Scotland and England lead their
foursomes 2-0 in Italy

Traditional rivals Scotland and England were heading for a semi-final meeting in the European men's amateur team championship at Royal Park Golf & Country Club, Turin in Italy ... based on their 2-0 leads in the morning foursomes when the match-play started today.
Calum Macaulay and Wallace Booth beat Alex Kaleka and Benjamin Hebert by 2 holes.
Gavin Deer and Paul O'Hara beat Jean-Jacques Woolff and Edouard Dubois by 6 and 5.
England established a 2-0 lead over Italy with Chris Wood and Hutsby winning by one hole againstg Federico Colombo and N Bertasio.
Charles Ford and Matt Haines won a nail-biter at the 21st against Andrea Pavan and M Manassero.
In the bottom half of the draw, Germany led Spain 2-0 after the foursomes.
Ireland, the No 7 of eight qualifiers, were also 2-0 ahead after the morning play against No 2 seeds Sweden.
Shane Lowry and Gareth Shaw won by 4 and 2 against JBjorn Akesson and Jesper Kinnegard whil Walker Cup player Jonny Caldwell and Paul Culter finished 6 and 5 winners against F Quicker and T Rosendahl.