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3 unusual facts about Walker Cup


Alan Dunbar

Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 (winners)

George Herbert Walker

The USGA's Walker Cup (the famous biennial golf match) acquired Walker's namesake for his role in the event's creation.

George Herbert Walker IV

An avid golfer, he was also the namesake of amateur golf's Walker Cup.


Graeme Storm

He won The Amateur Championship in 1999 and represented Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup, before turning professional in 2000.

Lakeside Golf Course, Oklahoma

The US Amateur, the British Amateur, the team NCAA Championship, the individual NCAA Championship, the Walker Cup, Western Amateur, PGA Championship, American Cup and World Cups have occupied positions of prominence on the modest mantel alongside such less opposing trophies such as the Oklahoma Open and Oklahoma Amateur.

Morgan Hoffmann

As a highly-rated amateur, he held the number one spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a time in 2009, and played in that year's Walker Cup.

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961, and European Tour event, the Welsh Golf Classic in the early 1980s.

--Senior Open Champ. (2014)
-->The Amateur (6)
Walker Cup (1995)
Curtis Cup (1964)
British Masters (1961)
Welsh Golf Classic
University Golf Match

Warren Humphreys

He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1971 English Amateur and playing on that year's winning Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team.


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