LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (Sept. 13) -- Great Britain and Ireland defeated the United States of America, 16½-9½, Sunday in the 45th Walker Cup Match at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, write the USGA and R&A.

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (Sept. 12) -- Great Britain and Ireland leads the USA, 7-5, after the first day of the 45th Walker Cup Match at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, writes the USGA.

It's not easy to outstrip the likes of Joe Carr, Jimmy Bruen, Cecil Ewing or Max McCready but a quintet of Irish amateur stars pulled it off today when they were named by the R&A in the Great Britain and Ireland team to face the USA in the 2015 Walker Cup match at Royal Lytham & St Annes from September 12-13.

Irish interest in the British Amateur Championship ended on Thursday when The Island's Gavin Moynihan fell to world No 382 Alexandre Daydo of France by 4 and 3 in the second round.