1955 Walker Cup

15th Walker Cup Match

Dates	20–21 May 1955
Venue	Old Course at St Andrews
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Captains	(GB&I) William C. Campbell (USA)
2 10
United States wins the Walker Cup
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The 1955 Walker Cup, the 15th Walker Cup Match, was played on 20 and 21 May 1955, on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The United States won by 10 matches to 2.

The United States won all four of the foursomes matches on the first day. Great Britain and Ireland won just two of the singles matches on the second day, both at the final hole, to give the United States a convincing victory.^[1] William C. Campbell, the United States playing captain, did not select himself for any of the matches.^[2]

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[]

Great Britain & Ireland had a team of 10 plus a non-playing captain. The United States only selected a team of 9, which included a playing captain.^[3]

Great Britain & Ireland[]

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Captain:

• David Blair
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• Joe Carr
• 
• 
• Gerald Micklem
• 
• 
• Philip Scrutton
• Ronnie White

United States[]

Playing captain: William C. Campbell

• Don Cherry
• Joe Conrad
• Dale Morey
• Billy Joe Patton
• Harvie Ward
• Dick Yost

Friday's foursomes[]

&	Results
Carr/White	1 up	Ward/Cherry
Micklem/Morgan	2 & 1	Patton/Yost
Caldwell/Millward	3 & 2	Conrad/Morey
Blair/Cater	5 & 4	Cudd/Jackson
0	Foursomes	4
0	Overall	4

Saturday's singles[]

&	Results
Ronnie White	6 & 5	Harvie Ward
Philip Scrutton	2 & 1	Billy Joe Patton
Ian Caldwell	1 up	Dale Morey
Joe Carr	5 & 4	Don Cherry
David Blair	1 up	Joe Conrad
Bunny Millward	2 up	Bruce Cudd
Cecil Ewing	6 & 4	Jimmy Jackson
John Llewellyn Morgan	8 & 7	Dick Yost
2	Singles	6
2	Overall	10

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