How Do You Mark Your Titleist? Peter Uihlein Marks It 4-0

The United States won the 42nd Walker Cup matches on Sunday by destroying the Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) team by a score of 16.5 to 9.5.  It is the United States' third straight win in the matches. 

The two standouts for the US squad were Rickie Fowler - the amateur that nearly won on the Nationwide Tour earlier this year - and Peter Uilhein, one of the final two selections made for the squad.  They were teammates at Oklamoha State and both went undefeated on the week at Merion, each going 4-0.

For Fowler, this was his last hoorah in amateur golf.  He will likely turn pro tomorrow ahead of an attempt to qualify for the PGA Tour through the qualifying tournament.  Fowler finished his Walker Cup career at 7-1 having played in the competition twice.

Uihlein struggled for much of the summer, leaving some in the press wondering if his selection for the Walker Cup after the US Amateur bordered on nepotism.  After all, Uihlein is the son of Acushnet head honcho Wally Uihlein, and there is no love lost between his Titleist company and the USGA.

Perhaps with something to prove, or just finding form at the right time, Uihlein clinched the Cup for the US with his 3 and 1 singles win on Sunday.

The Associated Press report puts the achievement into perspective amidst the other 41 Walker Cups.

The U.S. team’s margin of victory was the largest since an 18-6 win in 1997, at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y. The Americans lead the series 34-7-1.