18th Walker Cup Match

Dates	September 1–2, 1961
Venue	Seattle Golf Club
Location	Seattle, Washington
Captains	Jack Westland (USA) Charles Lawrie (GB&I)
11 1
United States wins the Walker Cup
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The 1961 Walker Cup, the 18th Walker Cup Match, was played on September 1 and 2, 1961, at Seattle Golf Club, Seattle, Washington. The United States won by 11 matches to 1. This was the last Walker Cup in which 36-hole matches were played.

Great Britain and Ireland's only success came when Martin Christmas beat Charlie Smith in the singles.^[1][2]

Format[edit]

Four 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[edit]

Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.^[3]

United States[edit]

Captain: Jack Westland

• Gene Andrews
• Deane Beman
• Don Cherry
• Bob Cochran
• Charles Coe
• Robert W. Gardner
• Bill Hyndman
• Jack Nicklaus
• Charlie Smith
• Bud Taylor

Great Britain & Ireland[edit]

&
Captain: Charles Lawrie

• David Blair
• Michael Bonallack
• Joe Carr
• Brian Chapman
• Martin Christmas
• David Frame
• Gordon Huddy
• Michael Lunt
• Ronnie Shade
• James Walker

Friday's foursomes[edit]

&	Results
Walker/Chapman	6 & 5	Beman/Nicklaus
Blair/Christmas	1 up	Coe/Cherry
Carr/Huddy	4 & 3	Hyndman/Gardner
Bonallack/Shade	4 & 3	Cochran/Andrews
0	Foursomes	4
0	Overall	4

Saturday's singles[edit]

&	Results
Michael Bonallack	3 & 2	Deane Beman
Michael Lunt	5 & 4	Charles Coe
James Walker	3 & 2	Bud Taylor
David Frame	7 & 6	Bill Hyndman
Joe Carr	6 & 4	Jack Nicklaus
Martin Christmas	3 & 2	Charlie Smith
Ronnie Shade	1 up	Robert W. Gardner
David Blair	5 & 4	Don Cherry
1	Singles	7
1	Overall	11

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