson (USA) did not play in the singles. Diana Fishwick Critchley (GB&I capt, eligible to play) did not select herself to play in any matches.
The GB&I team comprised seven players, including their captain; the USA team comprised eight players and a non-playing captain.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (8th) (Sept 16/17). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. In fact, the Americans came with nine players rather than the permitted ten. Non-playing captains: Ben Hogan (USA); Charles Whitcombe (Eng/GB). [Ganton GC, nr Scarborough, North Yorkshire].
Overall result: USA 7, GB 5.
Saturday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Max Faulkner (Eng) lost to E.J. "Dutch" Harrison 8&7; Jimmy Adams (Scot) bt Johnny Palmer 2&1; Charlie Ward (Eng) lost to Sam Snead 6&5; Dai Rees (Wales) bt Bob Hamilton 6&4; Dick Burton (Eng) lost to Clayton Heafner 3&2; Sam King (Eng) lost to Chick Harbert 4&3; Arthur Lees (Eng) lost to Jimmy Demaret 7&6; Fred Daly (N.Ire) lost to Lloyd Mangrum 1 hole. // Skip Alexander (USA), Laurie Ayton Jr (Scot) and Ken Bousfield (Eng) did not play in the singles.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (12th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 2. Non-playing captains: Francis Ouimet (USA); Percy "Laddie" Lucas (Eng/GB&I). [West course, Winged Foot GC, Mamaroneck, NY].
SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Willie Turnesa lost to Ronnie White (Eng) 4&3; Frank Stranahan bt S. Max McCready (Ire) 6&5; Robert "Skee" Riegel bt Jimmy Bruen (Ire) 5&4; Johnny Dawson bt Joe Carr (Ire) 5&3; Charles Coe bt Cecil Ewing (Ire) 1 hole; Raymond Billows bt Kenneth Thom (Eng) 2&1; Chuck Kocsis bt Arthur Perowne (Eng) 4&2; James McHale Jr bt Gerald Micklem (Eng) 5&4.
Ted Bishop (USA) and Bruce McCormick (USA) were not involved in the singles. Bunny Millward (Eng) and Percy Lucas (GB capt, eligible to play) did not play in any of the matches.
NOTE: GB&I captain Percy Belgrave "Laddie" Lucas was quite a character. Born in the clubhouse of Prince's Golf Club in Kent, he was referred to as the "wee laddie" by a company of Highland soldiers based nearby. Lucas went on to become an accomplished golfer, a much decorated World War II Spitfire pilot and Wing Commander, and after the war a Member of Parliament, newspaper columnist and author.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (5th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 6.5, GB&I 2.5. Playing captain: Glenna Collett Vare (USA); non-playing captain: Doris Chambers (Eng/GB&I). [Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, Merseyside]. Played for the first time since 1938 due to WWII.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Philomena Garvey (Ire) halved with Louise Suggs; Jean Donald (Scot) bt Dorothy Kirby 2 holes; Jacqueline Gordon (Eng) lost to Grace Lenczyk 5&3; Helen Holm (Scot) lost to Estelle Lawson Page 3&2; Maureen Ruttle (Eng) lost to Polly Riley 3&2; Zara Bolton (Eng) lost to Dorothy Kielty 2&1.
Clarrie Reddan (Ire; née Tiernan) and Glenna Collett Vare (USA) did not play in the singles. Diana Fishwick Critchley (Eng) did not play in any matches. The USA team comprised seven players, which included their playing captain. The GB&I team comprised eight players and a non-playing captain.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (7th) (Nov 1/2; played for the first time since 1937). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captains: Ben Hogan (USA); Henry Cotton (Eng/GB). [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
Overall result: USA 11, GB 1.
Sunday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): E.J. "Dutch" Harrison bt Fred Daly (N.Ire) 5&4; Lew Worsham bt Jimmy Adams (Scot) 3&2; Lloyd Mangrum bt Max Faulkner (Eng) 6&5; Ed "Porky" Oliver bt Charlie Ward (Eng) 4&3; Byron Nelson bt Arthur Lees (Eng) 2&1; Sam Snead bt Henry Cotton (Eng) 5&4; Jimmy Demaret bt Dai Rees (Wales) 3&2; Herman Keiser lost to Sam King (Eng) 4&3. // Ben Hogan (USA) and Herman Barron (USA) did not play in the singles. Eric Green (Eng) and Reg Horne (Eng) did not play in any of the matches.
Note: event staged largely due to the vision and generosity of Oregon fruit grower Robert A. Hudson, who funded the visitors' trip to the USA (Britain still being in the grip of post-WWII austerity and food-rationing). Despite the result (still the largest winning margin in Ryder Cup history) the event was hailed a great success. Most importantly it got the post-war era of Ryder Cup matches underway.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (11th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 8, GB&I 4. Non-playing captains: Francis Ouimet (USA); John Beck (Eng/GB&I). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife]. Played for the first time since 1938 due to WWII.
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Leonard Crawley (Eng) lost to Marvin H. "Bud" Ward 5&3; Joe Carr (Ire) bt Ted Bishop 5&3; Gerald Micklem (Eng) lost to Robert "Skee" Riegel 6&5; Cecil Ewing (Ire) lost to Willie Turnesa 6&5; Charles Stowe (Eng) lost to Frank Stranahan 2&1; Ronnie White (Eng) bt A. Frederick Kammer Jr 4&3; Jimmy Wilson (Scot) lost to Smiley Quick 8&6; Percy "Laddie" Lucas (Eng) lost to Dick Chapman 4&3.
Alex Kyle (Scot) was not involved in the singles. John Beck (GB capt, eligible to play) did not select himself for any of the matches. The USA sent an eight-man rather than ten-man team.
NOTE: This was the first of Joe Carr's eleven consecutive appearances in the Walker Cup.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (4th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 5.5, GB&I 3.5. Non-playing captains: Frances Stebbins (USA); Margaret Wallace-Williamson (Scot/GB&I). [Essex County Club, Manchester, MA]. Played for the last time until 1948 due to WWII.
THURSDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Estelle Lawson Page bt Helen Holm (Scot) 6&5; Patty Berg bt Jessie Anderson (Scot) 1 hole; Marion Miley bt Elsie Corlett (Eng) 2&1; Glenna Collett Vare bt Pat Walker (Ire) 2&1; Maureen Orcutt Crews lost to Clarrie Tiernan (Ire) 2&1; Charlotte Glutting bt Nan Baird (Scot) 1 hole.
Kathryn Hemphill (USA) and Phyllis Wade (Eng) did not play in the singles. Both teams comprised a non-playing captain and seven players.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (6th) (June 29/30; played for the last time until 1947). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Non-playing captain: Walter Hagen (USA); playing captain: Charles Whitcombe (Eng/GB). The GB team comprised one Welsh player and nine Englishmen. [Southport & Ainsdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].
Overall result: USA 8, GB 4.
Wednesday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Alf Padgham (Eng) lost to Ralph Guldahl 8&7; Sam King (Eng) halved with Denny Shute; Dai Rees (Wales) bt Byron Nelson 3&1; Henry Cotton (Eng) bt Tony Manero 5&3; Percy Alliss (Eng) lost to Gene Sarazen 1 hole; Dick Burton (Eng) lost to Sam Snead 5&4; Alf Perry (Eng) lost to Ed Dudley 2&1; Arthur Lacey (Eng) lost to Henry Picard 2&1. // Johnny Revolta (USA), Bill Cox (Eng) and Charles Whitcombe (Eng) did not play in the singles; Horton Smith (USA) did not play in any of the matches.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (9th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 9, GB&I 0; no points awarded for the three halved matches. Non-playing captains: Francis Ouimet (USA); Dr William "Bill" Tweddell (Eng/GB&I). [Pine Valley GC, Clementon, New Jersey].
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Johnny Goodman bt Hector Thomson (Scot) 3&2; Albert W. "Scotty" Campbell bt Jack McLean (Scot) 5&4; Johnny Fischer bt Cecil Ewing (Ire) 8&7; Reynolds Smith bt G. Alex Hill (Eng) 11&9; Walter Emery bt Gordon Peters (Scot) 1 hole; Charlie Yates bt J. Morton Dykes (Scot) 8&7; George Dunlap Jr bt Harry Bentley (Eng); Ed White bt John Langley (Eng) 6&5.
Harry Givan (USA) and George Voigt (USA) were not involved in the singles. Percy "Laddie" Lucas (Eng) and Bill Tweddell (GB capt, eligible to play) did not play in any of the matches.
NOTE: Although the GB team narrowly avoided being whitewashed in 1928, 1930, 1932 and 1934, their luck finally ran out at Pine Valley in 1936. Against all expectations they bounced back to win the next Walker Cup match in 1938 at St Andrews.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (5th) (Sept 28/29). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captains: Walter Hagen (USA); Charles Whitcombe (Eng/GB). [Ridgewood CC, Paramus, New Jersey].
Overall result: USA 9, GB 3.
Sunday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Gene Sarazen bt Jack Busson (Eng) 3&2; Paul Runyan bt Dick Burton (Eng) 5&3; Johnny Revolta bt Reg Whitcombe (Eng) 2&1; Olin Dutra bt Alf Padgham (Eng) 4&2; Craig Wood lost to Percy Alliss (Eng) 1 hole; Horton Smith halved with Bill Cox (Eng); Henry Picard bt Ernest Whitcombe (Eng) 3&2; Sam Parks halved with Alf Perry (Eng). // Walter Hagen (USA), Ky Laffoon (USA), Charles Whitcombe (Eng) and Ted Jarman (Eng) did not play in the singles.
Note: the British team was in fact wholly English, and included all three of the golfing Whitcombe brothers: Ernest (44), Charles (39) and Reg (37).
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (2nd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 6.5, GB&I 2.5. Non-playing captain: Glenna Collett Vare (USA); playing captain: Doris Chambers (Eng/GB&I). [Chevy Chase Club, Chevy Chase, Maryland].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Virginia Van Wie bt Diana Fishwick (Eng) 2&1; Leona Cheney bt Pam Barton (Eng) 7&5; Maureen Orcutt bt Molly Gourlay (Eng) 4&2; Charlotte Glutting bt Wanda Morgan (Eng) 3&2; Opal Hill bt Diana Plumpton (Eng) 3&2; Aniela Goldthwaite lost to Pat Walker (Ire) 3&2.
Lucille Robinson (USA) did not play in the singles. Marion Miley (USA), Mrs George Coats (Eng) and Doris Chambers (GB&I capt, eligible to play) did not play in any matches.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (8th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 9, GB&I 2; no points awarded for the one halved match. Playing captains: Francis Ouimet (USA); The Hon. Michael Scott (Eng/GB&I). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Michael Scott (Eng) lost to Johnny Goodman 7&6; Cyril Tolley (Eng) lost to W. Lawson Little Jr 6&5; Leonard Crawley (Eng) lost to Francis Ouimet 5&4; Jack McLean (Scot) lost to George Dunlap Jr 4&3; Eric Fiddian (Eng) lost to Johnny Fischer 5&4; Samuel McKinlay (Scot) lost to Gus Moreland 3&1; Eric McRuvie (Scot) halved with Jack Westland; Tony Torrance (Scot) bt Max Marston 4&3.
Harry Bentley (Eng), Roger Wethered (Eng) and Chandler Egan (USA) were not involved in the singles. Including their respective playing captains, the American team comprised nine players, and GB&I ten.
NOTE: This was the last of Francis Ouimet's eight consecutive playing appearances in the Walker Cup; he also made four more consecutive appearances as the USA's non-playing captain. His association with the Walker Cup spanned the very first official event in 1922 through to the 12th in 1949. In a total of 16 matches played, he won 9, lost 5 and halved 2. Ouimet also played (and won handsomely) in the unofficial USA vs GB match in 1921, the unofficial precursor to the Walker Cup.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The inaugural Curtis Cup. USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 5.5, GB&I 3.5. Non-playing captain: Marion Hollins (USA); playing captain: Joyce Wethered (Eng/GB&I). [East course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Joyce Wethered (Eng) bt Glenna Collett Vare 6&4; Enid Wilson (Eng) bt Helen Hicks 2&1; Wanda Morgan (Eng) lost to Virginia Van Wie 2&1; Diana Fishwick (Eng) bt Maureen Orcutt 4&3; Molly Gourlay (Eng) halved with Opal Hill; Elsie Corlett (Eng) lost to Leona Pressley Cheney 4&3.
Doris Park (Scot) and Charlotte Watson (Scot) did not play in the singles. Marion Hollins (USA capt) and Dorothy Higbie (USA) did not play in any matches.
NOTE: Although the entirely English GB&I team won the singles 3.5-2.5, earlier in the day they had lost the foursomes 3-0, producing a 5.5-3.5 final result in favour of the visiting Americans. The whole event was completed in one day (Sat, May 21).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (7th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 8, GB&I 1; no points awarded for the three halved matches. Playing captains: Francis Ouimet (USA); Tony Torrance (Eng/GB&I). [The Country Club, Brookline, Boston, Mass.].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Francis Ouimet halved with Tony Torrance (Scot); Jess Sweetser halved with Bill Stout (Eng); Gus Moreland bt Rex W. Hartley (Eng) 2&1; Jack Westland halved with John Burke (Ire); George Voigt lost to Leonard Crawley (Eng) 1 hole; Maurice McCarthy Jr bt W. Lister Hartley (Eng) 3&2; Charles Seaver bt Eric Fiddian (Eng); George Dunlap Jr bt Eric McRuvie (Scot) 10&9.
William Howell (USA), Don Moe (USA) and John DeForest (Eng) did not play in the singles. Jack Bookless (Scot) did not play in any of the matches.
NOTE: This was the last of Jess Sweetser's six consecutive playing appearances in the Walker Cup; he also returned as the USA's non-playing captain in 1967 and 1973. In a total of 12 matches played, he won 7, lost 4 and halved 1.
William Lister Hartley and his younger brother Rex Weller Hartley were born in Beckenham, Kent in 1904 and 1905 respectively.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The Ryder Cup (3rd) (June 26/27). USA vs Great Britain. Ten top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captains: Walter Hagen (USA); Charles Whitcombe (Eng/GB). [Scioto CC, Columbus, Ohio].
Overall result: USA 9, GB 3.
Saturday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Billy Burke bt Archie Compston (Eng) 7&6; Gene Sarazen bt Fred Robson (Eng) 7&6; Johnny Farrell lost to Bill Davies (Eng) 4&3; Wiffy Cox bt Abe Mitchell (Eng) 3&1; Walter Hagen bt Charles Whitcombe (Eng) 4&3; Denny Shute bt Bert Hodson (Wales) 8&6; Al Espinosa bt Ernest Whitcombe (Eng) 2&1; Craig Wood lost to Arthur Havers (Eng) 4&3. // Leo Diegel (USA), Horton Smith (USA), George Duncan (Scot) and Syd Easterbrook (Eng) did not play in the singles.
Note: for the second straight Ryder Cup, the GB team included brothers Charles and Ernest Whitcombe.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (6th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 10, GB&I 2. Playing captains: Bobby Jones (USA); Roger Wethered (Eng/GB&I). [Royal St George's GC, Sandwich, Kent].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Cyril Tolley (Eng) lost to Harrison Johnston 5&4; Roger Wethered (Eng) lost to Bobby Jones 9&8; Rex Hartley (Eng) lost to George Von Elm 3&2; Ernest Holderness (Eng) lost to George Voigt 10&8; John Nelson Smith (Scot) lost to Oscar F. Willing 2&1; Tony Torrance (Scot) bt Francis Ouimet 7&6; Bill Stout (Eng) lost to Don Moe 1 hole; William Campbell (Scot) lost to Roland MacKenzie 6&5.
John Andrew Lang (Scot) did not play in any of the matches. Including their respective playing captains, the American team comprised eight players, and GB&I nine players.
NOTE: Following a near whitewash in 1928, the GB&I team doubled their points tally in 1930, winning one of the four foursomes, and one of the eight singles.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (5th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 11, GB&I 1. Playing captains: Bobby Jones (USA); Dr William "Bill" Tweddell (Eng/GB&I). [Chicago GC, Wheaton, nr Chicago, Illinois].
FRIDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Bobby Jones bt Philip Perkins (Eng) 13&12; George Von Elm bt Bill Tweddell (Eng) 3&2; Francis Ouimet bt Major Charles Hezlet (N.Ire) 8&7; Jess Sweetser bt William Hope (Scot) 5&4; Harrison Johnston bt Eustace Storey (Eng) 4&2; Chick Evans lost to Tony Torrance (Scot) 1 hole; Watts Gunn bt Ronald Hardman (Eng) 11&10; Roland MacKenzie bt Noel Martin (N.Ire) 2&1.
John Beck (Eng) and Archibald MacCallum (Scot) did not play in the singles. The American team comprised only eight players, which included their captain.
NOTE: Only Scotland's Tony Torrance landed a face-saving point for GB&I. The USA comfortably won all four of the foursomes and seven of the eight singles. Among some humbling defeats, Philip Perkins was hammered 13 and 12 by Bobby Jones, while USA victories of 11 and 10, and 8 and 7 were also recorded.
Team Events
PGA / PGA of Am
The inaugural Ryder Cup (June 3/4). USA vs Great Britain. Nine top professionals per team competing over two days in a total of four foursome matches and eight singles. Playing captains: Walter Hagen (USA); Ted Ray (Jersey/GB). [Worcester CC, Worcester, Mass.].
Overall result: USA 9.5, GB 2.5.
Saturday singles (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Bill Mehlhorn bt Archie Compston (Eng) 1 hole; Johnny Farrell bt Aubrey Boomer (Jer) 5&4; Johnny Golden bt Herbert Jolly (Guer) 8&7; Leo Diegel bt Ted Ray (Jer) 7&5; Gene Sarazen halved with Charles Whitcombe (Eng); Walter Hagen bt Arthur Havers (Eng) 2&1; Al Watrous bt Fred Robson (Eng) 3&2; Joe Turnesa lost to George Duncan (Scot) 1 hole. // Al Espinosa (USA) and George Gadd (Eng) did not play in the singles.
Note: Preceding the Ryder Cup, a GB vs USA match was played in 1926 at the Wentworth Club near London. However, Samuel Ryder's trophy was not put up as the prize until 1927. It is therefore 1927 that is recognised as the official starting point for the competition, rather than 1926.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (4th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 6, GB&I 5; no points awarded for the one halved match. Playing captains: Robert A. Gardner (USA); Robert Harris (Scot/GB&I). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Cyril Tolley (Eng) lost to Bobby Jones 12&11; Ernest Holderness (Eng) lost to Jess Sweetser 4&3; Roger Wethered (Eng) bt Francis Ouimet 5&4; Major Charles Hezlet (N.Ire) halved with George Von Elm; Robert Harris (Scot) bt Jesse Guilford 2&1; Hon William Brownlow (N.Ire; 4th Baron Lurgan) lost to Watts Gunn 9&8; Eustace Storey (Eng) bt Roland MacKenzie 2&1; Andrew Jamieson Jr (Scot) bt Robert A. Gardner 5&4.
William Murray (Scot) and Alexander F. Simpson (Scot) did not play in any of the matches. The American team comprised only eight players, which included their captain.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (3rd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 9, GB&I 3. Playing captains: Robert A. Gardner (USA); Cyril Tolley (Eng/GB&I). [Garden City GC, Garden City, Long Island, NY].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Max Marston lost to Cyril Tolley (Eng) 1 hole; Bobby Jones bt Major Charles Hezlet (N.Ire) 4&3; Chick Evans bt William Murray (Scot) 2&1; Francis Ouimet bt Eustace Storey (Eng) 1 hole; Jess Sweetser lost to Hon. Michael Scott (Eng) 7&6; Robert A. Gardner bt William Hope (Scot) 3&2; Jesse Guilford bt Tony Torrance (Scot) 2&1; Oscar F. Willing bt Dennis Kyle (Scot) 3&2.
Not involved in the singles: William C. Fownes Jr (USA), Harrison Johnston (USA), Robert Scott Jr (Scot; not related to Michael Scott) and Orme Bristow (Eng).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (2nd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 6, GB&I 5; no points awarded for the one halved match. Playing captains: Robert A. Gardner (USA); Robert Harris (Scot/GB&I). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
SATURDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Roger Wethered (Eng) halved with Francis Oiumet; Cyril Tolley (Eng) bt Jess Sweetser 4&3; Robert Harris (Scot) lost to Robert A. Gardner 1 hole; Willis Mackenzie (Scot) lost to George V. Rotan 5&4; William Hope (Scot) lost to Max Marston 6&5; Ernest Holderness (Eng) lost to Frederick J. Wright 1 hole; John Wilson (Scot) bt S. Davidson Herron 1 hole; William Murray (Scot) lost to Oscar F. Willing 2&1. Not involved in the singles: Harris R. Johnston (USA), J.F. "Jack" Neville (USA), John Caven (Scot) and Chubby Hooman (Eng).
NOTE: The USA team included Jack Neville, who was on the losing side in his foursomes match, and didn't play in the singles. Neville's name is writ large in golfing lore, as the co-designer with Douglas Grant of Pebble Beach Golf Links.
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The inaugural Walker Cup. USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 8, GB&I 4. Playing captain: William C. Fownes Jr (USA); non-playing captain: Robert Harris (Scot/GB&I). [National Golf Links of America, Southampton, Long Island, NY].
TUESDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Jesse Guilford bt Cyril Tolley (Eng) 2&1; Bobby Jones bt Roger Wethered (Eng) 3&2; Chick Evans bt John Caven (Scot) 5&4; Francis Oiumet bt Colin Aylmer (Eng) 8&7; Robert Gardner bt William Breck Torrance (Scot) 7&5; Max Marston lost to Willis Mackenzie (Scot) 6&5; William Fownes Jr lost to Bernard Darwin (Eng) 3&1; Jess Sweetser lost to Chubby Hooman (Eng) 37th hole.
NOTE: This was the first official match played for the Walker Cup. An unofficial match between the best amateurs of Gt Britain & Ireland and the USA took place a year earlier in 1921 at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake). The USA won the encounter 9pts to 3pts.
GB&I captain Robert Harris had intended to play, but after being bitten by a large sandfly, he was replaced by Bernard Darwin (The Times golf correspondent) who was was drafted into the GB&I team. Darwin lost in his foursomes with Cyril Tolley, but won his singles match against USA captain Fownes (whose father Henry Fownes was the founder and designer of Oakmont CC).
Team Events
IOC
Played as the Men's Team golf event (Summer Olympic Games III). Aggregate strokeplay format for three 10-man teams (all three teams came from the USA). GOLD medal: USA Team I (Western Golf Association), score 1749, players: Ned Cummins, Kenneth Edwards, Chandler Egan, Walter Egan (Chandler's cousin), Robert Hunter, Nathan Moore, Mason Phelps, Daniel Sawyer, Clement Smoot, Warren Wood. SILVER medal: USA Team II (Trans-Mississippi Golf Association), score 1770. BRONZE medal: USA Team III (USGA), score 1839. [Glen Echo CC, Normandy, St Louis, Missouri, USA].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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