Walker Cup
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The Walker Cup is a prestigious biennial amateur golf team competition between the United States and Great Britain & Ireland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walker Cup canonical | 6 |
| Great Britain and Ireland in Ryder Cup | 1 |
| Walker Cup 1989 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6106372 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walker Cup Context triple: [United States Golf Association, coOrganizes, Walker Cup]
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A.
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial men’s golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States, renowned as one of the sport’s most prestigious and passionately contested events.
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B.
Alfred Dunhill Cup
The Alfred Dunhill Cup was an international team golf tournament held annually at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland from 1985 to 2000.
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C.
Rumbelows Cup
The Rumbelows Cup was the sponsored name for the English Football League Cup during the early 1990s, reflecting a period when the competition was branded by the electronics retail chain Rumbelows.
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D.
Masters Trophy
The Masters Trophy is the iconic silver prize awarded to the winner of golf’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
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E.
American Cup
The American Cup is an elite international gymnastics competition that has featured top athletes such as Mary Lou Retton.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walker Cup Target entity description: The Walker Cup is a prestigious biennial amateur golf team competition between the United States and Great Britain & Ireland.
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A.
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial men’s golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States, renowned as one of the sport’s most prestigious and passionately contested events.
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B.
Alfred Dunhill Cup
The Alfred Dunhill Cup was an international team golf tournament held annually at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland from 1985 to 2000.
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C.
Rumbelows Cup
The Rumbelows Cup was the sponsored name for the English Football League Cup during the early 1990s, reflecting a period when the competition was branded by the electronics retail chain Rumbelows.
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D.
Masters Trophy
The Masters Trophy is the iconic silver prize awarded to the winner of golf’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
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E.
American Cup
The American Cup is an elite international gymnastics competition that has featured top athletes such as Mary Lou Retton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amateur golf team competition
ⓘ
biennial sporting event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Walker Cup Match NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternatingVenues |
Great Britain and Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
amateur sports competition
ⓘ
golf tournament ⓘ international sports competition ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | international ⓘ |
| competitionType | team competition ⓘ |
| continentTeam1 | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentTeam2 | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryTeam1 | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryTeam2 | Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHeld | 1922 ⓘ |
| format | match play ⓘ |
| frequency | every two years ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingBodyTeam1 | United States Golf Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyTeam2 | The R&A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inauguralVenue | National Golf Links of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| matchTypes |
foursomes
ⓘ
singles ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Herbert Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
The R&A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Golf Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantType | amateur golfers ⓘ |
| playedOn | 18-hole golf courses ⓘ |
| regionTeam1 | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionTeam2 |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition |
Curtis Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eisenhower Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoringSystem | points-based team total ⓘ |
| sport | golf ⓘ |
| status | one of the most prestigious events in amateur golf ⓘ |
| teamSelectionBasis | top amateur players ⓘ |
| teamSize |
10 players
ⓘ
plus captain ⓘ |
| trophy | Walker Cup trophy ⓘ |
| usualMonth | September ⓘ |
| website |
https://www.randa.org
ⓘ
https://www.usga.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walker Cup Description of subject: The Walker Cup is a prestigious biennial amateur golf team competition between the United States and Great Britain & Ireland.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Great Britain and Ireland in Ryder Cup
this entity surface form:
Walker Cup 1989