LAGONDA CHAMPION MACKMAN OFF TO THE CHIBERTA GRAND PRIX
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Mackman (pictured left - photo courtesy of Tom Ward), winner
of last month’s Lagonda Trophy, plus Gareth Evans and
Luke Goddard will represent the EGU in the annual Chiberta
Grand Prix in Biarritz, France, on 12th - 15th July.
Mackman, 21 from the Broome Manor club in Wiltshire, won
the Lagonda at Gog Magog, Cambridge, by two shots with a 13
under par 267. It was his first major title and the England
Under 21 Squad member was delighted. “This is my biggest
success so far,” he said.
Evans, 27, from the Northcliffe club in Bradford, followed
up his Yorkshire Championship success by winning the English
County Champions Tournament at Woodhall Spa last August. A
member of the England ‘A’ Squad, Evans reached
the last 16 of this year’s Spanish Amateur and finished
eighth in the Welsh Open Stroke Play. He also won the individual
title in the EGU County Championship Northern Qualifying event.
Goddard, 19, from the Hendon club in Middlesex, is also a
member of the England under 21 squad. Last year he won several
titles including the McEvoy Trophy, the Sir Henry Cooper Junior
Masters, the South East Junior Championship and represented
England in the European Boys Team Championships and the Boys
Home Internationals. He also represented GB&I against
the Continent of Europe in the Jacques Leglise Trophy and
this year has finished runner-up in the Berkhamsted Trophy
and tied third behind Mackman in the Lagonda Trophy.
The Chiberta competition is medal stroke play over 72 holes
with a halfway cut. There is also a team event over the first
two days, the best two of the three cards to count.
England has enjoyed recent success in the tournament. Three
years ago, England International James Crampton won the Chiberta
Grand Prix on his first visit.
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