1977 Walker Cup

The 1977 Walker Cup, the 26th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 26 and 27, 1977, at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York. The event was won by the United States 16 to 8.

The United States led 9–3 after the first day and 11–5 after the second-day foursomes. Needing just a point to retain the trophy, the United States won 5 of the 8 singles matches for a convincing victory. There were no halved matches, although 8 matches went to the last hole.^[1]

The format for play on Friday and Saturday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.

Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 121⁄2 points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.

Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.^[2]

United States
Captain: Lewis Oehmig

• Mike Brannan
• John Fought
• Gary Hallberg
• Vance Heafner
• Lindy Miller
• Fred Ridley
• Bill Sander
• Dick Siderowf
• Jay Sigel
• Scott Simpson

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Captain: Scotland Sandy Saddler

• Scotland Allan Brodie
• England John Davies
• England Peter Deeble
• Scotland Ian Hutcheon
• England Michael Kelley
• England Sandy Lyle
• Scotland Steve Martin
• England Peter McEvoy
• Scotland Paul McKellar
• Scotland Gordon Murray

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