1936 - Team (All)
The winners in the category "1936 - Team (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (3rd). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in three foursomes and six singles. Result: USA 4.5, GB&I 4.5. Playing captain: Glenna Collett Vare (USA); non-playing captain: Doris Chambers (Eng/GB&I). [King's course, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire].
WEDNESDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Wanda Morgan (Eng) lost to Glenna Collett Vare 3&2; Helen Holm (Scot) bt Patty Berg 4&3; Pam Barton (Eng) lost to Charlotte Glutting 1 hole; Maureen Crews (née Orcutt) bt Pat Walker (Ire) 1 hole; Jessie Anderson (Scot) bt Leona Cheney 1 hole; Marjorie Ross Garon (Eng) bt Opal Hill 7&5.
Bridget Newell (Eng), Phyllis Wade (Eng), Aniela Goldthwaite (USA) and Marion Miley (USA) did not play in any matches.
NOTE: With the match tied, the USA retained the Cup as holders. The whole event was completed in one day (Weds, May 6).
Team Events
R&A / USGA
The Walker Cup (9th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Ten top amateurs per team competing in four foursomes and eight singles. Result: USA 9, GB&I 0; no points awarded for the three halved matches. Non-playing captains: Francis Ouimet (USA); Dr William "Bill" Tweddell (Eng/GB&I). [Pine Valley GC, Clementon, New Jersey].
THURSDAY SINGLES (eight 36-hole matches; home player stated first): Johnny Goodman bt Hector Thomson (Scot) 3&2; Albert W. "Scotty" Campbell bt Jack McLean (Scot) 5&4; Johnny Fischer bt Cecil Ewing (Ire) 8&7; Reynolds Smith bt G. Alex Hill (Eng) 11&9; Walter Emery bt Gordon Peters (Scot) 1 hole; Charlie Yates bt J. Morton Dykes (Scot) 8&7; George Dunlap Jr bt Harry Bentley (Eng); Ed White bt John Langley (Eng) 6&5.
Harry Givan (USA) and George Voigt (USA) were not involved in the singles. Percy "Laddie" Lucas (Eng) and Bill Tweddell (GB capt, eligible to play) did not play in any of the matches.
NOTE: Although the GB team narrowly avoided being whitewashed in 1928, 1930, 1932 and 1934, their luck finally ran out at Pine Valley in 1936. Against all expectations they bounced back to win the next Walker Cup match in 1938 at St Andrews.
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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