2019 Walker Cup

The 47th Walker Cup Match was played 7 and 8 September 2019 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside, England. Royal Liverpool hosted the 1983 Walker Cup. The United States won by 15½ points to 10½. They trailed 7½ to 8½ coming in to the final day singles but won 8 of the 10 matches to win convincingly.

47th Walker Cup Match
Dates7–8 September 2019
VenueRoyal Liverpool Golf Club
LocationHoylake, Merseyside, England
Captains

 10½ 15½
United States wins the Walker Cup

Format

On Saturday, there were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there were four matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by ten singles matches (involving every player) in the afternoon. In all, 26 matches were played.

Each of the 26 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 13½ points won the competition. In the event of a tie, the previous winner would retain the Cup.

Teams

Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland played in the event with each team having a non-playing captain. The two teams were announced following the U.S. Amateur.

Craig Watson was the captain of the Great Britain & Ireland team, while Nathaniel Crosby captained the United States team.[1]

& Great Britain & Ireland
Name Rank Age Notes
Craig Watson 53 non-playing captain
Alex Fitzpatrick 41 20
Conor Gough 2 16
Harry Hall 76 21
Thomas Plumb 138 20
Conor Purcell 16 21
Caolan Rafferty 23 26
Sandy Scott 51 20
Tom Sloman 35 22
James Sugrue 62 22
Euan Walker 14 24

Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

U.S. Team

The first three members of the team were selected in July 2019 as the leading three Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. They were Texas sophomore Cole Hammer, high school senior Akshay Bhatia and mid-amateur Stewart Hagestad. The final members of the team were announced on 18 August 2019. With his victory in the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort, Georgia Tech senior Andy Ogletree earned an automatic place in the team. John Augenstein, who lost to Ogletree in the U.S. Amateur final was also chosen. Also selected were one current college golfer, John Pak of Florida State, and four recent graduates: Steven Fisk (Georgia Southern), Alex Smalley (Duke), Isaiah Salinda (Stanford), and Brandon Wu (Stanford). The USGA named two alternates for the team: Chandler Phillips and Ricky Castillo.[2]

   USA
Name Rank Age Notes
Nathaniel Crosby 57 non-playing captain
John Augenstein 38 21
Akshay Bhatia 5 17
Steven Fisk 12 22
Stewart Hagestad 7 28 Played in 2017 Walker Cup
Cole Hammer 1 19
Andy Ogletree 120 21
John Pak 25 20
Isaiah Salinda 20 22
Alex Smalley 18 22
Brandon Wu 11 22

Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Fitzpatrick/Purcell 2 & 1 Augenstein/Ogletree
Scott/Walker 2 & 1 Pak/Salinda
Hall/Gough 2 & 1 Hagestad/Bhatia
Sloman/Plumb 2 & 1 Wu/Smalley
2 Foursomes 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon singles
& Results
Alex Fitzpatrick 2 up Cole Hammer
Euan Walker 2 up Steven Fisk
Sandy Scott 1 up Andy Ogletree
Conor Purcell 2 & 1 John Augenstein
James Sugrue 1 up John Pak
Conor Gough 2 up Isaiah Salinda
Caolan Rafferty 2 & 1 Alex Smalley
Tom Sloman 4 & 2 Brandon Wu
5 Singles 3
7 Overall 5

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes
& Results
Fitzpatrick/Purcell 2 & 1 Wu/Smalley
Walker/Scott halved Ogletree/Augenstein
Hall/Gough 3 & 2 Hagestad/Bhatia
Sloman/Plumb 5 & 3 Hammer/Fisk
1½ Foursomes 2½
8½ Overall 7½

Afternoon singles
& Results
Alex Fitzpatrick 2 up Isaiah Salinda
Euan Walker 2 & 1 John Pak
Sandy Scott 4 & 3 Brandon Wu
Caolan Rafferty 2 & 1 Alex Smalley
Harry Hall 5 & 3 Stewart Hagestad
Conor Gough 2 & 1 Andy Ogletree
Thomas Plumb 4 & 3 John Augenstein
James Sugrue 4 & 2 Akshay Bhatia
Conor Purcell 6 & 5 Cole Hammer
Tom Sloman 2 up Steven Fisk
2 Singles 8
10½ Overall 15½

References
  1. "Meet the 2019 Walker Cup Captains". Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. Herrington, Ryan (18 August 2019). "U.S. Amateur finalists round out the 2019 U.S. Walker Cup squad as final team selections are made". Golf Digest. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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