GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND WALKER CUP PROFILES: David
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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND WALKER CUP PROFILES: David Boote, 22, of Wales (born 9-22-93): He finished seventh in the Brabazon Trophy with a 72-hole score of 4-under 288 and was sixth in the St. Andrews Links Trophy. Boote advanced to the Round of 64 in this year’s Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, and made the Round of 32 in the Australian Amateur. He also tied for fourth in the Portuguese International Amateur. Boote graduated from Stanford University, where he played in every tournament for four years, earning All-America honors twice and recording 13 top-10 finishes. He nearly qualified for this year’s U.S. Open at Erin Hills but lost in a seven-man playoff in the England sectional qualifier. Boote finished ninth individually in the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship with rounds of 69-73-68-67. Boote, who also won the 2015 Welsh Amateur, reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 U.S. Amateur in his first USGA championship. Jack Davidson, 20, of Wales (born 12-13-96): He won this year’s Welsh Amateur, defeating Timothy Harry, 8 and 7, in the championship and Evan Griffith in the semifinals in 20 holes. Davidson, who started playing at age 7, also claimed the Spanish Amateur Championship after earning the last spot in match play. He posted a 4-and-3 victory over Marco Penge, of England, in the final. Davidson was also third in both the Welsh Amateur Open Stroke Play and the South American Amateur, where he was just behind Paul Chaplet and Joaquin Niemann. Davidson tied for seventh in the Portuguese International Amateur and was ninth in the St. Andrew Links Trophy. In 2016, Davidson posted top-10 finishes in the Australian Master of the Amateurs, Lake Macquarie Amateur and New South Wales Amateur. Harry Ellis, 21, of England (born 9-10-95): He won the 2017 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, in dramatic fashion by rallying from 4 down with five holes to play to defeat Dylan Perry in 38 holes. Ellis, who claimed the 2012 English Amateur at age 16, became the third player to win both championships, joining Michael Bonallack and Michael Lunt. He also helped England place second in the European Team Championship. Ellis, a senior on the Florida State University team, posted three top-five finishes in 2016-17, including a tie for fifth at the NCAA Washington Regional. He earned honorable- mention All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition. Ellis, who earned his B.S. in sport management this summer, is the third Florida State player to compete in the Walker Cup, joining A. Downing Gray Jr. (USA) and Jeremy Robinson (GB&I). Scott Gregory, 22, of England (born 10-1-94): He won the 2016 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Porthcawl in Wales and helped England finish second in last year’s World Amateur Team Championship. Gregory, who competed in the U.S. Open Championship and the Masters Tournament in 2017, advanced to the Round of 16 in this year’s Australian Amateur and won the New South Wales Amateur. He also helped England place second in the European Amateur Team Championship, losing to Spain, 4 and 3, in the final. In 2016, he reached the Round of 32 in the U.S. Amateur and was one of two amateurs to play in the Open Championship at Royal Troon. He was also the 2014 English Amateur runner-up. Matthew Jordan, 21, of England (born 1-18-96): He won the 2017 St. Andrews Links Trophy with a 72- hole score of 11-under 277 and was the runner-up in the Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship. He tied for fourth in the Irish Amateur Open and was fifth in the Brabazon Trophy (7-under 285). Jordan, who also helped England place second in the European Amateur Team Championship, losing to Spain, 4 and 3, in the final, finished sixth in the European Amateur Championship with a four-round total of 13-under 275. Additionally, he tied for seventh in the Lytham Trophy and reached match play in the Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A. Robert MacIntyre, 21, of Scotland (born 8-3-96): He tied for fourth in the 2017 European Amateur Championship with a 72-hole score of 14-under 274 at Walton Heath and reached the Round of 16 in the Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A. MacIntyre, who plays left-handed, reached the Round of 32 in this year’s U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club. He advanced to the semifinals of this year’s Australian Amateur. He won the 2015 Scottish Amateur and was the runner-up to Scott Gregory in last year’s Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl. MacIntyre was also a member of the Scotland team that won the 2016 European Team Amateur title and competed in the last year’s World Amateur Team Championship in Mexico. Paul McBride, 21, of the Republic of Ireland (born 10-15-95): He advanced to the quarterfinals in this year’s Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, and tied for 47th in the PGA European Tour’s Porsche European Open. McBride, who tied for 13th in the European Amateur Championship, tied for second individually in medal play (3-under 141) in the European Amateur Team Championship in 2017. McBride, who is a senior at Wake Forest University, tied for second in this year’s Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, losing in a four-man playoff. He earned Ping! All-East Region and All-ACC honors and posted five top-10 finishes. McBride, an accomplished hurler, shot a first-round 66 to help Ireland tie for third in the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship, the country’s first WATC medal. Alfie Plant, 25, of England (born 7-6-92): He earned the silver medal as the low amateur in this year’s Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Birkdale. He won the European Amateur Championship on July 1 with a birdie on the fifth playoff hole and advanced to match play at the Amateur Championship. Plant also reached the Round of 32 in the Australian Amateur and Spanish Amateur. He helped England place second in the European Team Championship, losing to Spain, 4 and 3, in the final, and tied for second individually in medal play. Plant, who was the 2016 Lytham Trophy champion and was the runner-up in the 2015 English Amateur, holed a 9-foot birdie putt on the final hole to help England finish second in the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship. He tied for third as an individual with a final-round 66. Plant has also run a marathon, parachuted from a plane, bungee jumped and gone cage-diving among great white sharks. Jack Singh Brar, 20, of England (born 11-18-96): He won the 2017 Lytham Trophy by two strokes over Charlie Strickland and tied for second in the Brabazon Trophy with a 72-hole score of 9-under 283. He tied for seventh in the European Amateur Championship (12-under 276) and reached match play in the U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club. Singh Brar advanced to the Round of 16 in the Australian Amateur and the Round of 64 in both the Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, and the Spanish Amateur. Additionally, he was the runner-up in the Avondale Medal and a quarterfinalist in the New South Wales Amateur to begin the calendar year. Connor Syme, 22, of Scotland (born 7-11-95): He competed in this year’s Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Birkdale and reached match play in the Amateur Championship. Syme reached the quarterfinals of this year’s U.S. Amateur Championship, losing to Doug Ghim, 2 and 1. He has recorded top-10 finishes in the African Amateur Stroke Play (second), Scottish Stroke Play (fifth), Irish Amateur Open (T-7) and Brabazon Trophy (T-8) and was 17th in the European Amateur Championship. In 2016, Syme won the Australian Amateur and was medalist in the Amateur Championship. He was also a member of the Scotland team that won the 2016 European Amateur Team title and competed in last year’s World Amateur Team Championship in Mexico. ### .