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Great Britain & IrelandWalker Cup Team
Cameron Adam - Royal Burgess, Scotland
WAGR® 21
Age 22
Adam is likely to be full of confidence at Cypress Point as he looks to add another highlight to his superb summer. Victory in June’s St Andrews Links Trophy helped the 22-year-old Scot to top the standings in The Open Amateur Series, thereby securing a major debut in The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. Adam was then the star performer in GB&I’s St Andrews Trophy victory over the Continent of Europe, winning all four of his matches including two victories in tandem with Dominic Clemons. The left-hander, a graduate of Northwestern University, became the Scottish Amateur Champion two years ago, breaking the course records at both Royal Dornoch and Tain with back-to-back 63s in the stroke play qualifying.
Eliot Baker - Tiverton, England
WAGR® 115
Age 22
Three of Baker’s four WAGR® victories have come inside the last 12 months, including a seven-shot triumph at the Scottish Men’s Open Amateur Championship at North Berwick in June. That success came a week after the Englishman had tied for third in the Brabazon Trophy, while he also tied for 11th at the Lytham Trophy in May. More recently, Baker put in a fine display at the St Andrews Trophy, remaining unbeaten as he contributed 3½ points to GB&I’s emphatic win over the Continent of Europe. He was subsequently the most prolific point-scorer for England’s victorious Home Internationals team in August.
Dominic Clemons - Gog Magog, England
WAGR® 38
Age 23
Clemons is no stranger to the big stage having come through Final Qualifying to reach The 152nd Open in 2024. His qualification for Royal Troon was all the more impressive given it came just ten days after he had lost the final of The Amateur Championship to Jacob Skov Olesen and therefore missed out on places at The Open, US Open and the Masters Tournament. The 23-year-old University of Alabama graduate also made his PGA TOUR debut at June’s Rocket Classic, receiving a sponsor’s exemption following his victory in last year’s Folds of Honor collegiate event. Clemons, who teamed up with Cameron Adam for two foursomes victories in the recent St Andrews Trophy, also recorded an extraordinary triumph in the 2024 Scottish Men’s Open Amateur Championship at Muirfield, winning by an incredible 17 shots.
Charlie Forster - Basingstoke, England
WAGR® 53
Age 22
A member of the GB&I team for each of the last two editions of the St Andrews Trophy, Long Beach State graduate Forster has recorded two emphatic victories on the US college circuit in 2025. His four-stroke success at the Lake Las Vegas Invitational in February was followed five weeks later by a six-shot triumph in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic. Forster also reached the last-16 of The Amateur Championship in 2024 and tied for 12th at this year’s European Amateur Championship. His consistent performances have lifted him to the brink of the top 50 in the WAGR®. Forster also helped Team International to victory over Team USA in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup.
Connor Graham - Blairgowie, Scotland
WAGR® 44
Age 18
Graham made history at St Andrews two years ago at the age of 16 as he became the youngest player to ever compete in the Walker Cup. The Scot has gone from strength to strength since, climbing into the top 50 of the WAGR® and coming through Final Qualifying to make his major debut at The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. A freshman at Texas Tech, Graham has been the leading stroke play qualifier at each of the last two editions of The Amateur Championship, while he also made the knockout stages of the recent US Amateur. In addition, he won three matches out of four for GB&I at the St Andrews Trophy in 2024 and 2025 and helped Team International to victory over Team USA in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup.
Stuart Grehan - County Louth, Ireland
WAGR® 401
Age 32
Grehan, 32, will finally make his Walker Cup debut at Cypress Point eight years after his dreams of featuring in the 2017 match were cruelly shattered by a broken forearm sustained in an accident playing football at Maynooth University. Grehan turned professional later that year but regained his amateur status in 2025 and enjoyed a swift return to prominence with victory in May’s Irish Amateur Open and then claimed the Irish Men's Amateur Close Championship on Sunday. He also finished third in the European Mid-Amateur Championship before helping GB&I to victory in the recent St Andrews Trophy. The Walker Cup in 2026 at Lahinch, where he won the South of Ireland Championship in 2015, was a target for Grehan on his return to the amateur ranks but he will now feature in the contest on American soil. He previously represented GB&I in the St Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe at Prince’s in 2016.
Luke Poulter - Woburn, England
WAGR® 28
Age 21
The son of European Ryder Cup great Ian Poulter, Luke will be aiming to emulate his father’s match play heroics at Cypress Point. The 21-year-old certainly hit the mark at the recent St Andrews Trophy, contributing 3½ points from four outings in GB&I’s victory over the Continent of Europe. Poulter also made the knockout stages of the US Amateur and claimed a first collegiate victory for the Florida Gators in March when he triumphed at the Schenkel Invitational. He was agonisingly close to qualifying for the US Open in June, losing a sudden-death play-off to experienced professional Austen Truslow. At the age of 19 in 2023, Poulter made his first appearance in a professional event and finished 22nd in the International Series England on the Asian Tour.
Niall Shiels Donegan - Meadow Club, Scotland
WAGR® 91
Age 20
Shiels Donegan is sure to be high on confidence after a thrilling run to the semi-finals of the US Amateur at the Olympic Club. The University of North Carolina student came from one down with two to play to beat Walker Cup team-mate Luke Poulter in the last-64, showed his mettle by again winning on the 18th against Christian Maas and leading stroke play qualifier Preston Stout, before winning at the 19th in the quarter-finals against Jacob Modleski. His superb week came to an end with a semi-final loss on the 18th to Jackson Herrington. Born in Scotland but now a resident of California, Shiels Donegan was fourth in this year’s St Andrews Links Trophy and has made the knockout stages of The Amateur Championship in each of the last two years.
Gavin Tiernan - County Louth, Ireland
WAGR® 477
Age 19
Tiernan shot to prominence with a fantastic week at The Amateur Championship in June where he threatened to become the first player to win having come through Pre-Qualifying. The East Tennessee State University student, 1,340th in the WAGR® at the time, was ultimately edged out in the 36-hole Final by Ethan Fang, who will be a member of the US team at Cypress Point. However, the Irishman’s outstanding performances at Royal St George’s and Royal Cinque Ports demonstrated his rich potential. Tiernan also finished third in this summer’s East of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Championship before representing GB&I in their St Andrews Trophy success against the Continent of Europe.
Tyler Weaver - Bury St Edmunds, England
WAGR® 11
Age 20
The highest-ranked member of the GB&I team, Florida State’s Weaver was the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2024, emulating a feat also achieved by fellow Seminole Brooks Koepka in 2009. He was unbeaten at the recent St Andrews Trophy where he won two foursomes matches alongside Connor Graham and also starred in Team International’s Arnold Palmer Cup victory over Team USA, beating world number one Jackson Koivun in the Saturday singles. A winner of the Carris Trophy during his fine junior career, Weaver made his major debut in June after qualifying for the US Open, while he beat Graham on his way to the last-32 of this year’s US Amateur.