Walker Cup Day One Matches & Starting Times

08 Sep 2017
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
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LOS ANGELES, CA (September 9, 2017) - The 46th Walker Cup Match between the United States Team and the Great Britain & Ireland Team begins Saturday morning at Los Angeles Country Club.

The U.S. Team is trying to avenge a 16½-9½ loss at at Royal Lytham & St Annes in the 2015 match.

Related: Walker Cup: TV Times, Schedule of Play from LACC
Related: TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: The 46th Walker Cup Match

The morning session features 4 alternate shot (foursomes) matches, followed by 8 singles matches in the afternoon.

Morning Foursomes

The schedule for Saturday morning's foursomes matches is as follows (all times PDT):

Match 1, 7:15 AM

Harry Ellis / Alfie Plant (GBI)

v. Collin Morikawa / Norman Xiong (USA)

Match 2, 7:30 AM

Connor Syme / Paul McBride (GBI)

v. Doc Redman / Will Zalatoris (USA)

Match 3, 7:45 AM

Scott Gregory / Jack Singh Brar (GBI)

v. Scottie Scheffler / Cameron Champ (USA)

Match 4, 8:00 AM

David Boote / Jack Davidson (GBI)

v. Maverick McNealy / Doug Ghim (USA)

For the GB&I team, Matthew Jordan and Robert MacIntyre will sit out the morning session. For the U.S. team, Stewart Hagestad and Braden Thornberry will take the morning off.

>> LIVE SCORING, 46TH WALKER CUP MATCH

Afternoon Singles

The schedule for Saturday afternoon's singles matches is as follows (all times PDT):

Match 1, 12:45 PM

Harry Ellis (GBI)

v. Braden Thornberry (USA)

Match 2, 12:55 PM

Connor Syme (GBI)

v. Norman Xiong (USA)

Match 3, 1:05 PM

Jack Singh Brar (GBI)

v. Stewart Hagestad (USA)

Match 4, 1:15 PM

Paul McBride (GBI)

v. Collin Morikawa (USA)

Match 5, 1:25 PM

Matthew Jordan (GBI)

v. Will Zalatoris (USA)

Match 6, 1:35 PM

Robert MacIntyre (GBI)

v. Cameron Champ (USA)

Match 7, 1:45 PM

David Boote (GBI)

v. Doug Ghim (USA)

Match 8, 1:55 PM

Scott Gregory (GBI)

v. Maverick McNealy (USA)

For the GB&I team, Alfie Plant and Jack Davidson will sit out the afternoon session. For the U.S. team, Doc Redman and Scottie Scheffler will take the afternoon off.

>> LIVE SCORING, 46TH WALKER CUP MATCH

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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