Walker Cup Sunday Singles Tee Times And Format 2026

The 51st Walker Cup continues at Lahinch Golf Club on the west coast of Ireland, where the hosts have it all to do if they're to win for just the 10th time in more than 100 years.

Team USA (who leads the all-time head-to-head 40-9-1) entered the prestigious amateur event with seven of the world's top-10 and were considerable favorites to wrap up victory once more.

Excellent performances from several Team GB&I stars gave the home team a one-point advantage before the foursomes and singles matches on Sunday.

However, it all unravelled in the Sunday morning foursomes session.

There, the visitors completed a 4-0 whitewash to turn a 6.5-5.5 point deficit into a 9.5-6.5 point advantage.

In order to retain the Walker Cup, Team USA, as the defending champions, only needs another 3.5 points from the 10 Sunday afternoon singles matches to meet the overall threshold of 13 points.

For Team GB&I, the final session presents a far more daunting prospect, with the team requiring 13.5 points to win it outright and reclaim, meaning it needs seven of the 10 points on offer on Sunday afternoon.

Here is the schedule, format and tee-off times for the remainder of the 2026 Walker Cup.

WALKER CUP FORMAT

The Walker Cup format is a relatively simple one. There are two days of competition, with both featuring foursomes matches in the morning and singles matches in the afternoon.

However, there is one slight difference between the days. On Saturday, there were four foursomes matches and eight singles matches while on Sunday there were once again four foursomes matches prior to all 10 players competing in singles.

As with every other team event of this nature, winning a match earns a full point while a tie constitutes a half-point per team.

The magic number for Team USA to retain the Walker Cup is 13 points. Team GB&I requires 13.5 points.

WALKER CUP SCHEDULE

WALKER CUP TEE TIMES

Sunday, September 6th - Singles

BST (ET)

• 1:35pm (8:35am): Stuart Grehan vs Preston Stout
• 1:45pm (8:45am): Luke Poulter vs Ethan Fang
• 1:55pm (8:55am): Jack Whaley vs William Jennings
• 2:05pm (9:05am): Tyler Weaver vs Jay Leng Jr
• 2:15pm (9:15am): Niall Sheils Donegan vs Kihei Akina
• 2:25pm (9:25am): Eliot Baker vs Stewart Hagestad
• 2:35pm (9:35am): Connor Graham vs Miles Russell
• 2:45pm (9:45am): Josh Hill vs Tyler Watts
• 2:55pm (9:55am): Ben Bolton vs Ryder Cowan
• 3:05pm (10:05am): Sam Easterbrook vs Josiah Gilbert

Walker Cup teams 2026

Walker Cup Team USA

• Preston Stout (1st)
• Tyler Watts (2nd)
• William Jennings (4th)
• Ryder Cowan (5th)
• Miles Russell (6th)
• Josiah Gilbert (7th)
• Ethan Fang (9th)
• Kihei Akina (11th)
• Jay Leng Jr. (12th)
• Stewart Hagestad (25th)

Average rank: 8.2

Walker Cup Team GB&I

• Tyler Weaver (3rd)
• Luke Poulter (8th)
• Eliot Baker (13th)
• Niall Sheils Donegan (18th)
• Connor Graham (26th)
• Stuart Grehan (28th)
• Jack Whaley (45th)
• Sam Easterbrook (76th)
• Ben Bolton (86th)
• Josh Hill (93rd)

Average rank: 39.6