The 49th Walker Cup: Great Britain and Ireland lead USA 7 1/2 to 4 1/2
9/2/2023 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com
see also: View results for The Walker Cup, Lahinch Golf Club
Thanks to strong play from Calum Scott and John Gough, GB&I will take a three-point lead into Sunday.
GB&I won the Saturday Foursomes Session 3&1 and then won the Saturday Singles Session 4 1/2 to 3 1/2 over the United States to take a 7 1/2 to 4 1/2 lead into Sunday.
Related: THE WALKER CUP: GB&I WIN THE SATURDAY FOURSOMES SESSION
Just like in the foursomes, The United States team got off to a good start, with Caleb Surratt defeating Stanford standout Barclay Brown 4&3. Calum Scott defeated Nick Gabrelcik 2 & 1 to get on the afternoon point board for GB&I.
"Coming down the stretch, I was super nervous, but I was just hitting good shots all day," Scott said. "I gave myself chances on Nos. 16 and 17 and holed both of them."
The match had eleven total birdies between Gabrelcik and Scott.
"It felt like we were making birdies on every other hole," Scott said.
Gordon Sargent won his Singles match against Jack Bigham 1-up to become the only United States golfer to go 2-0 on the day. Dylan Menante went 1-0 after sitting out Saturday Singles.
John Gough was the star of the day, winning in the Foursomes and then taking down 2023 U.S. Amateur Champion Nick Dunlap in their singles match 6&5. Gough was 5-up after the first five holes.
Check back to later for the Day Two pairings and matches.Foursomes Match win this morning ✅
— The Walker Cup (@WalkerCup) September 2, 2023
Singles Match win this afternoon ✅
Good day all round for GB&I's John Gough 🇬🇧🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/9U7ZE6CoD5
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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