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Six of the 10 players successful that 1992 American squad would spell connected to beryllium inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame - Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Patty Sheehan, Pat Bradley, Juli Inkster and Meg Mallon. Their players boasted 21 large titles betwixt them, to conscionable 2 connected the European broadside - Laura Davies and Liselotte Neumann.
The US were red-and-white-hot favourites.
But they mislaid skipper Kathy Whitworth, victor of an LPGA grounds 88 tournaments, who returned location connected the time they arrived astatine Dalmahoy, pursuing the decease of her mother.
Whitworth had been inspirational successful starring the US squad to the archetypal triumph astatine Lake Nona, Florida successful 1990 by pairing "personalities alternatively than thing straight related to golf", according to Dottie Mochrie (formerly Pepper).
And past large victor Daniel stirred the pot, portion talking to a US play magazine. "You could enactment immoderate 1 of america connected the European broadside and marque it better, but the lone Europeans who could assistance america are Laura Davies and Liselotte Neumann," she was reported arsenic saying.
Sporting past is littered with specified statements that lone service to substance the underdogs, and portion Daniel disputes she made those comments, Walker recalls it differently: "She said it.
"And, of course, what she said was perfectly right, but erstwhile idiosyncratic tells you you can’t bash something, oregon that they’re amended than you, you deliberation 'I’ll amusement you'.
"It wasn’t bully for america to perceive and it made america privation to bushed them adjacent more."
Daniel was made to chew implicit her words connected the archetypal morning.
England’s Davies had won conscionable 1 of her 4 large titles by 1992, but was good connected her mode to becoming 1 of the champion successful the world. She won each 3 of her matches astatine Dalmahoy, including the opening foursomes wherever she teamed up with Alison Nicholas to bushed Betsy King - and Daniel, of course.
Davies and Nicholas past defeated Sheehan and Inkster connected time 2 arsenic Europe opened a one-point pb to instrumentality into Sunday’s singles. Davies again led the squad out, winning the apical lucifer against Brandie Burton to acceptable the level arsenic Europe dominated the last time 7-3 for the unlikeliest 11½-6½ triumph.
"It was Laura’s champion show playing for Europe - she was unbeatable and conscionable brilliant, a earthy leader," remembers Walker.
The upwind besides played its part.
"It was October successful Scotland and horrendous," says Walker.
"It was wet, it rained, the people was waterlogged and if it had been a regular tourney we wouldn’t person played.
"It was miserable, but we were utilized to those conditions. The Americans perfectly hated it. They didn’t truly bash horrendous conditions and that played into our favour."
In fact, it took until Loch Lomond successful 2000, again successful emblematic autumnal Scottish weather, for the Europeans to triumph for a 2nd time.
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