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PAR AND YARDAGE The Old Course at St. Andrews will be set up at 7,313 yards and will play to a par of 36-36–72. The yardage for each session of the competition will vary due to course setup and conditions.
Old Course at St. Andrews
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Total
Par
4
4
445443436
Yards
375
4523984805704143711873523,599
Hole
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Total
Par
4
3
4
454444
36
Yards
386
174351465614455418495356
3,714
COURSE RATING AND SLOPE Based on the course setup for the championship, the USGA Course Rating™ for the Old Course at St. Andrews is 73.4 and its Slope Rating® is 136.
THE WALKER CUP MATCH The Walker Cup Match is contested by male amateur golfers, one team from the United States of America and one team composed of players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The teams consist of not more than 10 players and a captain. The Match is conducted every two years, alternately in the USA and in Great Britain or Ireland. This is the 49th Walker Cup Match.
TEAM SELECTION The USA Team is selected by the United States Golf Association’s International Team Selection working group. The R&A selects the team from Great Britain and Ireland.
2023 WALKER CUP CAPTAINS
United States of America
Mike McCoy, of Des Moines, Iowa, will serve as the captain for the 2023 USA Walker Cup Team. He won the 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, becoming the second-oldest champion in the event’s history at age 50. He has competed in 65 USGA championships, including 20 U.S. Amateurs, and was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in England. McCoy, who had twice reached the semifinals of the U.S. Mid-Am before coming through for victory in 2013 in his first USGA final, registered the third-highest margin of victory since the Mid-Amateur went to a 36-hole final in 2001. His 8-and-6 victory over Bill Williamson on the Country Club of Birmingham’s West Course earned him a spot in the 2014 Masters Tournament, where McCoy became the second-oldest player to make his debut in event history. McCoy was low amateur in both the 2014 and 2015 U.S. Senior Opens, tying the record for lowest 72-hole score by an amateur (282) at Del Paso Country Club in 2015. Later that year, he won the prestigious Crane Cup and Coleman Invitational before becoming the third-oldest Walker Cup competitor in history at 52 years old.
Great Britain & Ireland
Stuart Wilson, one of Scotland’s most renowned amateur golfers, is captain of the GB&I Team for the second consecutive Walker Cup. Twenty years ago, in the Walker Cup in 2003, he was a member of the winning GB&I Team at Ganton. In 2004, he won The Amateur Championship over the Old Course at St Andrews with a 4&3 win over Lee Corfield in the Final. He went on to win the Silver Medal as low amateur in The 133rd Open at Royal Troon later that year and compete in the 2005 Masters Tournament. In addition to leading GB&I in the Walker Cup, he also captained last year’s GB&I Team when they beat the Continent of Europe in the St. Andrews Trophy and captained European teams in the Junior Ryder Cup in 2012 and 2014.
SCHEDULE OF PLAY On Saturday, Sept. 2, there will be four foursomes (alternate-shot) matches in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, Sept. 3, there will be four foursomes matches in the morning and 10 singles matches in the afternoon. All matches will be 18 holes.
All Times EDT:
Friday, Sept. 1 (Note: All times are subject to change) 12 p.m. – Opening Ceremony
Saturday, Sept. 2 3:30 a.m. – Foursomes (four matches) 8:45 a.m. – Singles (eight matches)
Sunday, Sept. 3 3 a.m. – Foursomes (four matches) 8:15 a.m. – Singles (10 matches) 2 p.m. – Closing Ceremony
FOURSOMES Foursomes is a match in which two players compete against two other players in an alternate-shot format, with each side playing one ball.
SCORING A victory in each match scores one point. In the event a match goes 18 holes without a winner, a half-point is awarded to each team.
The team that scores the most points wins the Match. In the event of a tie, the team that won the previous competition retains the Walker Cup.
TELEVISION SCHEDULE The 2023 Walker Cup Match will receive at least 11 hours of live network coverage.
Date Network Broadcast Hours (EDT) Sept. 2 Golf Channel 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 3 Golf Channel 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
WALKER CUP MATCH HISTORY This is the 49th Walker Cup Match. The competition began in the wake of World War I, following a series of meetings between the United States Golf Association and The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, the key purpose of which was a discussion of modifying the Rules of Golf. As part of the meetings, an international team competition was discussed, with the aim of strengthening understanding and friendship between The R&A and the USGA.
Among those attending the meetings at The R&A was George Herbert Walker, USGA president in 1920. Walker soon presented a plan for the competition and offered to donate a trophy. When the press dubbed the trophy the Walker Cup, the name stuck.
The first Walker Cup Match was contested in 1922 at the National Golf Links of America in Southampton, N.Y. Led by playing captain William C. Fownes Jr., the USA won the inaugural Match, 8-4. The USA leads the series, 38-9-1. Since 1989, however, when GB&I won for the first time in the USA, by one point at Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga., the series is competitive with the USA holding a 10-7 advantage.
RECENT WALKER CUP HISTORY 2021 Walker Cup: Seminole Golf Club, Juno Beach, Fla. (USA 14, GB&I 12) 2019 Walker Cup: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England (USA 15½, GB&I 10½) 2017 Walker Cup: The Los Angeles (Calif.) Country Club, North Course (USA 19, GB&I 7) 2015 Walker Cup: Royal Lytham & St. Annes, Lancashire, England (GB&I 16½, USA 9½) 2013 Walker Cup: National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y. (USA 17, GB&I 9) 2011 Walker Cup: Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland (GB&I 14, USA 12) 2009 Walker Cup: Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa. (USA 16½, GB&I 9½) 2007 Walker Cup: Royal County Down, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland (USA 12½, GB&I 11½) 2005 Walker Cup: Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Ill. (USA 12½, GB&I 11½) 2003 Walker Cup: Ganton Golf Club, Ganton, England (GB&I 12½, USA 11½) 2001 Walker Cup: Ocean Forest Golf Club, Sea Island, Ga. (GB&I 15, USA 9) 1999 Walker Cup: Nairn Golf Club, Nairn, Scotland (GB&I 15, USA 9) 1997 Walker Cup: Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale, N.Y. (USA 18, GB&I 6) 1995 Walker Cup: Royal Porthcawl, Porthcawl, Wales (GB&I 14, USA 10) 1993 Walker Cup: Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minn. (USA 19, GB&I 5) 1991 Walker Cup: Portmarnock Golf Club, Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland (USA 14, GB&I 10) 1989 Walker Cup: Peachtree Golf Club, Atlanta, Ga. (GB&I 12½, USA 11½)
FUTURE SITES Sept. 6-7, 2025: Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, Calif. Sept. 5-6, 2026: Lahinch Golf Club, Lahinch, Ireland
2021 WALKER CUP RECAP With abundant sunshine and a steady breeze off the Atlantic Ocean making Seminole play exceedingly difficult on Sunday, especially on and around the greens, the players faced a stern mental and physical test. The USA entered the day with a 7-5 lead, which was trimmed to 8½–7½ after the GB&I Team took 2½ out of 4 points in the morning foursomes session. The 10 afternoon singles matches would therefore decide the first Walker Cup Match played in Florida, and the final result was in doubt nearly to the end. Ricky Castillo, a University of Florida junior, went 4-0-0, becoming just the sixth USA player – and seventh player on either team – to record four wins in a single Walker Cup this century. Another key contribution for the USA came from Cole Hammer. Playing in his second Walker Cup, the University of Texas junior notched a 3-0-1 record and earned the 13th point as the USA, as the hosts eked out a 5½-4½ advantage, enough to win its third consecutive Walker Cup, 14-12.
2019 WALKER CUP RECAP The United States rebounded from a 7-5 overnight deficit, winning 10½ of a possible 14 points on Sunday to capture the 47th Walker Cup Match over Great Britain and Ireland at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. It was a victory 12 years in the making, as it marked the first USA victory on GB&I soil since 2007 at Royal County Down. The final tally of 15½-10½ was the most decisive win margin for a visiting USA team since 1987 at Sunningdale. It was the Sunday afternoon singles that made the difference with the Americans winning 8 of 10 matches. John Augenstein, the 2019 U.S. Amateur runner-up, secured the clinching point with a 4-and-3 decision against Thomas Plumb. The USA’s John Pak was the lone player on either side to not lose a match, going 3-0 in his one foursomes and two singles matches, including Saturday’s 1-up come-from-behind triumph over reigning Amateur champion James Sugrue. GB&I’s Sandy Scott won twice in singles play.
2017 WALKER CUP RECAP Maverick McNealy was one of three Americans to win all four of his matches in leading the United States to a convincing 19-7 victory over Great Britain and Ireland in the 46th Walker Cup Match at The Los Angeles (Calif.) Country Club’s North Course. McNealy was joined by Collin Morikawa and Doug Ghim with perfect marks as the USA recorded the Match’s second-largest margin of victory. The Americans came into the second day of the competition with an 8-4 advantage and followed by posting a 3-1 record in foursomes and a 7-1-2 mark in singles. GB&I’s Jack Singh Brar, of England, went 3-1 in his matches. It was the second Walker Cup to be contested in California.
2015 WALKER CUP RECAP Great Britain and Ireland defeated the United States, 16½-9½, in the 45th Walker Cup Match at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. The winning margin was the largest for GB&I since the Match began in 1922. England’s Jimmy Mullen, who paced his team with a perfect 4-0 mark, led GB&I’s Sunday afternoon domination of singles matches in which they won five, halved three and lost just two. Ashley Chesters, of England, and Cormac Sharvin, of Ireland, were other point leaders with 3½ and 3, respectively. With the victory, GB&I had won five of the last six Matches contested on its home soil, dating to 1999.
2013 WALKER CUP RECAP The United States regained the Walker Cup at the historic National Golf Links of America, site of the inaugural Match in 1922, with a resounding 17-9 victory over Great Britain and Ireland. It was the USA’s largest margin of victory since an 18-6 decision at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in 1997. Continuing the dominance from Saturday’s singles session, the USA, which entered the final day with an 8-4 lead, split the four Sunday foursomes matches and claimed seven of the 10 afternoon singles matches. That included a pair of 4-and-3 victories by the two mid-amateurs on the team, 45-year-old Todd White and 35-year-old Nathan Smith. Bobby Wyatt, of Mobile, Ala., led the way for the Americans with a 3-0-1 record, including a 4-and-3 triumph over 2013 U.S. Amateur co-medalist Neil Raymond. Matthew Fitzpatrick, the first Englishman to win the U.S. Amateur in 102 years, posted a 3-1 record, including 2-0 in foursomes with GB&I teammate Raymond.
2023 GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND TEAM:
James Ashfield, 22, of Wales, is representing GB&I in the Walker Cup for the first time. In 2023, the member of Wales’ national team has finished runner-up in both the Lytham Trophy and the European Amateur Championship in Estonia, finished tied third in the Sotogrande Cup in Spain and reached the last 64 in The Amateur Championship at Hillside. In 2022, he won the Welsh Amateur Championship, reached the last 16 in The Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and represented Wales in the Eisenhower Trophy in France. Two years ago at Nairn, he reached the semifinals of The Amateur.
Jack Bigham, 19, of England, a member of England’s national team, has recorded top 12s in both the European Amateur Championship in Estonia and St. Andrews Links Trophy, represented his country in both the European Amateur Team Championships and The R&A Men’s Home Internationals and completed his first collegiate season at Florida State University. In 2021, he won The R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports and reached the quarter-finals of the English Amateur at Moortown and the last 16 of The Amateur Championship at Nairn. He makes his Walker Cup debut in St Andrews.
Barclay Brown, 22 of England, makes his second Walker Cup appearance after playing at Seminole in 2021. So far in 2023, the member of England’s national team has earned All‑America honors in his senior season at Stanford University, finished tied-fourth in the NCAA Div. 1 Individual Championship and competed in the US Open at The Los Angeles Country Club. In 2022, he reached the last 64 in The Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and after qualifying for The 150th Open at St Andrews, was tied 12th after 36 holes to make the cut. In that year, he was also a member of the winning GB&I Team in the St Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe. Reached the quarterfinals of The Amateur Championship in 2020 and the semifinals of The R&A Boys’ Amateur in 2019.
John Gough, 24, of England, has been eager to make the GB&I Team given his younger brother, Conor, represented GB&I at Royal Liverpool in 2019. So far in 2023, the member of England’s national team has won both the Australian Master of the Amateurs and Irish Amateur Open, finished runner-up in both the Avondale Amateur and the Sotogrande Cup, reached the last 32 in The Amateur Championship and made the cut in the DP World Tour’s Betfred British Masters. In 2022, he won both the Spanish Amateur and the Lytham Trophy, finished runner-up in the Scottish Amateur Open, reached the semi-finals of The Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and represented England in the Eisenhower Trophy. Before his defeat to Sam Bairstow in the semi-finals of The Amateur last June, he had gone on a run of only losing one of 24 matches. Last year, he was also a member of the winning GB&I Team in the St. Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe.
Connor Graham, 16, of Scotland, becomes the youngest player on either team to ever compete in the Walker Cup. He is less than one month younger than Oliver Fisher was when he represented GB&I at Chicago Golf Club in 2005. So far in 2023, the member of Scotland’s national team has won the Scottish Amateur Open and finished runner-up in the French Under-18 Amateur Open. In 2022, he won The R&A Junior Open at Monifieth and finished runner-up in the Lytham Trophy, tied third in the Scottish Boys’ Amateur Open and shared seventh in the St. Andrews Links Trophy.
Alex Maguire, 22, of Ireland, won the first-ever Open Amateur Series to play in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in July, Maguire has achieved another highlight. This year the member of Ireland’s national team has also won both the St Andrews Links Trophy and East of Ireland Amateur Open, reached the quarterfinals of The Amateur Championship at Hillside, finished fourth in the Irish Amateur Open and closed his senior season at Florida Atlantic University with a tie for fourth in his conference championship. In 2022, he won the East of Ireland Amateur Open and reached the semi-finals of The Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes. In 2021, he won the North of Ireland Amateur Open and reached the quarterfinals of the South of Ireland Amateur Open.
Matthew McClean, 30, of Ireland, is making his Walker Cup debut. Last year, he won the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship by defeating Hugh Foley in the final at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. To date in 2023, the member of Ireland’s national team has competed in both the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open and recorded top-10 finishes in the South African Amateur, East of Ireland Amateur Open and Brabazon Trophy. He also reached the last 64 of the US Amateur and the semi-finals of the Western Amateur. In addition to his USGA championship title in 2022, he also finished runner-up in both the Irish Amateur Open and North of Ireland Amateur Open, reached the last 16 in The Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and represented Ireland in the Eisenhower Trophy. In that year, he was also a member of the winning GB&I Team in the St Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe.
Liam Nolan, 23, of Ireland, is making his Walker Cup debut thanks to a fine season in which the member of Ireland’s national team has won both the South American Amateur in Ecuador and the Brabazon Trophy and reached the last 64 in The Amateur Championship at Hillside. In 2022, he recorded top-four finishes in the North of Ireland, South of Ireland and West of Ireland Amateur Open Championships and finished in a share of 10th in the Brabazon Trophy and tied for 14th in the St. Andrews Links Trophy. In 2021, he won an R&A Student Tour Series event in Ireland and finished runner-up in both the West of Ireland Amateur Open and Connacht Men’s Stroke Play.
Mark Power, 23, of Ireland, is making his second Walker Cup appearance, after going 3-1-0 in 2021 at Seminole and was 2-0-0 in foursomes with John Murphy. The Ireland national team player has completed his fourth collegiate season at Wake Forest University and finished tied 13th in the European Amateur Championship in Estonia. In 2022, he reached the last 32 in The Amateur Championship and the last 64 in the US Amateur and represented Ireland in the Eisenhower Trophy. In that year, he was also a member of the winning GB&I Team in the St Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe. In 2020, he finished runner-up in the Brabazon Trophy, reached the semi-finals of The Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale and represented the International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup.
Calum Scott, 20, of Scotland, a member of Scotland’s national team, finished tied third this year in the St Andrews Links Trophy, reached the last-64 in The Amateur Championship at Hillside, made the last 32 of the US Amateur and completed his second season at Texas Tech University. In 2019, his older brother Sandy represented GB&I at Royal Liverpool and Scott now joins the family roll of honor. In 2022, he finished third in the European Amateur Championship and represented Scotland in the Eisenhower Trophy. In that year, he was also a member of the winning GB&I Team in the St Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe. In 2021, he reached the quarterfinals of The Amateur Championship over his home course of Nairn and reached the last-16 in both The R&A Boys’ Amateur and Scottish Amateur Open.
2023 USA TEAM:
Nick Dunlap, 19, of Huntsville, Ala., continued his historic summer campaign two weeks ago by winning the 123rd U.S. Amateur Championship, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to win the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Amateur. The University of Alabama rising sophomore is also coming off back-to-back wins at the Northeast Amateur and the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. The 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur champion earned his second U.S. Open start in June by surviving a 3-for-2 playoff in the Columbus, Ohio qualifier. The second-team All-American has played in seven USGA championships, including three U.S. Amateurs, and advanced to the semifinals of the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes. Dunlap qualified for the 2019 U.S. Amateur as a 15-year-old and was named the 2021 AJGA Rolex Golfer of the Year. He has also been a national finalist in the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition and was mentored by Al Del Greco, a 17-year NFL placekicker.
David Ford, 20, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., is coming off a run to the Round of 16 at this year’s U.S. Amateur Championship, falling to Walker Cup teammate Ben James in 19 holes. Ford was named first-team All-American (GCAA and Golfweek) and voted ACC Player of the Year as a sophomore at the University of North Carolina in 2022-23. He was also selected to this year’s Palmer Cup team and was recognized as both a Haskins Award finalist and Hogan Award semifinalist. Ford won the 2022 Southern Amateur Championship at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga. and reached the quarterfinals of this year’s North and South Amateur, losing to eventual champion Nick Dunlap.
Nick Gabrelcik, 21, of Trinity, Fla., is fresh off a berth in the Round of 32 in this year’s U.S. Amateur Championship. Earlier this summer, he notched a victory at the Southern Amateur Championship at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn., shooting a final-round, 8-under 64 to overcome a six-stroke deficit. The rising senior at the University of North Florida advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. In 2021, he earned the Phil Mickelson Award as the top freshman in college golf. He is a three-time USA Palmer Cup competitor and made the cut in the 2023 Valspar Championship on the PGA Tour, shooting a second-round 67.
Austin Greaser, 21, of Vandalia, Ohio, is also coming off a run to the Round of 32 in this year’s U.S. Amateur Championship. Greaser earned a spot in the 2022 U.S. Open by finishing runner-up to James Piot in the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. The fifth-year senior at the University of North Carolina lost in the 36-hole final, 2 and 1. He was one of only four amateurs to make the cut at The Country Club. Greaser won the 2022 Western Amateur Championship, defeating Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira in the finals. He was a quarterfinalist in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, losing to eventual champion Preston Summerhays. In April 2022, he competed in the Masters Tournament, his first major championship start.
Stewart Hagestad, 32, of Newport Beach, Calif., has been a member of three winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2017, 2019, 2021). Hagestad, who has competed in four U.S. Opens, reached the quarterfinals of both the 2022 and 2020 U.S. Amateurs. He has played in 26 USGA championships, including 13 U.S. Amateurs. He captured the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at Sankaty Head Golf Club, defeating Mark Costanza, 2 and 1. He also defeated Scott Harvey in 37 holes in the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship final, producing the largest comeback victory since the 36-hole final was introduced in 2001. Hagestad was the low amateur in the 2017 Masters Tournament, becoming the first invited Mid-Amateur champion to make the 36-hole cut.
Ben James, 19, of Milford, Conn., advanced to the quarterfinals of last month’s U.S. Amateur, falling in 19 holes to Parker Bell. James is coming off an accolade-filled freshman year at the University of Virginia, where he earned the 2023 Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award honors, a First-Team Ping All-American, ACC Freshman of the Year and was a finalist for both the Haskins and Jack Nicklaus Awards. He finished sixth at the NCAA Championships, set the UVA record with five first-place finishes and finished in the top six in 11 of 13 tournaments. James is only the second player in Virginia history to earn first-team All-America honors. He was also selected to the 2023 U.S. Palmer Cup Team. He received a sponsor exemption to play in the 2023 Travelers Championship in his home state of Connecticut.
Dylan Menante, 22, of Carlsbad, Calif., became the first University of North Carolina player to finish in the top 10 in both an NCAA regional (T-6) and the NCAA Championship (T-4) in the same season. The fifth-year senior transferred to Chapel Hill from Pepperdine last year and has now played on teams that earned top-three finishes in the NCAA Championship in each of the last three seasons. He earned his second consecutive West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors during a junior year at Pepperdine that included four top-10 finishes. Menante helped the Waves capture the 2021 NCAA Championship, their first national title since 1997. He has competed in five U.S. Amateurs (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023), losing in the Round of 64 to Walker Cup teammate Caleb Surratt last week at Cherry Hills. He also reached the semifinals of the 2022 U.S. Amateur at The Ridgewood Country Club. His father, Dean, played at the University of Nevada and competed in the 1984 U.S. Amateur.
Gordon Sargent, 20, of Birmingham, Ala., was named to the 2023 USA Walker Cup Team in June as a top American in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®. He made the cut in this year’s U.S. Open and went on to earn low-amateur honors with a T39 finish. Sargent was recently awarded the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s leading men’s amateur golfer. He was voted Southeastern Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore at Vanderbilt University in 2022-23. He posted eight top-5 finishes, including fifth in the SEC Championship and a tie for seventh in the NCAA Auburn Regional. Sargent won the 2022 NCAA individual title in a playoff and received the Phil Mickelson Award as the nation’s top freshman. He helped the USA win a bronze medal at last year’s World Amateur Team Championship in Paris, France. His father, Seth, has played in two USGA events, advancing to match play in the 2006 U.S. Mid-Amateur.
Preston Summerhays, 21, of Scottsdale, Ariz., advanced to match play in this year’s U.S. Amateur, falling in the Round of 64 to 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion Sampson Zheng, 1 up. Summerhays played in his second U.S. Open this year, after surviving a 3-for-2 playoff in final qualifying at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. Summerhays won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur, which earned him an exemption into the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Summerhays, who has played in five U.S. Amateurs, is the son of former PGA Tour player Boyd, the nephew of PGA Tour player Daniel and the great nephew of Bruce, who won three PGA Tour Champions events. Preston’s sister, Grace, qualified for this year’s U.S. Women’s Open and his uncle, Joe, was in the field at the 2023 U.S. Senior Open. Preston partnered with Luke Potter to reach the quarterfinals of the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. He also won the 2020 Sunnehanna Amateur, becoming the youngest champion in tournament history. In 2022, Summerhays was named Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year after recording eight top 10s during his first year at Arizona State University.
Caleb Surratt, 19, of Indian Trail, N.C., is coming off a run to the Round of 32 in this year’s U.S. Amateur Championship. Surratt had a dominant week at the SEC Championship earlier this year, claiming the individual championship by six strokes. The rising sophomore at the University of Tennessee won the Maui Jim Intercollegiate and is coming off a runner-up finish to Dunlap at this year’s Northeast Amateur. He had seven top-10 finishes in the 2022-23 college season for the Volunteers, earning first-team All-America honors. Last year, Surratt won the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, became the first back-to-back winner of the Terra Cotta Invitational and won the 2022 Elite Amateur Golf Series. He also finished runner-up in the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes, losing to Wenyi Ding, 3 and 2, in the 36-hole final. Surratt reached the Round of 16 in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur and the Round of 32 in the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. He won the 2021 Western Junior to join a list of champions that includes Jim Furyk, Collin Morikawa and Rickie Fowler.
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