Meet the 2019 USA Walker Cup Team

No. 12 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
Rising senior at Vanderbilt University, where he earned third-team All-America honors by the Golf Coaches Association of America in 2018-19
Stroke average in 2018-19 season was 70.79
Won 2018 Players Amateur, which earned him an exemption into PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage
Member of 2019 USA Palmer Cup Team
Finished runner-up in 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst
Advanced to Round of 32 in 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach
Semifinalist in 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur
Finished fourth in 2018 Sunnehanna Amateur and sixth in 2018 Northeast Amateur
Quarterfinalist in 2018 Western Amateur
Named 2016-17 Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year

No. 6 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
Runner-up in 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club, losing, 1 down, to Michael Thorbjornsen in 36-hole final
Advanced to the Round of 32 in 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst
2019 Jones Cup champion
2018 American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year
2018 Sage Valley Junior Invitational champion
2018 Polo Junior Golf Classic champion
2017 and 2018 Boys Junior PGA Championship winner
Member of victorious 2017 USA Junior Ryder Cup Team
Competed in PGA Tour’s 2019 Valspar Championship
Made 36-hole cut in Korn Ferry Tour’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship (T-42)
Lost in 19 holes in Round of 64 of 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach
Plays left-handed

No. 9 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
2019 graduate of Georgia Southern University
A consensus first-team All-American for 2018-19 season
Named 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year
His 69.03 stroke average in 2018-19 ranks sixth all-time in NCAA
One of three finalists for Haskins Award, given annually to college golf’s player of the year
Runner-up in NCAA Division I individual championship
Two-time Sun Belt Conference champion
Won six tournaments in 2018-19 and finished career with nine victories
Advanced to Round of 32 in 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst
Finished eighth at The Players Amateur
Joins past USGA champions Jodie Mudd and Stewart “Buddy” Alexander as Georgia Southern players to represent the USA in the Walker Cup

No. 7 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21), and No. 1 mid-amateur in the world
Member of victorious 2017 USA Walker Cup Team
2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion (defeated Scott Harvey in 37 holes)
Qualified for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 U.S. Opens
Advanced to Round of 64 in 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst
In 2017, became the first invited U.S. Mid-Amateur champion to make 36-hole cut in the Masters (T-36)
Advanced to semifinals of 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Advanced to Round of 16 in 2018 U.S. Amateur
Member of 2019 Pan American Games Mixed Team gold medalists in Lima, Peru
2016 Metropolitan Golf Association Amateur champion
Runner-up in 2019 Players Amateur
Runner-up in 2019 Northeast Amateur
Graduated from University of Southern California

No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking and 2019 McCormack Medal winner
2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion with partner Garrett Barber
Semifinalist in 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach
Semifinalist in 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club
Member of 2018 USA World Amateur Team that finished second in Ireland
Qualified for 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay at age 15
Member of 2019 USA Palmer Cup Team
Rising sophomore at the University of Texas
Helped Texas to runner-up finish in 2019 NCAA Championship
Registered 69.44 stroke average in 9 college events as a freshman, tying for first twice
Recipient of 2019 Phil Mickelson Award as college golf’s Freshman of the Year
2018 Western Amateur champion
2018 Azalea Amateur champion
Member of victorious 2017 USA Junior Presidents Cup Team
Member of 2016 USA Junior Ryder Cup Team
2016 American Junior Golf Association first-team All-American

No. 41 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
Rising senior at Georgia Tech
Won 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst, defeating John Augenstein, 2 and 1, in 36-hole final
Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur at Colleton River
Advanced to the Round of 64 in 2017 U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club
Qualified for the 2015 and 2018 U.S. Amateurs at Olympia Fields and Pebble Beach Golf Links, respectively
Won 2019 Monroe Invitational
Advanced to the Round of 16 in 2019 North & South Amateur at Pinehurst
Runner-up in 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship
Compiled a career-best 70.38 stroke average in 2018-19 season for the Yellow Jackets
Lettered six years in varsity golf at Union (Miss.) High School
Won the 2016 Mississippi State AA high school title by 16 strokes and was named Mississippi State Player of the Year

No. 18 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
Entering junior season at Florida State, where he established a single-season scoring average record as a sophomore (69.56)
Became just the third Seminole to earn first-team All-America honors, joining current PGA Tour players Jonas Blixt and Daniel Berger
Won four of his 11 college tournaments in 2018-19 season, including 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference title
Advanced to Round of 16 in 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst
Advanced to Round of 16 at the 2019 Western Amateur
Runner-up in 2019 Porter Cup
Tied for sixth in The Players Amateur
Finished T-13 in 2019 Northeast Amateur
Finished fourth in 2019 Sunnehanna Amateur

No. 19 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
2019 graduate of Stanford University, where he helped the Cardinal win the NCAA title in May. Salinda defeated current world No. 1 and 2019 Walker Cup teammate Cole Hammer in championship match for team title
Won 2019 NCAA Stanford (Calif.) Regional
Named second-team All-American for 2018-19 season
Advanced to Round of 16 in 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst
Advanced to semifinals of 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach
Won 2018 Pacific Coast Amateur, shooting competitive course-record 62 on Lake Course at The Olympic Club in third round
Won 2017 Northern California Golf Association Amateur

No. 21 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
2019 graduate of Duke University, where he was the school’s all-time scoring average leader (71.32)
Named 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year
Successfully defended Sunnehanna Amateur title in June, becoming first to do so since Rickie Fowler (2008)
Competed in four consecutive U.S. Amateurs, earning medalist honors in 2016
Qualified for 2017 U.S. Open
Represented the USA in 2019 Palmer Cup
Finished eighth in The Players Amateur in July
Finished T-12 in 2019 Jones Cup

No. 8 in World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of Aug. 21)
Named second-team All-American
Helped lead Stanford to 2019 NCAA title, going 3-0 in his three matches
Received his Stanford diploma at Pebble Beach in June after finishing T-35 in U.S. Open
Became first amateur since Joe Carr in 1967 to qualify for both U.S. Open and The Open Championship in the same year
Finished fourth individually in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and helped USA win mixed team title
Medalist in 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst, but lost in the Round of 64 to 2018 quarterfinalist Austin Squires
Qualified for 2018 U.S. Amateur
Member of 2019 USA Palmer Cup Team
Finished third in 2018 Pacific Coast Amateur and was a semifinalist in the Western Amateur
Won 2017 Porter Cup