The Quadrilateral

The Quadrilateral

Preview: The 2068 Walker Cup

The matches turn up at Cypress Point and look different in a few ways since the 50th playing.

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Geoff Shackelford
Sep 12, 2025
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Captain Mason Howell greeted his 2068 Walker Cup squad at Cypress Point after each American player landed on the 16th fairway in red-white-and-blue adorned Robopods. But since each player—but 77-year-old mid-amateur Stewart Hagestad—is not yet of flying age, agents or managers for the 11 and 12-year-olds handled the flying to prevent a John Denver (too …

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