Pac Coast Am champion Chris Williams joins Cantlay on U.S. Walker Cup squad

Far Hills, NJ (Aug. 7, 2011) — Chris Williams, recent winner of the 45th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship, has been named to the United States Walker Cup team. He will join Patrick Cantlay, who played in the 2010 Pacific Coast Amateur, on the 10-man squad that will play a group from Great Britain & Ireland Sept. 10 and 11 at Royal Aberdeen GC in Scotland in the 43rd renewal of the most prestigious team competition in amateur golf.
 Chris Williams Acknowledges Crowd
Also named to the U.S. team today were three-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith of Pittsburgh, Pa. and 18-year-old incoming Stanford freshman Patrick Rodgers of Avon, Ind.
 
The 20-year-old Williams, who will be a junior at the University of Washington this fall, has been one of the nation’s hottest amateur golfers this summer, winning the Sahalee Players Championship before capturing the Pacific Coast Amateur when he closed with consecutive rounds of 6-under-par 66 at Martis Camp Club near Lake Tahoe (more info).
 
He followed that up last week by shooting 16-under-par 268 at North Shore CC in Glenville, Ill. to set a tournament record in earning medalist honors at the 109th Western Amateur Championship. In the Pacific Coast and Western Amateur, he posted five 66s in six straight rounds before dropping a 1-up decision to Cantlay in the Western Am’s first round of match play.
 
Earlier in the summer, Williams was medalist in sectional qualifying and played in the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club.
 
Cantlay was one of the first four players named to the U.S. squad (read more)
 
The remaining three spots may not be filled until after the U.S. Amateur Aug. 22-28 at Erin Hills GC in Wisconsin. The U.S. has won the last three Walker Cups and leads the overall series 34-7-1.
 
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