Walker Cup in History

Events in Sport

  • 1922-08-28 1st Walker Cup in Golf: US beats England 8-4
  • 1930-05-16 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2
  • 1936-09-03 For the first and only time in the history of the Walker Cup golf event, there is a shutout; the United States routs Great Britain, 9-0 at Pine Valley GC in New Jersey
  • 1938-06-04 10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland wins 7½-4½ at the Old Course at St Andrews
  • 1971-05-27 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
  • 1981-08-29 28th Golf Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
  • 1983-05-26 29th Walker Cup: US, 13½ - 10½
  • 1985-08-22 30th Walker Cup: US wins 13-11
  • 1989-08-17 32nd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 12½-11½
  • 1991-09-06 33rd Walker Cup: US, 14-10
  • 1993-08-19 34th Walker Cup: US, 19-5
  • 1995-09-10 35th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland beats US, 14-10
  • 1997-08-10 36th Walker Cup: US, 18-6

Birthdays in Sport

  • 1922-04-19 Billy Joe Patton, American golfer (Masters 1954 3rd; Walker Cup captain 1969), born in Morganton, North Carolina (d. 2011)

Deaths in Sport

  • 2011-01-01 Billy Joe Patton, American golfer (Masters 1954 3rd; Walker Cup captain 1969), dies at 88