Meet the 2019 USA Walker Cup TeamAs of July 24, 2019
Akshay Bhatia, 17, Wake Forest, N.C.
- No. 4 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
- Runner-up in 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club, losing, 1 down, to Michael Thorbjornsen, in 36-hole final
- 2019 Jones Cup champion
- 2018 American Junior Golf Association’s Player of the Year
- 2018 Sage Valley Junior Invitational champion
- 2018 Polo Junior Golf Classic champion
- 2017 Boys Junior PGA Championship winner
- Member of victorious 2017 USA Junior Ryder Cup Team
- Competed in PGA Tour’s 2019 Valspar Championship
- Made 36-hole cut in Korn Ferry Tour’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship (T-42)
- Lost in 19 holes in Round of 64 of 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach
- Invited to practice session for 2019 USA Walker Cup hopefuls (December 2018)
- Plays left-handed
Stewart Hagestad, 28, Newport Beach, Calif.
- No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (No. 1 mid-amateur in the world)
- Member of the victorious 2017 USA Walker Cup Team
- 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion (defeated Scott Harvey in 37 holes)
- Qualified for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 U.S. Opens at Erin Hills, Shinnecock Hills and Pebble Beach Golf Links, respectively
- In 2017, he became the first invited U.S. Mid-Amateur champion to make the 36-hole cut in the Masters, where he tied for 36th and was the low amateur
- Advanced to the semifinals of the 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur
- Advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2018 U.S. Amateur
- 2016 Metropolitan Golf Association Amateur champion
- Runner-up in 2019 Players Amateur
- Runner-up in 2019 Northeast Amateur
- Graduated from the University of Southern California
- Invited to practice session for 2019 USA Walker Cup hopefuls (December 2018)
Cole Hammer, 19, Houston, Texas
- No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking
- 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion with partner Garrett Barber
- Semifinalist in 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach
- Semifinalist in 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club
- Member of 2018 USA World Amateur Team that finished second in Ireland
- Qualified for 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay at age of 15
- Member of 2019 USA Palmer Cup Team
- Helped Texas to runner-up finish in 2019 NCAA Championship in Fayetteville, Ark. (defeated 2019 NCAA individual champion Matthew Wolff in semifinal match)
- Registered 69.44 stroke average in 9 college events as a freshman, tying for first twice
- Recipient of 2019 Phil Mickelson Award for college golf’s Freshman of the Year
- 2018 Western Amateur champion
- 2018 Azalea Amateur champion
- Member of victorious 2017 USA Junior Presidents Cup Team
- Member of 2016 USA Junior Ryder Cup Team
- 2016 American Junior Golf Association first-team All-American
- Invited to practice session for 2019 USA Walker Cup hopefuls (December 2018)