WALKER CUP SQUAD WILL WALK OVER BALGOWNIE TOMORROW

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Team captain Nigel Edwards and his 18-strong squad of potential members of the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup squad to play the Americans at Royal Aberdeen on September 10-11 will spend tomorrow (Wednesday) morning  walking over the Balgownie links.
"We couldn't really get anything done today (Tuesday) because all the players had not arrived but they will all have checked in by the morning and I plan take them over the course, hole by hole, before lunchtime on Wednesday" said Welshman Edwards, pictured, who played in four Walker Cup matches and is now employed by the Welsh Golf Union.
Of the 18 players, Scottish champion Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck), Scottish open stroke-play champion Andy Sullivan (Nuneaton), Banchory's James Byrne and Welshman Alastair Jones (Radyr) missed the initital Walker Cup practice squad get-together at Balgownie in May for one reason or another.
"We'll play a Stableford in the afternoon and then foursomes and singles on Thursday," said Edwards who says he would be delighted if spectators came along.
Entry to the course for this week's practice is free of charge and car parking is also free.
For the Walker Cup match itself, the tickets cost £25 per day.
The players walking the Balgownie links this morning (Wed) will include Tom Lewis, the Englishman who shared the first-round lead in the Open and who eventually won the Silver Medal as leading amateur.
The players at Balgownie will be:
Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City), Paul Cutler (Portstewart), Jack Senior (Heysham), Steven Brown (Wentworth), Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan), Kevin Phelan (Waterford), Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh), Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck), Andy Sullivan (Nuneaton), James Byrne (Banchory), Alastair Jones (Radyr), Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale), Tyrrell Hatton (Harleyford), Rhys Enoch (Truro), Ross Kellett (Colville Park), Oliver Farr (Ludlow), Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle), Alan Dunbar (Rathmore).
The GB and I team of 10 is due to be announced on August 15 but this may b delayed if a player not in the squad but eligible for selection is in with a chance of following in Richie Ramsay's footsteps as winner of the US amateur championship which is being played the following week..