The 1963 Walker Cup, the 19th Walker Cup Match, was played on 24 and 25 May 1963, at Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland. The event was won by the United States 12 to 8 with 4 matches halved. This was the first Walker Cup in which 18-hole matches were played.[1]
| Dates | 24–25 May 1963 | ||||
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| Venue | Turnberry | ||||
| Location | Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||
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| United States wins the Walker Cup | |||||
Great Britain and Ireland took a 6 to 3 lead on the first day after Billy Joe Patton was the only singles winner for the United States.[2][3] However, the United States won all four foursomes matches on the second morning and five of the singles in the afternoon.[4]
Format
editThe 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
editTen players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.[5]
Great Britain & Ireland
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Captain: 
Charles Lawrie
Michael Bonallack
Joe Carr- Martin Christmas
Charlie Green- Michael Lunt
- David Madeley
- Stuart Murray
- Sandy Saddler
- Ronnie Shade
- David Sheahan
United States
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Captain: Richard Tufts
Friday's matches
editMorning foursomes
edit &  | Results |  |
|---|---|---|
| Bonallack/Murray |   4 & 3 | Patton/Sikes |
| Carr/Green |  2 up | Gray/Harris |
| Lunt/Sheahan | 5 & 3 | Beman/Coe |
| Madeley/Shade | halved | Gardner/Updegraff |
| 1 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 1 | Overall | 2 |
Afternoon singles
edit| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Stuart Murray | 3 & 1 | Deane Beman |
| Martin Christmas | 3 & 2 | Billy Joe Patton |
| Joe Carr | 7 & 5 | R. H. Sikes |
| David Sheahan | 1 up | Labron Harris Jr |
| Michael Bonallack | 1 up | Richard Davies |
| Sandy Saddler | halved | Charles Coe |
| Ronnie Shade | 4 & 3 | Downing Gray |
| Michael Lunt | halved | Charlie Smith |
| 5 | Singles | 1 |
| 6 | Overall | 3 |
Saturday's matches
editMorning foursomes
edit| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Bonallack/Murray | 1 up | Patton/Sikes |
| Lunt/Sheahan | 3 & 2 | Gray/Harris |
| Green/Saddler | 3 & 1 | Gardner/Updegraff |
| Madeley/Shade | 3 & 2 | Beman/Coe |
| 0 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 6 | Overall | 7 |
Afternoon singles
edit| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Stuart Murray | 3 & 2 | Billy Joe Patton |
| David Sheahan | 1 up | Richard Davies |
| Joe Carr | 4 & 3 | Ed Updegraff |
| Michael Bonallack | 3 & 2 | Labron Harris Jr |
| Michael Lunt | 3 & 2 | Robert Gardner |
| Sandy Saddler | halved | Deane Beman |
| Ronnie Shade | 2 & 1 | Downing Gray |
| Charlie Green | 4 & 3 | Charles Coe |
| 2 | Singles | 5 |
| 8 | Overall | 12 |
References
edit- ^ "Walker Cup ties over 18 holes". Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1962. p. 15.
- ^ Horne, Cyril (25 May 1963). "British Isles Lead in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. p. 1.
- ^ "British Isles Lead in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1963. p. 8.
- ^ Horne, Cyril (27 May 1963). "Americans retain Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
- ^ "1963 – Turnberry". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2018.