Four named to the U.S. Walker Cup team
Far Hills, N.J. (July 31) – Four of the
10 amateur players who will comprise the 2011
USA Walker Cup Team have been selected by
the International Team Selection Committee of
the United States Golf Association. The 2011
Walker Cup Match will be played Sept. 10-11
at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen,
Scotland.
The players are:
Patrick Cantlay, 19,
Los Alamitos, Calif.
Harris English, 22,
Thomasville, Ga.
Russell Henley, 22,
Macon, Ga.
Peter Uihlein, 21,
Orlando, Fla.
The remainder of the team that will
compete against 10 amateurs representing
Great Britain and Ireland will be named later
this summer.
The captain of the USA Team is Jim
Holtgrieve, 63, of St. Louis, Mo., who was a
playing member of the 1979, 1981 and 1983
USA Teams, as well as the 1981 U.S. Mid-
Amateur champion.
The biennial Walker Cup Match consists of
18 singles matches and eight foursomes
(alternate-shot) matches over the
competition’s two days. The USA Team
has won the last three Matches and leads the
series overall, 34-7-1.
ABOUT THE The Walker Cup
The Walker Cup Match is a biennial 10-man
amateur
team competition between the USA and a team
composed of players from Great Britain and
Ireland
and selected by The R&A. It is played over two
days
with 18 singles matches and eight foursomes
(alternate-shot) matches.
The first United States Walker Cup Team, which
in
1922 defeated the GB&I side, 8-4, at the
National Golf
Links of America, is considered among the best
teams
ever and included Francis Ouimet, Bob Jones,
Charles
“Chick” Evans and Jess Sweetser. Many of the
game’s
greatest players have taken part in Walker Cup
competition, including U.S. Open champions
Jack
Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth for
the
USA
and Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Justin
Rose
for Great Britain and Ireland.
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