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The 1995 Walker Cup, the 35th Walker Cup Match, was a team golf match played on 9 and 10 September 1995, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. The event was won by the Great Britain and Ireland team 14 to 10.[1][2]

Format

The format for play on Saturday and Sunday 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 is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12 ½ points wins the competition. If the two teams are tied, the previous winner retains the trophy.

Teams

Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.

Great Britain & Ireland

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Captain: Wales Clive Brown

United States

United States
Captain: Downing Gray

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Sherry/Gallacher United States 4 & 3 Harris/Woods
Foster/Howell halved Bratton/Riley
Rankin/Howard United States 4 & 3 Begay/Jackson
Harrington/Fanagan United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 3 Cox/Kuehne
Foursomes
Overall

Afternoon singles

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Gordon Sherry United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Notah Begay III
Lee S. James United States 1 up Kris Cox
Mark Foster United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 3 Buddy Marucci
Stephen Gallacher United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 3 Tim Jackson
Pádraig Harrington United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 up Jerry Courville Jr.
Barclay Howard halved Alan Bratton
Graham Rankin United States 1 up John Harris
Gary Wolstenholme United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Tiger Woods
Singles
7 Overall 5

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Sherry/Gallacher United States 4 & 2 Bratton/Riley
Foster/Howell United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Cox/Kuehne
Wolstenholme/James United States 6 & 5 Marucci/Courville
Harrington/Fanagan United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Harris/Woods
2 Foursomes 2
9 Overall 7

Afternoon singles

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Gordon Sherry United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 up Chris Riley
David Howell United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Notah Begay III
Stephen Gallacher United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Trip Kuehne
Jody Fanagan United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Jerry Courville Jr.
Barclay Howard halved Tim Jackson
Mark Foster halved Buddy Marucci
Pádraig Harrington United States 3 & 2 John Harris
Gary Wolstenholme United States 4 & 3 Tiger Woods
5 Singles 3
14 Overall 10

References

  1. ^ "Walker Cup - History". R&A. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ Glover, Tim (11 September 1995). "Walker Cup glory as Americans humbled". London: The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2013.

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