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Description

The
48th
Walker Cup
Match
will be played May 8 and 9, 2021 at
Seminole Golf Club
in
Juno Beach, Florida
. It will be the first Walker Cup match to be played in Florida.
U.S. team
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Tyler Strafaci
was the first player to qualify for the team, by winning the 2020
United States Amateur Championship
.
Ricky Castillo
,
John Pak
and
Davis Thompson
were the next player to make the team, as the top three Americans in the
World Amateur Golf Ranking
as on February 10, 2021. The remaining members of the team were announced on March 1, 2021. Two alternates for the team were also announced:
McClure Meissner
and
Garett Reband
.
[2]
USA
Name
Rank
Age
Notes
Nathaniel Crosby
59
non-playing captain
Ricky Castillo
9
20
Pierceson Coody
1
21
Quade Cummins
18
24
Austin Eckroat
14
23
Stewart Hagestad
24
30
Played in
2017
and
2019
Cole Hammer
16
21
Played in
2019
William Mouw
26
20
John Pak
2
22
Played in
2019
Tyler Strafaci
8
22
Davis Thompson
3
22
Great Britain and Ireland team
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The Great Britain and Ireland team was announced on March 30, 2021.
Joe Long
gained automatic selection by winning the 2020
Amateur Championship
. Two more players were automatic selections as the leading two in the
World Amateur Golf Ranking
:
Sandy Scott
and
Alex Fitzpatrick
. The travelling reserves were
Jack Dyer
and
Jake Bolton
.
[3]
Scott later withdrew because of a wrist injury and was replaced by Dyer,
Joe Pagdin
being added as a reserve.
[4]
&
Great Britain & Ireland
Name
Rank
Age
Notes
Stuart Wilson
43
non-playing captain
Barclay Brown
77
20
Jack Dyer
213
23
Alex Fitzpatrick
13
22
Played in
2019
Angus Flanagan
43
21
Ben Jones
46
21
Matty Lamb
84
23
Joe Long
35
23
John Murphy
103
22
Mark Power
34
20
Ben Schmidt
36
18