Oklahoma State University Athletics
OSU Duo Named To U.S. Walker Cup Team
August 06, 2007 | Cowboy Golf
A pair of players with Oklahoma State ties have been named to the United States Walker Cup team it was announced today. Trip Kuehne and Jonathan Moore were among the eight players named to the 10-player squad that will compete Sept. 8-9 at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, Ireland.
The remainder of the American team will be selected following the U.S. Amateur Championship, which will conclude Aug. 26. Selected by the International Team Selection Committee of the United States Golf Association, the squad will face an amateur team representing Great Britain and Ireland.
The selection marked the third in the career of Kuehne, who was also named to the 1995 and the 2003 squads. This past summer, the Dallas, Texas native qualified for his fourth U.S. Open and was the runner-up at the Sunnehanna Amateur as well as a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Amateur in 2006. The 1994 Amateur runner-up to Tiger Woods, Kuehne earned second-team All-America honors in 1996 and was a third-team pick in 1994 and 1995 for the Cowboys.
The event will mark the third time in the past two years Moore has represented the United States after competing for the American squad at the 2006 World Amateur Team Championship and the 2007 Copa de las Americas Championship. The Vancouver, Wash. native became the eighth NCAA champion in school history in 2006 and qualified for the U.S. Open later that summer.
The Walker Cup Match consists of 16 singles and eight foursomes (alternate shot) matches. The USA reclaimed the Cup with a one-point victory at Chicago (Ill.) Golf Club in 2005. Great Britain and Ireland's team had won the three previous Matches, in 1999, 2001 and 2003, twice by scores of 15-9 and by 121⁄2 -111⁄2 in 2003. The USA leads the series overall, 32-7-1.
The remainder of the American team will be selected following the U.S. Amateur Championship, which will conclude Aug. 26. Selected by the International Team Selection Committee of the United States Golf Association, the squad will face an amateur team representing Great Britain and Ireland.
The selection marked the third in the career of Kuehne, who was also named to the 1995 and the 2003 squads. This past summer, the Dallas, Texas native qualified for his fourth U.S. Open and was the runner-up at the Sunnehanna Amateur as well as a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Amateur in 2006. The 1994 Amateur runner-up to Tiger Woods, Kuehne earned second-team All-America honors in 1996 and was a third-team pick in 1994 and 1995 for the Cowboys.
The event will mark the third time in the past two years Moore has represented the United States after competing for the American squad at the 2006 World Amateur Team Championship and the 2007 Copa de las Americas Championship. The Vancouver, Wash. native became the eighth NCAA champion in school history in 2006 and qualified for the U.S. Open later that summer.
The Walker Cup Match consists of 16 singles and eight foursomes (alternate shot) matches. The USA reclaimed the Cup with a one-point victory at Chicago (Ill.) Golf Club in 2005. Great Britain and Ireland's team had won the three previous Matches, in 1999, 2001 and 2003, twice by scores of 15-9 and by 121⁄2 -111⁄2 in 2003. The USA leads the series overall, 32-7-1.
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