1928 Walker Cup Explained

Walker Cup
Year:1928
Dates:August 30–31, 1928
Venue:Chicago Golf Club
Location:Wheaton, Illinois
Home:USA
Away:GB&I
Homecaptain:Bobby Jones
Awaycaptain:William Tweddell
Homescore:11
Awayscore:1
Result:United States wins

The 1928 Walker Cup, the 5th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 30 and 31, 1928, at Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois. The United States won by 11 matches to 1.[1] [2] [3]

Format

Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Thursday and eight singles matches on Friday. Each of the 12 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 36th 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

The United States picked their team of 8 in late-April. Great Britain and Ireland selected a team of 10 in mid-June.[4] This team included Cyril Tolley but he withdrew at the end of the month and was replaced by Noel Martin.[5] At his time Tolley had become involved in a libel action against J. S. Fry & Sons of Bristol, chocolate manufacturers who had produced an advert in which Tolley was caricatured.

United States


Playing captain: Bobby Jones

Great Britain & Ireland

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Playing captain: William Tweddell

Thursday's foursomes

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Perkins/Tweddell 7 & 6 Von Elm/Sweetser
Hezlet/Hope 5 & 3Jones/Evans
Storey/Torrance 4 & 2Johnston/Ouimet
Beck/MacCallum 7 & 5Gunn/MacKenzie
0Foursomes4
0Overall4

Friday's singles

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Philip Perkins 13 & 12Bobby Jones
William Tweddell 3 & 2George Von Elm
Charles Hezlet 8 & 7Francis Ouimet
William Hope 5 & 4Jess Sweetser
Eustace Storey 4 & 2Jimmy Johnston
Tony Torrance 1 upChick Evans
Ronald Hardman 11 & 10Watts Gunn
Noel Martin 2 & 1Roland MacKenzie
1Singles7
1Overall11

Notes and References

  1. News: Walker Cup . . August 31, 1928 . 11.
  2. News: Walker Cup . . September 1, 1928 . 9.
  3. Web site: 1928 – Chicago . walkercup.co.uk . December 13, 2018.
  4. News: Walker Cup . . June 12, 1928 . 3.
  5. News: Vacancy in Walker Cup Team . . June 30, 1928 . 14.