Mark Power was one of just two GB and Ireland players to prevail in singles, beating Ben James to claim his third win of the weekend
And world number one Gordon Sargent led from the front, completing a perfect 4-0 record with victory over John Gough on the 18th, Gough crucially driving out of bounds on the previous hole to fall behind.
“We always thought it was going to be a tight match and everything went our way yesterday [Saturday]. Six matches went up the last and we got four and a half points out of them but all the momentum seemed to be with the US side today. US captain Mike McCoy, who was a player on the last American side to lose the Walker Cup in 2015, said: “It’s pretty special, it’s certainly the pinnacle of my golfing life.
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