ENGLAND NAME FOUR FOR

GREY GOOSE EUROPEAN

NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP

Gary Wolstenholme, winner of the New South Wales amateur championship last month, has been named in an experienced England international line-up to contest the Grey Goose, European nations championship at Sotogrande Golf Club on Spain's Costa del Sol from March 21 to 24.

Wolstenholme, pictured right, will be joined by Matthew Cryer, Ed Richardson and Paul Waring for the four-day championship, formerly known as the Sherry Cup.

England’s last win was in 2004 and for the past two years they have finished third behind Spain, but Wolstenholme has an impressive record in the individual contest with four victories. He won the individual title in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005, but finished equal 12th a year ago when his Walker Cup team-mate Nigel Edwards from Wales was champion.

However, Wolstenholme is in good form after winning the New South Wales amateur title in February, having lost at the final hurdle last year. On the way to that triumph, Wolstenholme beat Cryer in the quarter-finals, while Cryer during his trip to Australia finished ninth in the Tasmanian Open.

The Grey Goose Cup is competed for over 72 holes with the best three cards each day counting towards the team event. The individual competition runs simultaneously with the Nations Championship, the champion collecting a trophy and the Amateur Masters Jacket.

If the championship ends in a tie, the teams involved will nominate one player to compete in a sudden death play-off.

Apart from Wolstenholme and Edwards, other notable winners of this prestigious event include Padraig Harrington (1991), and Sergio Garcia (1997 and 1998).