Listen: Road to Hoylake series ends with Ogletree, Augenstein
Andy Ogletree and John Augenstein (USGA photo)
The start of the Walker Cup is now just hours away, but the Back of the Range podcast’s “Road to Hoylake” series wouldn’t be complete without getting a look inside the heads of the final two members of the team.
John Augenstein and Andy Ogletree played inspired golf at the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort last month to leave no doubt about their place on the U.S. team. Ben Adelberg, podcast host, caught up with the two to talk about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Ogletree, the eventual U.S. Amateur champion, has been building to this point for months. He also won the Monroe Invitational earlier in the summer.
As for Augenstein, he struggled in the weeks leading up to the U.S. Amateur, but made no bones about where his priorities stood: It was about earning his spot on this team, and
then trying to win the U.S. Amateur.
Plug in and listen to what each had to say to Adelberg in the days leading up to the matches.
ABOUT THE The Walker Cup
The Walker Cup Match is a biennial 10-man
amateur
team competition between the USA and a team
composed of players from Great Britain and
Ireland
and selected by The R&A. It is played over two
days
with 18 singles matches and eight foursomes
(alternate-shot) matches.
The first United States Walker Cup Team, which
in
1922 defeated the GB&I side, 8-4, at the
National Golf
Links of America, is considered among the best
teams
ever and included Francis Ouimet, Bob Jones,
Charles
“Chick” Evans and Jess Sweetser. Many of the
game’s
greatest players have taken part in Walker Cup
competition, including U.S. Open champions
Jack
Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth for
the
USA
and Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Justin
Rose
for Great Britain and Ireland.
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