Finnish date for talented England trio
 Three
of England’s brightest young golfers have been selected
to represent the English Golf Union in the 54-hole Finnish
Open Amateur Championship at Helsinki Golf Club, Tali, on
9th - 11th August.
Luke Collins from Somerset, Sussex-based Ben Evans and Mark
Thistleton from Hampshire will seek to extend England’s
success in the event.
Collins, 22, a member of the England A Squad for the past
three years, reached the quarter finals of the Spanish and
Italian Amateur Championships last year and represented the
EGU in the Russian Amateur and the Federal Amateur Open in
Australia. He was a member of the England squad that finished
runners-up in the Costa Ballena Tournament in Spain earlier
this year and recently won the Berkshire Trophy, his first
major title.
Evans (photo © Tom Ward), 20, is a former under 16 and
boy cap and another member of the England A Squad. The Rye
golfer last year represented the EGU in Holland, Italy and
also played in the Federal Amateur Open in Canberra. He also
played in the Costa Ballena Tournament this year and has finished
sixth in the Berkhamsted Trophy, and fifth in the Welsh Open
Stroke Play and the Berkshire Trophy.
Thistleton, 25, is a former Hampshire Champion, who won the
Lagonda Trophy in 2006. This year he has won the Selborne
Salver in a playoff, finished third in defending the Lagonda,
and was tied second in the qualifying for the Amateur Championship.
The Finnish event has proved successful for English players.
Ross Fisher won the title in 2003, beating Gary Wolstenholme
in a play-off, while Wolstenholme won the title in 1996.
Apart from the individual championship, England have also
been successful in the Nations Cup which is decided over the
opening 36 holes, the best two cards to count in each round.
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