2001 Walker Cup

The 2001 Walker Cup, the 38th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 11 and 12, 2001, at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Georgia. The event was won by Great Britain and Ireland 15 to 9, marking the first time that Great Britain & Ireland retained the Cup (i.e., had two consecutive wins).

38th Walker Cup Match

Dates	August 11–12, 2001
Venue	Ocean Forest Golf Club
Location	Sea Island, Georgia
Captains	Danny Yates (USA) Peter McEvoy (GB&I)
9 15
Great Britain & Ireland wins the Walker Cup
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Format

The format for play on Saturday and Sunday 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 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 12½ points wins the competition. If the two teams are tied, the previous winner retains the trophy.

Teams

Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.

& Team Great Britain & Ireland
Name	Age	Hometown	Notes
Peter McEvoy	48	Copt Heath, Solihull, England	non-playing captain
Luke Donald	23	High Wycombe, England
Nick Dougherty	19	Chorley, England
Nigel Edwards	33	Caerphilly, Wales
Jamie Elson	20	Leamington Spa, England
Michael Hoey	22	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Graeme McDowell	22	Portrush, Northern Ireland
Richard McEvoy	22	Shoeburyness, England	No relation to captain Peter McEvoy
Steven O'Hara	21	Motherwell, Scotland
Marc Warren	21	East Kilbride, Scotland
Gary Wolstenholme	40	Market Harborough, England

Team USA
Name	Age	Hometown	Notes
Danny Yates	49	Atlanta, Georgia	non-playing captain
Nick Cassini	22	Athens, Georgia
Erik Compton	21	Miami, Florida
James Driscoll	23	Brookline, Massachusetts
David Eger	49	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Lucas Glover	21	Greenville, South Carolina
Danny Green	44	Jackson, Tennessee
John Harris	49	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bryce Molder	22	Conway, Arkansas
Jeff Quinney	22	Eugene, Oregon
D. J. Trahan	20	Inman, South Carolina

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
O'Hara/Wolstenholme	5 and 3	Green/Trahan
Donald/Dougherty	4 and 3	Cassini/Glover
Elson/McEvoy	halved	Eger/Molder
McDowell/Hoey	3 and 1	Driscoll/Quinney
2½	Foursomes	1½
2½	Overall	1½

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Gary Wolstenholme	3 and 2	Erik Compton
Steven O'Hara	2 and 1	D.J. Trahan
Nick Dougherty	2 and 1	James Driscoll
Nigel Edwards	5 and 4	Nick Cassini
Marc Warren	5 and 4	John Harris
Luke Donald	4 and 2	Jeff Quinney
Graeme McDowell	2 and 1	Bryce Molder
Michael Hoey	1 up	Lucas Glover
3	Singles	5
5½	Overall	6½

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
Donald/Dougherty	3 and 2	Compton/Harris
McDowell/Hoey	2 and 1	Cassini/Glover
O'Hara/Warren	7 and 6	Eger/Molder
Elson/McEvoy	1 up	Green/Trahan
3	Foursomes	1
8½	Overall	7½

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Luke Donald	3 and 2	Lucas Glover
Nick Dougherty	1 up	D.J. Trahan
Graeme McDowell	1 up	Bryce Molder
Steven O'Hara	4 and 3	John Harris
Marc Warren	2 and 1	James Driscoll
Michael Hoey	1 up	Danny Green
Jamie Elson	halved	Erik Compton
Gary Wolstenholme	4 and 3	Nick Cassini
6½	Singles	1½
15	Overall	9

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20010814172115/http://walkercup.org/players/index.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20011122120736/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round1.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20020727145610/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round2.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20011122120920/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round3.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20011119152309/http://www.walkercup.org/scoring/round4.htm
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/3010646/Walker-Cup-McEvoy-and-crew-bring-the-prize-back-home.html