The Americas Cup was a biennial men's team

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tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from the

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and

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. It was held nine times between 1952 and 1967. The United States won all the matches except in 1965 when Canada won the cup. The matches followed on from an informal match that had been played in 1951 at

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between teams from the United States and Canada. A trophy was donated by Jerome P. Bowes, Jr. The event was held in even-numbered years from 1952 to 1960 when there was no

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match. However from 1961 to 1967 it was held in odd-numbered years, to avoid clashing with the

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which started in 1958 and was held in even-numbered years. The venue cycled between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Until 1967 teams consisted of seven players, six of whom played in each session. In 1967 the teams were reduced to five with four playing in each session. All nine events were held over two days. Matchplay threesomes were used in which each of the three played the other two simultaneously. Alternate-shot matches were played as well as single matches. In 1952 and 1954, 36-hole matches were played with extra holes played to obtain a result. There were three sets of alternate-shot matches on the first day and six sets of singles on the second day. From 1956, all matches were over 18 holes; extra holes were not played. Until 1967, there were three sets of alternate-shot matches and six sets of singles on both days. In 1967, there were only two sets of alternate-shot matches and four sets of singles each day.

Results

Appearances

The following are those who have played in at least one of the matches.

United States

* Don Allen 1965, 1967 *

Rex Baxter Rex Bernice Baxter, Jr. (born February 28, 1936) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. A native of Amarillo, Texas, Baxter won the U.S. Junior Amateur at Tulsa's Southern Hills Country Club in ...

1958 *

Deane Beman } Deane R. Beman (born April 22, 1938) is an American professional golfer, golf administrator. He was the second commissioner of the PGA Tour, serving from 1974 to 1994. Early years Born in Washington, D.C., Beman attended the University of Maryla ...

1960, 1961, 1963 * Joe Campbell 1956 * William C. Campbell 1952, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1967 *

Don Cherry Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five se ...

1954, 1960 *

Charles Coe Charles Robert Coe (October 26, 1923 – May 16, 2001) was an American amateur golfer who is considered by many to be one of the greatest American amateurs in history. A two-time U.S. Amateur winner, Coe never turned professional either becau ...

1952, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 *

Joe Conrad Joseph William Conrad (March 14, 1930 – December 12, 2018) was an American professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career, playing in the 1955 Walker Cup and winning the 1955 Amateur Championship. He turned professional at the end of ...

1954, 1956 * Richard Davies 1963 *

Bob Dickson Robert B. Dickson (born January 25, 1944) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. Amateur career Dickson was born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father, ...

1967 *

Dave Eichelberger Martin Davis Eichelberger, Jr. (born September 3, 1943) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour levels. Eichelberger was born in Waco, Texas. He started in the game at the age of ...

1965 *

Joe Gagliardi Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...

1952 * Robert W. Gardner 1961 *

Vinny Giles Marvin M. "Vinny" Giles III (born January 4, 1943) is an American amateur golfer. He is best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur. Giles was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1 ...

1967 *

Downing Gray Albert Downing Gray (born 1938) is an American amateur golfer. Gray played college golf at Florida State University, where he once won seven straight tournaments. He played in the Masters Tournament seven times, twice finishing as low amateur. ...

1965, 1967 * Labron Harris Jr. 1963 * John Mark Hopkins 1965 *

Bill Hyndman William Hyndman III (December 25, 1915 – September 6, 2001) was an American amateur golfer. Hyndman was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50-year span, including the U.S. Senior Amateur twic ...

1958, 1960, 1961 *

John Konsek John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

1960 *

Dale Morey Dale E. Morey (December 1, 1918 – May 14, 2002) was an American amateur golfer and professional basketball player. In basketball, he played in the National Basketball League for the Anderson Duffey Packers during the 1946–47 season. In golf, ...

1954, 1965 *

Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer and List of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest go ...

1960, 1961 *

Billy Joe Patton William Joseph Patton (April 19, 1922 – January 1, 2011) was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament. Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1 ...

1954, 1956, 1958, 1963 * Hillman Robbins 1956, 1958 * Charlie Smith 1961 *

Frank Stranahan Frank Richard Stranahan (August 5, 1922 – June 23, 2013) was an American sportsman. He had significant success in both amateur and professional golf. He was ranked number one in his weight class in powerlifting, from 1945 to 1954, and he became ...

1952 *

R. H. Sikes Richard Horace Sikes (born March 6, 1940) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s. A native of Paris, Arkansas, Sikes had a stellar amateur and college career as a member of the golf team at the Unive ...

1963 *

Bud Taylor Charles Bernard "Bud" Taylor (July 22, 1903 – March 6, 1962) was an American boxer from Terre Haute, Indiana. Nicknamed the ''"Blonde Terror of Terre Haute"'', he held the NBA World Bantamweight Championship during his career in 1927. ''The R ...

1958, 1960 *

Ed Tutwiler Edward Magruder "Tut" Tutwiler Jr. (September 13, 1880 – September 3, 1932) was a college football player and coach. He played quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama and the Virginia Cavaliers of the University ...

1965 *

Ed Updegraff Edgar Rice Updegraff (March 1, 1922 – December 23, 2022) was an American amateur golfer and urologist. Undegraff was born in Boone, Iowa, and is a descendent of the German Op den Graeff family. Biography Medical career He received his bache ...

1963 *

Sam Urzetta Samuel Urzetta (March 19, 1926 – April 8, 2011) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1950 U.S. Amateur. Urzetta attended St. Bonaventure University where he captained the basketball team and led the nation in free-t ...

1952 *

Ken Venturi Kenneth Paul Venturi (May 15, 1931May 17, 2013) was an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. In a career shortened by injuries, he won 14 events on the PGA Tour including a major, the U.S. Open in 1964. Shortly before his death in ...

1952, 1956 *

Harvie Ward Edward Harvie Ward, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – September 4, 2004) was an American golfer best known for his amateur career. He is best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur (twice) and the British Amateur. Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, Ward ...

1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 *

Dudley Wysong Henry Dudley Wysong, Jr. (May 15, 1939 – March 29, 1998) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s. Wysong was born, raised and lived all his life in and around McKinney, Texas. One of the people who taugh ...

1961

Canada

* Keith Alexander 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 * Doug Bajus 1956, 1958 * Gordon Ball 1958 * Phil Brownlee 1960 * Bruce Castator 1958 * Percy Clogg 1952 *

Gary Cowan Gary Cowan (born October 28, 1938) is a Canadian golfer who has achieved outstanding results at the highest class in amateur competition. Biography Cowan was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He began to play golf at the municipal golf course ...

1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 *

Don Doe Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...

1954 *

Phil Farley Phil may refer to: * Phil (given name), a shortened version of masculine and feminine names * Phill, a given name also spelled "Phil" * Phil, Kentucky, United States * ''Phil'' (film), a 2019 film * -phil-, a lexical fragment, used as a root term ...

1952, 1954 *

Bob Fleming ''The Fast Show'', known as ''Brilliant'' in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Th ...

1954 * Ted Homenuik 1961 *

Eric Hudson Eric Hudson (born October 15, 1986) is an American and Grammy award-winning music producer. His parents are Curtis and Phyllis Bivins-Hudson. Curtis is a songwriter and producer, and most notably the co-writer of Madonna's song " Holiday", co-wr ...

1958 * John Johnston 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967 * Peter Kelly 1952 *

Ben Kern Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...

1967 * Jerry Kesserling 1952 * Bob Kidd 1956, 1958 *

George Knudson George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM (June 28, 1937 – January 24, 1989) was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories. Early life ...

1956 * Joe Leblanc 1956 *

Gordon Mackenzie Henry Gordon Mackenzie (July 9, 1937 – August 12, 2014) was an American professional baseball player, manager, coach and scout. He appeared in 11 Major League games played during the final weeks of the season for the Kansas City Athletics, bu ...

1956 *

Jerry Magee Jerome Field Magee (April 11, 1928 – January 2, 2019) was an American newspaper columnist. Magee was a sports writer in San Diego for 52 years, retiring from the ''San Diego Union-Tribune'' in 2008. He began his career more than five dec ...

1956 * Bill Mawhinney 1952^ *

Walter McElroy Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

1952, 1954 *

Moe Norman Murray Irwin "Moe" Norman (July 10, 1929 – September 4, 2004) was a Canadian professional golfer whose accuracy and ability to hit shot after shot perfectly straight gave him the nickname "Pipeline Moe". During his career Norman won 55 tourname ...

1954 * Bill Pidlaski 1963, 1965 * John Russell 1967 *

Douglas Silverberg Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals * Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking *Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...

1954, 1956, 1963, 1965 * Bert Ticehurst 1961, 1963, 1965 * Bill Wakeham 1963 * Nick Weslock 1952, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 *

Ron Willey Ronald William Willey (1929−2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He was a representative for the Australian national side. Post-playing, Willey had a long and successful first grade and State representative coaching care ...

1960 *

Bob Wylie Robert "Bob" Wylie (born February 16, 1951) is an American football coach who is currently the offensive line coach for the Vegas Vipers of the XFL. Prior to this, he served as the offensive line coach for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Foo ...

1960, 1961

Mexico

* Hector Alvarez 1960, 1961, 1967 * Reynaldo Avila 1952 * Carlos Belmont 1952, 1954 * Luis Brauer 1963 * Percy Clifford 1952 * Alejandro Cumming 1952, 1954, 1956 * Juan Antonio Estrada 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 * Enrique Farias 1958, 1961 * Fernando Garza 1960 * Fernando Gonzalez 1952 * Roberto Halpern 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967 * Tomás Lehmann 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 * Ignacio Lopez 1956, 1958 * Fernando Mendez 1954, 1956, 1958 * Jorge Molinar 1965 * Roberto Morris 1952, 1954 * Jose Luis Ortega 1958, 1963 * Carlos Porraz 1952^, 1954 * Rafael Quiroz 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 * Antonio Rivas 1954, 1956 * Armando Rivero 1956 * Agustin Silveyra 1963, 1965 * Mauricio Urdaneta 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 * Ricardo Vega 1965 ^ In the final team but did not play in any matches.

References

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