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 will be four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there will again four matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by ten singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 26 matches will be played.
Each of the 26 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 13½ points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the previous winner retains 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.
Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

U.S. Team

The first three members of the team were selected in July 2019 based on being 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, Alex Smalley, Isaiah Salinda, and Brandon Wu. The USGA named two alternates for the team: Chandler Phillips and Ricky Castillo.
Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

Afternoon singles

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

Afternoon singles