{"id":8448,"date":"2013-09-06T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=8448"},"modified":"2013-09-06T14:01:45","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:01:45","slug":"walker-cup-2013-first-thoughts-and-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/walker-cup-2013-first-thoughts-and-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Cup 2013: First Thoughts And Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two stories are being told this week on the eastern end of Long Island. The more important is a biennial match between male amateur golfers from Great Britain\/Ireland and the USA. Teams from America, professional and amateur, female and male, are on a losing streak of unthinkable proportion, most recently at the Solheim Cup in August. The Walker Cup is an opportunity to reverse the trend against a strong European side. The second story isolates a golf course that occupies a unique place in architectural history. National Golf Links of America is the crowning achievement of Charles Blair MacDonald and exemplifies a template-hole approach to design. Since it is most private, the majority of golfers have not seen it in person. The 2013 Walker Cup offers a glimpse inside the perimeter of the club.<\/p>\n

Throughout the weekend, I’ll do my best job of relaying interesting notes and images of the event and the grounds of the club. To begin, here is a gallery of images from Friday morning, the official practice day before competition begins on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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