The 18-year-old helps us build Walker Cup lead

Pebble beach, Calif.-maybe the best quotation of match match sometimes came out of Nick Price’s mouth, talking to Erniein a cup of tall presidents. They were partners in a close match against Americans. “This point may not say much to you,” Nick Ernie told. “But that means AF *** a lot to me!”

If the purpose of Price was to light a fire under the Els, it was successful. The beauty of golf. This point you are playing should be the most important thing in the world for you, immediately and there.

That brings us to the 15th tee to the sunbathed Cypress Saturday, on the first day of this two-day Pedestrian cup Event, its 50’s play.

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Luke PoulterFrom the UK and Ireland team, the 14th hole with a bird won and was now only 1 down to the hottest golf player in the world, 18-year-old Mason Howell of the United States, an elderly school engaged at the University of George for next year. Poulter, 21, who plays at the University of Florida, was in the match, against the hot amateur player in the world, winner last month of the US Ameator With a 7-and-6 Jackson Harrington whip. In an interview on Friday, Howell pointed out (in response to a question) that he had recently shot 59 at his home club, Glen Arven Country Club, in Thomasville, GA. “Thirteen under him,” he said with a wicked fuss, trying to hide his Glee. In other words, he did it in a Par-72 course. Not all 59 are created equal.

So Luke Poulter, the boy of the match of the match Savant Ian, had his full hands, but he knew he would have his full hands. He was a shot away from changing the course of the day. He had the honor in 136-Oborr par-3 15, in the wind and strong from the Pacific. An attractive wedge – exactly in the poulter wheel house.

And if he could harden there? Well, then you don’t know. Then Mason Howell and his last 7 & 6 and 59 amateur victory and all the rest suddenly does not matter much. Because it is not easy, for anyone, to knock him dead after the other boy does it first. Likes like that small ball in green is eating the square footage of a beach blanket.

But Poulter did not hardened the shooting. He waved his wedge in a Greenside bunker. His trap hit was indifferent. It also didn’t matter. Howell probably made a 10-foot for a bird that made the moot poultry first putt. Howell’s fist pump was not the prime minister Tiger, but it was near. This told you everything you had to know: the point he was playing for, to borrow from Nick Price, meant Af *** and much about him.

“I hit him terrible today,” Poulter said later. “Absolutely terrible, all day.” In other words, when he had to light the key to 15, he marked I-Mund-I-Kam, he could not find it. There was nothing to support.

He walked in the green with a wedge of sand in his hand. Depressed. All the advantage had come and had gone at a bad pace.

“The baby is just good,” Poulter said. “He’s playing good golf. He’s hard to defeat.”

There are 28 points available at Walker Cup. When you are trying to reach 14.5 points, every point means the world. At the end of the day, Americans had 6.5 points and GB & I had 5.5. A point. A point is a world.

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