Great Britain and Ireland won the Walker Cup for the first time since 2015 after a nerve-shredding late comeback saw them beat the USA by a 13½-12½ scoreline. Dean Robertson's side looked to be heading for defeat after suffering a clean sweep of defeats in the Sunday morning foursomes and with the Americans three points ahead going into the singles matches. But the home side lost only two of the 10 matches and the competition eventually came down to the very last as Josh Hill won the 18th hole of his match with Tyler Watts to seal an incredible victory.

The USA will be left to regret the late turnaround after four missed putts to retain the Walker Cup. Team GB&I needed a quick start to produce any sort of comeback and they delivered after Stuart Grehan, Luke Poulter - son of former Ryder Cup star Ian - Jack Whaley and Tyler Weaver all won their matches. However, the Americans steadied the ship after securing halves through Miles Russell and Kihei Akina and wins courtesy of Ryder Cowan and Josiah Gilbert as it looked like they had thwarted the comeback.

As it looked like the Americans were about to take a firm grip on yet another win, Team GB&I responded once again. Eliot Baker overcame Stewart Hagestad on the final hole to ensure the Walker Cup would be determined on the final hole. Hill and Tyler Watts were all square coming down the last at County Clare and Hill produced a stunning up-and-down from the bunker to complete a thrilling comeback and seal the unlikeliest of wins.

Speaking after securing the decisive point, Hill said: "This is absolutely unbelievable. It doesn't get better than this." Captain Robertson added: "I believed in the team the whole time. They worked so hard.

They played so well." This is just the tenth time GB&I have won the Walker Cup.