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May the best men win: U.S., GB&I set for final battle at Walker Cup

HOYLAKE, England – In the Walker Cup, you can pretty much throw rankings out the window. Tom Sloman and Tom Plumb proved it Sunday morning at Royal Liverpool.

The affable Great Britain and Ireland duo from Somerset, England, spotted Americans Cole Hammer and Steven Fisk 185 world-ranking points in their foursomes match before delivering the unlikeliest of results, a 5-and-3 thrashing (the biggest margin of victory so far this weekend.)

“The system we believe is all over the place anyways, but at the end of the day, we’re in England, it’s the game of golf and we’re all at a similar level,” said Plumb, who is ranked No.