JUNO BEACH, Fla. – A stomach virus will keep three U.S. players and three Great Britain and Ireland players on the sidelines Saturday morning at Seminole Golf Club.
Pierceson Coody, John Pak and Tyler Strafaci will all sit out the opening foursomes session of the 48th Walker Cup while first alternate Mac Meissner fills in alongside Ricky Castillo. For the visitors, they will be without Englishmen Benjamin Schmidt, Ben Jones and Joe Long while their countryman Jake Bolton subs in to pair with Angus Flanagan in the anchor match.
Coody and Pak played alternate shot in practice with Thompson and Hammer, respectively, but with Coody and Pak out for at least the morning, Hammer and Thompson have linked up.