NO SCOTS NAMED IN GB AND I WALKER CUP TEAM FOR NEW YORK
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE R AND A
The R and A today announced the Great Britain and Ireland team for the Walker Cup match against the USA being played at the National Golf Links of America in Southampton, New York on September 7 and 8.
Gavin Moynihan, 18, The Island, Dublin, Ireland.
Max Orrin, 19, North Foreland, Kent, England.
Gavin Moynihan
The R and A today announced the Great Britain and Ireland team for the Walker Cup match against the USA being played at the National Golf Links of America in Southampton, New York on September 7 and 8.
The ten-man team and two reserves were announced for the 44th Walker
Cup match where the GB&I team will bid to defend the trophy they won
in dramatic fashion at Royal Aberdeen in 2011.
Nigel Edwards, Captain of the GB&I team, said, “We believe we have
selected a strong team which includes some of the best amateur players
in the world. The players have all competed at the highest levels of the
amateur game and will relish the challenge of facing the Americans on
their home soil.
“There will be some who are disappointed not to make the team but it is
the job of the selectors to carefully consider the players available
and select the strongest team they can. We are very much looking forward
to what promises to be a great match next month.”
The GB and I team:
Matthew Fitzpatrick, 18, of Hallamshire, Yorkshire, England.
Nathan Kimsey, 20, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England.Gavin Moynihan, 18, The Island, Dublin, Ireland.
Max Orrin, 19, North Foreland, Kent, England.
Kevin Phelan, 22, Waterford Castle, County Waterford, Ireland.
Garrick Porteous, 23, Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England.
Rhys Pugh, 19, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales.
Neil Raymond, 27, Corhampton, Hampshire, England.
Callum Shinkwin, 20, Moor Park, Hertfordshire, England.
Jordan Smith, 20, Bowood, Wiltshire, England.
Reserves:
Greg Eason, 21, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England.
Ryan Evans, 26, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.
Captain:
Nigel Edwards, 45, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales.
Previous results:
2011 Royal Aberdeen, GB&I 14 USA 12
2009 Merion, USA 16 ½ GB&I 9 ½
2007 Royal County Down, GB&I 11 ½ USA 12 ½
PLAYER INFO
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick won the Silver Medal as the leading amateur at The Open
Championship at Muirfield and became the first Englishman since 1911 to
win the US Amateur Championship with a 4 and 3 victory over Australian
Oliver Goss in the 36 hole final. The 2012 Boys Amateur Champion reached
the final of the English Amateur Championship where he lost to Callum
Shinkwin. Fitzpatrick will play collegiate golf at Northwestern
University in Chicago from September.
Nathan Kimsey
Kimsey represented England in the 2012 Men’s Home Internationals and
became the first English player in 15 years to win all six matches. This
year, he finished tied third at the Brabazon Trophy, tied second at the
St Andrews Links Trophy and also enjoyed top ten finishes in the
Scottish Stroke Play Championship and the Lytham Trophy. He was a member
of the winning English team at the European Men’s Team Championships in
Denmark.Gavin Moynihan
Moynihan became the youngest player to play in the Irish Open in June.
The 2012 Irish Amateur Open Champion finished joint runner-up in this
year’s event at Royal Dublin. The former Junior Ryder Cup player
represented Ireland in the European Men’s Team Championships in Denmark.
He represented Ireland in the recent Men’s Home Internationals at
Ganton.
Max Orrin
Orrin was a member of the winning England team at the European Men’s
Team Championships in Denmark in July. He reached the semi-final of the
Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports, where he is a member, and
finished tied second in the St Andrews Links Trophy. Orrin reached the
second round of the recent US Amateur Championship. He won the Titleist
Footjoy Boys Order of Merit in 2012 as the leading English player.
Kevin Phelan
Phelan played in his second US Open at Merion in June and made the cut
finishing tied 62nd. Phelan is currently studying at North Florida State
University. He won his first collegiate tournament earlier this year
and played on the Palmer Cup team which lost to the USA at Wilmington
Country Club, Delaware. He represented Ireland in the recent Men’s Home
Internationals at Ganton.
Garrick Porteous
Porteous won the Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports, Deal in
June and secured a place in The Open Championship at Muirfield, a place
in next year’s US Open at Pinehurst and a traditional invitation to the
Masters. This year, he won the Scottish Stroke Play Championship at
Southerness and was runner-up at the Welsh Amateur Open Stroke Play
Championship. He was sixth in the European Nations Cup.
Rhys Pugh
Pugh was a member of the victorious GB and I Walker Cup team in 2011,
where he won all three of his matches. The Welshman played in this
year’s Open Championship at Muirfield after securing a place by winning
the 2012 European Amateur Championship in Dublin. Pugh also played in
the Irish Open on the European Tour and won the Welsh Amateur Open
Stroke Play Championship at Royal Porthcawl. He played in the recent US
Amateur Championship where he reached the first round of match play. In
2009, at the age of 15, he became the youngest player to represent Wales
at the Men’s Home Internationals.
Neil Raymond
Raymond won the St Andrews Links Trophy this year over the Old and
Jubilee courses at St Andrews. He lost in the quarter final of the
Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports to eventual champion Garrick
Porteous. He performed well at the Brabazon and Lytham trophies with top
20 finishes in both events and was runner-up in the Spanish Amateur
Championship in February. Raymond reached the quarter finals of the
recent US Amateur Championship in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Callum Shinkwin
Shinkwin won the English Amateur Championship at Frilford Heath in
August with a victory over Matthew Fitzpatrick in the 36-hole final. He
made his England debut against France last year and was a member of the
winning English team in the European Men’s Team Championships and the
Men’s Home Internationals at Ganton. Shinkwin won the South American
Amateur Championship in Colombia in January and finished tied second at
the Scottish Stroke Play Championship.
Jordan Smith
Smith won the Brabazon Trophy in June by four shots from Ireland’s
Brian Casey. A good season has seen him finish eighth in the St Andrews
Links Trophy, tied ninth in the French Amateur Championship, tied fifth
in the Spanish Amateur Championship and tied seventh in the Portuguese
International Amateur Championships. Smith is currently ranked 17th in
the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
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