{"id":22974,"date":"2025-09-07T10:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/07\/walker-cup-uk-ireland-chasing-us-in-a-day\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T10:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:34:54","slug":"walker-cup-uk-ireland-chasing-us-in-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/07\/walker-cup-uk-ireland-chasing-us-in-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Cup: UK & Ireland Chasing us in a day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK and Ireland followed the US by a point at the end of the first day of the Walker Cup.<\/b><\/p>\n

GB&I scored morning foursome 3-1 at Cypress Points in California, but was beaten 5\u00bd-2\u00bd on the afternoon single, leaving the overall score at 6\u00bd-5\u00bd.<\/p>\n

Visitors got off to a strong start for the 50th edition of the Walker Cup. This was a Ryder Cup-style contest between the UK, Ireland and the US major amateurs, claiming victory in the first three Foursome (alternative shot) matches.<\/p>\n

Conor Graham and Tyler Weaver, Charlie Forster and Luke Poulter and Elliot Baker and Stuart Grehan were paired up before teammates Cameron Adam and Dominic Clemons were beaten.<\/p>\n

However, the US fought back in singles as they won five of their eight matches, including Ryder Cup legend Ian and 3 & 2 son Mason Howell Beat Poulter.<\/p>\n

“The standards for golf were exceptional,” said GB&I captain Dean Robertson.<\/p>\n

“() The Americans played great in the afternoon. The sportsmanship there was exemplary. The weather was incredible. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great day \u2013 we just didn’t get enough of some putts and things went the other way. <\/p>\n

“If we drilled a few more holes, things could be a little different. But (I) am extremely proud of the way the team played.”<\/p>\n

Sunday’s second and final days include four foursome matches before players face off in 10 single matches. The US needs 13 points to hold the trophy, but GB&I needs 13\u00bd to get it back.<\/p>\n

GB&I has not won the Walker Cup since 2015, but their final victory came 24 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK and Ireland followed the US by a point at the end of the first day of the Walker Cup. GB&I scored morning foursome 3-1 at Cypress Points in California, but was beaten 5\u00bd-2\u00bd on the afternoon single, leaving the overall score at 6\u00bd-5\u00bd. Visitors got off to a strong start for the 50th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-22974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}