U.S. Walker Cup teams adds first trio: Sargent, Thorbjornsen, D. Ford

The top three Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, David Ford, Gordon Sargent, and Michael Thorbjornsen, have been added as the first three players on the 2023 U.S. Walker Cup team. It will mark each amateur's first time competing in the biennial event.

Ford, 20, of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, just finished his sophomore year at North Carolina. Ford was recently named a first-team-All-American, voted ACC Player of the Year and selected to this year’s Palmer Cup team. He was also recognized as both a Haskins Award finalist and Hogan Award semifinalist. Ford also won the 2022 Southern Amateur.

Sargent, a 20-year-old from Birmingham, Alabama, has had quite the past year or so for…