McEvoy hails new dream team

Peter McEvoy, the former Great Britain and Ireland captain, believes this year’s Walker Cup side is one of the strongest ever assembled.

The former Amateur champion, who led the British and Irish team to successive cup victories in 1999 and 2001 and is now the chairman of the Royal and Ancient’s selection committee, reckons the 10-man side for this weekend’s clash with the USA at Chicago Golf Club is on a par with the ’dream team’ of 2001 that won for the first time ever on American soil.