1963 Walker Cup

The 1963 Walker Cup, the 19th Walker Cup Match, was played on 24 and 25 May 1963, at Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland. The event was won by the United States 12 to 8 with 4 matches halved. This was the first Walker Cup in which 18-hole matches were played.[1]

19th Walker Cup Match
Dates24–25 May 1963
VenueTurnberry
LocationAyrshire, Scotland
Captains

 8 12
United States wins the Walker Cup

Great Britain and Ireland took a 6 to 3 lead on the first day after Billy Joe Patton was the only singles winner for the United States.[2][3] However, the United States won all four foursomes matches on the second morning and five of the singles in the afternoon.[4]

Format

The format for play on Friday and Saturday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.

Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. The team with most points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.

Teams

Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.[5]

Great Britain & Ireland

&
Captain: Charles Lawrie

United States


Captain: Richard Tufts

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Bonallack/Murray 4 & 3 Patton/Sikes
Carr/Green 2 up Gray/Harris
Lunt/Sheahan 5 & 3 Beman/Coe
Madeley/Shade halved Gardner/Updegraff
1 Foursomes 2
1 Overall 2

Afternoon singles
& Results
Stuart Murray 3 & 1 Deane Beman
Martin Christmas 3 & 2 Billy Joe Patton
Joe Carr 7 & 5 R. H. Sikes
David Sheahan 1 up Labron Harris Jr
Michael Bonallack 1 up Richard Davies
Sandy Saddler halved Charles Coe
Ronnie Shade 4 & 3 Downing Gray
Michael Lunt halved Charlie Smith
5 Singles 1
6 Overall 3

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Bonallack/Murray 1 up Patton/Sikes
Lunt/Sheahan 3 & 2 Gray/Harris
Green/Saddler 3 & 1 Gardner/Updegraff
Madeley/Shade 3 & 2 Beman/Coe
0 Foursomes 4
6 Overall 7

Afternoon singles
& Results
Stuart Murray 3 & 2 Billy Joe Patton
David Sheahan 1 up Richard Davies
Joe Carr 4 & 3 Ed Updegraff
Michael Bonallack 3 & 2 Labron Harris Jr
Michael Lunt 3 & 2 Robert Gardner
Sandy Saddler halved Deane Beman
Ronnie Shade 2 & 1 Downing Gray
Charlie Green 4 & 3 Charles Coe
2 Singles 5
8 Overall 12

References
  1. "Walker Cup ties over 18 holes". Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1962. p. 15.
  2. Horne, Cyril (25 May 1963). "British Isles Lead in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. p. 1.
  3. "British Isles Lead in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1963. p. 8.
  4. Horne, Cyril (27 May 1963). "Americans retain Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  5. "1963 – Turnberry". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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