Listen: Road to Hoylake series continues with Eckroat, Fisk
8/7/2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: The Walker Cup, Lahinch Golf Club
As the Walker Cup team fills out, half the fun is getting to know the players. That's where the Back of the Range podcast comes in
As the U.S. Walker Cup team fills out for the Sept. 7-8 matches at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England, half the fun is getting to know the players in consideration for a team pick. The Back of the Range podcast is telling those stories, two by two.
Steven Fisk is coming off a senior season at Georgia Southern in which he won six times individually. Playing in the Sun Belt Conference, Fisk wasn't a player who immediately burst onto the scene, at least until he finished runner-up to Matthew Wolff in the individual portion of the NCAA Championship.
Then there's Wolff's teammate, Austin Eckroat. The rising Oklahoma State junior was the only player not named Wolff or Viktor Hovland to log an individual win for the Cowboys this season. Eckroat will return to Stillwater, Okla., as Oklahoma State's anchor this coming season as many of his teammates have either graduated or turned professional.
Hear what both men had to say in this week’s latest episode.
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 (alternat...
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