Summary
GAVIN DEAR and Wallace Booth, who were both members of Scotland's world and European amateur team successes, have been rewarded with places in the 10-man Great Britain & Ireland squad to meet the US at Merion, Pennsylvania, next month.
The place of Dear, winner of the Irish Open amateur crown and the second-highest worldranked player in the squad, was never in doubt but Booth had tumbled to world No.112 and there were seven players ahead of him, including fellow Scots Ross Kellett and James Byrne, who did not make the team.See the full content of this document
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Dear and Booth Take Fight Back to the Us Triumphant Scots Named in Squad for Walker Cup
However, selectors were swayed by his contributions to the Scottish team for the world title when they kept the strong US team at bay to win at Royal Adelaide and then in the Europeans at Conwy, Wales, where he produced a stunnin...
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