for the Walker Cup at Lahinch in Ireland. Great Britain & Ireland leads by a point, 6 ½ to 5 ½, after splitting the afternoon singles session on Saturday. The U.S. has won each of the last five Walker Cups, with GB&I last winning in 2015 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. (Times are ET.)

3:05AM: Preston Stout-Ethan Fang (US) vs. Stuart Grehan-Eliot Baker

3:20AM: Jay Leng Jr.-Kihei-Akina (US) vs. Luke Poulter-Sam Easterbrook

3:35AM: Miles Russell-Tyler Watts (US) vs. Tyler Weaver-Connor Graham

3:50AM: William Jennings-Ryder Cowan (US) vs. Niall Sheils Donegan-Josh Hill

Candyroot Lodge, a brand-new golf retreat that will sit on over 1,200 acres about an hour from Charlotte and Columbia, S.C., will open its first course for preview play next month. Day pass reservations for preview play are available starting Tuesday, Sept. 8, ahead of the soft course opening on Oct. 28. Email subscribers who sign up on Candyroot’s website to “stay in the know” will receive a link to buy day asses early (at 8 a.m. ET and everyone else will receive access at noon). The passes will allow all-day play access if selected. The new course is Mike Koprowski's first solo design and will be part of a multi-course, elevated experience that will also include a short course designed by Koprowski and LPGA Tour legend Michelle Wie.

Charlie Woods, Tiger's son, was unveiled as the newest amateur golfer to ink an NIL (name, image and likeness) deal with the brand. The rising Benjamin School senior and Florida State commit is already using a TaylorMade-heavy bag (Qi4D driver, 3-wood and 7-wood, P·7CB/P·7TW irons, MG5 wedges and TP5x ball), which makes sense when you consider his dad is a TaylorMade staffer. He joins a TaylorMade amateur roster that already includes future FSU teammate Miles Russell, Asterisk Talley and Logan Reilly. Woods tees it up at the Junior Players this week at TPC Sawgrass.

That’s certainly what U.S. fans are hoping for after seeing American captain Nathan Smith putting out Preston Stout and Ethan Fang in the lead foursomes pairings for Saturday’s morning session at the 51st Walker Cup. Both have missed some practice this week as they battle what’s been reported to be a stomach bug, but Smith is confident in the two veterans of the winning U.S. side in 2025 (and teammates at Oklahoma State). 

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, GB&I captain Dean Robertson has all six of his veterans from Cypress Point on the tee sheet in the first session, including Tyler Weaver, who hasn’t played since April but is the top-ranked player for the home team.

For a little extra info on all the players competing this week, check out these 20 fun facts about the 20 Walker Cuppers.

Earlier this week former PGA Tour pro and current CBS’ on-course reporter Colt Knost relayed that his request to regain amateur status was denied. That process has become a lightning rod in recent years, as there are those in the sport that believe former pros dominating amateurs—many with actual 9-to-5 jobs—in prestigious amateur events defeats the spirit of the game. Last year’s U.S. Mid-Am was a flashpoint, with six of the quarterfinalists being former pros, and this week’s U.S. Senior Am provided more evidence to the cause: all four semi-finalists were pros and the competition was won by Mike Sposa, who’s logged over 330 career appearances on the PGA Tour and Nike (now Korn Ferry) circuit. There has been talk behind the scenes that the USGA will no longer be so relaxed when it comes to reinstatement; between Knost’s appeal, and the Senior Am results, that outcome could be happening soon.