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2007 Walker Cup

Golf tournament

Field	Value
name	Walker Cup
year	2007
logo	WalkerCup2007Logo.png
logowidth	150px
dates	8–9 September 2007
venue	Royal County Down Golf Club
location	Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland
home	GB&I
away	USA
homecaptain	Colin Dalgleish
awaycaptain	Buddy Marucci
homescore	11½
awayscore	12½
result	United States wins

The 41st Walker Cup Match was played on 8 and 9 September 2007 at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Team United States won 12½ to 11½. The United States won by the same score in 2005.

Format

The format for play on Saturday and Sunday are the same. There are four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches are 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 – each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12½ points wins the competition.

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
Buddy Marucci	55	Villanova, Pennsylvania	non-playing captain
Rickie Fowler	18	Murrieta, California	Won 2007 Players Amateur, 2007 Sunnehanna Amateur
Billy Horschel	20	Grant, Florida	Played in 2006 U.S. Open
Dustin Johnson	23	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Won 2007 Monroe Invitational, 2007 Northeast Amateur
Chris Kirk	22	Woodstock, Georgia	2007 Ben Hogan Award winner
Colt Knost	22	Dallas, Texas	Won 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links and U.S. Amateur
Trip Kuehne	35	Irving, Texas	Has played in four US Opens
Jamie Lovemark	19	Rancho Santa Fe, California	Won 2007 NCAA Division I Championship as a freshman
Jonathan Moore	22	Vancouver, Washington	Won 2006 NCAA Division I Championship as a freshman
Webb Simpson	22	Raleigh, North Carolina	Semi-finalist at the 2006 U.S. Amateur
Kyle Stanley	19	Gig Harbor, Washington	Division I first team All-American as a freshman

Name	Age	Hometown	Notes
SCO Colin Dalgleish	46	Helensburgh, Scotland	non-playing captain
NIR Jonathan Caldwell	23	Newtownards, Northern Ireland	Semi-finalist in the Irish Amateur Close Championship
WAL Rhys Davies	22	Glamorgan, Wales	2003 British Boys' Championship winner
WAL Nigel Edwards	39	Caerphilly, Wales	4th appearance
ENG David Horsey	22	Wilmslow, England	Runner-up in the 2004 English Amateur
NIR Rory McIlroy	18	Holywood, Northern Ireland	T42nd at the 2007 Open Championship (silver medal for Best Amateur),
won 2006 European Amateur,
1 week as World Amateur Golf Ranking number 1
WAL Llewellyn Matthews	23	Bridgend, Wales	Wire-to-wire winner of the St Andrews Links Trophy
ENG Jamie Moul	22	Colchester, England	#1 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 17 weeks
ENG John Parry	20	Knaresborough, England	2007 Spanish Amateur Championship
SCO Lloyd Saltman	21	Gorebridge, Scotland	In 2007, won the Scottish Champion of Champions, the Craigmillar Park Open,
the Lytham Trophy and the Irish Open Stroke Play Championship in a 5-week span.
T15th at the 2005 Open Championship (silver medal for Best Amateur)
ENG Danny Willett	19	Sheffield, England	2007 English Amateur winner

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Saltman/Davies	USA 4 and 3	Horschel/Fowler
McIlroy/Caldwell	halved	Knost/Johnson
Parry/Horsey	GBRIRL 2 and 1	Kuehne/Stanley
Moul/Willett	halved	Simpson/Moore
2	Foursomes	2

Afternoon singles

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Rory McIlroy	USA 1 up	Billy Horschel
Lloyd Saltman	USA 5 and 4	Rickie Fowler
Rhys Davies	GBRIRL 5 and 4	Dustin Johnson
Danny Willett	USA 2 up	Colt Knost
Llewellyn Matthews	USA 5 and 4	Jamie Lovemark
Nigel Edwards	GBRIRL 1 up	Kyle Stanley
Jamie Moul	GBRIRL 1 up	Chris Kirk
David Horsey	GBRIRL 1 up	Webb Simpson
4	Singles	4

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Caldwell/McIlroy	USA 2 and 1	Horschel/Fowler
Davies/Edwards	USA 1 up	Knost/Johnson
Moul/Willett	USA 4 and 2	Kuehne/Moore
Parry/Horsey	USA 1 up	Kirk/Lovemark
0	Foursomes	4

Afternoon singles

GBR & IRL	Results	USA
Rory McIlroy	GBRIRL 4 and 2	Billy Horschel
Rhys Davies	GBRIRL 3 and 2	Rickie Fowler
Danny Willett	halved	Colt Knost
Lloyd Saltman	GBRIRL 2 and 1	Trip Kuehne
Jonny Caldwell	GBRIRL 2 up	Kyle Stanley
Nigel Edwards	USA 1 up	Jonathan Moore
Jamie Moul	USA 4 and 3	Jamie Lovemark
David Horsey	GBRIRL 1 up	Webb Simpson
5½	Singles	2½

The course

The Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland is a par 71 course with a yardage of 7,181. Old Tom Morris is credited with designing it in 1889. In 1908, King Edward VII conferred "Royal" status to the club.

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