1949 Walker Cup

12th Walker Cup Match

Dates	August 19–20, 1949
Venue	Winged Foot Golf Club
Location	Mamaroneck, New York
Captains	Francis Ouimet (USA) Laddie Lucas (GB&I)
10 2
United States wins the Walker Cup
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The 1949 Walker Cup, the 12th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 19 and 20, 1949, on the West course at Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York. The United States won by 10 matches to 2.^[1]

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.^[2] Laddie Lucas, the Great Britain and Ireland playing captain, did not select himself or for any of the matches.^[3]

United States[]

Captain: Francis Ouimet

• Ted Bishop
• Charles Coe
• Johnny Dawson
• Chuck Kocsis
• Skee Riegel
• Frank Stranahan
• Willie Turnesa

Great Britain & Ireland[]

&
Playing captain: Laddie Lucas

• Jimmy Bruen
• Joe Carr
• 
• Max McCready
• Gerald Micklem
• 
• Arthur Perowne
• 
• Ronnie White

Friday's foursomes[]

&	Results
Carr/White	3 & 2	Billows/Turnesa
Bruen/McCready	2 & 1	Kocsis/Stranahan
Ewing/Micklem	9 & 7	Bishop/Riegal
Thom/Perowne	8 & 7	Dawson/McCormick
1	Foursomes	3
1	Overall	3

Saturday's singles[]

&	Results
Ronnie White	4 & 3	Willie Turnesa
Max McCready	6 & 5	Frank Stranahan
Jimmy Bruen	5 & 4	Skee Riegel
Joe Carr	5 & 3	Johnny Dawson
Cecil Ewing	1 up	Charles Coe
Ken Thom	2 & 1	Ray Billows
Arthur Perowne	4 & 2	Chuck Kocsis
Gerald Micklem	5 & 4	Jim McHale Jr
1	Singles	7
2	Overall	10

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