The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States, 16 ½ to 9 ½, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England.
Jimmy Mullen won all four matches he played in the two-day amateur event, teaming with his fellow Englishman Ashley Chesters to beat Beau Hossler and Denny McCarthy, 3 and 2, in the morning foursomes and topping McCarthy, 3 and 2, in singles. Europe has won seven of the last 14 matches and has cut the Americans’ series lead to 35-9-1.
u25a0 Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole.