Hokie ClubFormer Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver halved his singlesmatch in the 2009 Walker Cup Saturday afternoon at the Merion Golf Club’s EastCourse in Ardmore, Pa. Weaver tied Chris Paisley of the Great Britain/Irelandteam. Weaver did not play in the morning’s foursome matches.
The United States takes an 8-4 lead into Sunday’smatches. Weaver and Wake Forest’s Brendan Gielowwill team in Sunday morning’s foursome against Wallace Booth and Sam Hutsby ofthe GBI team at 7:50 a.m. and in the afternoon, Weaver will face Tommy Fleetwoodof the GBI team at 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
The defending champion US team needs to earn five pointsfrom Sunday’s 14 matches to retain the Walker Cup.