1924 Walker Cup

{{Short description|Golf tournament}}

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{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Walker Cup

| year = 1924

| logo =

| dates = September 12–13, 1924

| venue = Garden City Golf Club

| location = Garden City, New York

| home = USA

| away = Great Britain

| homecaptain = Robert Gardner

| awaycaptain = Cyril Tolley

| homescore = 9

| awayscore = 3

| result = United States wins

}}

The 1924 Walker Cup, the third Walker Cup Match, was a team golf match played on September 12 and 13, 1924 at the Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York. The United States won 9 to 3..{{cite web |url=https://walkercup.co.uk/1924-garden-city/ |title=1924 – Garden City |date=November 24, 2017 |publisher=walkercup.co.uk |access-date=February 17, 2025}} This was the last annual Match before it became biennial with the next match being held in 1926{{cite web |url=https://www.walkercup.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2019/walker-cup-match/articles/walker-cup-match-history.html |title=Walker Cup Match History |date=August 16, 2019 |publisher=USGA |access-date=February 17, 2025}}

Format

Each team had ten golfers. Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Friday and eight singles matches on Saturday. Each of the 12 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. Matches tied after 36 holes were halved.

Teams

=Team United States=

=Team Great Britain=

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Playing captain: {{flagicon|ENG}} Cyril Tolley

{{cite web |url=https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/walker-cup-results--1922-to-present.html |title=Walker Cup Results: 1922 to Present |publisher=USGA |access-date=February 17, 2025}}

Friday's foursomes

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! Results

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Marston/Gardner

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 3 & 1

|Storey/Murray

Guilford/Ouimet

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 2 & 1

|Tolley/Hezlet

Jones/Fownes Jr.

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 1 hole

|Scott/Scott Jr.

Sweetser/Johnston

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 4 & 3

|Torrance/Bristowe

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| 3

| Session

| 1

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! 3

! Overall

! 1

Saturday's singles

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! Results

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Max Marston

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 1 hole

|Cyril Tolley

Bobby Jones

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 4 & 3

|Maj. Charles Hezlet

Chick Evans

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 2 & 1

|William Murray

Francis Ouimet

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 1 hole

|Eustace Storey

Jess Sweetser

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 7 & 6

|Hon. Michael Scott

Robert Gardner

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 3 & 2

|William Hope

Jesse Guilford

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 2 & 1

|Tony Torrance

Dr. Oscar Willing

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} 3 & 2

|Denys Kyle

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| 6

| Session

| 2

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! 9

! Overall

! 3

References

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