Weaver, USA retain Walker Cup

Former Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaverand his USA teammates retained the Walker Cup with a 16 ½ -9 ½victory over the Great Britian/Ireland team at the 2009 Walker CupMatch at the East Course of the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., onSunday afternoon.

Weaver, from High Point, N.C., lost inboth of his matches on Sunday. He and teammate Brendan Gielow lost toWallace Booth and Sam Hutsby of GBI, 3 and 2 in the alternate shotfoursomes. In the afternoon singles matches, Weaver fell to TommyFleetwood of Lancashire, England, 1 up.

The US, captained by Buddy Marucci ofnearby Villanova, Pa., entered the Match as the holder of the WalkerCup. The US team, also captained by Marucci, won the cup in 2007 atRoyal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland. The next match willbe played at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2011.