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1965 Walker Cup

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20th Walker Cup Match
DatesSeptember 3–4, 1965
VenueBaltimore Country Club
LocationBaltimore, Maryland
Captains
United States 11 11 United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
United States retains the Walker Cup
← 1963
1967 →

The 1965 Walker Cup, the 20th Walker Cup Match, was played on September 3 and 4, 1965, at Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, Maryland. The event was tied at 11 matches each with 2 matches halved.

Great Britain and Ireland took an 8–3 lead after the first day after winning six of the singles matches.[1][2] They shared the second day foursomes and needed just two win in the singles. Gordon Cosh won his match but it seemed that the other seven matches would be lost. However Clive Clark, two down with three to play, halved his match. The overall match was tied at 11 each with the United States retaining the Cup, having won in 1963.[3] Joe Carr, the Great Britain and Ireland playing captain, did not select himself for any of the matches.

Format

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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

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Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. Great Britain & Ireland had a playing captain, while the United States had a non-playing captain.[4]

United States

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United States
Captain: Johnny Fischer

Great Britain & Ireland

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Playing captain: Republic of Ireland Joe Carr

Friday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Lunt/Cosh United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Campbell/Gray
Bonallack/C. Clark halved Beman/Allen
Foster/G. Clark United States 5 & 4 Patton/Tutwiler
Townsend/Shade United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Hopkins/Eichelberger
2 Foursomes 1
2 Overall 1

Afternoon singles

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Michael Bonallack United States 6 & 5 William C. Campbell
Rodney Foster United States 2 up Deane Beman
Ronnie Shade United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 1 Downing Gray
Clive Clark United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 3 John Mark Hopkins
Peter Townsend United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Billy Joe Patton
Sandy Saddler United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Dale Morey
Gordon Cosh United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 up Don Allen
Michael Lunt United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Ed Updegraff
6 Singles 2
8 Overall 3

Saturday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Saddler/Foster United States 4 & 3 Campbell/Gray
Shade/Townsend United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Beman/Eichelberger
Cosh/Lunt United States 2 & 1 Tutwiler/Patton
C. Clark/Bonallack United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Allen/Morey
2 Foursomes 2
10 Overall 5

Afternoon singles

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Rodney Foster United States 3 & 2 William C. Campbell
Sandy Saddler United States 1 up Deane Beman
Ronnie Shade United States 5 & 3 Ed Tutwiler
Gordon Cosh United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 3 Don Allen
Peter Townsend United States 1 up Downing Gray
Clive Clark halved John Mark Hopkins
Michael Bonallack United States 5 & 3 Dave Eichelberger
Michael Lunt United States 4 & 2 Billy Joe Patton
1 Singles 6
11 Overall 11

References

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  1. ^ Ward-Thomas, P.A. (September 4, 1965). "British Isles lead 8-3 in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. p. 1.
  2. ^ "British Isles lead in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. September 4, 1965. p. 5.
  3. ^ Ward-Thomas, P.A. (September 6, 1965). "Walker Cup match halved". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  4. ^ "1965 – Baltimore". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved December 2, 2018.