Incredible escape shot was highlight of Walker Cup for Gavin Tiernan

County Louth's Gavin Tiernan was the only Great Britain and Ireland player to win a point in the Sunday singles at the Walker Cup. 

Gavin Tiernan of Great Britain and Ireland plays an incredible shot from a rocky beach below a cliff on the 16th hole during the afternoon singles matches of day two of the 50th Walker Cup at Cypress Point Club in California, USA. Pic: Brian Spurlock/Sportsfile

Gavin Tiernan was the only Great Britain and Ireland player to win a match in the Sunday singles at the Walker Cup. The County Louth golfer beat Michael La Sasso 2&1 as the USA won 17-9 to claim victory in the competition for the fifth consecutive time. The USA had led 8.5-7.5 going into the singles.

On the 16th, Tiernan's ball ended up on the beach at Cypress Point nestled between some rocks. Remarkably, Tiernan managed to extricate himself from the situation to halve the hole. At that stage, most of the GB&I team, including his fellow clubman Stuart Grehan, were out watching Tiernan play.