The 9th Walker Cup, was played on 2-3 September, 1936, at the Pine Valley Golf Club, Pine Valley, New Jersey. The United States won, for the first and only time in the history of the event, by 9 matches to 0 with 3 matches tied.
Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were played on Wednesday and eight singles matches on Thursday. Each of the 12 matches was worth one point. If a match was all square after the 36th hole, extra holes were not played.
Francis Ouimet was the captain of the US team, and was given the option of whether to play himself or not. The day before the match he announced he would not play, to give the younger players a chance, and that all the other members of the team would play in either the foursomes or the singles.
William Tweddell, the captain, of the GB & I team did not select himself, or Laddie Lucas for any of the matches, as Lucas recently suffered tonsilitis.
USA Team: Captain: Francis Ouimet; Albert Campbell; George Dunlap; Walter Emery; Johnny Fischer; Harry Givan; Johnny Goodman; Reynolds Smith; George Voigt; Ed White; Charlie Yates.
Great Britain & Ireland Team: Captain: William Tweddell, Eng; Harry Bentley, Eng; Morton Dykes, Scot; Cecil Ewing. Ireland; Alec Hill, Eng; John Langley, Eng; Laddie Lucas, Eng; Jack McLean, Scot; Gordon Peters, Scot; Hector Thomson, Scot.
Result: GB&I 0 – USA 9: Foursomes: GB & I 0 – USA 2: Singles: GB & I 0 – USA 7
03 September, 2019