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WALKER CUP
The amateur competition between men from the United States and Britain.
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Walker Cup participants are mortals, amateurs yet without pretension. The responsibility of playing for their country may weigh heavily upon them but the honour is clearly expressed and the pleasure is transparent.

Walker Cup - Presented to the winner of the two-yearly match between two teams of
men's amateur golfers representing the USA and Europe ...

The Walker Cup Matches are instituted. The grandson of Walker Cup founder George Herbert Walker is George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.
The Prince of Wales is elected Captain of the R & A.

Since his early days playing for England on two Walker Cup teams and making noise as an NCAA star at Northwestern, Luke Donald has had PGA Tour success in his sights.

The Georgia Tech grad and former Walker Cup team member (2005) is having the most success of the Nationwide Tour Class of 2007 other than RBC Canadian Open winner Chez Reavie. Reavie and Thompson are 29th and 46th, respectively, in FedExCup points.

He represented the United States in the 1994 World Amateur Team Championships in France and the 1995 Walker Cup Match in Wales.

The USGA annually conducts the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Senior Open, 10 national amateur and two state team championships. It also helps conduct the Walker Cup Match, Curtis Cup Match and World Amateur Team Championships.

A member of the United States Walker Cup team in 1967, Marty is one of only four players in the history of the PGA Tour to win his first tour event. In 1986 he was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.

ALTERNATE STROKE - traditional golf game in which two golfing partners alternate turns playing the golf shot. Played in Ryder Cup international professional matches, and Walker Cup and Curtis Cup amateur matches.
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