The 1983 Walker Cup, the 29th

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Match, was played on 25 and 26 May 1983, at

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. The event was won by the

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13½ to 10½. The match was level after the second day foursomes. In the final round of 8 singles, Great Britain and Ireland had just two wins, by

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and

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, both of whom had also won their singles on the first day. The United States won 5 of the singles matches and halved the other to win the Walker Cup for the sixth successive time.

Format

The format for play on Wednesday and Thursday 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. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.

Teams

Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. The United States had a playing captain, while Great Britain & Ireland had a non-playing captain.

Great Britain & Ireland

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Captain: Charlie Green * David Carrick * Stephen Keppler * Malcolm Lewis *

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* Lindsay Mann *

* Philip Parkin * Arthur Pierse * Martin Thompson *

United States

Playing captain:

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* William Hoffer * Jim Holtgrieve * Bob Lewis * David Tentis * Billy Tuten *

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Format

Teams

Great Britain & Ireland

United States

Wednesday's matches

Morning foursomes

Afternoon singles

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes

Afternoon singles

References