Look who's here! 👀
Former #WalkerCup player @TommyFleetwood1 has stopped by @RLGCHoylake to spend some time with the GB&I players in preparation for the weekend ⛳️
"I'm a Timber importer"
"I'm an Insurance broker"
"I sell fish and chips"
Amateur golf looked a little different the last time we were at Cypress Point for a Walker Cup Match.
These are the USA and GB&I Team introductions from 1981 ... and they're gold.
Never know who you’ll run into at Seminole!
@KiraDixon and @Thejessicakorda chatted about first tee pressure and more during Saturday’s morning session.
Dustin Johnson talks about the nerves on the first tee of the 2007 Walker Cup.
"I swear my ball took off before the guy finished announcing my name because I was so nervous to tee off."
@ColtKnost, can you confirm? 🤣
This 48th #WalkerCup Match will long be remembered for the strength and grit of both the USA 🇺🇸 and GB&I 🇬🇧🇮🇪 Teams.
Still, only one team could hoist the most prestigious team prize in amateur golf, and it was the USA coming out on top, 14-12.
Gordon Sargent was presented with the McCormack Medal last night by CEO of The R&A, Martin Slumbers 🥇
Gordon finished the 2023 season as the number one men’s amateur golfer in the world 🇺🇸👏
"I walked on to the tee and when my name was announced my legs suddenly went to jelly"
US Open winner @JustinRose99 talks about his experience in The #WalkerCup and how it felt being the youngest person at the time to ever compete in the event 🏆
The biggest winning margin of the weekend so far as @TomSloman8 and @tomplumb63 put a point on the board for GB&I 🇬🇧🇮🇪⬆️
Time for a treat? 🍫☕️ #WalkerCup
"Selfishness doesn't work if you're representing something bigger than yourself."
President George W. Bush stopped by #WalkerCup practice and came away inspired by the caliber and character of the players.
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Cole Hammer, Akshay Bhatia, and Stewart Hagestad have been named automatic selections to the 2019 USA #WalkerCup Team based on their World Amateur Golf Ranking!
Bios: on.usga.org/2ZaxRcP
Two @OSUCowboyGolf teammates are heading to Cypress Point Club for the 50th Walker Cup Match as members of the USA Team.
The duo joins Jackson Koivun, Ben James and Michael La Sasso, who previously earned automatic selections to the 10-player roster.
Read more ⬇️
In addition to being the 41st president of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, whose grandfather, George Herbert Walker, is who the #WalkerCup is named for, was always a strong friend of the game. More on his legacy: usga.org/content/usga/home-p…
“It was a huge deal for me at the time. I played amateur golf for two years, just for that moment. The @WalkerCup I played in that year was at home at Royal County Down. It was a pretty special week for me.” – @McIlroyRory
It's 100 years since the Walker Cup was first staged in St Andrews with GB&I and the USA preparing to battle it out once again on the historic Old Course this week 🏆
Find out everything you need to know about the Walker Cup 👉 bit.ly/WalkerCupAllYouNeedTo…
The Walker Cup will return to the @TheHomeofGolf in 2023 when the biennial match between Great Britain and Ireland and the United States is played over the famous Old Course at St Andrews.
MORE HERE: bit.ly/2CKHCCA