Cup held at Los Angeles Country Club was a rout for the American Team, 19-7. This year Austin Greaser, from Dayton, who just completed his studies at the University of North Carolina, was a member of the U.S. team. He won the Ohio Amateur, Advanced to the round of 32 in the 2023 U.S. Amateur, finished runnerup in the 2021 U.S. Amateur and won the 2022 Western Amateur. In his collegiate career at UNC, he was a threetime All-America, three-time All-PING East Austin Greaser Competes in Walker Cup at the Old Course at St. Andrews The Walker Cup is an international team event featuring the best amateur golfers from the United States versus Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I). An unofficial event featuring two amateur teams was held in 1921 at Royal Liverpool. The first official Walker Cup Match was held in 1922 at The National Golf Links, on Long Island and has been held biennially, since 1925. The match is contested over two days, Saturday and Sunday. Each team is comprised of 10 players. The Foursome format is used in both morning sessions with four two-man teams competing. On Saturday afternoon eight singles matches are played with two players from each team sitting out. On Sunday afternoon all 10 players compete in singles. The United States holds a decided advantage over the GB&I Team, but in recent years with more players from Europe attending American colleges, the Walker Cup has become much more competitive. Since 2011, GB&I has won two of the six matches contested, three have been close affairs and only the 2017 Walker By Fred Altvater Ohio Golf Journal
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