{"id":838619,"date":"2026-09-06T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838619\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:02:11","slug":"americans-sweep-sunday-foursomes-at-lahinch-take-walker-cup-lead-into-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838619\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans sweep Sunday foursomes at Lahinch, take Walker Cup lead into singles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Americans were on a mission at Lahinch on Sunday morning, where the red, white and blue turned the tables and earned all four points in the Walker Cup\u2019s Day 2 foursomes.<\/p>\n

The clean sweep puts the U.S. just 3 1\/2 points away from retaining the Walker Cup crown \u2014 for the sixth straight tournament.<\/p>\n

Teenagers Miles Russell and Tyler Watts completed the dominant sweep for the Americans over Tyler Weaver and Connor Graham on the 16th hole to give the U.S. a 9 1\/2 to 6 1\/2 point lead over Team GB&I entering Sunday afternoon\u2019s singles.<\/a><\/p>\n

The weather never impacted the U.S. team who seemed to adjust to high winds and rain on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it doesn\u2019t favor us, I feel like we all have to play in it,\u201d said Kihei Akina, talking about how he and his teammates have embraced the conditions at Lahinch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GB&I played constantly under pressure throughout the morning. Russell and Watts won, 3 and 2, earning a full point for the U.S. for the second straight day<\/a> to grab the last point available before the afternoon singles session.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur games kind of line up nicely,\u201d said Russell. \u201cHe hits it very solid and I can chip it pretty solid and, when you put those two together, we make a very good team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Point breakdown<\/p>\n

Fellow Americans William Jennings and Ryder Cowan were also dominant.<\/p>\n

Jennings, who was the big move for captain Nathan Smith ahead of Sunday morning<\/a>, rolled in a birdie putt on the 15th green. Jennings and Cowan won, 4 and 3, to give the U.S. its third point.<\/p>\n

The shot of the day came at the par-4 13th hole, where Preston Stout\u2019s tee shot landed just a few feet from the pin. The 22-year-old Stout set the Americans up with an eagle to go 2 up on the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good shot, my best shot of the week,\u201d Stout said, after wrapping up victory in the opening foursomes contest of the morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about making [GB&I] earn every hole,\u201d Stout added. \u201cThey made some big putts, and a couple of eagles too, but we were OK with that. We just tried to make a birdie on every hole, and we did a pretty good job of that. We didn\u2019t make very many bogeys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stout and partner Ethan Feng got the Americans on the scoreboard first when they bested Stuart Grehan and Eliot Baker, 3 and 2.<\/p>\n

The second point came from Akina and Jay Leng Jr., the 2026 U.S. Amateur runner-up.<\/p>\n

Akina and Leng Jr. landed a 4-and-3 win over Luke Poulter and Sam Easterbrook.<\/p>\n

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live<\/p>\n

Watch the leading male amateurs compete in the Final Day of the 2026 Walker Cup at Lahinch Golf Club in County Clare, Ireland.<\/p>\n

Look ahead<\/p>\n

GB&I captain Dean Robertson will lean on Stuart Grehan at the start of Day 2 singles matches.<\/p>\n

Grehan will line up again against Stout, whom he beat on Saturday in a thrilling comeback. Grehan won the last three holes<\/a> to edge the world\u2019s top-ranked amateur.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I played really solid yesterday, played pretty much perfect for 15 holes and he just clipped me,\u201d Stout said of the loss to Grehan.<\/p>\n

The final singles match between American Josiah Gilbert and Englishman Sam Easterbrook is set to tee off at 10:05 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a full look at the lineup for Sunday singles:<\/p>\n

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