1991 Walker Cup

The 1991 Walker Cup, the 33rd Walker Cup Match, was played on 5 and 6 September 1991, at Portmarnock Golf Club, Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland. The event was won by the United States 14 to 10.

33rd Walker Cup Match

Dates	5–6 September 1991
Venue	Portmarnock Golf Club
Location	Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland
Captains	George Macgregor (GB&I) Jim Gabrielsen (USA)
10 14
United States wins the Walker Cup

Format

The format for play on Thursday and Friday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.

Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ 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 plus one non-playing captain for each team.

Great Britain & Ireland

&
Captain: George Macgregor

• Andrew Coltart
• Gary Evans
• Pádraig Harrington
• Garry Hay
• Garth McGimpsey
• Paul McGinley
• Jim Milligan
• Jim Payne
• Liam White
• Ricky Willison

United States

Captain: Jim Gabrielsen

• Allen Doyle
• David Duval
• David Eger
• Franklin Langham
• Bob May
• Phil Mickelson
• Tom Scherrer
• Jay Sigel
• Mike Sposa
• Mitch Voges

Thursday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
Milligan/Hay	5 & 3	Mickelson/May
Payne/Evans	1 up	Duval/Sposa
McGimpsey/Willison	1 up	Voges/Eger
McGinley/Harrington	2 & 1	Sigel/Doyle
0	Foursomes	4
0	Overall	4

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Andrew Coltart	4 & 3	Phil Mickelson
Jim Payne	3 & 1	Franklin Langham
Gary Evans	2 & 1	David Duval
Ricky Willison	2 & 1	Bob May
Garth McGimpsey	1 up	Mike Sposa
Paul McGinley	6 & 4	Allen Doyle
Garry Hay	1 up	Tom Scherrer
Liam White	4 & 3	Jay Sigel
4	Singles	4
4	Overall	8

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
Milligan/McGimpsey	2 & 1	Voges/Eger
Payne/Willison	1 up	Duval/Sposa
Evans/Coltart	4 & 3	Langham/Scherrer
White/McGinley	1 up	Mickelson/May
3	Foursomes	1
7	Overall	9

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Jim Milligan	1 up	Phil Mickelson
Jim Payne	2 & 1	Allen Doyle
Gary Evans	4 & 2	Franklin Langham
Andrew Coltart	1 up	Jay Sigel
Ricky Willison	3 & 2	Tom Scherrer
Pádraig Harrington	3 & 2	David Eger
Garth McGimpsey	4 & 3	Bob May
Garry Hay	3 & 1	Mitch Voges
3	Singles	5
10	Overall	14