2005 Walker Cup Chicago Golf Club USGA Pewter Plate

Commemorative USGA Pewter Plate from the 2005 Walker Cup, held at Chicago Golf Club. Crafted by Wilton Armetale with a detailed shallow relief, this 10¾" plate comes complete in its original box and official USGA sticker. The 40th Walker Cup matches delivered pure drama on the oldest 18-hole course in North America, one of the original five founding clubs of the USGA (1894), with the U.S. squad edging out Great Britain & Ireland 12.5 to 11.5. United States captain: Bob Lewis. Anthony Kim, Brian Harman (future 2023 Open Champion), J.B. Holmes, Jeff Overton, Matt Every, Billy Hurley III, Michael Putnam, Kyle Reifers, Nicholas Thompson, Lee Williams. All 10 members of the U.S. squad went on to earn PGA Tour cards. Great Britain & Ireland captain: Garth McGimpsey. Oliver Fisher (at 16, the youngest player in Walker Cup history at the time), Richie Ramsay (future 2006 U.S. Amateur Champion), Rhys Davies, Robert Dinwiddie, Nigel Edwards, Gary Lockerbie, Brian McElhinney, Matthew Richardson, Lloyd Saltman, Gary Wolstenholme.