- Danny Yates (USA)
- Peter McEvoy (GB&I)
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Great Britain & Ireland wins the Walker Cup |
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The 2001 Walker Cup, the 38th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 11 and 12, 2001, at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Georgia. The event was won by Great Britain and Ireland 15 to 9, marking the first time that Great Britain & Ireland retained the Cup (i.e., had two consecutive wins).
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.
& Team Great Britain & Ireland |
Name | Age | Hometown | Notes |
Peter McEvoy | 48 | Copt Heath, Solihull, England | non-playing captain |
Luke Donald | 23 | High Wycombe, England | |
Nick Dougherty | 19 | Chorley, England | |
Nigel Edwards | 33 | Caerphilly, Wales | |
Jamie Elson | 20 | Leamington Spa, England | |
Michael Hoey | 22 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
Graeme McDowell | 22 | Portrush, Northern Ireland | |
Richard McEvoy | 22 | Shoeburyness, England | No relation to captain Peter McEvoy |
Steven O'Hara | 21 | Motherwell, Scotland | |
Marc Warren | 21 | East Kilbride, Scotland | |
Gary Wolstenholme | 40 | Market Harborough, England | |
Team USA |
Name | Age | Hometown | Notes |
Danny Yates | 49 | Atlanta, Georgia | non-playing captain |
Nick Cassini | 22 | Athens, Georgia | |
Erik Compton | 21 | Miami, Florida | |
James Driscoll | 23 | Brookline, Massachusetts | |
David Eger | 49 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | |
Lucas Glover | 21 | Greenville, South Carolina | |
Danny Green | 44 | Jackson, Tennessee | |
John Harris | 49 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
Bryce Molder | 22 | Conway, Arkansas | |
Jeff Quinney | 22 | Eugene, Oregon | |
D. J. Trahan | 20 | Inman, South Carolina | |
Saturday's matches
Morning foursomes
& | Results | |
O'Hara/Wolstenholme | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 5 and 3 | Green/Trahan |
Donald/Dougherty | 4 and 3 | Cassini/Glover |
Elson/McEvoy | halved | Eger/Molder |
McDowell/Hoey | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 3 and 1 | Driscoll/Quinney |
2½ | Foursomes | 1½ |
2½ | Overall | 1½ |
Afternoon singles
& | Results | |
Gary Wolstenholme | 3 and 2 | Erik Compton |
Steven O'Hara | 2 and 1 | D.J. Trahan |
Nick Dougherty | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 2 and 1 | James Driscoll |
Nigel Edwards | 5 and 4 | Nick Cassini |
Marc Warren | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 5 and 4 | John Harris |
Luke Donald | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 4 and 2 | Jeff Quinney |
Graeme McDowell | 2 and 1 | Bryce Molder |
Michael Hoey | 1 up | Lucas Glover |
3 | Singles | 5 |
5½ | Overall | 6½ |
Sunday's matches
Morning foursomes
& | Results | |
Donald/Dougherty | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 3 and 2 | Compton/Harris |
McDowell/Hoey | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 2 and 1 | Cassini/Glover |
O'Hara/Warren | 7 and 6 | Eger/Molder |
Elson/McEvoy | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 1 up | Green/Trahan |
3 | Foursomes | 1 |
8½ | Overall | 7½ |
Afternoon singles
& | Results | |
Luke Donald | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 3 and 2 | Lucas Glover |
Nick Dougherty | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 1 up | D.J. Trahan |
Graeme McDowell | 1 up | Bryce Molder |
Steven O'Hara | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 4 and 3 | John Harris |
Marc Warren | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 2 and 1 | James Driscoll |
Michael Hoey | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 1 up | Danny Green |
Jamie Elson | halved | Erik Compton |
Gary Wolstenholme | ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 4 and 3 | Nick Cassini |
6½ | Singles | 1½ |
15 | Overall | 9 |
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20010814172115/http://walkercup.org/players/index.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20011122120736/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round1.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20020727145610/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round2.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20011122120920/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round3.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20011119152309/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round4.htm
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/3010646/Walker-Cup-McEvoy-and-crew-bring-the-prize-back-home.html