Golf tournament
The44thWalker Cup Match was played on September 7 and 8, 2013 at theNational Golf Links of America inSouthampton, New York . The United States won 17 to 9.
On Saturday, there are four matches offoursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there are again four matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by ten singles matches (involving every player) in the afternoon. In all, 26 matches are 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.
Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participates in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Team USA Name Rank Age Hometown Notes Jim Holtgrieve 65 Ft. Myers, Florida non-playing captain Max Homa 13 22 Valencia, California won 2013NCAA Individual Championship Michael Kim 2 20 Del Mar, California won 2013Haskins Award Jordan Niebrugge 24 20 Mequon, Wisconsin won 2013U.S. Amateur Public Links ,Western Amateur Patrick Rodgers 5 21 Avon, Indiana played 2011 Walker Cup Nathan Smith 148 35 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania played 2009, 2011 Walker Cups, won 2012U.S. Mid-Amateur Justin Thomas 12 20 Goshen, Kentucky played 2012Eisenhower Trophy Michael Weaver 22 22 Fresno, California runner-up in 2012U.S. Amateur Todd White 102 45 Spartanburg, South Carolina won 2010 Palmetto Amateur, 2004 South Carolina Mid-Amateur Cory Whitsett 3 21 Houston, Texas won 2013Northeast Amateur , 2007U.S. Junior Amateur Bobby Wyatt 27 21 Mobile, Alabama won 2012Sunnehanna Amateur
Team Great Britain & Ireland Name Rank Age Hometown Notes Nigel Edwards 45 Whitchurch, Cardiff ,Wales non-playing captain Matt Fitzpatrick 1 18 Hallamshire ,Yorkshire won 2013U.S. Amateur , 2012Boys Amateur , Low Amateur at 2013Open Championship Nathan Kimsey 19 20 Woodhall Spa ,Lincolnshire won 2013Terra Cotta Invitational Gavin Moynihan 133 18 The Island ,Dublin won 2012Irish Amateur Open Championship Max Orrin 7 19 North Foreland ,Kent won 2013 South East of England Links Championship Kevin Phelan 52 22 Waterford Castle ,County Waterford played on 2013Palmer Cup , 2012 & 2012Eisenhower Trophy teams Garrick Porteous 18 23 Bamburgh Castle ,Northumberland won 2013Amateur Championship Rhys Pugh 346 19 Pontypridd ,Mid Glamorgan played 2011 Walker Cup, won 2012European Amateur Neil Raymond 23 27 Corhampton ,Hampshire won 2013St Andrews Links Trophy , 2011 & 2012Brabazon Trophy Callum Shinkwin 11 20 Moor Park ,Hertfordshire won 2013English Amateur Jordan Smith 15 20 Bowood ,Wiltshire won 2013Brabazon Trophy
Note: "Rank" is theWorld Amateur Golf Ranking as of 4 September 2013.
Results Kimsey/Orrin halved Whitsett/Wyatt Fitzpatrick/Raymond Niebrugge/Smith Porteous/Pugh Weaver/White Moynihan/Phelan Rodgers/Thomas 2½ Foursomes 1½ 2½ Overall 1½
Results Neil Raymond Bobby Wyatt Max Orrin Max Homa Callum Shinkwin Michael Kim Jordan Smith Cory Whitsett Garrick Porteous Jordan Niebrugge Matt Fitzpatrick Michael Weaver Nathan Kimsey halved Justin Thomas Gavin Moynihan Patrick Rodgers 1½ Singles 6½ 4 Overall 8
Max Homa approach shot in Sunday morning foursomes Results Kimsey/Orrin Wyatt/Whitsett Fitzpatrick/Raymond Weaver/White Porteous/Pugh Homa/Kim Moynihan/Phelan Rodgers/Niebrugge 2 Foursomes 2 6 Overall 10
Results Neil Raymond Bobby Wyatt Max Orrin Justin Thomas Matt Fitzpatrick Michael Weaver Rhys Pugh Todd White Nathan Kimsey Nathan Smith Callum Shinkwin Cory Whitsett Garrick Porteous Michael Kim Kevin Phelan Max Homa Jordan Smith Jordan Niebrugge Gavin Moynihan Patrick Rodgers 3 Singles 7 9 Overall 17
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