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The Walker Cup is one of the most prestigious events in the amateur golf calendar, but where will it be held in 2023?
The event puts the best male amateur golfers from GB&I and the USA up against each other, and has been played since 1922. This year marks over 100 years since the first playing of the Walker Cup, which is part of the reason it will be played at such an iconic golf course.
In 2023, the event will be played at the Old Course at St Andrews.
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The Walker Cup was last played at the Old Course in 1975. Since then, it has been played at several iconic links course in the UK, including Royal Aberdeen and Nairn.
The GB&I initial squad was announced for the Walker Cup in December 2022. It consists of 19 players who are looking to make up the final ten man team. The 19 players in the running are:
| James Ashfield (21, Delamere Forest, Wales) | Matthew McClean (29, Malone, Ireland) |
| Josh Berry (17, Doncaster, England) | Robert Moran (23, Castle, Ireland) |
| Barclay Brown (21, Hallamshire, England) | Liam Nolan (22, Galway, Ireland) |
| Archie Davies (21, Carlisle, Wales) | Peter O’Keeffe (41, Douglas, Ireland) |
| Arron Edwards-Hill (23, Chelmsford, England) | Mark Power (22, Kilkenny, Ireland) |
| Hugh Foley (25, Royal Dublin, Ireland) | Dylan Shaw-Radford (17, Huddersfield, England) |
| Connor Graham (16, Blairgowrie, Scotland) | Calum Scott (19, Nairn, Scotland) |
| John Gough (24, Beaconsfield, England) | Harley Smith (17, The Rayleigh Club, England) |
| Josh Hill (18, Trump International Dubai, England) | Tyler Weaver (17, Bury St Edmunds, England) |
| Frank Kennedy (17, Trump National Jupiter, England) |
Stuart Wilson, the captain of the GB&I Walker Cup team said:
“We have selected a talented group of players who are key to our preparations for the Walker Cup and share our determination to win back the trophy from the United States of America.
“We will be getting together in St Andrews so that the players can really get to grips with the Old Course, understand its subtleties and learn from those individuals who have vast experience of the links.
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“Our aim is to select a team which will give us the best chance of winning the match next year. In that regard, we will continue to monitor the players’ performances in amateur events over the coming months and provide them with support and advice. There is also still time for golfers not included in the squad to play their way into our plans and we will be keeping a close eye on their results too.”
The USA are the current holders of the trophy, after they won the 2021 edition by a score of 14-12 at Seminole.
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