When the Americans left Lahinch on Saturday night, they had just watched three of their best players — Preston Stout, Miles Russell and Tyler Watts — lose their singles matches to give GB&I a 6.5-5.5 lead heading into Sunday at the Walker Cup.
The message in the American team room was simple: the deficit was small, but they needed to come out Sunday and leave no doubt in Sunday foursomes. If the results 12 hours later were any indication, that message was received.
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For the first time since 2007, the Americans swept Sunday foursomes, turning a one-point deficit into a three-point lead and putting them just 3.5 points away from…
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