Golf Compendium

The 34th Curtis Cup went to Team USA by a comfortable margin. With the result here, the overall standing in the series was 26 wins for the USA, eight for GB&I.

This was the 33rd time the Curtis Cup was played, and Team USA claimed the close victory. Following this result, the overall series standing was 25 wins for the USA, eight for GB&I.

The 2019 Walker Cup will be the 47th time the tournament is played. The Walker Cup is a biennial tournament for top male amateur golfers, between teams representing Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) and the United States (USA). The USA leads the overall series with a 36-9-1 record.

The 2017 Walker Cup resulted in a runaway victory for Team USA. Following this result, the overall standing in the series was 36 wins for Team USA, nine for Team GB&I and one tie.

It was a seven-point victory for Team USA at the 2009 Walker Cup, which was the 42nd time the tournament was played. With this result, the overall standing in series history was 34 wins for Team USA, seven for Team GB&I, and one tie.

At various points in the rules of golf, golfers are told to measure one "club-length" or two "club-lengths" in order to conduct a drop. The drop might be free relief from, for example, abnormal course conditions, or it might be a penalty drop. Either way, the rules tell us to use "club-lengths." That means taking out a golf club and laying it on the ground to measure from where your ball is to where the drop area is. Which brings us to the question in the headline: Can you use any club in your bag to measure a club-length? Can you use a long putter?

Team USA eked out the one-point victory in the 2007 Walker Cup, the 41st time this tournament was played. Following that result, the overall standing in the series was 33 wins for Team USA, seven for Team GB&I and one tie.

The 2011 Walker Cup was the 43rd time the tournament was played. Following the GB&I victory, the overall record in the event was 33 wins for Team USA, nine for Team GB&I, and one tie.

An 8-point win was Team USA's largest since the 1997 Walker Cup. Following this result, the all-time standing in the tournament was 34 wins for Team USA, nine for Team GB&I, and one tie.