English Golf Union Press Release

England won the inaugural Portugal Nations Cup after a dramatic final day at Vale do Lobo in which they took the title on card count back from Ireland.
The teams finished tied on 420 so the non-scoring cards were taken in account with Ben Parker’s 75 against Niall Kearney’s 77 for the Irish giving England the trophy.
England had gone into the final day in third place, trailing leaders Ireland by five strokes and Sweden by one. But with Ben Evans returning 68 and 69 from Chris Wood, England had the best final day aggregate. Evans had two eagles in his 68, while Wood also eagled the tenth. That left the ball in Ireland’s court and with Shane Lowry signing for 68 and 74 from Simon Ward, they were tied with England.
Lowry, in the final game on the course, had a 14ft eagle putt on the par-5 18th to give Ireland the title but his ball missed on the low side. Earlier, Parker missed a tap-in putt on the 18th that could have proved costly if Kearney had not had such a poor day.
Denmark finished third on 422 thanks to a course record 66 by Kristian Grud, France fourth on 423 while Sweden dropped back to fifth.
Lowry won the individual prize on 205, one ahead of European Amateur champion Benjamin Hebert from France with Wood collecting the bronze medal on 207.
Team Totals:
420 England, Ireland.
422 Denmark.
423 France.
428 Sweden.
432 Belgium.
436 Wales.
439 Finland, Austria.
443 Netherlands.
447 Italy.
454 Iceland.
456 Portugal.
457 Spain.

Individual:
205 S Lowry (Ireland) 70 67 68.
206 B Hebert (France) 70 69 67.
207 C Wood (England) 71 67 69.
210 K Grud (Den)