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6 Walker Cup Match2011 Match NotesWeatherShowers and breezy on Saturday morning with highs in thehigh 50s. There was a slight clearing in the afternoon followedby wind and heavy rain and eventually sunshine. Sunday wassunny and blustery in the morning with winds gusting to 35mph, and warmer with less wind in the afternoon.NotesGreat Britain and Ireland won the Match for the first time since2003 … The GB&I side has won four of the last five competitionson home soil … Nathan Smith and Peter Uihlein ofthe USA also represented their country in the 2009 Match atMerion Golf Club … Uihlein is now 4-0 in Match singles, justone win behind Bob Jones in USA records … Stiggy Hodgsonwas the only returning member of the Great Britain andIreland side from that Match … Smith, at 32, was the oldestplayer in the competition … Rhys Pugh, 17, of GB&I, was theyoungest player … Royal Aberdeen Golf Club is the sixtholdestgolf course in the world , having opened in 1780 … USACaptain Jim Holtgrieve (with three) and GB&I’s Nigel Edwards(with four) combined for seven appearances as participants inthe Walker Cup … In the 13 matches held in Scotland, the USAleads the series 9-4.Walker Cup