The 1997 Walker Cup, the 36th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 9 and 10, 1997, at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York. The event was won by the United States 18 to 6.

36th Walker Cup Match
DatesAugust 9–10, 1997
VenueQuaker Ridge Golf Club
LocationScarsdale, New York
Captains
United States 18 6 United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
United States wins the Walker Cup
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Format

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The format for play on Saturday and Sunday 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 is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole, extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12½ points wins the competition. If the two teams are tied, the previous winner retains the trophy.

Teams

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Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.

  &   Team Great Britain & Ireland
Name Age Hometown Notes
  Clive Brown 45 Gwynedd, Wales non-playing captain
  Michael Brooks 25 Lanark, Scotland
  Richie Coughlan 23 Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
  Barclay Howard 44 Johnstone, Scotland Low amateur in the 1995 Open Championship; played in 1995 Walker Cup
  Keith Nolan 24 Bray, Ireland
  David Park 23 Credenhill, Wales
  Graham Rankin 31 Airdrie, Scotland Played in the 1995 Walker Cup
  Justin Rose 17 Hook, Hart, England Youngest player to ever compete in Walker Cup
  Craig Watson 31 Glasgow, Scotland Won the 1997 Amateur Championship
  Gary Wolstenholme 36 Market Harborough, England Played in the 1995 Walker Cup
  Steven Young 20 Fraserburgh, Scotland
    Team USA
Name Age Hometown Notes
Downing Gray 58 Pensacola, Florida non-playing captain
Jerry Courville Jr. 38 Milford, Connecticut 1995 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Duke Delcher 41 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Brad Elder 22 Overland Park, Kansas
Jason Gore 23 Valencia, California Won 1997 California Amateur and California Open
John Harris 45 Edina, Minnesota 1993 U.S. Amateur champion; played in 1993 Walker Cup
Joel Kribel 20 Pleasanton, California
Randy Leen 21 Dayton, Ohio
Buddy Marucci 45 Malvern, Pennsylvania Played in 1995 Walker Cup; 1995 U.S. Amateur runner-up
Steve Scott 19 Coral Springs, Florida 1996 U.S. Amateur runner-up
Chris Wollmann 22 Parma, Ohio 1995 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Saturday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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  &   Results  
Howard/Young   4 and 3 Elder/Kribel
Rose/Brooks   5 and 4 Courville/Marucci
Wolstenholme/Nolan   6 and 4 Gore/Harris
Coughlan/Park   1 up Leen/Wollmann
0 Foursomes 4
0 Overall 4

Afternoon singles

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  &   Results  
Craig Watson    1 up Steve Scott
Steven Young    5 and 4 Duke Delcher
Barclay Howard   5 and 4 Brad Elder
Justin Rose    1 up Joel Kribel
Keith Nolan   3 and 2 Randy Leen
Graham Rankin   3 and 2 Jason Gore
Richie Coughlan halved Chris Wollmann
Gary Wolstenholme   1 up John Harris
Singles
Overall

Sunday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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  &   Results  
Watson/Young   3 and 2 Elder/Harris
Howard/Rankin   5 and 4 Courville/Marucci
Coughlan/Park   1 up Delcher/Scott
Wolstenholme/Rose    2 and 1 Leen/Wollmann
1 Foursomes 3
Overall 11½

Afternoon singles

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  &   Results  
Steven Young    2 and 1 Joel Kribel
Craig Watson halved Jason Gore
Justin Rose   3 and 2 Jerry Courville
Keith Nolan   2 and 1 Brad Elder
Michael Brooks   6 and 5 John Harris
David Park   4 and 3 Buddy Marucci
Gary Wolstenholme   2 and 1 Duke Delcher
Richie Coughlan   2 and 1 Steve Scott
Singles
6 Overall 18

References

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