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| Dates | 5–6 September 1991 | ||||
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| Venue | Portmarnock Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland | ||||
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| United States wins the Walker Cup | |||||
The 1991 Walker Cup, the 33rd Walker Cup Match, was played on 5 and 6 September 1991, at Portmarnock Golf Club, Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland. The event was won by the United States 14 to 10.
The format for play on Thursday and Friday 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 was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team. [1]
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Captain: 
George Macgregor
Captain: Jim Gabrielsen
 &  | Results |  |
|---|---|---|
| Milligan/Hay |  5 & 3 | Mickelson/May |
| Payne/Evans | 1 up | Duval/Sposa |
| McGimpsey/Willison | 1 up | Voges/Eger |
| McGinley/Harrington | 2 & 1 | Sigel/Doyle |
| 0 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 0 | Overall | 4 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Coltart | 4 & 3 | Phil Mickelson |
| Jim Payne |   3 & 1 | Franklin Langham |
| Gary Evans | 2 & 1 | David Duval |
| Ricky Willison | 2 & 1 | Bob May |
| Garth McGimpsey | 1 up | Mike Sposa |
| Paul McGinley | 6 & 4 | Allen Doyle |
| Garry Hay | 1 up | Tom Scherrer |
| Liam White | 4 & 3 | Jay Sigel |
| 4 | Singles | 4 |
| 4 | Overall | 8 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Milligan/McGimpsey | 2 & 1 | Voges/Eger |
| Payne/Willison | 1 up | Duval/Sposa |
| Evans/Coltart | 4 & 3 | Langham/Scherrer |
| White/McGinley | 1 up | Mickelson/May |
| 3 | Foursomes | 1 |
| 7 | Overall | 9 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Milligan | 1 up | Phil Mickelson |
| Jim Payne | 2 & 1 | Allen Doyle |
| Gary Evans | 4 & 2 | Franklin Langham |
| Andrew Coltart | 1 up | Jay Sigel |
| Ricky Willison | 3 & 2 | Tom Scherrer |
| Pádraig Harrington | 3 & 2 | David Eger |
| Garth McGimpsey | 4 & 3 | Bob May |
| Garry Hay | 3 & 1 | Mitch Voges |
| 3 | Singles | 5 |
| 10 | Overall | 14 |
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