Posted on 09/08/2025 9:18:51 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
Perhaps it was apropos that the fog rolled into the Monterey Peninsula late Sunday afternoon. As the sun-splashed day morphed into a grey mist, the USA Walker Cup Team broke open what was a tight contest at Cypress Point to leave the visiting Great Britain and Ireland side in a fog, rolling to a 17-9 victory in the 50th edition of the biennial competition.
Dominating the singles portion for a second consecutive day, the USA produced 8.5 of the available 10 points after the two teams split the morning foursomes session (2-2) and trailed by a point going into the lunch break. Since 2009, when the Match expanded to 10 Sunday singles matches, it was the largest margin of victory in a final session (8-1-1), surpassing the two 8-2 marks in 2017 and ’19.
The USA, which won 5.5 of the eight available singles points on Saturday, has now won five consecutive Walker Cups since its defeat at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in 2015, and owns a 40-9-1 overall mark.
GB&I has only won twice on American soil, in 1989 and 2001, both coincidentally contested in the state of Georgia.
“I'm just blown away,” said USA captain Nathan Smith. “They showed up all weekend, in both singles matches in the afternoon, and I don't know if I've ever seen a Walker Cup team bring it like they did this afternoon in singles.”
Now to have the Walker Cup at a Trump National would be fitting.
The Walker Cup is golf in its pure form, amateurs playing for national pride. Even Bing Crosby's son played.
I did missed it. Maybe the Golf Channel has it today as a rerun.
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