Walker Cup: Miracle by the Inagh as Great Britain and Ireland storm singles to take down USA

The captivation of team matchplay golf was exhibited in all of its raw beauty in this 51^st edition of the Walker Cup on the Old Course at Lahinch, as Great Britain and Ireland – seemingly with all hope lost after a disastrous whitewash in the morning foursomes – produced their very own Miracle by The Inagh estuary with a masterful singles session that saw them power back to defeat the United States by 13½ to 12½ to claim the prized silver trophy for the first time since 2015.

And with the match on a knife-edge on an absorbing afternoon of singles played in weather that threw squalls and sunshine at the players, the outcome came down to the last putt on the last green of the last match, where Josh Hill, ranked 93^rd in the world, played an exquisite bunker shot to three feet to set up a birdie to defeat world number two Tyler Watts by one hole to secure victory.