Overview

• The 50th Walker Cup begins Saturday at Cypress Point in California, where Luke Poulter will make his Great Britain & Ireland debut against a favored U.S. team.
• Poulter holed a practice-round ace at the par-3 third, and he also holed out for eagle on the first hole earlier in the same session.
• Ian Poulter is on site offering guidance, with GB&I teammates saying he shared Ryder Cup insights at team events and dinner this week.
• Messages of encouragement from past and present European Ryder Cup figures, including Luke Donald, Pádraig Harrington, and Paul McGinley, have reached the GB&I squad.
• Now ranked No. 27 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Poulter enters on the back of a Schenkel Invitational win and a 3-0 match-play showing in Florida’s SEC Championship run.