2017 Walker Cup

46th Walker Cup Match
Dates	September 9–10, 2017
Venue	Los Angeles Country Club; (North course)
Location	Los Angeles, California
Captains	Spider Miller (USA); (GB&I);
	United States wins the Walker Cup
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The 46th Walker Cup Match was played September 9 and 10, 2017 at the Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, California. It was the second Walker Cup Match played in California, the previous occasion being in 1981 at Cypress Point Club. Great Britain and Ireland were the holders of the cup. The United States won the match 19 points to 7.^[1]

Format[]

On Saturday, there were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there were again 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 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 USA and Great Britain & Ireland played in the event plus a non-playing captain for each team. Harry Ellis was an automatic selection for the Great Britain & Ireland team having won the 2017 Amateur Championship. The two teams were announced following the U.S. Amateur.

Name	Rank	Age	Hometown	Notes
Team USA
Spider Miller		67	Bloomington, Indiana	non-playing captain
Cameron Champ	11	22	Sacramento, California	won 2017 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
Doug Ghim	4	21	Arlington Heights, Illinois	runner-up 2017 U.S. Amateur
Stewart Hagestad	38	26	Newport Beach, California	won 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur, low amateur 2017 Masters Tournament
Maverick McNealy	2	21	Portola Valley, California	played 2015 Walker Cup
Collin Morikawa	5	20	La Cañada Flintridge, California	won 2015 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, 2017 Northeast Amateur
Doc Redman	28	19	Raleigh, North Carolina	won 2017 U.S. Amateur
Scottie Scheffler	42	21	Dallas, Texas	low amateur 2017 U.S. Open
	3	20	Olive Branch, Mississippi	won 2017 NCAA Individual Championship
Norman Xiong	10	18	Canyon Lake, California	won 2017 Western Amateur
Will Zalatoris	12	21	Plano, Texas	won 2016 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, 2016 Pacific Coast Amateur

Name	Rank	Age	Hometown	Notes
& Team Great Britain & Ireland
		57		non-playing captain
	40	23	Kingswood, Surrey, England	played in 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup
	48	20	Newport, Wales	won 2017
Harry Ellis	80	21	Southampton, England	won 2017 Amateur Championship
Scott Gregory	7	22	Waterlooville, England	won 2016 Amateur Championship
Matthew Jordan	30	21	Hoylake, England	won 2017 St Andrews Links Trophy
	53	21	Dublin, Ireland	semi-final 2016 Amateur Championship, quarter-final 2017 Amateur Championship
Robert MacIntyre	14	21	Oban, Scotland	runner-up 2016 Amateur Championship
Alfie Plant	36	25	Bexleyheath, England	won 2017 European Amateur, low amateur 2017 Open Championship
Jack Singh Brar	64	20	Romsey, England	won 2017 Lytham Trophy
Connor Syme	8	22	, Scotland	won 2016 Australian Amateur

Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of the start of the Cup.

Craig Watson was the original captain of the Great Britain and Ireland team but withdrew on August 30 because of a family illness.^[2]

Saturday's matches[]

Morning foursomes[]

&	Results
Ellis/Plant	8 & 7	Morikawa/Xiong
Syme/McBride	3 & 2	Redman/Zalatoris
Gregory/Singh Brar	3 & 2	Scheffler/Champ
Boote/Davidson	5 & 4	McNealy/Ghim
2	Foursomes	2
2	Overall	2

Afternoon singles[]

&	Results
Harry Ellis	2 up	Braden Thornberry
Connor Syme	2 & 1	Norman Xiong
Jack Singh Brar	3 & 2	Stewart Hagestad
Paul McBride	3 & 2	Collin Morikawa
Matthew Jordan	2 up	Will Zalatoris
Robert MacIntyre	6 & 4	Cameron Champ
David Boote	2 & 1	Doug Ghim
Scott Gregory	3 & 1	Maverick McNealy
2	Singles	6
4	Overall	8

Sunday's matches[]

Morning foursomes[]

&	Results
Syme/McBride	2 up	Xiong/Morikawa
Singh Brar/Gregory	2 up	Thornberry/Redman
Boote/Davidson	6 & 5	Zalatoris/Champ
Jordan/MacIntyre	3 & 2	Ghim/McNealy
1	Foursomes	3
5	Overall	11

Afternoon singles[]

&	Results
Jack Singh Brar	2 & 1	Stewart Hagestad
Scott Gregory	halved	Norman Xiong
Connor Syme	1 up	Scottie Scheffler
Harry Ellis	2 & 1	Collin Morikawa
Paul McBride	6 & 5	Braden Thornberry
Matthew Jordan	3 & 1	Doug Ghim
Robert MacIntyre	halved	Cameron Champ
Jack Davidson	3 & 2	Will Zalatoris
David Boote	1 up	Doc Redman
Alfie Plant	4 & 2	Maverick McNealy
2	Singles	8
7	Overall	19

References[]

^ Inglis, Martin (September 11, 2017). "USA inflict heaviest Walker Cup defeat on GB&I in 20 years". bunkered.
^ Romine, Brentley (August 30, 2017). "Craig Watson steps down as 2017 GB&I Walker Cup captain". Golfweek.

External links[]

Coordinates: 34°04′08″N 118°25′23″W / 34.069°N 118.423°W / 34.069; -118.423

[1] Inglis, Martin (September 11, 2017). "USA inflict heaviest Walker Cup defeat on GB&I in 20 years". bunkered.

[2] Romine, Brentley (August 30, 2017). "Craig Watson steps down as 2017 GB&I Walker Cup captain". Golfweek.

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