U.S. rallies to win Walker Cup for fourth straight time - ESPN

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Gordon Sargent lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in the world by winning all four of his matches at St. Andrews as the United States rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth straight time.

Great Britain & Ireland had a three-point lead going into the final two sessions on the Old Course. The Americans won three of the four morning foursomes, and they poured it on during the 10 singles matches.

The Americans won six of the 10 matches and halved two others to complete a Sunday rally in which they outscored GB&I 10-4 over two sessions.

They won by a final score of 14½-11½.

«They played hard to the bitter end,» U.S. captain Mike McCoy said. «This one is going to be a great ride home.»

Caleb Surratt never trailed in the lead match, a 3-and-2 victory over Calum Scott, and then U.S. Amateur champion Nick Dunlap picked up a key half-point at the time. Dunlap was 3 down with four to play against Barclay Brown when he won the next two holes and then halved the match with a birdie on the 18th.

Sargent and John Gough of England were all square going to the 17th when Gough sent his drive too far right, just over the ball near the Old Course Hotel and out-of-bounds. That gave Sargent a 1-up lead. Sargent, a junior at Vanderbilt, then drove the 18th green with a 3-wood and Gough conceded the match as Sargent's eagle putt trickled to a stop near the hole.

The final blow for the Americans was Dylan Menante 3-putting the 18th for a halve with Matthew McClean. That gave them 12½ points, with two other matches dormie on the course, assuring them enough to win the cup that dates to 1922.

«All the momentum seemed to be on the U.S. side,» GB&I captain Stuart Wilson said. «Their players handled