ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Gordon Sargent lived as much as his billing because the No. 1 beginner on this planet by successful all 4 of his matches at St. Andrews as the US rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth straight time.
Nice Britain & Eire had a three-point lead going into the ultimate two classes on the Outdated Course. The People received three of the 4 morning foursomes, and so they poured it on through the 10 singles matches.
The People received six of the ten matches and halved two others to finish a Sunday rally through which they outscored GB&I 10-4 over two classes.
They received by a ultimate rating of 14½ to 11½.
“They performed laborious to the bitter finish,” U.S. captain Mike McCoy mentioned. “This one goes to be a fantastic experience residence.”
Caleb Surratt by no means trailed within the lead match, a 3-and-2 victory over Calum Scott, after which U.S. Novice champion Nick Dunlap picked up a key half-point on the time. Dunlap was 3 down with 4 to play towards Barclay Brown when he received the subsequent two holes after which halved the match with a birdie on the 18th.
Sargent and John Gough of England have been all sq. going to the seventeenth when Gough despatched his drive too far proper, simply over the ball close to the Outdated Course Resort and out-of-bounds. That gave Sargent a 1-up lead. Sargent, a junior at Vanderbilt, then drove the 18th inexperienced with a 3-wood and Gough conceded the match as Sargent’s eagle putt trickled to a cease close to the outlet.
The ultimate blow for the People was Dylan Menante three-putting the 18th for a halve with Matthew McClean. That gave them 12½ factors, with two different matches dormie on the course, assuring them sufficient to win the cup that dates to 1922.
“All of the momentum gave the impression to be on the U.S. aspect,” GB&I captain Stuart Wilson mentioned. “Their gamers dealt with the situations higher than our guys.”
Sargent, who received the NCAA title as a freshman, went 4-0 for the week.
GB&I used to be trying to win for the primary time since 2015 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and had the momentum with a 7½-4½ lead after the 2 Saturday classes. McCoy mentioned he was involved as a result of the morning foursomes shouldn’t be the U.S. energy.
However he put his greatest two gamers collectively — Sargent and Dunlap — and so they scored a 1-up victory within the second match. Surratt, who went 3-1 for the week, and Ben James received the lead match and Preston Summerhays and Nick Gabrelcik additionally picked up some extent.
“After the morning session, I felt so much higher, like we have been again within the event and we had an opportunity to win this factor,” McCoy mentioned. “Final evening was fairly involved. The morning was the factor that made the day.”
America now has a 39-9-1 lead within the collection. The Walker Cup subsequent goes to Cypress Level Membership on the Monterey Peninsula in California for the 2025 matches.
