Walker Cup
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The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland (in political terms the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). The event, officially called the Walker Cup Match (not "Matches", unlike the professional Ryder Cup Matches), is co-organised by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and the United States Golf Association, and is named in honor of George Herbert Walker (grandfather and namesake of the former President of the United States George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of current President George W. Bush), who was president of the USGA in 1920 when the series was initiated. There was an unofficial event in 1921 and annual events to 1924. From that time on it became a biennial event, and it later switched to odd numbered years. It is played alternately on either side of the Atlantic.
The Match employs a combination of individual, alternate-shot, best ball, and doubles competition in a format similar to the professional Ryder Cup, which also began as a competition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; unlike the Ryder Cup, the Walker Cup has never been expanded to make all European amateur golfers eligible to compete. There is little present competitive reason to do so: through 2005 the United States leads the series 32 to 7, with one halved match, but the Great Britain & Ireland team has won three of the last four matches, and each of the last two matches has been decided by one point.
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[edit] External links
- Official site
- http://www.walkercuphistory.com - definitive site containing complete history and statistics.de:Walker Cup
