England send Lloyd and Smith to



US Junior Players' Championship

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Two members of the England team that won the boys' home internationals at Hankley Common last month are in America preparing to challenge for the 3rd Junior Players Championship over the Stadium Course at TPC at Sawgrass in Florida.
Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire, Gloucestershire) and Max Smith (Newbury Racecourse) will carry the flag into this key US Junior Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach from Friday to Sunday this weekend.
Lloyd, 17, is enjoying a highly successful year. He won the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, the Gloucestershire Championship, was runner-up in the Carris Trophy and made his debut as a boy cap in the European boys' team championships before playing in the boys' home internationals. In previous years when an Under 16 international, the Bristolian won the Ernie Els World Junior Championship in South Africa, the South West Under 16 title and the North of England Under 16 Championship.
Smith, 17, has also enjoyed a successful 2009, winning the McEvoy Trophy, finishing third in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, as well as playing a role in the successful Boys Home Internationals.
Capped at Under 16 level and runner-up in the McGregor Trophy, the South of England Boys Championship and the Dutch Junior Masters, all in 2007, he stepped up to become a boy cap last year when reaching the fourth round of the British Boys. He has already represented the English Golf Union (EGU) in South Africa, Japan and Holland this year. The US Junior Players Championship will be decided over 54 holes of stroke play featuring 60 top juniors from 18 US states and 15 different countries.