ENGLAND LOOK TO REIGN IN SPAIN AGAIN
 Gary
Wolstenholme, winner of the New South Wales Amateur Championship
last month, has been named in an experienced international
line-up to contest the Grey Goose, European Nations Championship
at Sotogrande Golf Club in Spain on 21st - 24th March.
Wolstenholme (pictured left - photo courtesy of Tom Ward)
will be joined by Matthew Cryer, Ed Richardson and Paul Waring
for the four-day championship, formerly known as the Sherry
Cup.
England’s last win was in 2004 and for the past two
years they have finished third behind Spain, but Wolstenholme
has an impressive record in the individual contest with four
victories. He won the individual title in 2000, ‘01,
‘03 and ‘05, but finished equal 12th a year ago
when his Walker Cup team-mate Nigel Edwards from Wales was
champion.
However, Wolstenholme is in good form after winning the New
South Wales Amateur title in February, having lost at the
final hurdle last year. On the way to that triumph, Wolstenholme
beat Cryer in the quarter-finals, while Cryer during his trip
to Australia finished ninth in the Tasmanian Open.
Richardson and Waring have also been in action on foreign
soil this year. Both represented England in the Jones Cup
in the United States.
The Grey Goose Cup is competed for over 72 holes with the
best three cards each day counting towards the team event.
The individual competition runs simultaneously with the Nations
Championship, the champion collecting a trophy and the Amateur
Masters Jacket. If the Championship ends in a tie, the teams
involved will nominate one player to compete in a sudden death
play-off.
Apart from Wolstenholme and Edwards, other notable winners
of this prestigious event include Padraig Harrington (1991),
and Sergio Garcia (1997 and 1998).
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