The 47th

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Match was played 7 and 8 September 2019 at

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, England. Royal Liverpool hosted the 1983 Walker Cup. The United States won by 15½ points to 10½. They trailed 7½ to 8½ coming in to the final day singles but won 8 of the 10 matches to win convincingly.

Format

On Saturday, there were four matches of

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in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there were four matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by ten singles matches (involving every player) in the afternoon. In all, 26 matches were played. Each of the 26 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 13½ points won the competition. In the event of a tie, the previous winner would retain the Cup.

Teams

Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland played in the event with each team having a non-playing captain. The two teams were announced following the

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. Craig Watson was the captain of the Great Britain & Ireland team, while

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captained the United States team. Note: "Rank" is the

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U.S. team

The first three members of the team were selected in July 2019 as the leading three Americans in the

. They were

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sophomore

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, high school senior

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and mid-amateur

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. The final members of the team were announced on 18 August 2019. With his victory in the

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senior Andy Ogletree earned an automatic place in the team. John Augenstein, who lost to Ogletree in the U.S. Amateur final was also chosen. Also selected were one current college golfer, John Pak of

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, and four recent graduates: Steven Fisk ( Georgia Southern), Alex Smalley (

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), Isaiah Salinda ( Stanford), and

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(Stanford). The

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named two alternates for the team: Chandler Phillips and Ricky Castillo. Note: "Rank" is the

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Afternoon singles

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

Afternoon singles

References

External links

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R&A site

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