Americas Cup Remains in the United States

AMERICAS CUP REMAINS North American Neighbors IN THE UNITED STATES Meet in Mexico • here is such great disparity in the size The final tally was: United States, 29; T of golf in Canada, Mexico and the Canada, 14; Mexico, 11. All matches were United States that a meaningful compe- at 18 holes; there were three three-ball tition among them might seem impossi- "sixsomes" each morning and six three- ble. Mexico has about 35 courses, of ball individual matches in the afternoon. which some six are 18 holes; Canada has The rivalry between Canada and Mexi- 600-odd courses; the United States has co for second place was keen. After the more than 6,000. first day Mexico had 8 points and Canada But the differences are narrowed when 4%, and hopes of the hosts ran high, only the three North American neighbors to be dashed by a strong Canadian rally come together in the Americas Golf Cup the second day. Match. Their meetings are always ex- Even so, it should be recorded that pressive of the remarkable international there has been marked development in friendship existing on our continent. This the quality of play of Mexico's repre- is what the Americas Cup is all about; sentatives in the nine years since the golf scores take second place, and the series was started. They are almost all game becomes a medium for a more young players, and their style of play significant interchange. appears to improve steadily. The Ameri- The sixth Match for the Americas Cup cas Cup series has doubtless provided a was held in October in Monterrey, Mexi- helpful incentive. co; it was excellently presented over the For the United States, Deane Beman, fine course of the Monterrey Country Robert Gardner and William Hyndman, Club, which nestles among beautiful jag- III, each won all four possible points in ged-peak mountains. The course is 7,063 individual play; Charles B. Smith won yards long and is a good test. 3%. Jack Nicklaus and Dudley Wysong, The clubhouse, miraculously built in Jr., swept their four points as an alter- less than a year, is an architect's delight. nate-stroke "sixsome" pair. Nicklaus, our It sits atop an eminence in the center of National Champion, halved three of his the course, an almost circular structure four individual matches and won the of tasteful modern design which cleverly other. Charles R. Coe served as playing has six greens at its feet. It was a magni- Captain, just as he did for the inaugural ficent location for the thrilling flag-rais- match in 1952. ing and flag-lowering ceremonies which our Mexican friends introduced to golf. The Canadian team comprised R. Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, Ted Homenuik, Some Close Squeaks John Johnston, Bert Ticehurst, Nick Wes- As expected, the United States with its lock, Robert Wylie, with Albert Rolland wealth of amateur golfing talent has won as non-playing Captain. all six meetings for the Americas Cup. Mexico's representatives were Hector There have been some close squeaks- Alvarez, Juan Antonio Estrada, Enrique once our margin was one point, another Farias, Roberto Halpern, Tomas Lehman, time two points, and last year 1% points. Rafael Quiroz, Mauricio Urdaneta and At Monterrey, Mexico's, brilliant Rodrigo Medellin, non-playing Captain. youngsters led after the first morning's The Americas Cup, presented by the three-ball "sixsomes," with 41;2points to late Jerome P. Bowes, Jr., of Chicago, is 4 for the United States and % for Cana- normally played for every other year. da. But that afternoon the Americans The date was advanced this year from pulled away in three-ball individual play 1962 to avoid conflict with the World and kept going throughout the second Amateur Team Championship to be play- day. ed in Japan next October. USGA JOURNAL AND TURF MANAGEMENT: NOVEMBER, 1961 13.

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