
Tickets on sale for for GB and I v United States
NEWS RELEASE FROM R and A
Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Walker Cup match which will be
played at Royal Lytham and St Annes on Saturday-Sunday, September 12-13. The 45th Walker Cup will see the Great Britain and Ireland
team looking to win back the trophy after the USA’s convincing 17-9
victory in the 2013 match at the National Golf Links of America in
Southampton, New York.
On each day of competition,
there will be four morning foursome matches, followed by afternoon
singles matches. On Saturday, there will be eight singles matches, and
on Sunday all ten players from each side will feature in the afternoon.
Royal Lytham has a strong
association with amateur golf and welcomes leading amateurs to its
historic links each year for the Lytham Trophy, which gets underway
today. The club has also hosted four Amateur Championships and was the
venue for amateur Bobby Jones’ first Open victory in 1926. It has hosted
The Open on a further ten occasions, most recently in 2012 when Ernie
Els lifted the Claret Jug, and also staged the Ryder Cup in 1961 and
1977.
Notable players that have
competed in the Walker Cup include the 2015 Masters Champion Jordan
Spieth, of the United States, who won both of his singles matches at the
2011 Walker Cup at Royal Aberdeen, and world number one and 2014 Open
Champion Rory McIlroy who played in the 2007 match at Royal County Down.
Other past Walker Cup players include Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil
Mickelson, Justin Rose and Padraig Harrington.
“Many of golf’s greatest players
have competed in the Walker Cup over the years and it is one of the
sport’s most captivating events. We can expect a wonderful display of
golf this year at Royal Lytham where the leading amateurs of America and
Great Britain and Ireland will compete to win the prestigious Walker
Cup trophy,” said Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, Executive Director –
Championships at The R and A.
Daily tickets cost £30 for
adults while juniors under 16 years of age will be admitted free of
charge when accompanied by an adult.
Labels: WALKER CUP
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