1967 Walker Cup
| Dates | 19–20 May 1967 | ||||
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| Venue | Royal St George's Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Sandwich, Kent, England | ||||
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| United States wins the Walker Cup | |||||
The 1967 Walker Cup, the 21st Walker Cup Match, was played on 19 and 20 May 1967, at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent, England. The event was won by the United States 13 to 7 with 4 matches halved.
The United States took an 8 to 1 lead on the first day.[1] Great Britain and Ireland did much better on the second day, winning the morning foursomes. Needing just two wins in the afternoon singles, the United States won four and halved another for a convincing victory.[2]
Format[edit]
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. The team with most points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.
Teams[edit]
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. Great Britain & Ireland had a playing captain, while the United States had a non-playing captain.[3]
Great Britain & Ireland[edit]
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Playing captain: 
Joe Carr
Michael Attenborough- Michael Bonallack
Tom Craddock- Rodney Foster
- Dudley Millensted
- Peter Oosterhuis
Sandy Pirie- Sandy Saddler
- Ronnie Shade
United States[edit]
Captain: Jess Sweetser
- Don Allen
- William C. Campbell
- Ron Cerrudo
- Bob Dickson
- Marty Fleckman
- Jimmy Grant
- Downing Gray
- Jack Lewis Jr.
- Bob Murphy
- Ed Tutwiler
Friday's matches[edit]
Morning foursomes[edit]
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Results | 
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| Shade/Oosterhuis | halved | Murphy/Cerrudo |
| Foster/Saddler |  1 up
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Campbell/Lewis |
| Bonallack/Attenborough | 4 & 2
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Gray/Tutwiler |
| Carr/Craddock | 3 & 1
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Dickson/Grant |
| 0 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 0 | Overall | 3 |
Afternoon singles[edit]
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Results |
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| Ronnie Shade | 2 & 1
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William C. Campbell |
| Rodney Foster | 2 & 1
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Bob Murphy |
| Michael Bonallack | halved | Downing Gray |
| Michael Attenborough | 4 & 3
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Ron Cerrudo |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 6 & 4
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Bob Dickson |
| Tom Craddock | 2 & 1
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Jack Lewis Jr |
| Sandy Pirie | halved | Don Allen |
| Sandy Saddler |  3 & 2
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Marty Fleckman |
| 1 | Singles | 5 |
| 1 | Overall | 8 |
Saturday's matches[edit]
Morning foursomes[edit]
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Results |
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| Bonnallack/Craddock | 2 up
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Murphy/Cerrudo |
| Saddler/Pirie | 1 up
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Campbell/Lewis |
| Shade/Oosterhuis | 3 & 1
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Gray/Tutwiler |
| Foster/Millensted | 2 & 1
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Allen/Fleckman |
| 3 | Foursomes | 1 |
| 4 | Overall | 9 |
Afternoon singles[edit]
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Results |
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| Ronnie Shade | 3 & 2
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William C. Campbell |
| Michael Bonallack | 4 & 2
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Bob Murphy |
| Sandy Saddler | 3 & 2
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Downing Gray |
| Rodney Foster | halved | Ron Cerrudo |
| Sandy Pirie | 4 & 3
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Bob Dickson |
| Tom Craddock | 5 & 4
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Jack Lewis Jr |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 1 up
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Jimmy Grant |
| Dudley Millensted | 3 & 1
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Ed Tutwiler |
| 3 | Singles | 4 |
| 7 | Overall | 13 |
References[edit]
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (20 May 1967). "U.S. only three points from Walker Cup victory". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (22 May 1967). "Respectability given to Walker Cup result". Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
- ^ "1967 – Royal St. George's". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2018.