SAN FRANCISCO – So, you wish to play the Walker Cup at Cypress Level?
This week’s U.S. Newbie at Olympic Membership in San Francisco serves as the ultimate alternative for gamers to make Nathan Smith’s 10-man U.S. staff, which is able to tackle Nice Britain and Eire on Sept. 6-7 on the famed Alister Mackenzie gem.
5 gamers have already been chosen – Auburn’s Jackson Koivun, Ole Miss’ Michael La Sasso and two-time Walker Cupper Ben James of Virginia through the World Newbie Golf Rating, plus extra lately Oklahoma State teammates Ethan Fang and Preston Stout.
The remaining 5 gamers shall be chosen by the USGA’s Worldwide Group Choice Working Group instantly following the U.S. Newbie.
A type of spots will go to the winner at Olympic, if American and never already on the squad.
One other will assuredly go to a mid-amateur, with Stewart Hagestad, trying to make his fifth staff, and reigning U.S. Mid-Newbie champion Evan Beck the 2 contenders. Beck has performed sparingly this yr, apart from lacking cuts on the Masters, U.S. Open and Western Newbie. Hagestad, who battled some elbow tendonitis final yr whereas dropping within the Spherical of 32 on the U.S. Mid-Newbie, has been busy this summer season, tying for eighth on the Northeast Newbie and making match play on the Western.
Oklahoma’s Jase Summy, the winner of the Western, is a digital lock at seventh on the earth.
That leaves a handful of gamers battling for 2 or three spots.
Right here’s an estimate of what these remaining contenders have to do, at minimal, to make the U.S. Walker Cup staff for Cypress:
Must make match play
Tommy Morrison: Tall Texan hit a tough patch to begin the summer season, however some good showings abroad and a match-play look on the Western have him on the cusp of choice.
Must win a match
Jacob Modleski: Notre Dame senior superior to the quarters final yr at Hazeltine, and this yr he gained ACCs, was fourth at regionals, and strung collectively a number of top-10s this summer season, together with advancing to the semis of the Western.
Must make Spherical of 16
Wells Williams: If not for a poor end at Western, the Vanderbilt standout would’ve made match play. He had a pair good wins this previous spring, although his T-8 at Northeast is his solely top-10 this summer season.
Have to make quarterfinals
Miles Russell: The 16-year-old could be the youngest Walker Cupper ever. He was on fireplace over the winter and early spring with a number of ranked wins, together with the South Seaside Newbie and Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He then was runner-up at Northeast and made match play at North and South earlier than dropping to fellow junior Luke Colton, who once more eradicated Russell within the quarters of the U.S. Junior. He missed the 54-hole minimize on the Western by 5.
Tyler Watts: One other junior participant who has had top-of-the-line summers, although nonetheless is ranked solely fortieth on the earth. He gained the Sunnehanna in document style, was sixth at Northeast, misplaced within the remaining of the North and South, made the Spherical of 16 on the U.S. Junior and completed a shot out of match play on the Western.
Have to make remaining: Lance Simpson, Max Herendeen, Jack Turner, Cameron Tankersley, Bryan Lee, Luke Colton
Have to win: Everybody else.
