The 1951 Walker Cup, the 13th Walker Cup Match, was played on 11 and 12 May 1951, at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Lancashire, England. The United States won by 6 matches to 3 with 3 matches halved.[1][2]
| Dates | 11–12 May 1951 | ||||
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| Venue | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Southport, Lancashire, England | ||||
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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
editGreat Britain & Ireland had a team of 10 plus a non-playing captain. The United States only selected a team of 9, which included a playing captain.[3] Frank Deighton was in the Great Britain & Ireland team but was not selected for any matches.
Great Britain & Ireland
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Captain: 
Raymond Oppenheimer
Jimmy Bruen- Ian Caldwell
- Joe Carr
Frank Deighton- Cecil Ewing
- Alex Kyle
- John Langley
Max McCready
John Llewellyn Morgan- Ronnie White
United States
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Playing captain: Willie Turnesa
Friday's foursomes
editJimmy Bruen, who was paired with John Llewellyn Morgan, had a recurrence of a wrist injury during his match. The match was close until the 8th hole on the afternoon round but, with Bruen's wrist getting worse, the American pair of Turnesa and Urzetta then won 6 holes in a row to win 5&4. Bruen withdrew from the singles.[4]
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Results | 
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| White/Carr | halved | Stranahan/Campbell |
| Ewing/Langley | halved | Coe/McHale |
| Kyle/Caldwell |  1 up
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Chapman/Knowles |
| Bruen/Morgan | 5 & 4
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Turnesa/Urzetta |
| 0 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 0 | Overall | 2 |
Saturday's singles
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Results |
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| Max McCready | 4 & 3
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Sam Urzetta |
| Joe Carr |  2 & 1
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Frank Stranahan |
| Ronnie White | 2 & 1
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Charles Coe |
| John Langley | 2 up
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Jim McHale Jr. |
| Cecil Ewing | 5 & 4
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William C. Campbell |
| Alex Kyle | 2 up
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Willie Turnesa |
| Ian Caldwell | halved | Harold Paddock Jr. |
| John Llewellyn Morgan | 7 & 6
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Dick Chapman |
| 3 | Singles | 4 |
| 3 | Overall | 6 |
References
edit- ^ "Britain's improving showing in Walker Cup". Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1951. p. 6.
- ^ Turnesa, William P. (June 1951). "The Walker Cup Match" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 10.
- ^ "1951 – Birkdale". walkercup.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Walker Cup lead for America". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1951. p. 5.