Men's Amateur highlight at Nairn Golf Club next week

Champion Duncan IS selected for Home 

Internationals but beaten finalist Burgess is not

FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF WEBSITE
Newly-crowned Scottish men’s amateur champion George Duncan and GB and I cap Graeme Robertson have secured Scotland call-ups for next week’s Fairstone Home Internationals at The Nairn Golf Club.

Windyhill’s Duncan, who achieved the biggest win of his career following an impressive week at Royal Aberdeen, will make his Scotland debut in the annual four nations event, while Robertson, one of the country’s most consistent performers in recent years, will make his sixth straight appearance when the action gets underway at the former Walker Cup venue on Wednesday 10 August.

In recent years, Robertson has proved a key player for Scotland, having formed a successful foursomes partnership with Jack McDonald.
Duncan, 21, has climbed to eighth place on the Scottish Golf Men’s Order of Merit following his victory in the north-east, while Glenbervie man Robertson is 10th having reached the last-16 at Royal Aberdeen.
The two players complete Scotland’s 11-man side for the contest in the Highlands, after nine players were selected late last month.
With Grant Forrest, Ewen Ferguson, Connor Syme and Robert MacIntyre all qualifying for the US Amateur Championship by virtue of being inside the top 50 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), they are unable to compete at Nairn.
Home member Sandy Scott was thus the only automatic qualifier for the team (from the top five Scots on the WAGR and the top two players on the Men’s Order of Merit), meaning 10 further selectors’ picks have been chosen.
Scotland will seek to win the Fairstone Home Internationals at Nairn for the first time since they last hosted the matches at Glasgow Golf Club’s Gailes Links in 2012.
Steve Paulding, Scottish Golf Performance Director, said: “We’re delighted to add George and Graeme to a Scotland team which now boasts a great blend of youth and experience.
“George is a player in form, having handled the pressure extremely well to come out on top of a very strong field at Royal Aberdeen last week, while Graeme has a great track record for his country and will add his considerable experience to the team.
“It will be a great test for the players to compete against some of the best players from the other home countries over such a fantastic and challenging course and I’m sure they’ll all relish the occasion.”
Entry to the Fairstone Home Internationals is free of charge for spectators, with the event taking place from 10 – 12 August. 
Live scoring will be featured on scottishgolf.org, with a daily highlights package shown on Scottish Golf’s social media channels, thanks to support from The R and A. The Home internationals is being sponsored by Fairstone Financial Management, the UK’s largest Chartered Financial Planning firm, for the fourth consecutive year.
Scotland Team (club and age in brackets):

• Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm, 34)
• George Duncan (Windyhill, 21)
• Calum Fyfe (Cawder, 19)
• Craig Howie (Peebles, 21)
• Barry Hume (Haggs Castle, 34)
• Liam Johnson (Dumfries and County, 23)
• Euan McIntosh (Turnhouse, 47)
• Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie, 28)
• Craig Ross (Kirkhill, 23)
• Jamie Savage (Cawder, 21)
• Sandy Scott (Nairn, 18)

The Scottish Golf National Squads are sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management and TaylorMade-adidasGolf.

European men's individual amateur championship

Forrest leads the Scots in Estonia

Walker Cup player Grant Forrest (North Berwick) is the leading Scot after the first round of the European men's individual amateur championship in Estonia.
Considering the lack of a practice round and the disappearance of their own golf clubs in transit, Forrest and his fellow Scots did very well. Grant shot a three under par 69 to be in joint 13th position, three shots behind the leader, Germany's Jeremy Paul.
 Craig Ross had a 70 for a share of 27th place while Connor Syme (Drumoig) and Craig Howie (Peebles) were joint 44th with 71s.

FIRST ROUND LEADERS
par 72
66 J Paul (Ger)
67 V Hovland (Nor), D Brown (Eng), G-M Petrozzi (Eng), A Meronk (Pol).
 SCOTS' SCORES
69 G Forrest (T13)
70 C Ross (T27)
71 C Syme, C Howie (T44
72 S Scott, R MacIntyre (T67)
73 R Lumsden (T83)
74 J Savage (T104)
77 L Johnston (T132)
79 E Ferguson (142nd)

  






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St Andrews Boys Open quarter-final results

Quarter-final results in the St Andrews Boys' Open over the Eden Course today (Wed) are:

N McCulloch (Kingsknowe) bt P Foulquie (France) 3 and 2.

J Paterson (St Andrews New) bt C Unger (Germany) at 20th

A Simpson (Strathmore) bt D Morris (Fairhaven) 1 hole.

G Tsukamoto (Japan) bt P L Gachet (France) 1 hole.

Fraser and Bell in the Seniors' mix at Formby

By ELSPETH BURNSIDE

John Fraser, the Royal Burgess Society captain, and Downfield’s Graham Bell were just a shot off the lead after the first round of the Seniors Amateur Championship at Formby, Lancashire

American Randy Haag and Swede Stefan Lindberg shared the top spot on 71, five better than the defending champion, Patrick Tallent.  

Fraser, who played shinty for Newtonmore in his youth, had four birdies and four bogeys in a 72 and Bell had three birdies and three bogeys.

Both have played for the Scotland senior amateur team, and are aiming to end a run of six successive American winners of the title. 

“I didn’t really play golf seriously at all before the seniors,” said Fraser, who is a former head teacher at Craigmount High School in Edinburgh.

Bell is a many times Downfield and Camperdown Club Champion. “I was pleased with the score,” he said. “It was a really tough day. Once you got out towards the seas the wind was gale force. Really brutal.”

Haag has twice won the top amateur prize - the silver medal - at the British Senior Open. He claimed the honour at Carnoustie in 2010 and again the following year at Walton Heath.

But he was distraught 12 months ago at this Championship at Royal County Down when a mix-up over a storm delay led to his premature exit. 

“I played two holes before the weather stopped play,” explained the six-time North Californian Player of the Year. “I went back to my hotel and when I called about the restarting time I misunderstood the information. 

“The next call was from the R and A to tell me I had been disqualified. It was the most miserable feeling. So I am very excited to be back over here again.”

Before his trip to the UK, Haag won a qualifying event for the US Seniors’ Open, and his impressive form continued with “one of the best ball striking rounds of my life.”

He hit 17 greens in the tricky conditions, and could have shot even lower if he had fared better on the greens. He accumulated 36 putts. 

Lindberg opened with two birdies in the first three holes - he nearly eagled the long third - and had a strong finish with more gains at the 15th and 17th. 

The Helsingborg golfer missed last year’s Championship due to a back injury, but now he is fully fit and ready to try and emulate Open Champion Henrik Stenson and become a Swedish winner on a British links this summer. 

Moor Park’s John Ambridge joined Fraser and Bell on 72. He was in the same Hertfordshire teams as Nick Faldo and Ken Brown and qualified as an amateur to play in two Open Championships. 

The highlight of his round was a chip-in eagle at the long 17th. His putt for birdie and a tie for the lead lipped out at the last. 

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Gough leads Reid Trophy  field by three England’s Conor Gough holds a three shot lead going into tomorrow’s final round of the Reid Trophy after a breezy day at Porters Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire.  Gough, 13, (image © Leaderboard Photography) played round in one-over par 71 today and is two-under for the English U14 boys’ open championship – and liking the experience.  “I enjoy seeing my name on the top of the leader board,” said Gough, from Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire. “Some people don’t, but I like it.”  This is an event which attracts a thoroughly international field and Gough is being chased by Ireland’s Josh Black and South Africa’s Casey Jarvis, who have moved into a tie for second place on one-over par.  Behind them, there’s a two-shot gap to the pair in fourth place: Oscar Doran of Delamere Forest in Cheshire and Dubai-based Joshua Hill, who are both three-over.  Gough followed up on yesterday’s 67 with a quick start and for much of his round was five-under for the championship. But he dropped back with three bogeys in his last five holes, commenting: “I started really well and felt I could hold on, but I had a couple of loose shots and misjudged the wind. You can see the clouds moving but when you’re packed in among the trees it swirls. But overall, for 36 holes I’ve played really well.”  His plan for tomorrow is more of the same: “I want to go out and play steady, play like I have all week and not change my strategy.” Josh Black moved up to second place when he scored level par 70 today, with a display of super-accurate striking into the greens. He collected four birdies in his round, with putts ranging from 1ft to 3ft.  “I didn’t start very well, I missed an 18in putt on my second and I was two-over after three. But then I parred the par five and settled into it,” he said.  He was joined by Casey Jarvis, who was disappointed when he left the course, having bogeyed the last two holes for 71, but his one-over total has kept him right in the hunt. “I drove the ball pretty well, till 17 and 18, and I hit a lot of greens today, but I’m disappointed that I went drop, drop at the end.”  Doran remains in contention on three-over par after today’s 73, compiled in the breeziest part of the day. “The wind picked up quite a bit and it definitely affected the scoring,” he said.  He started well today before a wobbly patch around the turn, but saved himself with his short game skills. “My scrapping was really good when my ball striking went off a bit. I had some good up and downs and then my striking improved again.”  Tomorrow, his plan is simple: “I shall go at every flag and get as many birdies as I can.”  At the other end of the leaderboard, the 36-hole cut fell at 15-over par with a total of 75 players qualifying for tomorrow’s final round.  Among them is Ireland’s Tom McKibbin, who sailed through the cut after shooting the low round of the tournament so far with his four-under par 66. It improved on his opening 80 by 14 shots and gave him a total of six-over par. “My head wasn’t very good yesterday, but today I just went out to have a bit more fun and see what I could shoot – and hoped it would be good,” said the 13-year-old.  McKibbin actually started with a drive he described as ‘awful’ but he birdied his first hole (the 10th) and that set the tone for his round. He had three more birdies – on the 1st, 3rd and 6th - and missed a two-footer for another birdie on the fifth. But he had a great up and down from a bunker on the last, where he was short-sided, to keep his round bogey free.   Click here for full scores Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193 EDITORS’ NOTES England Golf is the governing body for amateur golf in England. It is one of the country’s largest sports governing bodies and looks after the interests of more than 1,900 golf clubs and 675,000 men, women, boy and girl club members. England Golf is at the heart of grassroots golf, inspiring people to have a lifelong involvement in the game.  Our development initiative ‘Get into golf’ introduces new golfers, juniors and adults, to start playing the game as well as increasing the interest and participation in golf.  Working with our partners we offer business support to clubs to encourage more golfers to enjoy the benefits of club membership and to help promote the game as being accessible, fun and family friendly. For competitive golfers, England Golf provides championships for all ages and abilities, both in individual and team events, hosted at some of the most prestigious courses across the country, some with qualifying events at any club.  England Golf identifies and develops the country’s most talented golfers through their amateur careers, many of whom go on to become the world’s leading professional golfers, such as Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Charley Hull and Melissa Reid.

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 Scotland v England title decider in Boys'

 Home Internationals at Ballyliffen, Ireland

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland beat Ireland 9-6 to set up a title-decider against England, who also maintained a 100 per cent record by beating Wales 10-5 on the second day of the boys' home international at Ballyliffen Golf Club, Co Donegal in Ireland.
The Scots, last year's champions, shaded the morning foursomes 3-2 and had to fight all the way to subdue the host nation  6-4 in the foursomes.
Banchory's Sam Locke again played well to record a victory in the singles and there was also a win for Rory Franssen of Inverness by one hole after he had been all square on the 17th tee.
Deeside's Michael Lawrie was three down after 12 in his match but staged a rousing finish to salvage a square match
Darren Howie's 7 and 6 win was the biggest of the day and clinched a Scotland victory

SCOTLAND 9, IRELAND 6
Foursomes: 3-2
J Stewart and E McIntosh bt T Mulligan and R Kelly 3 and 2.
B Ferguson and R Franssen bt M Power and J Brady 1 hole.
M McCulloch and L Irvine lost to O Crooks, H O'Hare 3 and 2.
S Locke and M Lawrie lost to C Raymond and A Fahy 1 hole.
M Watt and D Howie bt J Murphy and A Mulhall 5 and 4.
Singles: 6-4
Stewart bt Mulligan 1 hole.
McIntosh lost to Power 4 and 2.
Ferguson bt Brady 3 and 2.
Franssen bt R Kelly 1 hole.
G Greer halved with M McKinstry
Irvine lost to O'Hare 1 hole. 
Lawrie halved with Cameron
Locke bt Fahy 4 and 3
Watt lost to Murphy 2 and 1
Howie bt Mulhall 7 and 6.

OTHER MATCH:
WALES 5, ENGLAND 10
Foursomes: 1.5-3.5
Singles: 3.5- 6.5

Hutch wins Deer Park Masters by one 

as he drops down a gear

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Greig Hutcheon virtually scored another victory in the Deer Park Masters with his first round of eight-under-par 64 on Tuesday. The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo man's second-round 72, admittedly in more difficult conditions, was not out his top drawer and an eight-under-par aggregate of 136 just got him across the winning line at the Livingston venue by a one-stroke margin from Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) who had scores of 66 and 71.
Daniel Wood (Hirsel) took third place with 70 and 69 for 139.
But a win is a win and first prize of £2,520 plus a bundle of Order of Merit points will ease Greig's disappointment at not continuing in the same vein of form as he tapped into on Monday.
O'Hara earned £1,739 and Wood £1,372.
The lowest round of the day came from Aberdonian Scott Henderson (Kings Links) with a 68 for 143 which saw him finish in joint eighth place and earn £490. Highlight of his card was an eagle 3 at the long second. He also had four birdies.

DEER PARK MASTERS
Deer Park Golf and Country Club, Livingston
FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
136 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo) 64 72 (£2,520)
137 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) 66 71 (£1,739)
139 D Wood (Hirsel) 70 69 (£1,372)
141 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 71 70 (£948)
142 D Watters (Gourock) 67 75, C Currie (Caldwell) 70 72, S Gray (Lanark) 73 69 (£619 each)
143 S Henderson (Kings Links) 75 69, M Kerr (Dalmahoy) 70 73, C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 73 70 (£490 each)
144 G McBain (Newmachar) 74 70, A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 75 69, S Caitlin (Affordable Golf) 74 70, M Hillson (Kilconquhar Castle) 71 73 (£418 each).
145 J McGhee (Whitehill House) 73 72, G Brown (Montrose Links) 73 72, S Craig (Craig Golf) 74 71, S O'Hara (unatt) 74 71 (£355 each)
146 C Gordon (Edinburgh GC) 75 71, D Orr (Eastwood) 76 70, P Wardell (North Berwick) 71 75, C Kelly (unatt) 71 75, G Law (Uphall) 72 74 (£284 each)
147 P Walker (Ballumbie Castle) 74 73, K McNicoll (Gullane) 76 71, J Lomas (Caprington) 75 72, F Rummins (Canmore) 71 76, C Ronald (carluke) 72 75, I Graham (Crow Wood) 73 74, A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) 72 74, F Mann (Carnoustie) 74 73, N Huguet (Musselburgh) 75 72 (£152 each)
148 G Paxton (Ralston) 75 73, P Robinson (Largs) 75 73
149 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 77 72, D Flannery (Caldwell) 78 71
150 C McMaster (Wellsgreen) 75 75

 

Ayrshire name team to defend Scottish Area Team 

Championship at Dalmahoy

The Ayrshire team who will defend the Scottish Area team Championship title at Dalmahoy from 2 – 4 September 2016 has been announced, with three of the team who won in 2015 at Blairgowrie returning to try to retain the trophy this year

Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle), who contributed crucial points in the foursomes last year is back in the side along with Stuart Robin (Prestwick St Cuthbert), who was undefeated in his singles ties during the 2015 competition, netting 2.5 from a possible 3 points in the Matchplay rounds.

Also returning from last years team is 2015 Doc Thom Ayrshire Order Of merit winner and current Ayrshire Matchplay Champion, John Shanks (Irvine), who had the satisfaction of sinking the winning putt for Ayrshire in the final of the 2015 competition.

2015 Ayrshire Matchplay Champion and current club champion at his home club, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon), returns to the Area Team Championship side following his last appearance in the event 2014 and he is joined in the side by two players making their debut in the event as part of the county side.

Charlie Macneal (Prestwick) secured his place following some solid performances on the Scottish amateur circuit over the last twelve months, whilst Steven Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert), a former Scotland Boys Internationalist, will Add another chapter to his golfing record by playing in the Area Team Championship, following some fine performances over the last twelve months which included a 100% record, with five wins from five, as Ayrshire won the West Of Scotland Inter County Championship in 2015, for the first time in 27 years.

The Area team Championships starts with strokeplay qualifying on Friday 2^nd September, with the best eight of the 16 competing teams progressing to Matchplay on Saturday 3^rd and Sunday 4^th September.

 

Gough’s 67 sets the pace  at Reid Trophy England's Conor Gough set the first round pace in the Reid Trophy with a score of three-under 67 on a drizzly day at Porters Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire. The 13-year old heads an international leaderboard in the English U14 boys' open championship, with players from the Czech Republic, Spain, France and Ireland among those in the top 10. But Gough, from Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire, is leading a strong English challenge. Closest to him is Luis Witherall from Cherwell Edge in Northamptonshire, who beat par in competition for the first time today with his 69. Cheshire’s Oscar Doran (Delamere Forest) shares third place on level par while Dominic Clemons from Gog Magog in Cambridgeshire shot one-over 71 and is in a group of five sharing seventh place. Gough (Image © Leaderboard Photography) set the standard early in the day with a round which included four birdies and just one bogey. “I'm very pleased, I was hoping for about level par, so this is much better - but it's only the first round," he said. He came into this event in fine form, having just won the U15 Douglas Johns Trophy by three shots and finished in the top 10 at last month’s English U16 championship for the McGregor Trophy. Today, he started on the 10th and got off to a quick start with two birdies in his first three holes. After a steady string of pars he got to three-under on the first, a short par four of 254 yards where his drive with a three wood went 30 yards through, but his chip back finished within a foot of the hole. Another birdie on the fourth - where he holed from 25ft - got him to four under, but a wayward drive which finished in the trees on the seventh cost him his only bogey. Witherall came in towards the end of the day with his 69, remarking: “I was hitting greens and two-putting most of the time, but when I missed the greens I got up and down a lot. I kept my head after a bad shot and just moved on from it.” He has worked hard towards this event and added: “I’ve been practising really hard for this and today it’s paid off.” Cheshire's Oscar Doran (Delamere Forest) is in a group of four players who scored level par 70 today, putting together a remarkably steady round. He started with birdies on the first and second and then had 13 straight pars before dropping a couple at the end of his round. “I finished bogey, par, bogey which was quite disheartening, but I'll take level par," said Doran who is the Cheshire U14 and U16 champion. Good driving was the key to his scoring and when he did hit a wayward one into the trees on 17 he still had the answer, hooking his second around the trouble and onto the green to set up a par. Among the others sharing third place is Casey Jarvis of South Africa, who has made the trip to play this event and the Scottish U14 championship and has arrived in good form. He matched five birdies with bogeys and said afterwards: “I’m happy overall. I wanted to be in contention going into the second round.  “I played pretty well/ I missed a few greens on the back nine but I was hitting my driver really well and my putting was good. The rain was difficult at one point but I played my way through it.” After tomorrow’s second round the field of 144 competitors will be cut to the leading 70 players and ties who will play the final 18 holes on Thursday. Click here for full scores Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193 ..

. Lanarkshire match-play quarter-finals

Dominic Dougan beat young Jack Emerson of East Kilbride by 6 and 5 and was four under par for the match at Hamilton Golf Club. Jack had a few birdies earlier on but Dominic’s experience began to tell. 

Ed Wood played steadily throughout to beat Stewart Henderson 3 and 2. Gordon Yates had to birdie the last hole to get the better of local player Craig Borland by one hole. 

In the final match Hamilton greenkeeper Brian Scott staged a late rally to beat Kenny Gallacher at the last hole. Brian birdied the 14^th and 16^th to edge one ahead but looked like losing the last when he was 20 yards through the green with his approach and Kenny was safely on the green. However a superb pitch into the hole  brought an abrupt end to the match!

Semi-finals are tomorrow at 5.30 again at Hamilton Golf Club.

Results:

Dominic Dougan      Airdrie   bt      Jack Emerson  East Kilbride  6 and 5.

Ed Wood      Crow Wood        bt     Stewart Henderson Hamilton 3 and 2.

Gordon Yates  Colville Pk        bt   Craig Borland  Hamilton  1 hole

Brian Scott   Hamilton      bt   Kenny Gallacher   East Kilbride  1 hole

Willie Sharpe

Lanarkshire Golf Association

New English champion in Home Internationals team for Nairn   The new English Amateur Champion Dan Brown has been selected for England’s 11-strong team for next week’s Home Internationals, which will be played at Nairn Golf Club, Scotland, from August 10-12. The Yorkshireman will be joined in the team by Adam Chapman of Cumbria, Will Enefer of Shropshire, Harry Hall of Cornwall, Josh Hilleard of Somerset, Marco Penge of Sussex, Alfie Plant of Kent, Gian-Marco Petrozzi of Staffordshire, Ashton Turner of Lincolnshire, James Walker of Yorkshire and Jack Yule of Norfolk. England will be seeking to regain the Home Internationals title, which they last won at Ganton in Yorkshire in 2013. The players: Dan Brown, 21, (Masham) won the English Amateur Championship at Ganton last weekend. He also reached the match play stages of both the British Amateur and Spanish championships and had top 20 finishes in the Brabazon Trophy and the Italian international. (Image © Leaderboard Photography). Adam Chapman, 21, (Carus Green) got through to the last 32 at the British Amateur, having had top ten finishes in the St Andrews Links Trophy and the Scottish open amateur; and top 20s in the Welsh and Irish opens. He tied third in the Hampshire Salver and fifth in the South of England amateur. Will Enefer, 18, (Wrekin) was the leading qualifier at the English Amateur and reached the last 16 in the matchplay. He also reached the last 32 in the British Amateur and had top ten finishes in the Welsh and Irish stroke play championships and the Berkhamsted Trophy. Harry Hall, 18, (West Cornwall) reached the last 32 in the English Amateur and the last 16 in the British Amateur. He has had top 30 finishes in both the Jones Cup in the USA, where he is a student, and in the Brabazon Trophy. Josh Hilleard, 21, (Farrington Park) reached the last 16 in the English Amateur. He won the West of England Championship, the Berkhamsted Trophy, the Faldo Series Wales Championship and the Hampshire Salver this season. He was joint top-scorer when England beat France at Formby and was also in England’s winning team at the Costa Ballena Quadrangular Tournament. Marco Penge, 18, (Golf at Goodwood) tied for the French amateur but was pipped to the title in a play-off. He was fourth in the Irish and Portuguese amateur championships and sixth in the South American. Last year he won the Peter McEvoy Trophy, the Scottish Stroke Play Championship and the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters. Alfie Plant, 24, (Sundridge Park) beat an international field by seven shots to win the 2016 Lytham Trophy and has recently helped GB&I retain the St Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe. He tied seventh in the Brabazon Trophy, got through to the last 16 in the English Amateur and also reached the match play stages of the British Amateur. He was in England’s winning team for this year’s international against France. Gian-Marco Petrozzi, 19, (Trentham) reached the match play in the English and British Amateur championships and was fourth in the Brabazon Trophy, where he shot the championship low score of seven-under 65 in the final round. He also tied third in both the Hampshire Salver and the Duncan Putter, was eighth in the Dutch Junior Open and 10th in the Lytham Trophy. Ashton Turner, 20, (Kenwick Park) helped Europe beat Asia Pacific in the Bonallack Trophy. He was ninth in the Lytham Trophy and tied eighth in the Challenge Tour’s Made in Denmark Challenge. He helped England beat France in this year’s international at Formby.  He toured Australia earlier this season where he had top 20 finishes in the Master of the Amateurs and the Lake Macquarie Amateur. James Walker, 22, (The Oaks) won this season’s Selborne Salver and reached the semi-finals of the Spanish amateur championship, losing to the eventual champion only on the 19th. He had top ten finishes in the Chiberta Grand Prix in France, the Lytham Trophy and the Welsh open amateur. He was in England’s winning team for the international against France and he reached the match play stages of the English Amateur. Jack Yule, 21, (Middleton Hall) won the Biarritz Cup in France last month, when representing England for the first time. He also reached the last 32 at the British Amateur and was runner up in the Italian international, eighth in the Hampshire Salver and ninth in the Portuguese amateur. Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193