Step inside the mind of Walker Cup Captain Mike McCoy with this article from the R&A.

Nick Gabrelcik, 21, of Trinity, Fla.; Austin Greaser, 21, of Vandalia, Ohio; Stewart Hagestad, 32, of Newport Beach, Calif.; Ben James, 19, of Milford, Conn.; Dylan Menante, 22, of Carlsbad, Calif.; and Preston Summerhays, 19, of Scottsdale, Ariz., were named to the 2023 USA Walker Cup Team by the USGA’s International Team Selection (ITS) working group on Sunday night to complete the 10-player team.

Nick Dunlap, 19, of Huntsville, Ala., and Caleb Surratt, 19, of Indian Trail, N.C., were named to the 2023 USA Walker Cup Team by the USGA’s International Team Selection (ITS) working group announced on Monday.

Gordon Sargent, 20, of Birmingham, Ala., Michael Thorbjornsen, 21, of Wellesley, Mass. and David Ford, 20, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., have earned places on the 2023 USA Walker Cup Team as the top Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® as of June 21. The trio is ranked No. 1, 2 and 3 respectively. They will compete against Great Britain and Ireland in the 49th Walker Cup Match on Sept. 2-3 at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.

The championship pits ten amateur golfers from the United States against ten from Great Britain and Ireland every other year, bringing together twenty of the world’s best amateur golfers. The teams compete in alternate shot matches as well as singles matches, awarding one point for each victory and half a point for each match that finishes all square after 18 holes. As defending champions, the USA only needs 13 points to keep the cup, while GB&I needs 13.5 points to win back the cup.