1983 Walker Cup

The 1983 Walker Cup, the 29th Walker Cup Match, was played on 25 and 26 May 1983, at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England. The event was won by the United States 13½ to 10½.

29th Walker Cup Match
Dates25–26 May 1983
VenueRoyal Liverpool Golf Club
LocationHoylake, England
Captains

 10½ 13½
United States wins the Walker Cup

The match was level after the second day foursomes. In the final round of 8 singles, Great Britain and Ireland had just two wins, by Philip Walton and Andrew Oldcorn, both of whom had also won their singles on the first day. The United States won 5 of the singles matches and halved the other to win the Walker Cup for the sixth successive time.[1]

Format

The format for play on Wednesday and Thursday 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. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ 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. The United States had a playing captain, while Great Britain & Ireland had a non-playing captain.[2]

Great Britain & Ireland

&
Captain: Charlie Green

United States


Playing captain: Jay Sigel

Wednesday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Macgregor/Walton 3 & 2 Sigel/Fehr
Keppler/Pierse 3 & 1 Wood/Faxon
Lewis/Thompson 7 & 6 Lewis/Holtgrieve
Mann/Oldcorn 5 & 4 Hoffer/Tentis
2 Foursomes 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon singles
& Results
Philip Walton 1 up Jay Sigel
Stephen Keppler 1 up Rick Fehr
George Macgregor halved Willie Wood
David Carrick 3 & 1 Brad Faxon
Andrew Oldcorn 4 & 3 Billy Tuten
Philip Parkin 6 & 4 Nathaniel Crosby
Arthur Pierse 3 & 1 Bob Lewis
Lindsay Mann 6 & 5 Jim Holtgrieve
3½ Singles 4½
5½ Overall 6½

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Macgregor/Walton 2 up Crosby/Hoffer
Parkin/Thompson 1 up Faxon/Wood
Mann/Oldcorn 1 up Lewis/Holtgrieve
Keppler/Pierse halved Sigel/Fehr
2½ Foursomes 1½
8 Overall 8

Afternoon singles
& Results
Philip Walton 2 & 1 Willie Wood
Philip Parkin 3 & 2 Brad Faxon
George Macgregor 2 & 1 Rick Fehr
Martin Thompson 3 & 2 Billy Tuten
Lindsay Mann halved David Tentis
Stephen Keppler 6 & 5 Bob Lewis
Andrew Oldcorn 3 & 2 Jim Holtgrieve
David Carrick 3 & 1 Jay Sigel
2½ Singles 5½
10½ Overall 13½

References
  1. Jacobs, Raymond (27 May 1983). "America's will to win again proves decisive". Glasgow Herald.
  2. "1983 – Royal Liverpool GC". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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