- 2005 Walker Cup
=flagicon|USA|size=80px United States 12½
flagicon|GBR|size=80px & flagicon|IRE|size=80px 11½ Great Britain & Ireland=
The 40thWalker Cup Match were held betweenAugust 13 andAugust 14 ,2005 at theChicago Golf Club inWheaton, Illinois ,United States . Team United States won 12½ to 11½.Format
The format for play on Saturday and Sunday are the same. There are four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches are played. Each of the 24 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12 ½ points wins the competition.
Teams
=flagicon|GBR|size=70px & flagicon|IRE|size=70px Team Great Britain & Ireland=Captain: flagicon|NIR
Garth McGimpsey
*flagicon|WAL Rhys Davies
*flagicon|ENG Robert Dinwiddie
*flagicon|WALNigel Edwards
*flagicon|ENGOliver Fisher
*flagicon|ENGGary Lockerbie
*flagicon|IREBrian McElhinney
*flagicon|SCORichie Ramsay
*flagicon|ENG Matthew Richardson
*flagicon|SCOLloyd Saltman
*flagicon|ENGGary Wolstenholme
=flagicon|USA|size=70px Team United States=Captain: Bob Lewis
*Matthew Every
*Anthony Kim
*Brian Harman
*J. B. Holmes
*Billy Hurley
*Jeff Overton
*Michael Putnam
*Kyle Reifers
*Nicholas Thompson
*Lee Williamsaturday's matches
Morning Foursomes
Afternoon Singles
The course
The
Chicago Golf Club inWheaton, Illinois is a par 70 course with a yardage of 6,782.Charles B. Macdonald is credited with designing it in. The course was opened for play in 1894. In 1922Seth Raynor made some revisions to the course. It has hosted variousUSGA events including the 1897, 1900 and 1911 U.S. OpenExternal links
* [http://www.walkercup.org/2005/ Official site]
*http://www.walkercuphistory.com - definitive site containing complete history and statistics (paid subscription site).
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