How did Cypress Point Club come to secure this 50th Walker Cup?

The ball was put in motion nine years ago when the club’s president at the time, Peter K. Barker, invited Mike Davis, then the USGA’s executive director, to play in a club tournament. With Los Angeles Country Club and Seminole already on the docket as future hosts, the club was eyeing that next opening on American soil, almost a decade away – plenty of time to build a case. And so, on the first tee, Barker turned to Davis and said, “As we play today, think about how Cypress might fit into your plans for a future Walker Cup.” There would be just one predicate: No change to the course.

Perhaps it helped that Davis played well that day, but after finishing Cypress Point’s risk-reward stretch of Nos. 5-9, Davis was already convi

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