1959 Walker Cup

The 1959 Walker Cup, the 17th Walker Cup Match, was played on 15 and 16 May 1959, at Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. The United States won by 9 matches to 3.

The United States won all four of the foursomes matches on the first day. Although Great Britain and Ireland won three of the singles matches on the second day, it was a comfortable win for the United States.

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. David Marsh was in the Great Britain & Ireland team but was not selected for any matches.

Great Britain & Ireland

&
Captain: Gerald Micklem

• Michael Bonallack
• Joe Carr
• Reid Jack
• Michael Lunt
• David Marsh
• Arthur Perowne
• Doug Sewell
• Alec Shepperson
• Dickson Smith
• Guy Wolstenholme

United States

Playing captain: Charles Coe

• Tommy Aaron
• Deane Beman
• Bill Hyndman
• Jack Nicklaus
• Billy Joe Patton
• Frank Taylor, Jr.
• Harvie Ward
• Ward Wettlaufer

Friday's foursomes

&	Results
Jack/Sewell	1 up	Ward/Taylor
Carr/Wolstenholme	1 up	Hyndman/Aaron
Bonallack/Perowne	9 & 8	Patton/Coe
Lunt/Shepperson	2 & 1	Wettlaufer/Nicklaus
0	Foursomes	4
0	Overall	4

Saturday's singles

&	Results
Joe Carr	2 & 1	Charles Coe
Guy Wolstenholme	9 & 8	Harvie Ward
Reid Jack	5 & 3	Billy Joe Patton
Doug Sewell	4 & 3	Bill Hyndman
Alec Shepperson	2 & 1	Tommy Aaron
Michael Bonallack	2 up	Deane Beman
Michael Lunt	6 & 5	Ward Wettlaufer
Dickson Smith	5 & 4	Jack Nicklaus
3	Singles	5
3	Overall	9