Having started this thread, I should maybe report in from the ground.
Anyway, I had (yet again at a Walker Cup) a complete blast, my one real regret being that after the first thirty holes we GB&I boys were never in the hunt. The course was stunning - very wide in some parts, very tight in others, and with lots of variety and lots of options to work out - even if in a perfect world the whole would have been running maybe a little more (it was playing so, so long). I loved the 79-yard 15th on Saturday afternoon (especially following its 600-yard predecessor) and the only thing I wasn't convinced by was the back tee at the 1st (pretty much on the putting green, behind the roses) as used on practice Friday and on Sunday.
To be honest though my abiding memory is of the unceasing warmth and kindness of the c250 volunteers (whether LACC members or otherwise) who helped to make the whole thing work. Universally friendly, helpful and chipper. Obviously the setting and presentation was opulent in the extreme, in ways that no Walker Cup in the UK ever will (or should) be, and Hoylake in 2019 will present a very different, but no less enticing set of challenges for both players and spectators. Whilst at the LACC I met several GCA allies, and lots of other golfing friends, and wouldn't have missed this Walker Cup for the world. A terrific weekend in every way save the result!