ENGLAND LOSE IN OTHER TIE IN LINNA, FINLAND

SCOTS MEN BEATEN BY SPAIN IN

EUROPEAN MEN'S SEMI-FINAL

Saturday's European men's amateur golf championship final will feature Ireland, 5-2 conquerors of England, against Spain, who beat Scotland by a similar margin.

The writing was on the wall for the Scots at Linna, Finland when they lost the foursomes 2-0, Graeme Robertson and Jack McDonald going down only at the 19th after Grant Forrest and Bradley Neil had lost by 3 and 1.

Neil won the top singles tie by one hole but that was to be the Scots' only singles victory.

Robertson lost by 3 and 1 and Jamie Savage went down by 4 and 3.

That gave Spain an uncatchable 4pt and the ties invlvolving Forrest and Ross were declared halved matches as is the custom in European team championship.

EUROPEAN MEN'S AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Linna, Finland

SEMI-FINALS

England 2, Ireland 5

SCOTLAND 2, SPAIN 5

Foursomes: G Forrest and B Neil lost to M Gallano and J Angles 3 and 1; G Robertson and J McDonald lost to J Rahm and S Fernandez at 19th (0-2)

Singles - Neil bt Angles 1 hole; Robertson lost to Rahm 3 and 1, J Savage lost to Fernandez 4 and 3, Forrest halved with E Cuartero, J Ross halvewd with D Berna (2-3)