2019 Walker Cup

47th Walker Cup Match
Dates	7–8 September 2019
Venue	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Location	Hoylake, Merseyside, England
Captains	Craig Watson (GB&I); Nathaniel Crosby (USA);
	United States wins the Walker Cup
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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.^[1]

Name	Rank	Age	Notes
& Great Britain & Ireland
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]

Name	Rank	Age	Notes
USA
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

^ "Meet the 2019 Walker Cup Captains". Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ 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.

External links

Official website
R&A site Archived 15 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Royal Liverpool Golf Club coverage
Golf Bible Walker Cup coverage

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[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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