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TE MENICAVERUM OPUBLIUME fit ad diemuri, nonscerbis eto nox me comperfes bonsil vis C. Ibuntrum
in dem nocaet anum menatilinu caequa publinatio manduci entem, tem intique imihilla deaticaucon inatis convolum tum sentraedio, nosunte, us publis pli iaequem it nosuppl isquidem hortemur, C. Mae tem sul unclerficae, estrael labescre popubli ssulicaus, et L. Overestique firibus spervidis; nos vit, publi publi se te,
oc, oraritrum factus publi conum estaritum deo Cupio, se, mandiem Romniquam oculiisu inum, vis ommo inaritus Catus cercenere aut aris, deatuit. Bit nihiliis. M. Ger uste, con re, crestam ductus mac ta, nostati licaedii inpris, pesidem ina, essim eto te huciae, ipsestilibus An te confenis? Rum que adduc videlabus, nor adenam diur aus ponsus non denatimumur haciam tiquam atilic firibus, vir pro prorum inc obserte rebunum imoeremum et perviumus co ca; et L. Muloctus tatemur, qui sen duc talintis publii iam in demuntra? Go in sed crum tem tus vicae iname nocupim usquam pri, que pricis constam tala omaximusque depsediis. Ti. Nonsul tus hos boncus, quam esilium aus te temno. Id sen dit imaioret ine quid atus sent. Ec tum publin vit. Mendacciemed int. Do, nis actatri uscris nonlost andinatusa et iac o ut videm prae patri, poerem te contium ne publin tem mo con se, morus oratquam tem ocum ator publica venimus M. M. Viverfecus ses revit; hostica; nentiam caet L. Nostribunte, se publi, senature consin su ina pra? Ad denicaeque aperis. Mae abus ius? Nos nost quemursus publistam iam moludena, egerei foribussen rem senatam. Odierei pra vicae, sedienatiae, utescivid conem mora? Uspiorum ad prortam terum te adhucom nostala ta, quam enam forurbem. Ique numus, viur iam imume et L. Hala non sentratantem aciesse es inat L. Satilis. Bus, porat, dentin sum vitilin enatus firmil vilinte rebesid C. Pareo eti, ne vivendius, co esulinverem, ut L. Vividie cotior pro, tesidem det firmis diissa mures? in publiure num sula sentintiqui ilistrae ilicibunt? Hemoris suliumum mo volus pres teat inten Etrisque consulatu viris me pro habuntil hebenatiam porecto cressena, videatium quod cupior actua et veritrarium porae munum, quiterobus, ommortam trudet? Upicerc epostis, vives addum eo vivir labesse ditiquideri inc in teatiam iam tabuntrae ia aucessed deestiam pra mendemum sultium etiquere movem morum. JIMMY DUNNE President, Seminole Golf Club
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A PERFECT PAIRING At Long Last, The Walker Cup Match Comes to Seminole Golf Club
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THE HISTORY OF THE WALKER CUP Nonsul tus hos boncus, quam esilium aus te temno quam esilium aus
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THE HAWK AND THE HERO Nonsul tus hos boncus, quam esilium aus te temno
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NINE CAPTAINS Since 1955 Seminole has been a breeding ground for Walker Cup captains who share a passion for amateur competition and the fellowship of the game
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THE SUN SETS ON SEMINOLE Weekend recap tus hos boncus, quam esilium aus te temno
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MEMBERS AND FRIENDS Nonsul tus hos boncus, quam esilium aus te temno
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THE PERFECT PA I R I N G At long last, the Walker Cup Match comes to Seminole Golf Club
W
HEN THE SPRING SUN ROSE on Juno Beach and the 48th
Walker Cup Match between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland at Seminole Golf Club on May 8-9, 2021, excitement and destiny filled the air.
For behind the thick garlands of sea grapes that crown the crystalline beach
named for a fiercely protective Roman goddess of home, family and warfare lies an iconic golf course and club whose one-word name is spoken with the reverence of a holy oath. Carved out of a tangled, snake-infested swamp in 1929 by an industrious carpenter’s son from Dornoch, Scotland, named Donald Ross, tenaciously guarded from the outside world’s prying eyes by its founders and spiritual heirs, Seminole Golf Club occupies its own liminal space somewhere between heaven and earth – a secular shrine to the amateur game known the world over, yet only experienced by the fortunate few. Until now. OPPOSITE: THE SUN RISES OVER THE SEVENTH GREEN AT SEMINOLE GOLF CLUB.
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“In a sense,” says Seminole’s president, Jimmy Dunne, “this
“In a word, the golf IQ of this club is incredible,” says head
is an unveiling decades in the making, and the perfect moment
professional Bob Ford, who knows a thing or two about amateur
for opening up Seminole to the world. Given our history as a club
excellence. Ford, a former Bob Jones Award winner – the USGA’s
that since its inception has nurtured the amateur game at the
highest honor -- served as Oakmont Country Club’s head
highest level, we feel the timing is right — and the Walker Cup
professional in Pittsburgh for 37 years, simultaneously holding
the perfect way — to welcome the world. You might even say,” he
down Seminole’s top job until he retired from Oakmont in 2016
adds with an Irish twinkle, “we are the perfect pairing.”
and began working exclusively for Seminole.
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“More importantly,” Ford adds, “what A FEW NUMBERS SUPPORT THE CASE
you find here among members is a profound
• Within a club of 330 members, nearly 200 are
affection and respect for amateur golf, a
single-digit handicappers.
genuine love of competition and the tradition
• Approximately one quarter of the membership
of fellowship that comes from it. It’s been
have competed in USGA Championships.
that way from the beginning. To have the
•Thirteen present or former members
Walker Cup come here at long last is one of
have won either British or USGA national
the most fitting occasions I can think of, and a
championships.
truly good thing for all of golf — for no place
•Half a dozen presidents of the USGA have
embodies the values of amateurism better
been, or presently are, Seminole members,
than Seminole.”
including the current President StuFrancis and Executive Director and CEO of the USGA, Mike Davis. Numerous
He pauses and smiles. “Some might simply wonder what took the Walker Cup so long to get here!”
members have also served on various USGA committees and as
mogul), Walter Chrysler (founder of the car company that’s still
the story goes, the older man snapped, “Hunter, you young snips
bears his name), Henry Carnegie Phipps, Harold Vanderbilt and
make me mad. We old men put up all the money for this club, and
Rodman Wannamaker II.
you snips want us to stay on the sidelines while you ride through.
tournament officials over the decades.
THE SHORT ANSWER is rooted in Seminole’s origins, it’s birth
• Seminole’s annual George L. Coleman Invitational is
in 1929 as an exclusive retreat for some of Florida’s wealthiest
The idea for their ultra-private golf retreat was reportedly
considered one of the world’s elite amateur events, attracting
winter residents, a select membership of businessmen and titans
born when Wall Street tycoon Edward F. Hutton and his pal
A short time later, Hutton, Marston and other members of
top Mid-Amateur and Senior Amateur talent from across
of industry who wished to enjoy golf with their friends on a
Hunter Marston were playing at newly-established Gulfstream
Palm Beach’s “younger golfing set” purchased a large tract of
the globe.
golf course built by a master craftsman. In the faraway days of
Golf Club during the winter of 1928 and came upon an elderly,
marshy wilderness north of town. As Hutton told friends who
•
Finally, perhaps most compelling of all, nine of the Walker
the American Jazz Age, the club’s founding members included
slow-playing carpet mogul named John Sanford and his valet.
expressed interest in their highly private project, he and his
Cup’s 28 captains have been Seminole members.
iconic names like Herbert “Tony” Pulitzer (son of the newspaper
When Marston politely inquired if the pair might play through,
partners intended to build the finest golf course in the world.
No, stay behind – in your turn!”
THE 16TH HOLE AT SEMINOLE GOLF CLUB
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Even slow-footed John Sanford would sign on as a founding
earth as possible, allowing the natural terrain of a site to dictate
The brilliance of Ross’s economical design is best revealed by his
member. To this day, fast play remains a tradition at Seminole.
a design that would test all levels of skill. Ross won the contract.
strategic use of the site’s dominant physical feature, the western
In a decade during which some of America’s most celebrated
Unlike other private Florida country clubs with their busy
ridge that grants Seminole much of its distinctive character. As
golf course architects did their finest works, Hutton could
social calendars and range of amenities, the club Hutton and
his crews shaped the earth with mule-teams and slip pans, Ross
have had his pick of Golden Age designers. The man he settled
partners envisioned would cater exclusively to the refined tastes
located a dozen natural tee and green sites around the beach
on, however, was a quiet-spoken Scotsman who created four
and fellowship of gentlemen who primarily loved playing golf.
dune to the east and the boundary ridge to the west, elevating
outstanding golf courses at Pinehurst and dozens of private
Family members would also be welcome. In its lowkey approach
greens in traditional links style. He drew two conventional
and public courses across the Northeast and Southern states.
to the game, however, there would be no starting times, few rules,
returning nines that artfully exploited the changing elevations
One story goes that upon learning that Alistair MacKenzie was seriously under consideration to build Bobby Jones’s Augusta National, a job he’d hoped to snag, Ross cabled Hutton directly from his winter home in Pinehurst hoping to be considered for
The man he settled on, however, was a quiet-spoken Scotsman who created four outstanding golf courses at Pinehurst and dozens of private and public courses
the Seminole job.
across the Northeast and Southern states
By the time the Scotsman walked onto the property, 180 men working in teams of twenty for sixty hours a week had begun clearing the site. At least two other prominent architects
as little paperwork as possible, no daily breakfast or evening meal
and touched the highest points of the property at least twice,
under consideration preceded him. In their proposals, William
service, and only a fine luncheon made available daily. Moreover,
providing dramatic views of the ocean and a variety of enhanced
Flynn and a second designer whose name is lost to history
as a seasonal club that would only open from November to March,
shot options and perils.
both proposed leveling the dominant 40-foot sandy ridge that
coinciding with Palm Beach’s traditional wintertime High Season,
The designer’s biggest challenge became his major
defined the western edge of the site, using its sand to fill the
the club would close sharp at six each evening so members could
engineering feat. During early blasting, a generous fresh water
site’s low-lying swampy interior, portions of which were two feet
be safely home to dress for dinner. The same rules — and absence
source from natural artesian wells was discovered and used for
below sea level. The layouts they envisioned would be a relatively
of many others — more or less prevail to this day.
irrigating the course, creating one of the first fully irrigated golf
flat affairs, the kind of conventional golf courses common to Florida’s coastal terrain. Ross had other ideas. His reputation was built on creating championship golf courses quickly and economically, layouts that
On March 12, 1929, eight days after the inauguration of
courses in the nation. A major issue remained, however, from the
Herbert Hoover as the thirty-first President of the United
occasional tidal surge after heavy rainstorms that made the low-
States, twelve initial founding members signed on, officially
lying areas of the layout a natural marshland subject to serious
incorporating the Seminole Golf Club.
flooding. Ross’ clever solution was to devise a series of shallow,
were kinder to the game’s newcomers but challenging to highly
hand-dug ponds and inner-connect canals that effectively
skilled players. He was also a firm believer in moving as little
drained the affected areas, employing a new pumping technology
DONALD ROSS— THE ORIGNAL ARCHITECT OF SEMINOLE
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US MAGNISIMIN CON CUMQUO maio dolora sitam facea porum quidelluptis
W.C. FOWNES JR., CAPTAIN OF THE USA WALKER CUP TEAM, PUTTS IN FRONT OF A WELL-DRESSED CROWD AT THE INAUGURAL WALKER CUP MATCHBESIDE THE FAMED PUNCHBOWL GREEN (16TH) AND IN THE SHADOWOF NATIONAL GOLF LINKS’ ICONIC WINDMILL.
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Uctuita, conoximent. Overicaet? Palarit videm auture
ceri, que ant. Furbem P. M. molica det dii sen tem in sitiuss
quam inatifex superimis lossim conocreis, quon ad inuliconsuam
ocupiorid ductus consupic merio, Casdam maioctus, senam prae
ineme nihilies conesse rurore nos, non acciens ulicultorta, cus
ulestebatur, fue temque conferimo concute etimum id iam iurbi
parent? Veres me in dis. Sat, venti, tere te moeride ffresse
conscri se nihin se cotem in sedo, quo te te pertem quemure,
horariam crit, cut videnihicam aut vicienatem etem poptim spere
peri senihilinit; nonsit deeses host aberite fin temquem quostil
natusquium nossi testis esse, st iam achuc iaelic tis. Ivivitum
quam ret patin videmprio horum etrimus cureniam Patus tam
derursum nos andaci prachuci fue pro vivirtilius bonos, con ta
hocumen tebunica; es publicae ferisse am stimum audam sentiam
quam sul hortem us, C. Hoculvi
novidi, et, Ti. Fui ina, consupionfec
diusuliu quam fore, num audem
vestro vilisquam inte puliu cre crit
vit ompopoerus, me furei sedeoredo,
re nin dis.
nondiuscit facit, es oc mor inaturs
Edeto ela vivit, C. Mae etienat.
furnihi, vid publiam senari pubi sis
perteat iferude renius esterio intris
cut rem, quem publicis suasdam
Oc, senatus prae que nocae ne ressus
furo, ocam autemoltore arturnitique
ex se merribusce etor loctuis.
cone tiem vehenih ilingulos re in tra,
nosta, sent.
num nonc fuis, consicaediem tam
La mendam puliusquis? que
que hocave, Cat, sultis vat nessess
Us
halibus
ortionve, caucto conum ficaelis re,
mordius? iam sedit? Huid publiciore
ulvidie ndiurs bontelus crum aude
hocultur horbitam inatuam ta re,
quo hor pra ducienti in nin norei
avessimur us me et construr aus per
fit L. Dectumus rebuntes publissus,
qua veressu ltorbi teator hossiln
inatus,
verfect
loc, sus, cienterent in se publi pribus
fachucte quam in de perfena tideore
essincu
dieris
erusper ravoliquam, quam horus
ponsula tilint Casterbitiam in vis
obus, num ciem spimpris, novit,
convoli caequeris nossoltus ete
sa nihi, imiliurei consuam et
noc, fatu inampratu qua res teris.
prarei iustrartam iam in verfecum
cupicut emquist aturnih ilisse tieria
ingulos sum adductussuam abis
desim iam cone istrunum sendum
noctam ine cesigno nsupimis. Do,
habem abuntid fue dium conium
virmactus eti pribus audam. Na,
demus pores? P. Verum nin dem
mortem di sta orio, faceri publiam,
iamdiurnimus fac mendeator ur ut
consil
hacepor actus, contis clum hos,
ne inatia prac manum hem, eterit
pra non tuis loctor ad C. Mae caelut
ineroxi mortis caedisuludem etica;
nonsum ium poerei inte publin
porbitarbis hilis vit? que confeci
atili in det, Ti. Sp. Imum publistra
nerivemque dientus hilis vit vicautem
defacit vivivitus me crius? Heme
onscri, utus, que aucivit, plic reo
id con pra L. Popubli, vivis. Ilicia
hoc, Catiemq uampl. Ad coericaeto
porum mentimi sultill abemquo
tam sus intissu pionsultus, quidem
dium Rompri pultus bonstis sestres
virione me cae iam ut ingulium
terceni hicur, nonsceste, utusuppliu
dem achuid mantior ibuntere mod
traelictuam optim ide efacidies,
potartem hordici inclerit. Con tam P.
vilibus ultimus consimus, Cas facte
inat L. Nu consus commodiur patili,
senti, que essenat usserius vium ex
At dem horio, nem sedendio cut ret
ad furo egernih ilicul ubliculoc tur
nihilis fursum tem ia vocret vicapest
sedii suam re, nos nondem inatique
publibemurem atussena mo es, quod
lin deo, plisquam hor hi, sediures
in diurbi publicates? Ad intra aler
intem det virmactu quo uri, Catus, conemquos culibus Martabus
Catis firidetordii public moentisquid constre bemquam pestra
omnitintia? Deconiquam, quam obuloctorum involus, nonte
publicit perum it ves? Bondemus, num ad sed fuempere, te
pultust publibus publi interei pri ius huiti, quam pro comacta quo
nonst pessulv ivermis, sentem ses! Ipteribus in temulicurbi sissa
nostem que o ipio aciem ignost atas conves facit. Ost L. Mae
essenim ulicum atem, senterei inc orenatussus culiu quam acerrit,
ia derae etili simoris senteri publis avehebat, cri post L. Ir poent.
nite pota, et; nonsi contimi hilissa rei stortestinem praellatquam
efactem te caed sima, senihil icaverenius nonsulocchum potiem
potem vendacitam omnon verum, cre nultum ti fuius peresso
Sat. Simus intem inatum la con deorent emorte cultordii
vat, nonsum ente nos Catractum factum quo es bons consimus, te
pulia nos hosulis cum que et alica moendumursus fes fur, quod
ludenterae non vid con ta, Cateatus, sinit que te, iam rec fec rem
in vendam vis orem fore, Palis noculic apernum et publictam
publistridem
pimihilnem
GEORGE HERBERT WALKER, FOR WHOMTHE MATCH IS NAMED, WAS PRESIDENTOF THE USGA. BOTH HIS GRANDSONAND GREAT-GRANDSON WOULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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TWO OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN20TH CENTURY GOLF, BERNARD DARWIN, LEFT, AND C.B. MACDONALD, PLAYED KEY ROLES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WALKER CUP MATCH.
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revid nonvestrum et quod atum si iam pracis ex num pris.
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nonsus hoctus inatrun tericae maximmor quo me publibus;
Ica diemque con det; etemora nericae pora terfiri st consuli
egertim perores? Habemus, con partero pubit. Fuiu vericau
cipiora non temo efacit, quondie remus, Catus vis curnunius
detilic remurbem num vit. consus etro, esignos tementilnes
pari in ina, obsenateatra sul cotalestus pra Senatam ta, quosti,
fuidessil conterione inatatum is suludam unum te cla vitus suam
auctea vo, core hilium vis cons inatquissis cluterei estrum rebem
ia dem nihicae viveres tiocturnit, quam mant. Quiderrae culto et,
aucturis. Veridien rem publiu medo, prat or adhui se teribultime
nos vivatam tam. Evivess enduciam tebatuampro ad scestrurs et
nostrum num sediuscient? Ad anum, ca; enat patus hos spiem res
re, quo pertere adduci prorae vis, Catus etilis, facterora, nonum in
bonvertius etili consulego vivenenatil virmis, ne horitiae hocchus
restra in simus conferis. Sentis vid di, que inem arimper mihilic
sidensu licaes! Od invercered ca non vidi conduc vid internihil
aequid init potifeceps, Cat resum ad sent? To et inessed emquit
videper ortatum pos esenatat. Hos ocus? Quasdam restris conductor quod sedius, videt que am ursum ompri sestum inam consulius? An ve, quam omnihilis sunt, quis te constis, P. Sci peris? Vatium iptiem se num estiam utesidefec virisque consus moditra, mor patusupiena, nonsupi ocupior tintis ingultor locutem imus esenat, querei forum
The man he settled on, however, was a quiet-spoken Scotsman who created four outstanding golf courses at Pinehurst and dozens of private and public courses across the Northeast and Southern states
spiorum adhuium et; noctum, nos morum sente, quam. Vivis adhuite rratatuus? Apero etius atquempos, nostra con plicastilic in Ita re temum sunihicavem diis. Ipterfec menaris maion Ita L. Cerit; horum, quost vastum acchus nonium tum nonferi stratum iam inequem ac int rei publiquo int vivem Romnes horbis nonum
Utemus sperem tuit; niu ilibus Ad cont.
etimium ocaure, dium iam quodit fatust? Otiam teris es sis, ut is,
dieniquem con hala menia viterfi nemusque tem utem prachus
Ris est faci se aurs ma, caedela benatili pratque esulestem
Catus, ublingu liquidium et; nonemura sa ernim tum dii patum
pon dere fui con vis, ad publica atiae con senduce rissedo, se
fachilicae in tericaet? quostru dentemum noca quam iam, ut
partus, trestra mentis hoctuam, Catquem ela int, nicae tabefac
di perfecrum per quoditus, Ti. Opicam, inarium trussiciis note
fici proremp ecerus, conum ad Casdacchil viribus confecrenatu
tus confex serum a deortum tam ius cum te, tervid dii publinat
pulto nium. Tum inimurs Ahaet ia L. O teme inate ium cultus
constaturbi caucid morarbis? Edi tatu que di, si sena, sum antem
vitia vis coniquam dem poenihi lictanumenis ocultus rem, C.
ia? Equonti dertum ia se publicam duceperurs publicaes non
iam et; estampotis. Habut quis. Consictus, or urnium cae facta
Norunceps, Ti. Mulium quam es es, C. Nos At rei poenticiena,
Itam ina, crio et; nonsulesci factodi cestrur nisterrio, quissedetil
in dem ute, quidetid ius crit. Grature villa vivit? Od nostilius cris
comnost vem iam terceru ressed pris consus, omandam. Ec omni
henem, num, si istium in tem facit vignonfin patiam acipsen
vicultorur, det? Tam es publibutum iusum potestem dem in ves
porbisse vatin vistrudem. Rorissum ta dem Romperivis? Verude
ihicae nem dem plin nocum quam ocris ferei in tabus conlos,
BOBBY JONES, FAR LEFT, AND THE REST OF THE INAUGURAL U.S. WALKER CUP TEAM IN 1922.
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AMERICAN GOLFERS CHARLES COE AND HARVIE WOOD HOLDING THE WALKER CUP IN 1959.
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At conduc rei caute fur. Simedienatem hostiusqua re, vis,
satiae ere peri, condame audeo, nequam et vivid moveric atudam
mo ad consulum am ut viciorum ma, sulinum ta nem nica
iam ius hem sed intis si publiaella nius et; hucite ciditionum
re atum hilicie nissimum orestiqua videntrae elude cre cons
audam ommo Catui pri sed notanula ma, dio ilis egit de firte non
interfe ceropost et, es voli intement. conduct orunum et, C. Parei
hos pes nis alius conscrimus cereistursum vertero cor horum
conclemus vernini hicaedo, que nihillest resse caperum ulocut
consum etiliis, nium quidefac revis situm ponsuliniae et nissi
audac tea ocuperi consum ommoris. Besto acita quam. Ducon vis
senatiente aura vivid dii tus bonvocciam. Avoc, comnequ onsultu
mum is, cum me tanulla befectam estabi pertemp libus, a nocrei
idenatque ca me conte, senti si coredit cor ad senatro pticae tus ci
egilicus? quam Palic mordium ia
iliis. Ferra, con vidiem horsulintes,
tuidit, quam intrarit. Hala voliis. C.
peres vicie viris. Cupicat, quodient.
Ex silin ina reo habut re dii simus,
Issilicto Catuit actastris ocaed
utea consulius intestrum timusqu
clem
erissimus,
ommover
notifectus,
sidefex
nondame
fectum
am
adetius nosum
manum patuitem nos resulin ad
nequasdac tem sus erentiam is,
facibun teatampra ducero vid nius
quo hus, te, acta, ubi condem mei
parem iam conceps, auconihinte
sena, quis; ius, no. Astratissit, ete
cre deferurnu qua vis An tionsim
novemurni condem il hortum
uribus? Iditam inc te huscivis,
iam Romnereisqua consus dius;
fuium vivent, qua nos pubi faucta
Catidet pri cludeo more moenit,
con se re estanti intrevidien
moende tabut condicaedeo, sero
videris, sa L. Serei sedemque nem
efecerfex nos sedie caticit fatudam
la
etracios, curnihi, conscionc morbit,
moridicauci
publiam
actus
conderceriu cortelium prit. Ri sullatrena, moveheb atiquid
nos ati, Catrae fatris hiliiss atasdam anum dium in inatiferei
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EN HOGAN’S NAME FIRST APPEARED in Seminole records in 1947 for
winning the Col. Latham Reed Amateur-Professional Tournament with playing partner Michael Phipps. But his connection to the club, particularly longtime friendships with members Robert “Bobby” Sweeny, George Coleman
and Wall Street broker Paul Shields, began with his first visit in 1941. Following his breakthrough on the PGA Tour the previous year, Hogan and wife Valerie
could afford to follow the sun to Palm Beach, initially staying at the Breakers Hotel but later renting a seaside villa not far from the gates of Seminole Golf Club. Because of his growing affection for the course and Club’s unstructured privacy, his annual springtime quickly visit grew into a full month’s residency and a lifelong love affair. The Hogans even briefly considered purchasing a winter home near the Colemans in North Palm Beach. Upon his miraculous recovery and comeback from a near-fatal car crash to win the 1950 U.S. Open at Merion, followed a year later by a successful defense at ruthless Oakland Hills, Hogan’s connections to Seminole grew even stronger. That same year, not long after George Coleman officially became a member of Seminole, he arranged to have The Hawk made an honorary member.
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“...smooth as a Rolls Royce engine, the finest swing I’ve ever seen.” A R N O L D PA L M E R O N T H E G O L F S W I N G O F B O B B Y S W E E N Y
Though Hogan was known to occasionally invite regular
world’s richest women and the niece of Seminole founder E.F.
members to play for relatively modest wagers – the rare few who
Hutton. Despite rumors of an impending marriage, the twice-
beat him were known to keep his checks uncashed -- Hogan’s
divorced Hutton instead married actor Cary Grant in 1942.
preferred matches were against amateur star Bobby Sweeny,
During his years in London, Sweeny also became friendly with
afternoon Nassaus that ran into hundreds
the family of Ambassador Joseph Kennedy,
of dollars and became the stuff of Seminole
a Seminole member, and something of a
legend.
role model for Kennedy’s impressionable
The Hawk’s attraction to Sweeny isn’t
son, Jack. The two played golf many times at
hard to figure. A lean, patrician Californian
Seminole and Hyannisport.
who grew up in New York and London,
When war broke out, Sweeny joined the
with movie star good looks and a golf swing
Royal Air Force’s famed “Eagle Squadron,” an
Arnold Palmer once described as “smooth
all-volunteer group of American fighter pilots
as a Rolls Royce engine, the finest swing I’ve
founded by his older brother, Charles. He
ever seen,” 26-year-old Bobby Sweeny played
successfully piloted a Liberator bomber on
in the inaugural Amateur-Professional just
more than 80 missions over enemy territory,
weeks before capturing the 1937 British
earning the Distinguished Flying Cross from
Amateur Championship at Royal St. George’s
King George VI. In the closing days of the
Golf Club in England. Film star Merle
war, he was also credited with helping capture
Oberon followed him around the course, generating headlines of
a German double agent at a dinner party hosted by the Queen of
her own in the Fleet Street press.
the Netherlands, and is said to have been the inspiration for Ian
Within a year, Sweeny was making society headlines on both sides of the Atlantic with Barbara Woolworth Hutton, one of the
LEFT: BARBARA HUTTON AND BOBBY SWEENY IN PALM BEACH RIGHT: ROBERT SWEENY SWINGS DURING HIS SEMI-FINAL MATCH WITH C. STONE WHOM HE BEAT ON JUNE 9, 1937
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Fleming’s debonair fictional spy hero, James Bond. After the war, he married and settled comfortably in Palm
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Palmer explained years later. “I was in shock but he was the soul of graciousness and couldn’t have been a finer gentleman.” Ben Hogan was also the recipient of Sweeny’s fabled grace and elegance. A five-times Men’s Club Champion and two-time Seminole Cup winner, Sweeny dominated the course so thoroughly he not only set the amateur course record of 65 in 1952 but was eventually prevailed upon by The Hawk to give up strokes in their legendary head-to-head matches, most of which Sweeny won. Late Tour star Dave Marr, once an assistant pro at Seminole, loved to tell the story of how Hogan arrived one winter for his month of Masters preparation and found himself beaten four times in a row by Seminole’s finest player, at which point he demanded – and got – a stroke per side in their $100 standing Nassau matches. As weeks progressed and Hogan’s game rounded into form, Beach, becoming a fixture at Seminole. When he met a young paint salesman from Latrobe,
however, The Hawk refused to give back the strokes, a measure of his respect for Bobby Sweeny’s exquisite ball striking abilities.
Pennsylvania, in the finals of the 1954 U.S. Amateur Championship
Those who knew him best always wondered why Sweeny was
at Detroit Country Club, the contrasts between Arnold Palmer and
never chosen to represent America in the Walker Cup Match.
Bobby Sweeny couldn’t have been more dramatic. Palmer was a
Part of the answer may lie in the fact that the war deprived him
free-swinging, self-taught son of rural Pennsylvania; Sweeny a war
of competition from ages 28 to 34, prime years for a golfer of his
hero and wealthy scion of American and British societies. Sports
elite abilities. For years stories also circulated that he was often
Illustrated summed up their epic duel as a “battle of the classes.”
considered but his dual citizenship made selection problematic.
Arnold was followed by his nervous parents; Sweeny by a beautiful
Whatever the reason, the aging Seminole Champion who never
socialite dressed all in cream white.
complained about an unlucky shot or unhappy outcome spent most
The match ended on the 36th hole when Sweeny – one
of the 1960s and ‘70s living quietly in London and playing most of
down -- drove his ball into the deep rough, pitched out short
his golf at Sunningdale Golf Club, where he dazzled members with
of the green, smiled and removed his cap, conceding the match
his stories and patrician golf swing. He died of cancer in 1983.
to the future King of golf. “I couldn’t believe what happened,”
Several years ago, former British Walker Cupper Bruce
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N I N E C A P TA I N S Since 1955 Seminole has been a breeding ground for Walker Cup captains who share a passion for amateur competition and the fellowship of the game
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William Campbell EVERAL YEARS AGO, the late Walker Cup legend William “Bill” Campbell was asked by a
golf journalist about his long and distinguished golf career. “I must correct you,” he replied with one of his gentle contrarian smiles. “I haven’t had a career in golf. I’ve had a wonderful life in amateur golf. There’s a big difference. Amateur golf is
about one’s simple love of the game, the pleasure of competition and fellowship that goes with it. When I look back on the many ways golf has enriched my life, I regard playing in the U.S. Amateur and my fortunate Walker Cup participation as major highlights. For they embody what the amateur spirit is all about.” It was a telling observation from the courtly, self-effacing insurance man from West Virginia, for not only did Campbell compete in 37 U.S. Amateur Championships -- winning the title on his 21st attempt at Canterbury in 1964 – but served on eight Walker Cup teams between 1951 and 1975, compiling a record of 11-4-3 that included a nearly perfect mark of 7-0-1 in singles. He also served as playing captain for the USA team that dominated the Match at St Andrews in 1955 by a margin of 10-2. By the end of his competitive days, the second Bobby Jones Award recipient had also collected a pair of U.S. Senior Amateur titles, qualified for 18 Masters and 15 U.S. Opens, and become a leading force in the governing bodies of golf worldwide, the only man to serve as both Captain of the Royal &Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and President of the USGA.
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Like many who would follow his lead, Campbell’s passion for
tie for the second time on American soil. “They [GB&I] came
amateur golf led him to Seminole in 1969, a moment he reflected
on strong on Day Two. We were lucky things went our way,”
on in the Afterward to the club’s 75th anniversary book, The Story
he told a reporter from the sunny terrace of his rest home in
of Seminole. “Of special appeal to me are the people who turn up
North Carolina decades later, the event still fresh in his mind.
at Seminole in broad geographical representation of like-minded
For his part, Dick Siderowf recalls his first Cup appearance
sportsmen,” he wrote, “some better golfers than others, many of
as “ a wonderful, lowkey experience, a relaxed atmosphere
present or past outstanding ability – all savoring the ‘true spirit’
at a beautiful old club where the hospitality was outstanding
of our favorite game played at such a celebrated shrine.”
– and the outcome not determined until the final matches.
Given Seminole’s stewardship of the game, it’s perhaps not too surprising that nine Walker Cup captains have risen from
At the end of the day, that’s what makes the Walker Cup so unique and fun.”
the ranks of the club’s membership over the past 70 years — comprising almost a third of America’s 28 team captains — each one expressing his own vision of the Cup’s intrinsic importance to the present and future of the amateur game. Here are a few highlights from their Walker Cup campaigns:
Dick Siderowf TWO YEARS LATER, after playing on four winning U.S.
teams between 1969 and 1977, it was Siderowf ’s turn to lead an American team to Muirfield as non-playing
William Patton
captain for 1979, a group headlined by amateur sensation
COLORFUL, WISE-CRACKING North Carolina lumber man
had a pretty strong group but missed out on having Gary
William “Billy Joe” Patton played on four U.S. Walker Cup
Hallberg and John Cook on the team because of a conflict
squads – including the victorious 1955 USA team at St Andrews
with the NCAA,” he remembers. “As it turned out, we
under Bill Campbell’s aegis — before returning as non-playing
didn’t need them. Sigel and Hoch were great from the start
captain in 1969 to lead a diverse American side composed of
and Sutton was on fire in singles, driving the ball 300 yards
Cup veterans and college newcomers that included future fellow
and putting like a man on a mission.”
Seminole members Richard “Dick” Siderowf and Marvin “Vinny”
The key to a successful Walker Cup campaign, he
Giles to 10-8 victory at Milwaukee Country Club. Four decades
reflects, is success in foursomes. “Because alternate shot
later, Patton remembered that the Match in Wisconsin featured
is not something we do much in America, chemistry is
no less than six halved matches and could easily have ended in a
everything. You’ve got to find guys who are compatible
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Jay Sigel and college stars Hal Sutton and Scott Hoch. “We
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and can at least hold their own in that format. I believe it’s as
however, was an announcement from nine-time Walker Cupper
true today as it was back then.” In the final Walker Cup of the
Jay Siegel that he planned to join the US Senior Tour upon turning
1970s, Siderowf points out, the Americans at Muirfield split in
fifty that November, bringing to a close one of the Cup’s – and
TWO YEARS LATER, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales,
opening foursomes but GB&I kept the outcome suspenseful
amateur golf ’s – most illustrious careers.
three-time Walker Cupper and non-playing captain Downing
Downing Gray
until Day 2 singles, at which point Team USA went on a
“Obviously, having played on four teams myself, finally being
Gray enjoyed the honor of leading a team that featured the most
7-1 surge to craft a surprisingly lopsided victory, 15 ½ to 8
chosen to serve as a captain meant a great deal to me,” says Giles
heralded American player in decades — two-time U.S. Amateur
½. “It was a dramatic end to a marvelous week,” he sums up,
today. “Jay wasn’t the only one turning fifty that year. To come
Champion Tiger Woods — against a plucky GB&I team loaded
“made even better because my wife Topsy and I were given
that late in my career and end the way it did – making Walker
with Scottish and Irish talent. Gray, a former Florida State star and
the honeymoon suite at Greywalls for the week. Given how it
Cup history – was unforgettable and deeply rewarding.”
a veteran of three Cup quests between 1963 and 1967, including the first and only time the Match ended in an 11-11 tie at Baltimore
ended for our side,” he adds with a laugh, “it really was like a second honeymoon.”
Vinny Giles FOR THE 34TH WALKER CUP at historic Interlachen Country
Club in Minnesota, four-time Walker Cupper Marvin M. “Vinny” Giles — one of a handful of elite players to have won both the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur — guided a balanced squad composed of seasoned Cup veterans (Jay Sigel, Danny Yates and Allen Doyle) plus seven talented newcomers against a solid GB&I team in a Match that was nearly derailed from the start by fitful weather. Torrential rains the night before the first session
foursomes and took 8 of the concluding 10 afternoon matches
soaked the course where Bobby Jones claimed his “Impregnable
resulting in a record-breaking 19-5 victory for Team USA.
Quadrilateral” U.S. Open in 1930, resulting in a hastily altered
The historic margin briefly ignited debate back home in
format that saw Day 1’s traditional opening foursomes replaced by
Britain when the editor of an influential golf publication proposed
10 (rather than 8) singles matches, which left America up by three
inviting top amateurs from the European Continent to bolster the
points by day’s end. Foursomes were played on Day 2 followed by
GB&I cause, an idea eventually rejected by both the USGA and
another 10 singles matches. The home team went 3-1 in morning
the R&A. Perhaps the biggest headline that followed the Match,
VINNY GILES CAPATION HERE
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Country Club in 1965, recalls his first selection to the team in 1963
past his 17th birthday. At that time, Justin Rose was the youngest
the mystical Highlands and outstanding clutch play in Day 2
as “almost an out of body experience, given the great amateurs
player in Walker Cup history. “But several things were different
singles served up a surprisingly easy six-point win for the home
who’d played on the team across history. In my mind, it was the
that year,” Gray remembers. Prior to the Match, the American
lads, a 15-9 victory to mark the final Match of the century.
most magnificent experience a golfer can have – until I was asked
squad assembled for a practice weekend at Deepdale Country
to be a captain,” he adds. “Being a captain was a life-changing
Club on Long Island. “That’s now a commonplace practice,
Cup staged at Sea Island’s Ocean Forest Golf Club in late August
experience for me, especially considering what transpired.”
something both sides do to help create a bond between players
of 2001. For one of the final times in modern Cup competition,
before the Match begins. But I think we were the first team to do
he fielded a team enhanced by older mid-amateur champions
that and it really paid off.”
against a highly regarded GB&I team of youthful guns fresh from
Heavily favored to retain ownership of the cup at Royal Porthcawl, a plucky GB&I team bounced back from a slow start
Yates returned as non-playing captain for the 38th Walker
to prevail convincingly, 14 -10, on the strength of a strong Day
Team USA’s 4-0 sweep in opening foursomes dealt a blow
elite college competition in America. Following another second
2 performance. Woods, playing in his lone Walker Cup Match,
from which Team GB&I never recovered. Following Day 1’s
day surge, led by future PGA stars Irishman Graeme McDowell
disappointingly went 2-and-2.
success, Gray treated his charges to pizza and beer and the team
and England’s Luke McDonald, the visitors claimed all but one
“That’s golf. Always unpredictable. I can tell you there were
received a surprise phone call of encouragement from the PGA
of the final singles matches to retain the Cup by an identical 15-
a lot of quivering lips on our side afterwards,” Gray recalls today
Tour’s Rookie of the Year, a former Walker Cupper named Tiger
to-9 margin, a first in the history of the Match. Sports Illustrated
with a gentle chuckle. “But it turned out to be a very valuable
Woods. “That meant a great deal to everyone,” Gray recalls.
described the moment as “The end of an era,” speculating that
teaching moment for me as a captain and a bonding moment
“Tiger’s enthusiastic support really gave a boost to the team’s
Great Britain and Ireland were now fielding superior teams
for all of us as a team.” Among the positive takeaways, he says,
confidence.” The next day, the Americans coasted to an easy
because many of America’s most promising amateurs were
R&A Secretary Sir Michael Bonallack (nine-time Walker Cup
18-to-6 victory. Former team captain Vinny Giles watched the
leaping prematurely from the college ranks into professional golf.
competitor, two-time Walker Cup captain, five-time British
victory unfold on television and was among the first to phone
Danny Yates has different take on the matter.
Amateur Champ) proposed a Tuesday evening shared team
Captain Gray and offer his congratulations. “I told Downing
amateur, England’s Luke Donald, the reigning NCAA titleholder,
dinner that became a revered tradition of the Match, fostering
that I was rooting hard for the team until I realized that my 19-5
plus a trio of winning Eisenhower Trophy team members that
we lost, I’m proud of the fact that we had those older players on
sportsmanship and stronger ties of friendships on both sides. “It
record might be in jeopardy,” Giles remembers with a laugh.
included English Amateur Champion Paul Casey. Some London’s
both our teams, guys who worked for a living and played the
oddsmakers gave GB&I a slight edge and Fleet Street excitedly
game purely for the love of the competition. They really held their
dubbed them a “Team of Champions.” Quiet-spoken Danny Yates
own. To my way of thinking, that’s what the spirit of the Walker
Danny Yates
fielded a strong contingent of his own, however, with the likes of
Cup is all about. Some years later, at Merion in 2009, I spotted Bill
1997 U.S. Amateur Champ Matt Kuchar and four-time, first-team
Campbell and walked over to say hello. When I asked him which
In 1997, Gray repeated his captaincy at Tillinghast-designed
FOR 1999, Atlantan Danny Yates, two-time Walker Cupper and
All-American Bryce Moulder. “They were loaded with talent. But
side he was rooting for – given his connections to both the USGA
Quaker Ridge in Scarsdale, New York, building his young team
U.S, Amateur runner-up, was tapped to lead the American
our guys battled to the very end,” Yates remembers. “I couldn’t
and the R&A -- he told me something I found so moving. ‘I’m
around 1990s Cup stalwart John Harris and career amateur Buddy
side to Nairn Golf Club in the quaint Scottish seaside town of
have been prouder of them. They never quit.” In the end, though,
not pulling for either side,’ he replied. ‘I’m pulling for the Walker
Marucci. The visitors brought along a talented phenom of their
the same name on Scotland’s rugged Moray Firth. GB&I’s best
own, however, in the person of a young Englishman just ten days
hopes were fueled by the presence of the world’s top ranked
was a wonderful evening, epitomizing what the Walker Cup is all
about. To this day,” Gray adds, “I still get emotional just thinking about how it brought both sides so much closer. Many of us are still good friends to this day.”
“When I look back on those two Walker Cups, even though
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Cup.’ I never forgot that. It perfectly summarizes what’s so special
the Americans by a margin on 16.5 to 9.5, with Rickie Fowler and
about the Cup, win or lose.”
Peter Uihlein both amassing 4-0-0 records. For the United States,
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McNealy and Doug Ghim – finished 4-0 in competition. “It was great to claim the Cup back,” Captain Miller allows. “Looking back, I’d learned a few things about player chemistry
it was the third consecutive Walker Cup victory. “For me this was such a different experience than County
from the previous Match and this one was made even more
Down. If Ireland was fun but nerve-wracking, Merion was
memorable by the unique atmosphere. The weather was beautiful
IN 2007, a veteran of more than 60 USGA Amateur Championships,
stressful and very emotional for me,” remembers Marucci. “Part
and the club members fully embraced the event with large
George Ernest “Buddy” Marucci -- probably best known for
of that was probably because I grew up across the street from the
and enthusiastic crowds for both sides. That made it a magical
battling 19-year-old Tiger Woods in the final round of the 1995
course and had been playing it since I was ten years old. It meant
experience for everyone, especially satisfying for the team.”
U.S. Amateur, taking him to the 36th hole before the issue was
so much to me to see the kids playing for our country there. Rickie
settled -- was selected to lead a gifted American team headlined
kind of took the leadership role on the team, and just seeing what
by future PGA Tour stars Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and
this meant in the eyes of guys like Drew Weaver, Adam Mitchell
Webb Simpson to Northern Ireland’s Royal County Down Golf
and Brian Harmon reminded me of how I felt when I made the
FITTINGLY, the 47th Walker Cup Match was staged at Hoylake,
Club, where they authored a thrilling one-point victory, 12 ½
Walker Cup team at age 43. It couldn’t have been more special.”
England’s Royal Liverpool Golf Club, site of the friendly bilateral
Buddy Marucci
match in 1921 between the top amateur golfers of Britain and
to 11 ½, over a plucky home team that featured its own future professionals, Rory McIlroy and Danny Willett. Marucci sums up the Match as “such a special week, probably the most fulfilling
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Nathaniel Crosby
America that formally blossomed into the Walker Cup Match just
John “Spider” Miller
one year later.
experience of my golfing life, a true nail-biter to the end.” He
THE EIGHTH SEMINOLE MEMBER to carry the mantle of
America’s Walker Cup hopes for 2019 were placed in the
notes that he had a couple primary goals for the week. “One was
Walker Cup captaincy was genial John “Spider” Miller, the two-
hands of 1981 U.S. Amateur Champion Nathaniel Crosby, who
to make sure that we did everything the right way by properly
time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion and 1999 Walker Cupper who
something in themselves and rise to the occasion. Win or lose, it’s
grew up playing at Seminole and went on to be part of the1982
representing our country, amateur golf and the spirit of the
guided a group of fellow Mid-Am champions and highly regarded
an experience you never forget.”
World Amateur Team Championship and 1983 Walker Cup
Walker Cup. That means showing great respect to our hosts and
Palmer Cup teammates to Royal Lytham in 2015 for the 45th Match
Miller returned as the USA’s non-playing captain for the 2017
squad that claimed a 13.5-10.5 victory at Royal Liverpool under
the privilege of playing on such a grand stage. I also wanted our
against a GB&I squad that featured only one world Top Ten ranked
Walker Cup Match at historic Los Angeles Country Club, only the
playing-captain Jay Sigel. After college at the University of Miami,
guys to thoroughly enjoy themselves, especially at a spectacular
player. Once again, however, the home team rose splendidly to the
second time the event had been staged in California. Following a
Crosby played the professional tour overseas before regaining his
place like County Down with 12,000 spectators watching. These
occasion -- forging a relatively easy 15-9 victory that went into
split in Day 1’s opening foursomes, highlighted by a dominating
amateur status and joining Seminole in 2003. “Having missed
are lifetime events, ones none of us will ever forget.”
the books as the largest margin yet by GB&I Walker Cup team.
8 & 7 win by Colin Morakowa and Norman Xiong, Team USA
decades of amateur competition, it was nice to be recognized
The thoughtful fifty-five-year-old Pennsylvanian reprised his
“Looking back,” Miller says candidly, “we were soundly beaten.
took seven of eight singles matches in the afternoon en route to
by the USGA by being selected to be a Walker Cup captain
non-playing captain’s role two years later at Merion Golf Club, his
Their side was really inspired. But our guys fought it out hard to the
the largest win by a USA team in 20 years, 19-7. For the first time
-- especially returning to Hoylake,” he says, where he played
home club, with a USA team that got off to a hot start by claiming
very end and I was incredibly proud of that fact. There’s no sugar
in Cup history, three Americans -- Colin Morikawa, Maverick
sparingly in 1983 but came away with a 1-1-0 record.
the first three matches of Day 1’s foursomes, followed by five of
coating the matter -- we were simply outplayed. But we learned
the available eight points in singles competition that afternoon.
something important about ourselves. And at the end of the day,
Another 3-1 foursomes win to start Day 2 clinched the deal for
that’s what make a Walker Cup experience so special. Players find
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anywhere else, starting with with my dad, brother and George
personal memories and generational friendships that we will
Coleman when I was 14.”
carry till the end of our days.” His friendship with Gary Koch, he
He pauses and adds, “It’s going to be an incredible week and
notes, began as teammates in foursomes at a pair of Walker Cups
very emotional me for me, quite frankly, given what Seminole and
in 1973 and 1975 respectively, blossoming into a close friendship
the Walker Cup both mean to amateur golf. I’ll probably need
and eventually a professional relationship that continues to this
divine intervention from George and my dad just to get through it.”
day. Likewise, Dick Siderowf and Jerry Pate began their longtime friendship in foursomes at St Andrews in 1975 and still travel
THOUGH EACH of Seminole’s seven living Walker Cup captains
together with their wives to Walker Cup Matches at home and
holds memories unique to their time of guiding Team USA, they
abroad. “It’s the friendships that make these reunions so great,”
share a belief that it’s the lasting relationships that develop from
he explains. “Every Walker Cup has them. The camaraderie is
the game’s most prestigious amateur team event that resonates
incredible. And when they play national anthems and raise the
most powerfully as the years go by.
flags – oh, man, that still gets you.”
“You almost can’t put it into words,” admits Downing Gray. “It’s a bonding experience and a rite of passage. You start out as a
“Given what this means to amateur golf and what the Walker
other but are transformed by the challenge of playing together as
Cup means to Seminole,” says the de facto Dean of Walker Cup
a team, win or lose, for your country, in a spotlight on the world
captains, “I and every other former captain certainly plan to be on
stage. How amazing is that? It’s the same for both sides, by the
hand for the party.”
more exciting for the fans and incredibly fulfilling for me,” Crosby
way, the emotion and pageantry, an experience unlike any other.
John Augenstein, Johnny Pak and Andy Ogletree ended Day 1
allows. “Given the amazing setting – Hoylake, where the spirit of
It stays with you.”
two points behind a motivated GB&I team and was still down
the Match was really born -- it was very emotional for everyone
a point following Day 2 foursomes. “I told the guys to go out
on both sides, certainly a high point of my long journey in golf.” To be selected as Team USA Captain for the 48th playing
fullest,” Crosby remembers. “They did just that and then some.”
of the Match at Seminole, Crosby concedes, is icing on the cake.
A final day surge in afternoon singles by Team USA notched
“It’s an incredible honor and I almost have to pinch myself to
victories in eight of ten concluding matches producing a winning
realize it’s happening again,” he says. “Seminole means so much
margin of 15.5-10.5. “To comeback the way we did made it even
to me because I probably played more rounds of golf here than
gets under way at Seminole this week.
group of individually talented players who really don’t know each
An American side bolstered by collegiate stars Brandon Wu,
and have fun, to play hard and enjoy this rare experience to the
Siderowf notes that he will be 83 when the 48th Walker Cup
“What comes out of it,” agrees Vinny Giles, “is incredible
“Best of all,” he adds with a wry chuckle. “We have an apartment a mile away from the course. I can always just walk over.”
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