Seven Scots in preliminary
Walker Cup squad for USA
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE R&A
Scotland’s World Amateur Team Championship winners, Wallace Booth and Gavin Dear, have been included in the Great Britain & Ireland squad ahead of September’s Walker Cup match at Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania.
The final team of ten players to face the USA will be selected in August.
The two young Scots who, together with Callum Macaulay, lifted the Eisenhower Trophy in Australia last October, form part of a 28-man group that will meet at Formby Golf Club on 28 & 29 April. Also in the 2009 squad is Welshman, Nigel Edwards, who will be attempting to reach his fifth consecutive Walker Cup and England’s, Thomas Sherreard, second-placed amateur and 19th overall at The 2008 Open Championship.
Other selected individuals include Sherreard’s compatriot, Tommy Fleetwood, runner-up at last year’s Amateur Championship; Shane Lowry, Paul Cutler and Niall Kearney, all members of Ireland’s winning team at the 2008 European Amateur Team Championships; and Welsh brothers Ben and Rhys Enoch.
“As a squad, we go into the 2009 season with a lot of confidence,” commented Walker Cup Captain, Colin Dalgleish (pictured above). “Great Britain & Ireland currently have both the reigning European and World Amateur Team Championship winners and we have over half of the players that won those events in the talented group we have assembled.”
“Only Nigel Edwards has had previous Walker Cup experience but all of the selected individuals have plenty of team match play under their belts,” added Chairman of Selectors, Tony Disley. “A large proportion have also spent extended periods playing college golf in the states and we hope this will pay dividends at Merion.”
The 2009 Walker Cup will take place at Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania, on 12 & 13 September. Merion is famous for having hosted more USGA championship tournaments than any other and for being the place where Bobby Jones completed his 1930 Grand Slam.
GB&I squad is:
The two young Scots who, together with Callum Macaulay, lifted the Eisenhower Trophy in Australia last October, form part of a 28-man group that will meet at Formby Golf Club on 28 & 29 April. Also in the 2009 squad is Welshman, Nigel Edwards, who will be attempting to reach his fifth consecutive Walker Cup and England’s, Thomas Sherreard, second-placed amateur and 19th overall at The 2008 Open Championship.
Other selected individuals include Sherreard’s compatriot, Tommy Fleetwood, runner-up at last year’s Amateur Championship; Shane Lowry, Paul Cutler and Niall Kearney, all members of Ireland’s winning team at the 2008 European Amateur Team Championships; and Welsh brothers Ben and Rhys Enoch.
“As a squad, we go into the 2009 season with a lot of confidence,” commented Walker Cup Captain, Colin Dalgleish (pictured above). “Great Britain & Ireland currently have both the reigning European and World Amateur Team Championship winners and we have over half of the players that won those events in the talented group we have assembled.”
“Only Nigel Edwards has had previous Walker Cup experience but all of the selected individuals have plenty of team match play under their belts,” added Chairman of Selectors, Tony Disley. “A large proportion have also spent extended periods playing college golf in the states and we hope this will pay dividends at Merion.”
The 2009 Walker Cup will take place at Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania, on 12 & 13 September. Merion is famous for having hosted more USGA championship tournaments than any other and for being the place where Bobby Jones completed his 1930 Grand Slam.
GB&I squad is:
Todd Adcock (Nevill).
Wallace Booth (Comrie).
Paul Cutler (Portstewart).
Gavin Dear (Murrayshall).
Alan Dunbar (Rathmore).
Nigel Edwards (Whitchurch).
Ben Enoch (Truro).
Rhys Enoch (Truro).
Steven McEwan (Caprington).
Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall).
Charlie Ford (Kirby Muxloe).
Luke Goddard (Hendon).
Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham Park).
Paul O’Hara (Colville Park).
Sam Hutsby (Liphook).
Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin).
Dara Lernihan (Castle).
Shane Lowry (Esker Hills).
Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie).
Chris Paisley (Stocksfield).
Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park).
Tom Sherreard (Chart Hills).
Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck).
Steven Uzzell (Hornsea).
Simon Ward (Co Louth).
Ben Westgate (Trevose).
Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes).
Gordon Yates (Hilton Park)
Labels: Amateur Men
posted by Colin |
See story on its own page | Thursday, February 05, 2009
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home