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- ↑ "2011 Walker Cup Match – Media Guide" (PDF). USGA. pp. 12–3. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "Britain's year in the Walker Cup?". Lewiston Morning Tribune . Lewiston, Idaho. Associated Press. 24 August 1977. p. 2B. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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