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USA Has Won Five Straight Walker Cups. Is It Time to Invite Europe?

The Ryder Cup solved American dominance by adding continental Europe. The Walker Cup faces the same question—but one inconvenient result complicates the obvious answer.

Should the Walker Cup expand from Great Britain and Ireland to include continental Europe?

The 2026 Walker Cup teams are set, and the first scoreboard has already arrived.

Seven of the 10 Americans selected for the September 5-6 match at Lahinch are ranked among the top 10 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Great Britain and Ireland, meanwhile, is trying to stop a five-match U.S. winning streak with a roster that includes the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, the reigning Amateur champion and six players who experienced last year’s 17-9 defeat at Cypress Point.

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