INTERNATIONALS CHASE ENGLISH
COUNTY CHAMPIONS' TITLE
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH GOLF UNIONBilly Hemstock (Teignmouth, Devon), a member of England’s victorious European Men’s Team Championship squad, and Matthew Southgate (Thorpe Hall, Essex), who helped England to victory in the Home Internationals, are in the field for the English County Champions Tournament at Woodhall Spa this weekend.
They will join 26 other champions on Sunday 19th September, the event being preceded by the Junior County Champions Tournament on Saturday 18th September. Both will be played over 36 holes on the Hotchkin Course.
Southgate, Essex Champion for the past two years, finished runner-up in the English County Champions event last year and must be considered among the favourites this time, as will Hemstock, three times Devon Champion.
Another England Cap, James Crampton, the Lincolnshire Champion, is the only former winner in the field, his victory coming in 2003, while several tournament victors are also competing.
Tyrrell Hatton, winner of the recent Czech Amateur Championship, is the BB and O Champion, while representing Warwickshire will be Andrew Sullivan, third behind Hatton in the Czech, whose victories this year include the Lagonda Trophy, the Midland Closed and the Hampshire Salver.
Fifteen-year-old Nick Ward, a member of the England Under 16 Squad, will carry the hopes of Hertfordshire, Ben Loughrey, winner of the recent Lee Westwood Trophy, will represent Wiltshire, while Sean Towndrow, the Lancashire Champion, will also be representing his county in the English County Championship at the end of the month.
In a new move this year, the field also includes the Artisans National Champion Andrew Inglis and Daniel Wasteney, winner of the National Association of Public Golf Courses Championship.
Some counties are not represented as their champions have either turned professional or have returned to college in the United States.
Besides carrying off the title, the winner will also gain automatic entry into next year’s Brabazon Trophy.
The Junior County Champions Tournament was inaugurated last year and resulted in a three-way tie. One of the trio was James Burnett, an England Boy Cap, who is competing again as Lincolnshire Junior Champion.
Also in the junior field are Sam Young from Yorkshire, fourth last year, Tyler Hogarty, a member of the Gloucestershire team that finished runners-up in last month’s English Boys County Championship, and Jamie McDonald, who was a member of the Cumbria team.
For the latest news updates, live scoring and commentary visit the Championship section of the EGU website www.englishgolfunion.org.
COUNTY CHAMPIONS' TITLE
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH GOLF UNIONBilly Hemstock (Teignmouth, Devon), a member of England’s victorious European Men’s Team Championship squad, and Matthew Southgate (Thorpe Hall, Essex), who helped England to victory in the Home Internationals, are in the field for the English County Champions Tournament at Woodhall Spa this weekend.
They will join 26 other champions on Sunday 19th September, the event being preceded by the Junior County Champions Tournament on Saturday 18th September. Both will be played over 36 holes on the Hotchkin Course.
Southgate, Essex Champion for the past two years, finished runner-up in the English County Champions event last year and must be considered among the favourites this time, as will Hemstock, three times Devon Champion.
Another England Cap, James Crampton, the Lincolnshire Champion, is the only former winner in the field, his victory coming in 2003, while several tournament victors are also competing.
Tyrrell Hatton, winner of the recent Czech Amateur Championship, is the BB and O Champion, while representing Warwickshire will be Andrew Sullivan, third behind Hatton in the Czech, whose victories this year include the Lagonda Trophy, the Midland Closed and the Hampshire Salver.
Fifteen-year-old Nick Ward, a member of the England Under 16 Squad, will carry the hopes of Hertfordshire, Ben Loughrey, winner of the recent Lee Westwood Trophy, will represent Wiltshire, while Sean Towndrow, the Lancashire Champion, will also be representing his county in the English County Championship at the end of the month.
In a new move this year, the field also includes the Artisans National Champion Andrew Inglis and Daniel Wasteney, winner of the National Association of Public Golf Courses Championship.
Some counties are not represented as their champions have either turned professional or have returned to college in the United States.
Besides carrying off the title, the winner will also gain automatic entry into next year’s Brabazon Trophy.
The Junior County Champions Tournament was inaugurated last year and resulted in a three-way tie. One of the trio was James Burnett, an England Boy Cap, who is competing again as Lincolnshire Junior Champion.
Also in the junior field are Sam Young from Yorkshire, fourth last year, Tyler Hogarty, a member of the Gloucestershire team that finished runners-up in last month’s English Boys County Championship, and Jamie McDonald, who was a member of the Cumbria team.
For the latest news updates, live scoring and commentary visit the Championship section of the EGU website www.englishgolfunion.org.
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