The Americas Cup was a biennial men's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from the United States, Canada and Mexico. It was held nine times between 1952 and 1967. The United States won all the matches except in 1965 when Canada won the cup.

The matches followed on from an informal match that had been played in 1951 at Saucon Valley Country Club between teams from the United States and Canada. A trophy was donated by Jerome P. Bowes, Jr.

The event was held in even-numbered years from 1952 to 1960 when there was no Walker Cup match. However from 1961 to 1967 it was held in odd-numbered years, to avoid clashing with the Eisenhower Trophy which started in 1958 and was held in even-numbered years. The venue cycled between the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Until 1967 teams consisted of seven players, six of whom played in each session. In 1967 the teams were reduced to five with four playing in each session.

All nine events were held over two days. Matchplay threesomes were used in which each of the three played the other two simultaneously. Alternate-shot matches were played as well as single matches. In 1952 and 1954, 36-hole matches were played with extra holes played to obtain a result. There were three sets of alternate-shot matches on the first day and six sets of singles on the second day. From 1956, all matches were over 18 holes; extra holes were not played. Until 1967, there were three sets of alternate-shot matches and six sets of singles on both days. In 1967, there were only two sets of alternate-shot matches and four sets of singles each day.

Results Year Dates Venue Winners Points Second Points Third Points Ref 1952 Aug 14–15 Seattle Golf Club 12 10 5 1954 Aug 12–13 London Hunt and Golf Club 14 13 0 1956 Oct 27–28 Club Campestre de la Ciudad de México 29½ 13 11½ 1958 Sep 5–6 Olympic Country Club 30 17 7 1960 Aug 11–12 Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club 21½ 20 12½ 1961 Oct 21–22 Club Campestre Monterrey 29 14 11 1963 Sep 5–6 Wakonda Club 26½ 19½ 8 1965 Aug 6–7 St. Charles Country Club 22 19½ 12½ 1967 Oct 7–8 Guadalahara Country Club 14½ 11½ 10

Appearances The following are those who have played in at least one of the matches.

United States Don Allen 1965, 1967 Rex Baxter 1958 Deane Beman 1960, 1961, 1963 Joe Campbell 1956 William C. Campbell 1952, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1967 Don Cherry 1954, 1960 Charles Coe 1952, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 Joe Conrad 1954, 1956 Richard Davies 1963 Bob Dickson 1967 Dave Eichelberger 1965 Joe Gagliardi 1952 Robert W. Gardner 1961 Vinny Giles 1967 Downing Gray 1965, 1967 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 John Mark Hopkins 1965 Bill Hyndman 1958, 1960, 1961 John Konsek 1960 Dale Morey 1954, 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1960, 1961 Billy Joe Patton 1954, 1956, 1958, 1963 Hillman Robbins 1956, 1958 Charlie Smith 1961 Frank Stranahan 1952 R. H. Sikes 1963 Bud Taylor 1958, 1960 Ed Tutwiler 1965 Ed Updegraff 1963 Sam Urzetta 1952 Ken Venturi 1952, 1956 Harvie Ward 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 Dudley Wysong 1961

Canada Keith Alexander 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 Doug Bajus 1956, 1958 Gordon Ball 1958 Phil Brownlee 1960 Bruce Castator 1958 Percy Clogg 1952 Gary Cowan 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 Don Doe 1954 Phil Farley 1952, 1954 Bob Fleming 1954 Ted Homenuik 1961 Eric Hudson 1958 John Johnston 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967 Peter Kelly 1952 Ben Kern 1967 Jerry Kesselring 1952 Bob Kidd 1956, 1958 George Knudson 1956 Joe Leblanc 1956 Gordon Mackenzie 1956 Jerry Magee 1956 Bill Mawhinney 1952^ Walter McElroy 1952, 1954 Moe Norman 1954 Bill Pidlaski 1963, 1965 John Russell 1967 Douglas Silverberg 1954, 1956, 1963, 1965 Bert Ticehurst 1961, 1963, 1965 Bill Wakeham 1963 Nick Weslock 1952, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 Ron Willey 1960 Bob Wylie 1960, 1961

Mexico Hector Alvarez 1960, 1961, 1967 Reynaldo Avila 1952 Carlos Belmont 1952, 1954 Luis Brauer 1963 Percy Clifford 1952 Alejandro Cumming 1952, 1954, 1956 Juan Antonio Estrada 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 Enrique Farias 1958, 1961 Fernando Garza 1960 Fernando Gonzalez 1952 Roberto Halpern 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967 Tomás Lehmann 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 Ignacio Lopez 1956, 1958 Fernando Mendez 1954, 1956, 1958 Jorge Molinar 1965 Roberto Morris 1952, 1954 Jose Luis Ortega 1958, 1963 Carlos Porraz 1952^, 1954 Rafael Quiroz 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 Antonio Rivas 1954, 1956 Armando Rivero 1956 Agustin Silveyra 1963, 1965 Mauricio Urdaneta 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 Ricardo Vega 1965

^ In the final team but did not play in any matches.

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