Sheils Donegan Named To GB&I’s Walker Cup Team

Niall Sheils Donegan, who’s becoming a member of the University of North Carolina males’s golf staff this season, was chosen to symbolize Team Great Britain & Ireland vs. Team United States within the fiftieth Walker Cup September 6-7 on the Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Sheils Donegan was born in Scotland and moved to Mill Valley, Calif., at age 3. He performed two seasons at Northwestern and transferred to UNC, the place he’ll be part of head coach Andrew DiBitetto‘s squad this fall as a junior.

Last week, he superior to the semifinals of the 2025 United States Amateur. He was one in all 64 people within the 312-player discipline to advance to match play, the place he received his first 4 matches on the ultimate gap. On Saturday, he was 2 right down to Tennessee’s Jackson Herrington with three to play after which received the 16^th and 17^th holes to tug even. Herrington then received the 18^th gap with a birdie.

The Walker Cup originated in 1922. Two years in the past, a trio of Tar Heels – David Ford, Austin Greaser and Dylan Menante – led Team USA to a 14.5 to 11.5 win at The Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the USA’s fourth-straight win within the competitors.

Sheils Donegan will develop into the ninth Tar Heel to play within the Walker Cup. The different eight all competed for the United States. In addition to Ford, Greaser and Menante, they embrace three-time participant Harvie Ward, two-time competitor Marty West, Frank Fuhrer, Davis Love III and Tom Scherrer.

The GB&I staff contains Sheils Donegan, his former Northwestern teammate Cameron Adam, Eliot Baker, Dominic Clemons, Charlie Forster, Connor Graham, Stuart Grehan, Luke Poulter, Gavin Tiernan and Tyler Weaver.