ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Gordon Sargent lived as much as his billing because the Negative. 1 beginner on the planet by means of profitable all 4 of his fits at St. Andrews as america rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth instantly life.
Admirable Britain & Eire had a three-point supremacy going into the overall two classes at the Impaired Path. The American citizens received 3 of the 4 morning foursomes, and so they poured it on throughout the ten singles fits.
The American citizens received six of the ten fits and halved two others to finish a Sunday rally by which they outscored GB&I 10-4 over two classes.
They received by means of a last rating of 14½-11½.
“They played hard to the bitter end,” U.S. captain Mike McCoy mentioned. “This one is going to be a great ride home.”
Caleb Surratt by no means trailed within the supremacy fit, a 3-and-2 victory over Calum Scott, and later U.S. Beginner champion Nick Dunlap picked up a key half-point on the life. Dunlap used to be 3 unwell with 4 to play games towards Barclay Brown when he received the after two holes and later halved the fit with a birdie at the 18th.
Sargent and John Gough of England have been all sq. moving to the seventeenth when Gough despatched his pressure too a ways proper, simply over the ball similar the Impaired Path Lodge and out-of-bounds. That gave Sargent a 1-up supremacy. Sargent, a yongster at Vanderbilt, later drove the 18th inexperienced with a 3-wood and Gough conceded the fit as Sargent’s eagle putt trickled to a prevent similar the opening.
The general deplete for the American citizens used to be Dylan Menante 3-putting the 18th for a halve with Matthew McClean. That gave them 12½ issues, with two alternative fits dormie at the direction, assuring them enough quantity to win the cup that dates to 1922.
“All the momentum seemed to be on the U.S. side,” GB&I captain Stuart Wilson mentioned. “Their players handled the conditions better than our guys.”
Sargent, who received the NCAA identify as a freshman, went 4-0 for the day.
GB&I used to be taking a look to win for the primary life since 2015 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and had the momentum with a 7½-4½ supremacy next the 2 Saturday classes. McCoy mentioned he used to be involved since the morning foursomes isn’t the U.S. power.
However he put his best possible two gamers in combination — Sargent and Dunlap — and so they scored a 1-up victory in the second one fit. Surratt, who went 3-1 for the day, and Ben James received the supremacy fit and Preston Summerhays and Nick Gabrelcik additionally picked up some extent.
“After the morning session, I felt a lot better, like we were back in the tournament and we had a chance to win this thing,” McCoy mentioned. “Last night was pretty concerned. The morning was the thing that made the day.”
America now has a 39-9-1 supremacy within the sequence. The Walker Cup after is going to Cypress Level Membership at the Monterey Peninsula in California for the 2025 fits.
