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1997 Walker Cup

Golf tournament

Field	Value
name	Walker Cup
year	1997
dates	August 9–10, 1997
venue	Quaker Ridge Golf Club
location	Scarsdale, New York
home	USA
away	GB&I
homecaptain	Downing Gray
awaycaptain	Clive Brown
homescore	18
awayscore	6
result	United States wins

The 1997 Walker Cup, the 36th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 9 and 10, 1997, at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York. The event was won by the United States 18 to 6.

Format

The format for play on Saturday and Sunday 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 is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole, extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12½ points wins the competition. If the two teams are tied, the previous winner retains the trophy.

Teams

Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.

Name	Age	Hometown	Notes
WAL Clive Brown	45	Gwynedd, Wales	non-playing captain
SCO Michael Brooks	25	Lanark, Scotland
IRL Richie Coughlan	23	Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
SCO Barclay Howard	44	Johnstone, Scotland	Low amateur in the 1995 Open Championship; played in 1995 Walker Cup
IRL Keith Nolan	24	Bray, Ireland
WAL David Park	23	Credenhill, Wales
SCO Graham Rankin	31	Airdrie, Scotland	Played in the 1995 Walker Cup
ENG Justin Rose	17	Hook, Hart, England	Youngest player to ever compete in Walker Cup
SCO Craig Watson	31	Glasgow, Scotland	Won the 1997 Amateur Championship
ENG Gary Wolstenholme	36	Market Harborough, England	Played in the 1995 Walker Cup
SCO Steven Young	20	Inverallochy, Scotland

Name	Age	Hometown	Notes
Downing Gray	58	Pensacola, Florida	non-playing captain
Jerry Courville Jr.	38	Milford, Connecticut	1995 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Duke Delcher	41	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Brad Elder	22	Overland Park, Kansas
Jason Gore	23	Valencia, California	Won 1997 California Amateur and California Open
John Harris	45	Edina, Minnesota	1993 U.S. Amateur champion; played in 1993 Walker Cup
Joel Kribel	20	Pleasanton, California
Randy Leen	21	Dayton, Ohio
Buddy Marucci	45	Malvern, Pennsylvania	Played in 1995 Walker Cup; 1995 U.S. Amateur runner-up
Steve Scott	19	Coral Springs, Florida	1996 U.S. Amateur runner-up
Chris Wollmann	22	Parma, Ohio	1995 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Howard/Young	USA 4 and 3	Elder/Kribel
Rose/Brooks	USA 5 and 4	Courville/Marucci
Wolstenholme/Nolan	USA 6 and 4	Gore/Harris
Coughlan/Park	USA 1 up	Leen/Wollmann
0	Foursomes	4

Afternoon singles

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Craig Watson	GBRIRL 1 up	Steve Scott
Steven Young	GBRIRL 5 and 4	Duke Delcher
Barclay Howard	USA 5 and 4	Brad Elder
Justin Rose	GBRIRL 1 up	Joel Kribel
Keith Nolan	USA 3 and 2	Randy Leen
Graham Rankin	USA 3 and 2	Jason Gore
Richie Coughlan	halved	Chris Wollmann
Gary Wolstenholme	USA 1 up	John Harris
3½	Singles	4½

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Watson/Young	USA 3 and 2	Elder/Harris
Howard/Rankin	USA 5 and 4	Courville/Marucci
Coughlan/Park	USA 1 up	Delcher/Scott
Wolstenholme/Rose	GBRIRL 2 and 1	Leen/Wollmann
1	Foursomes	3

Afternoon singles

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Steven Young	GBRIRL 2 and 1	Joel Kribel
Craig Watson	halved	Jason Gore
Justin Rose	USA 3 and 2	Jerry Courville
Keith Nolan	USA 2 and 1	Brad Elder
Michael Brooks	USA 6 and 5	John Harris
David Park	USA 4 and 3	Buddy Marucci
Gary Wolstenholme	USA 2 and 1	Duke Delcher
Richie Coughlan	USA 2 and 1	Steve Scott
1½	Singles	6½

References

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