ChAmpionShipS mediA GUide - USGA

Age
Oldest Player (years/months/days)
55/8 Hon. Michael Scott (GB&I), St. Andrews (Old Course),
Scotland, 1934
55/5/11 William Hyndman (USA), St. Andrews (Old Course),
Scotland, 1971
52/0/23 William C. Campbell (USA), St. Andrews (Old
Course), Scotland, 1975
Youngest GB&I Player
16/11 Oliver Fisher, Chicago G.C., Wheaton, Ill., 2005
17/0/10 Justin Rose, Quaker Ridge G.C., Scarsdale, N.Y., 1997
17/7/15 Ronan Rafferty, Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach,
Calif., 1981
Youngest USA Player
17 Roland MacKenzie, St. Andrews, Scotland, 1926
18/2/8 Jordan Spieth, Royal Aberdeen G.C., Aberdeen,
Scotland, 2011
18/6/25 Brian Harman, Chicago G.C., Wheaton, Ill., 2005
Competitions
Most Times Competed for GB&I
10 Joseph B. Carr (1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959,
1961, 1963, 1967) (named to team in 1965, but did not
play)
8 Michael Bonallack (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969,
1971, 1973) (named to team in 1957, but did not play)
6 Cyril Tolley (1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1934)
6 R. Cecil Ewing (1936, 1938, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1955)
6 Gary Wolstenholme (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003,
2005)
Most Times Competed for USA
9 Jay Sigel (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991,
1993)
8 Francis D. Ouimet (1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930,
7
1932, 1934)
William C. Campbell (1951, 1953, 1957, 1965, 1967,
1971, 1975) (named to team in 1955, but did not play)
Most Years Between First and Last USA Selections
24 William C. Campbell (1951 and 1975)
21 Jack Westland (1932 and 1953)
19 Charles Kocsis (1938 and 1957)
Records
Most Years Between First and Last GB&I Selections
20 Joseph B. Carr (1947 and 1967)
19 John B. Beck (1928 and 1947)
19 R. Cecil Ewing (1936 and 1955)
17 John D.A. Langley (1936 and 1953)
Match Play
Walker Cup Match 17
Largest Winning Margin, Singles (18-Hole Match)
9 and 7 Scott Hoch (USA) d. James Buckley, Honourable
Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Muirfield, Scotland,
1979
8 and 7 Doug Clarke (USA) d. John Davies, Honourable
Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Muirfield, Scotland, 1979
8 and 6 Cameron Tringale (USA) d. Luke Goddard, Merion
G.C., Ardmore, Pa., 2009
Largest Winning Margin, Singles (36-Hole Match)
13 and 12 Robert T. Jones Jr. (USA) d. T. Philip Perkins, Chicago
G.C., Wheaton, Ill., 1928
12 and 11 Robert T. Jones Jr. (USA) d. Cyril J.H. Tolley, St.
Andrews (Old Course), Scotland, 1926
12 and 11 Marvin H. Ward (USA) d. J.J. Frank Pennick, St.
Andrews (Old Course), Scotland, 1938
11 and 10 Watts Gunn (USA) d. Ronald Hardman, Chicago
G.C., Wheaton, Ill., 1928
Largest Winning Margin, Foursomes (18-Hole Match)
7 and 6 Bob Lewis Jr. and Jim Holtgrieve (USA) d. Malcolm
Lewis and Martin Thompson, Royal Liverpool G.C.,
Hoylake, England, 1983
7 and 6 Bryce Molder and David Eger (USA) d. Steven
O’Hara and Marc Warren, Ocean Forest G.C., Sea
Island, Ga., 2001
7 and 5 Marvin Giles III and Gary Koch (USA) d. Rodney
Foster and Trevor Homer, The Country Club
(Championship Course), Brookline, Mass., 1973
Largest Winning Margin, Foursomes (36-Hole Match)
9 and 8 E. Harvie Ward Jr. and Jack Westland (USA) d. John
D.A. Langley and Arthur H. Perowne, Kittansett
Club, Marion, Mass., 1953
9 and 8 William J. Patton and Charles R. Coe (USA) d.
Michael F. Bonallack and Arthur H. Perowne,
Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Muirfield,
Scotland, 1959
Walker Cup