Elite Squad Members Named in St. Andrews Trophy Team
Five members of the England Elite Squad have been named in
the nine-man St. Andrews Trophy Team to represent Great Britain
and Ireland in the biennial match against the Continent of
Europe.
Gary Wolstenholme (Kilworth Springs) is the only Elite Squad
member to have previously played in the fixture, having been
selected in 1992,1994,1996,1998, 2000 and 2002.
Wolstenholme will be joined by fellow Elite Squad members
Lee Corfield (Burnham & Berrow), winner of the West of
England Open Stroke play Championship 2004, James Heath (Coombe
Wood), the holder of the Lytham Trophy and current English
Amateur Champion, Sam Osborne (Wentworth), winner of the Berkshire
Trophy and Matthew Richardson (The Buckinghamshire), this
years Brabazon Trophy winner.
The English players will be joined by Andrew McArthur, Jamie
McLeary and Amateur Champion Stuart Wilson from Scotland along
with Welshman Nigel Edwards.
The match, which will take place at Nairn Golf Club in Scotland
on 27th - 28th August 2004, consists of four foursomes and
eight singles on each of the two days.
Great Britain & Ireland have won nine out of the last
ten encounters, losing in 1998 at Villa d’Este in Italy.
EGU Performance Director, Nigel Furniss commented, “We
are delighted that five of the Elite Squad have been named
in the nine-man team which shows the strength of English golf
in the British Isles”
The England Elite squad forms part of the English Golf Union’s
highly successful World Class Performance Programme supported
by the Sport England Lottery Fund.
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