The United State Golf Association conducting the 115th US-Amateur Championship at the Olympia Fields Country Club, Championship match on Sunday August 23rd, for more coverage online see USGA.org. The Award Winning Links & Tee’s Year-round golf facility on Lake Street in Addison. Currently enjoy the outdoor course, mini-golf course, and driving range. Come November take you clubs inside and try out the Links & Tee’s Golf Dome all winter long. Call Links & Tee’s at (630)-233-7275 or go online to Addisonparks.org. US Amateur Championship in Chicago for the 1st time since 1997.     ______________________________________________________________________

 The Walker Cup will be competed for the 45th time on September 12 & 13 in England at the Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s Golf Club in Lancashire. Follow coverage on USGA.org during championship weekend.

The Gog Blog by Rory Spears. Editor and Director of Content. Follow Rory on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter @GogBlogGuy. At National Golf Links of America site of the 2013 Walker Cup Matches.

The 44th playing of the Walker Cup Matches, will take place on September 12-13 at the Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s Golf Club in Lancashire England.

The United States won the 43rd playing of the matches in 2013 on Long Island at the National Golf Links of America, and is in possession of the Walker Cup.

The United States leads in the history of matches  35-8-1 over teams from Great Britain and Ireland. The Walker Cup is an amateur version of the Ryder Cup, with a few modifications. The teams both have only 10 players as compared to 12 on the Ryder Cup.

The USGA and Captain John “Spider” Miller have announced the first Five players that have been selected to the United States team for 2015. They are,

Bryson Dechambeau 21, from the SMU Golf Team.                                                         Beau Hossler 20, University of Texas Golf Team.                                                               Lee McCoy 21, University of Georgia Golf Team.                                                             Maverick McNealy 19, Stanford University Golf Team                                                       Hunter Stewart 22, Vanderbilt University Golf Team.

The other five members of Team USA will be named after the conclusion of this weeks U.S. Amateur Championship at Olympia Fields.

For more updates on the U.S. Walker Cup Team, visit USGA.org, or stay clicked in right here, as Golfersongolf.com will list the other members when they are announced by the USGA and Captain Miller.