1977 Walker Cup Explained

Walker Cup
Year:1977
Dates:August 26–27, 1977
Venue:Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Location:Southampton, New York
Home:USA
Away:GB&I
Homecaptain:Lewis Oehmig
Awaycaptain:Sandy Saddler
Homescore:16
Awayscore:8
Result:United States wins

The 1977 Walker Cup, the 26th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 26 and 27, 1977, at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York. The event was won by the United States 16 to 8.

The United States led 9–3 after the first day and 11–5 after the second-day foursomes. Needing just a point to retain the trophy, the United States won 5 of the 8 singles matches for a convincing victory. There were no halved matches, although 8 matches went to the last hole.[1]

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. 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 plus one non-playing captain for each team.[2]

United States


Captain: Lewis Oehmig

Great Britain & Ireland

&
Captain: Sandy Saddler

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

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Lyle/McEvoy 4 & 3Fought/Heafner
Davies/Kelley 5 & 4Simpson/Miller
Hutcheon/Deeble 1 upSiderowf/Hallberg
Brodie/Martin 1 upSigel/Brannan
1Foursomes3
1Overall3

Afternoon singles

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Peter McEvoy 2 upLindy Miller
Ian Hutcheon 4 & 3John Fought
Gordon Murray 7 & 6Scott Simpson
John Davies 4 & 3Vance Heafner
Allan Brodie 4 & 3Bill Sander
Steve Martin 3 & 2Gary Hallberg
Sandy Lyle 2 upFred Ridley
Paul McKellar 5 & 4Jay Sigel
2Singles6
3Overall9

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

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Hutcheon/Deeble 4 & 3Fought/Heafner
McEvoy/Davies 2 upMiller/Simpson
Brodie/Martin 6 & 4Siderowf/Sander
Murray/Kelley 4 & 3Ridley/Brannan
2Foursomes2
5Overall11

Afternoon singles

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Steve Martin 1 upLindy Miller
John Davies 2 & 1John Fought
Allan Brodie 2 & 1Bill Sander
Peter McEvoy 4 & 3Gary Hallberg
Michael Kelley 2 & 1Dick Siderowf
Ian Hutcheon 2 upMike Brannan
Sandy Lyle 5 & 3Fred Ridley
Peter Deeble 1 upJay Sigel
3Singles5
8Overall16

Notes and References

  1. News: Walker Cup golfers too casual . . August 29, 1977 . 15 . Raymond . Jacobs.
  2. Web site: 1977 – Shinnecock Hills GC . walkercup.co.uk . November 25, 2018.