McElhinney only Irish player to make Walker Cup

BRIAN McELHINNEY is the only Irish player on the Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team to defend the trophy in Chicago.

A former European champion, he added the Irish title last season and as the present British champion he will be playing in the British Open at St Andrews next week and the Masters at Augusta next April.

Sixteen-year-old Oliver Fisher will become the youngest player in Walker Cup history.