SEVEN SCOTS NAMED IN
GB&I WALKER CUP SQUAD
... TO BE CONFIRMED
BY ROYAL & ANCIENT

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Scot Alistair Tait has given Golfweek an exclusive story today – revealing the names of the 2007 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup squad ... before it’s been announced by the Royal & Ancient! According to Alistair, a good friend of mine whose word I wouldn’t doubt, five members of the GB&I team that lost in Chicago are retained in the enlarged squad which will be whittled down in the build-up to the match against the United States at Royal County Down Golf Club, about 40 miles south of Belfast, in Northern Ireland next September 8 and 9.
East Tennessee State University's Edinburgh-born star Rhys Davies and Nigel Edwards are the two Welshmen from the 2005 team named to the current squad, along with Scottish players Lloyd Saltman and reigning US Amateur champion Richie Ramsay, pictured on right. English veteran Gary Wolstenholme, a member of the last six GB&I teams, also made it.
Scotland and England dominate the 22-man squad with seven players apiece, while Ireland and Wales each have four players.
GB&I’s Scottish skipper, Colin Dalgleish, will name the eight players to take part in the biennial match after the Scottish, English and Welsh amateur championships end on August 4.
Other Scots in the squad apart from Ramsay and Saltman are our past two national match-play champions, Kevin McAlpine (Alyth), who won the title at Nairn during the summer, and Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie), championship winner at Southerness the year before.
Other Scots are East of Scotland Open winner Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie), twice Scottish boys champion and Scottish open stroke-play winner Scott Henry (Cardross), and Paul O'Hara (Colville Park).
Dalgleish will get his first serious look at the extended squad when they meet up at that glorious links course, Royal County Down, for three days of practice and "bonding" from April 17-19.

2007 GB&I Walker Squad

Gary Boyd (England)
Jonathan Caldwell (Ireland)
Glenn Campbell (Scotland)
Rhys Davies (Wales)
Nigel Edwards (Wales)
Zach Gould (Wales)
Scott Henry (Scotland)
David Horsey (England)
Stephen Lewton (England)
Kevin McAlpine (Scotland)
Rory McIlroy (Ireland)
Keir McNicoll (Scotland)
Llewellyn Matthews (Wales)
Jamie Moul (England)
Paul O'Hara (Scotland)
Ben Parker (England)
Richie Ramsay (Scotland)
Lloyd Saltman (Scotland)
Gareth Shaw (Ireland)
Simon Ward (Ireland)
Paul Waring (England)
Gary Wolstenholme (England)

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