The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
07.25.2019 | Men's Golf
Sophomore Cole Hammer will represent Team USA at the Walker Cup in September.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas men's golf rising sophomore Cole Hammer was named one of three players to the U.S. Walker Cup team on Thursday morning by the USGA's International Team Selection (ITS) committee.
Hammer took over the top spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June and earned automatic selections to the 10-player squad. Hammer has had a summer filled with competition, and will look to defend his Western Amateur title next week.
The final seven spots will be filled after the U.S. Amateur concludes at Pinehurst No. 2 on Aug. 18. Two more automatic berths are to be filled on the team: the U.S. Amateur champ at Pinehurst and the winner of the McCormick Medal as the top-ranked amateur at the end of the summer, provided each is an American. If either is one of the three already selected, that spot will be filled by the USGA's ITS committee.
Texas will have five student-athletes competing in the U.S. Amateur that starts on August 12. Parker Coody, Pierceson Coody, Will Thomson & Travis Vick will join Hammer in representing the Longhorns at Pinehurst.
