St Andrews Trophy match at Prince's GC, Kent

GB and I trail 8-4 to Continent of Europe


Great Britain and Ireland, captained by Craig Watson, have a mountain to climb if they are to beat the Continent of Europe in the men's amateur international match for the St Andrews Trophy at Prince's Golf Club, Kent.
The Continentals won the opening foursomes 4-0 and then share the singles 4-4, leaving them with an 8-4 lead going into the second day. 
Continent of Europe is in a strong position after winning all of the morning foursomes to take a 4-0 lead going into the afternoon’s single matches on day one of the St Andrews Trophy match against Great Britain and Ireland  at Prince’s.
The Scots had mixed luck in the singles. Grant Forrest was beaten 2 and 1; Robert MacIntyre went down by one hole, but Connor Syme was a 5 and 4 winner. 
In the morning foursomes, Syme and MacIntyre lost by 2 and 1.

FIRST-DAY RESULTS
GB AND IRELAND 4, CONTINENT OF EUROPE 8
FOURSOMES (0-4)
J Hume (Ire) and D Boote (Wal) lost to M Schwab (Aut_) and G Migliozzi (Ita) 4 and 3.
S Gregory (Eng) and S Grehan (Ire) lost to I Cantego Gutierrez and M Galiano (Spa) 2 holes.
J Bower and A Plant (Eng) lost to V Veyret (Fra) and R Petersson (Swe) 2 and 1.
C Syme and R MacIntyre (Sco) lost to S Mazzoli and C Lujca (Ita) 2 and 1.
SINGLES (4-4) 
Gregory bt J Krietemeijor (Ned) 3 and 2.
Hume bt Migliozzi 5 and 4.
G Forrest (Sco) lost to Gutierrez 2 and 1.
Boot lost to Schwab 3 and 1.
Plant lost to Galiano 1 hole.
MacIntyre lost to Petersson 1 hole.
Syme bt Mazzoli 5 and 4.
Grehan bt  L Cianchetti (Ita) 5 and 4.

 
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