SPANISH RUNNER-UP CHAUDHURI GIVEN TRIP TO PERU
Neil Chaudhuri, runner-up in the recent Spanish Amateur Championship,
and boy international Ben Evans have been selected to represent
the English Golf Union in the Peruvian International Teams
Championship at Lima Golf Club on 13th - 16th April.
Chaudhuri, 20, from The Leicestershire Golf Club, qualified
ninth for the Spanish Amateur held at El Saler in Valencia
then battled his way through the match play stage to meet
Dutchman Joost Luiten in the 36-hole final only to lose 3
and 2.
"I was disappointed to lose in the final but pleased
to have done this well so early in the season," said
Chaudhuri. "If I could have holed more putts it might
have been a different story but I’m glad I did well
to justify my selection for Peru. I am thrilled to be going
to Peru as I’ve never been to South America before.
So I’m really looking forward to the trip and to be
playing alongside Ben, who’s a terrific player."
Evans, 18 from the Rye club in Sussex, has been part of the
England junior scene since he finished runner-up in the Reid
Trophy, the English Under 14 Championship, at Longcliffe in
2000. He was capped at under 16 level before making his full
boys debut in the winning England team at the Boys Home Internationals
in Wales in 2003. He was also a member of the victorious England
teams that won the European Boys Team Championship and the
Boys Home Internationals last year.
Evans has already had an excellent start to his season by
winning the Faldo Series International Final in Hong Kong
by an outstanding 10 shots over 36 holes. Evans has also represented
the EGU in the Westfriese Junior Masters in Holland and, like
Chaudhuri, is a current member of the England B Squad.
This is the first time the EGU has sent players to this event.
The format for the tournament is 72 holes of stroke play,
with both players’ scores counting over all four rounds
for the team event, the Manuel Prado Cup, while there is an
individual competition for the Carlos Raffo Cup.
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