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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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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.

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.

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

United States   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

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Fitzpatrick/Purcell United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Augenstein/Ogletree
Scott/Walker United States 2 & 1 Pak/Salinda
Hall/Gough United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Hagestad/Bhatia
Sloman/Plumb United States 2 & 1 Wu/Smalley
2 Foursomes 2
2 Overall 2

Afternoon singles

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

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Fitzpatrick/Purcell United States 2 & 1 Wu/Smalley
Walker/Scott halved Ogletree/Augenstein
Hall/Gough United States 3 & 2 Hagestad/Bhatia
Sloman/Plumb United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 3 Hammer/Fisk
Foursomes
Overall

Afternoon singles

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Alex Fitzpatrick United States 2 up Isaiah Salinda
Euan Walker United States 2 & 1 John Pak
Sandy Scott United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 3 Brandon Wu
Caolan Rafferty United States 2 & 1 Alex Smalley
Harry Hall United States 5 & 3 Stewart Hagestad
Conor Gough United States 2 & 1 Andy Ogletree
Thomas Plumb United States 4 & 3 John Augenstein
James Sugrue United States 4 & 2 Akshay Bhatia
Conor Purcell United States 6 & 5 Cole Hammer
Tom Sloman United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 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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