USGA finalizes the U.S. Walker Cup team
8/18/2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: The Walker Cup, Lahinch Golf Club
The U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up will both represent the USA at Royal Liverpool in three weeks' time
Ogletree will be representing the United States, as will the player he defeated on Sunday at Pinehurst, John Augenstein.
Before receiving the automatic selection reserved for the U.S. Amateur winner, Ogletree hadn't really thought much about this scenario. He had thought so little about it, in fact, that he doesn't even have a passport to get to the matches in England in three weeks. Don't worry: The USGA is on it.
By contrast, Augenstein put a Walker Cup selection ahead of winning the U.S. Amateur on his priority list. He had trouble processing it when it happened.
"I'm very proud of being selected for the Walker Cup," he said. "That was a major goal, obviously, as I've voiced all this week. And so it hasn't really sunk in yet, of course, because I was told about 30 seconds after I lost the match.
The two new selections will join Cole Hammer, Akshay Bhatia, and Stewart Hagestad, who were the first three players chosen to the team based on their World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) in July.
Related: Hammer, Bhatia, Hagestad named to Walker Cup based on WAGR
“The USGA has assembled an extremely talented squad to represent our country in the 47th Walker Cup Match,” said Stuart Francis, USGA Championship Committee chairman. “We are looking forward to watching this group bond in the spirit of teamwork, commitment and camaraderie when they compete to defend the Walker Cup.”
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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