The 1949 Walker Cup, the 12th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 19 and 20, 1949, on the West course at Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York. The United States won by 10 matches to 2.[1]
| Dates | August 19–20, 1949 | ||||
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| Venue | Winged Foot Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Mamaroneck, New York | ||||
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| United States wins the Walker Cup | |||||
Format
editFour 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Friday and eight singles matches on Saturday. 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
editTen 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.[2] Laddie Lucas, the Great Britain and Ireland playing captain, did not select himself or Bunny Millward for any of the matches.[3]
United States
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Captain: Francis Ouimet
- Ray Billows
- Ted Bishop
- Charles Coe
- Johnny Dawson
- Chuck Kocsis
- Bruce McCormick
- Jim McHale Jr.
- Skee Riegel
- Frank Stranahan
- Willie Turnesa
Great Britain & Ireland
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Playing captain: 
Laddie Lucas
Friday's foursomes
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| Carr/White |   3 & 2
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Billows/Turnesa |
| Bruen/McCready |  2 & 1
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Kocsis/Stranahan |
| Ewing/Micklem | 9 & 7
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Bishop/Riegal |
| Thom/Perowne | 8 & 7
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Dawson/McCormick |
| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
Saturday's singles
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Results |
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| Ronnie White | 4 & 3
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Willie Turnesa |
| Max McCready | 6 & 5
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Frank Stranahan |
| Jimmy Bruen | 5 & 4
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Skee Riegel |
| Joe Carr | 5 & 3
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Johnny Dawson |
| Cecil Ewing | 1 up
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Charles Coe |
| Ken Thom | 2 & 1
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Ray Billows |
| Arthur Perowne | 4 & 2
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Chuck Kocsis |
| Gerald Micklem | 5 & 4
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Jim McHale Jr |
| 1 | Singles | 7 |
| 2 | Overall | 10 |
References
edit- ^ Lucas, Percy B. (Laddie) (September 1949). "View on the Walker Cup match" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 5.
- ^ "1949 – Winged Foot". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ^ McKinlay, S.L. (August 20, 1949). "American win three of four Walker Cup foursomes". Glasgow Herald. p. 5.