USA completes 2025 Walker Cup team
Mason Howell poses with the Havemeyer trophy after winning the finals of the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club (Lake Course) in San Francisco, Calif. on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Stewart Hagestad, Mason Howell, Jacob Modleski, Tommy Morrison and Jase Summy were named to the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team by the USGA’s International Team Selection (ITS) working group on Sunday night.
The five players join Jackson Koivun, Ben James, Michael La Sasso, Ethan Fang and Preston Stout, all of whom were previously selected to the team. The USA Team will compete against Great Britain and Ireland in the 50th Walker Cup Match on Sept. 6-7 at Cypress Point Club, in Pebble Beach, Calif.
“These five players are outstanding additions to round out this year’s team,” said Nathan Smith, captain of the USA Team. “This group of players has earned the opportunity to be part of this team and I’m thrilled to see their hard work rewarded. I am beyond excited to have our full team set as we begin to prepare for Cypress Point.”
Stewart Hagestad
34, of Newport Beach, Calif., finished 8th at the 2025 Northeast Amateur Invitational at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, R.I. and advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2025 Western Amateur Championship. Hagestad won his third U.S. Mid-Amateur title in 2023, defeating Evan Beck, 3 and 2, at Sleepy Hollow Country Club. He has been a member of four winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023). Hagestad, who has competed in five U.S. Opens, reached the quarterfinals of both the 2020 and 2022 U.S. Amateurs, losing to the eventual champion both times (Tyler Strafaci and Sam Bennett). He has played in 32 USGA championships, including 15 U.S. Amateurs. He captured the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at Sankaty Head Golf Club, defeating Mark Costanza, 2 and 1. He also defeated Scott Harvey in 37 holes in the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, producing the largest comeback victory since a 36-hole final was introduced in 2001. Hagestad was the low amateur in the 2017 Masters Tournament, becoming the first invited Mid-Amateur champion to make the 36-hole cut.
Mason Howell
18, of Thomasville, Ga., claimed the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club, defeating Jackson Herrington in the 36-hole final. Howell played in the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, shooting bogey-free back-to-back 63s in Final Qualifying at Piedmont Driving Club, in Atlanta, to share medalist honors. He earned medalist at the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club, but lost in the opening round to U.S. National Junior Team member Henry Guan, and reached match play in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. Howell finished T-9 at the 2025 Junior PGA Championship. Howell won the 2025 Georgia High School Individual Stroke Play title and is committed to play collegiately at the University of Georgia in 2026. He is also part of the U.S. National Development Program as a member of Georgia’s State Junior Team, along with 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur champion Hamilton Coleman.
Jacob Modleski
20, of Noblesville, Ind., advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club. The rising junior at the University of Notre Dame also reached the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Modleski won the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference individual title, the first Notre Dame player to achieve the feat. He also reached the semifinals in the 2025 Western Amateur and was named second-team All-America for the 2024-2025 season. As a Notre Dame freshman, Modleski helped the Fighting Irish qualify for the NCAAs for the first time since regional format was adopted in 1989. He also won the 2024 Jones Cup Invitational. He is also a part of the U.S. National Development Program.
Tommy Morrison
21, of Dallas, Texas, earned the No. 2 seed and advanced to the Round of 64 at the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club. Morrison recorded top 20s this season at the European Amateur, The Amateur Championship at Royal St. George’s, Jones Cup, The Ford Collegiate and the Pauma Valley Invitational. The rising senior at the University of Texas also won the 2025 Amer Ari Invitational at Mauna Lani in Hawaii. In 2024, he became the first American to win the European Amateur, defeating fellow American Preston Summerhays and Max Kennedy, of the Republic of Ireland, in a playoff. The victory earned Morrison an exemption into The Open Championship at Royal Troon. A few weeks earlier, Morrison reached the final 16 of The Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A. In 2023, Morrison teamed with ex-Dallas Cowboys quarterback/CBS lead NFL analyst Tony Romo to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Kiawah Island Club. Later that summer, he was the medalist in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Daniel Island Club, where he advanced to the quarterfinals.
Jase Summy
21 of Keller, Texas, advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club. The rising senior at the University of Oklahoma earned First Team All-SEC honors during a junior season with the Sooners that featured a victory at the 2025 Maridoe Intercollegiate and six top 10s. Summy’s 20 rounds under par in 2024-25 set a program single-season record. This summer, he captured the Western Amateur and tied for third at the Southern Amateur. He finished runner-up at the 2024 Sunnehanna Amateur before missing the cut at the 2024 U.S. Amateur.
Miles Russell
16, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., and Max Herendeen, 20, of Bellevue, Wa. are the first and second alternates, respectively.
The Walker Cup Match is a 10-man amateur team competition between the USA and Great Britain and Ireland. The Match is played over two days with 18 singles matches and eight foursomes (alternate-shot) matches. Cypress Point Club previously hosted the 1981 Walker Cup, when the USA defeated GB&I, 15-9.
