1953 Walker Cup
{{Short description|Golf tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox team golf tournament
| name = Walker Cup
| year = 1953
| logo =
| dates = September 4–5, 1953
| venue = The Kittansett Club
| location = Marion, Massachusetts
| home = USA
| away = GB&I
| homecaptain = Charlie Yates
| awaycaptain = Tony Duncan
| homescore = 9
| awayscore = 3
| result = United States wins
}}
The 1953 Walker Cup, the 14th Walker Cup Match, was played on September 4 and 5, 1953, at the Kittansett Club, Marion, Massachusetts. The United States won by 9 matches to 3.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=40pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XoYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1723%2C623886 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=September 7, 1953 |title=R.J. White's performance in Walker Cup |page=9 |first=S.L. |last=McKinlay}}{{cite journal |url=http://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/1950s/1953/530905.pdf |title=The Walker Cup match |newspaper=USGA Journal and Turf Management |date=September 1953 |page=5}}
Format
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. If a match was all square after the 36th hole extra holes were not played. The team with most points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.
Teams
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. Great Britain & Ireland had a playing captain, while the United States had a non-playing captain.{{cite web |url=https://walkercup.co.uk/1953-the-kittansett-club/ |title=1953 – The Kittansett Club |publisher=walkercup.co.uk |accessdate=December 7, 2018}} Tony Duncan, the Great Britain and Ireland playing captain, did not select himself for any of the matches.
=United States=
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Captain: Charlie Yates
=Great Britain & Ireland=
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Playing captain: {{flagicon|WAL}} Tony Duncan
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Joe Carr
- {{flagicon|NIR}} Norman Drew
- {{flagicon|ENG}} John Langley
- {{flagicon|SCO}} Roy MacGregor
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Gerald Micklem
- {{flagicon|WAL}} John Llewellyn Morgan
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Perowne
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie White
- {{flagicon|SCO}} James Wilson
Friday's foursomes
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! width=160| {{flagicon|GBR|size=50px}} & {{flagicon|IRL|size=50px}} ! Results ! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}} |
| Carr/White
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 6 & 4 |Urzetta/Venturi |
| Langley/Perowne
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 9 & 8 |Ward/Westland |
| Wilson/MacGregor
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 |Jackson/Littler |
| Micklem/Morgan
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 4 & 3 |Campbell/Coe |
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| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
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! 1 ! Overall ! 3 |
Saturday's singles
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! width=160| {{flagicon|GBR|size=50px}} & {{flagicon|IRL|size=50px}} ! Results ! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}} |
| Joe Carr
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 3 |Harvie Ward |
| Ronnie White
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 1 up |Dick Chapman |
| Gerald Micklem
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 3 |Gene Littler |
| Roy MacGregor
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 7 & 5 |Jack Westland |
| Norman Drew
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 9 & 7 |Don Cherry |
| James Wilson
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 9 & 8 |Ken Venturi |
| John Llewellyn Morgan
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 2 |Charles Coe |
| John Langley
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 |Sam Urzetta |
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| 2 | Singles | 6 |
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! 3 ! Overall ! 9 |