{"id":156459,"date":"2025-08-18T19:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156459\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:11:27","slug":"final-five-players-named-to-usa-walker-cup-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156459\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Five Players Named to USA Walker Cup Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/00091100.JPG\" alt=\"Photo: USGA\"\/><br \/>\n                    <br \/>Photo: USGA<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;\">Stewart Hagestad, Mason Howell, Jacob Modleski, Tommy Morrison, and Jase Summy have been named to the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team by the USGA\u2019s International Team Selection working group. They join Jackson Koivun, Ben James, Michael La Sasso, Ethan Fang, and Preston Stout, who were previously selected. Team USA will compete against Great Britain and Ireland at Cypress Point Club on September 6\u20137, 2025. <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;padding-left:10px;border-left:3px solid #999;color:#333;font-size:15px;\"><p>\u201cThese five players are outstanding additions to round out this year\u2019s team. I am beyond excited to have our full team set as we begin to prepare for Cypress Point.\u201d \u2013 USA Captain Nathan Smith <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>USA Walker Cup Roster (2025)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0 0 14px;padding-left:18px;\">\n<li>Stewart Hagestad \u2013 Newport Beach, CA<\/li>\n<li>Mason Howell \u2013 Thomasville, GA<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Modleski \u2013 Noblesville, IN<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Morrison \u2013 Dallas, TX<\/li>\n<li>Jase Summy \u2013 Keller, TX<\/li>\n<li>Jackson Koivun \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li>Ben James \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li>Michael La Sasso \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Fang \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li>Preston Stout \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:14px;color:#444;\"><strong>Alternates:<\/strong> Miles Russell (Jacksonville Beach, FL), Max Herendeen (Bellevue, WA) <\/p>\n<p>Player SpotlightsStewart Hagestad<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;\">Veteran leader with three U.S. Mid-Amateur titles and experience on four previous Walker Cup teams. Finished 8th at the 2025 Northeast Amateur and reached the Round of 16 at the Western Amateur.<\/p>\n<p>Mason Howell<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;\">2025 U.S. Amateur champion at The Olympic Club. Shared medalist honors at U.S. Open Final Qualifying with consecutive 63s. Medalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur; committed to Georgia in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Modleski<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;\">Notre Dame standout who reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur in 2024 and 2025. ACC individual champion and Western Amateur semifinalist. Winner of the 2024 Jones Cup Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Morrison<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;\">Texas senior who won the 2025 Amer Ari Invitational. First American to win the European Amateur in 2024, earning a start in The Open Championship. Former U.S. Junior Amateur medalist.<\/p>\n<p>Jase Summy<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;\">Oklahoma senior and 2025 Western Amateur champion. Set program record with 20 rounds under par in 2024\u201325. Strong summer with top finishes at the Southern and Sunnehanna Amateurs.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain &amp; Ireland Team Outlook<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;\">The R&amp;A has already confirmed four automatic selections based on WAGR: Tyler Weaver (ENG), Cameron Adam (SCO), Dominic Clemons (ENG), and Connor Graham (SCO). The remaining six players will be announced by captain Dean Robertson following the U.S. Amateur. Likely additions include Eliot Baker, Charlie Forster, Stuart Grehan, Luke Poulter, Niall Shiels Donegan, and Gavin Tiernan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;\">GB&amp;I enters Cypress Point with confidence after defeating the Continent of Europe 16.5\u20138.5 in the St. Andrews Trophy in July. That lineup featured nine of the leading Walker Cup candidates, giving a strong preview of the team Robertson will bring to Pebble Beach. <\/p>\n<p>About the Walker Cup<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">The Walker Cup is a 10-man amateur team competition between the USA and Great Britain &amp; Ireland. Played over two days, the format includes 18 singles matches and eight foursomes (alternate-shot) matches. Cypress Point Club last hosted in 1981, when the USA defeated GB&amp;I, 15\u20139. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    ABOUT THE&#13;<br \/>\n                    The Walker Cup&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/00084361.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\"\/>The Walker Cup Match is a biennial 10-man &#13;<br \/>\namateur &#13;<br \/>\nteam competition between the USA and a team &#13;<br \/>\ncomposed of players from Great Britain and &#13;<br \/>\nIreland &#13;<br \/>\nand selected by The R&amp;A. It is played over two &#13;<br \/>\ndays &#13;<br \/>\nwith 18 singles matches and eight foursomes &#13;<br \/>\n(alternate-shot) matches.<\/p>\n<p>The first United States Walker Cup Team, which &#13;<br \/>\nin &#13;<br \/>\n1922 defeated the GB&amp;I side, 8-4, at the &#13;<br \/>\nNational Golf &#13;<br \/>\nLinks of America, is considered among the best &#13;<br \/>\nteams &#13;<br \/>\never and included Francis Ouimet, Bob Jones, &#13;<br \/>\nCharles &#13;<br \/>\n\u201cChick\u201d Evans and Jess Sweetser. Many of the &#13;<br \/>\ngame\u2019s &#13;<br \/>\ngreatest players have taken part in Walker Cup &#13;<br \/>\ncompetition, including U.S. Open champions &#13;<br \/>\nJack &#13;<br \/>\nNicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth for &#13;<br \/>\nthe &#13;<br \/>\nUSA &#13;<br \/>\nand Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Justin &#13;<br \/>\nRose &#13;<br \/>\nfor Great Britain and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/1857\/The-Walker-Cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Complete Tournament Information<\/a>&#13;\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: USGA Stewart Hagestad, Mason Howell, Jacob Modleski, Tommy Morrison, and Jase Summy have been named to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":156460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[83390,83389,83387,91100,1430,91102,91101,62,91099,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-156459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-amateur-golf-news","9":"tag-amateurgolf-com","10":"tag-california-golf-tournaments","11":"tag-cypress-point-club","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-pebble-beach-california-golf","14":"tag-pebble-beach-golf-tournaments","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-the-walker-cup","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115051356865307628","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}