1997 Walker Cup

The 1997 Walker Cup, the 36th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 9 and 10, 1997, at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York. The event was won by the United States 18 to 6.

36th Walker Cup Match

Dates	August 9–10, 1997
Venue	Quaker Ridge Golf Club
Location	Scarsdale, New York
Captains	Downing Gray (USA) Clive Brown (GB&I)
18 6
United States wins the Walker Cup

Format

The format for play on Saturday and Sunday 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 is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole, extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12½ points wins the competition. If the two teams are tied, the previous winner retains the trophy.

Teams

Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.

& Team Great Britain & Ireland
Name	Age	Hometown	Notes
Clive Brown	45	Gwynedd, Wales	non-playing captain
Michael Brooks	25	Lanark, Scotland
Richie Coughlan	23	Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
Barclay Howard	44	Johnstone, Scotland	Low amateur in the 1995 Open Championship; played in 1995 Walker Cup
Keith Nolan	24	Bray, Ireland
David Park	23	Credenhill, Wales
Graham Rankin	31	Airdrie, Scotland	Played in the 1995 Walker Cup
Justin Rose	17	Hook, Hart, England	Youngest player to ever compete in Walker Cup
Craig Watson	31	Glasgow, Scotland	Won the 1997 Amateur Championship
Gary Wolstenholme	36	Market Harborough, England	Played in the 1995 Walker Cup
Steven Young	20	Fraserburgh, Scotland

Team USA
Name	Age	Hometown	Notes
Downing Gray	58	Pensacola, Florida	non-playing captain
Jerry Courville Jr.	38	Milford, Connecticut	1995 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Duke Delcher	41	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Brad Elder	22	Overland Park, Kansas
Jason Gore	23	Valencia, California	Won 1997 California Amateur and California Open
John Harris	45	Edina, Minnesota	1993 U.S. Amateur champion; played in 1993 Walker Cup
Joel Kribel	20	Pleasanton, California
Randy Leen	21	Dayton, Ohio
Buddy Marucci	45	Malvern, Pennsylvania	Played in 1995 Walker Cup; 1995 U.S. Amateur runner-up
Steve Scott	19	Coral Springs, Florida	1996 U.S. Amateur runner-up
Chris Wollmann	22	Parma, Ohio	1995 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
Howard/Young	4 and 3	Elder/Kribel
Rose/Brooks	5 and 4	Courville/Marucci
Wolstenholme/Nolan	6 and 4	Gore/Harris
Coughlan/Park	1 up	Leen/Wollmann
0	Foursomes	4
0	Overall	4

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Craig Watson	1 up	Steve Scott
Steven Young	5 and 4	Duke Delcher
Barclay Howard	5 and 4	Brad Elder
Justin Rose	1 up	Joel Kribel
Keith Nolan	3 and 2	Randy Leen
Graham Rankin	3 and 2	Jason Gore
Richie Coughlan	halved	Chris Wollmann
Gary Wolstenholme	1 up	John Harris
3½	Singles	4½
3½	Overall	8½

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
Watson/Young	3 and 2	Elder/Harris
Howard/Rankin	5 and 4	Courville/Marucci
Coughlan/Park	1 up	Delcher/Scott
Wolstenholme/Rose	2 and 1	Leen/Wollmann
1	Foursomes	3
4½	Overall	11½

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Steven Young	2 and 1	Joel Kribel
Craig Watson	halved	Jason Gore
Justin Rose	3 and 2	Jerry Courville
Keith Nolan	2 and 1	Brad Elder
Michael Brooks	6 and 5	John Harris
David Park	4 and 3	Buddy Marucci
Gary Wolstenholme	2 and 1	Duke Delcher
Richie Coughlan	2 and 1	Steve Scott
1½	Singles	6½
6	Overall	18

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