Friday 7th August 2026
RESULTS
Despite their disappointing final day performance ENGLAND pipped WALES to the Raymond Trophy on match points won – 20.0 v. 18.0. IRELAND finished 3rd and SCOTLAND 4th after they both recorded a single win over the three days.
England (Photo: England Golf)
DAY 3 STANDINGS
Click here to view the – 2026 Men’s Home Internationals Standings
Caolan BURFORD (WAL) was the star man at this year’s Home Internationals winning all six of his games.
Ben BOLTON (ENG), Dylan KEATING (IRL) and Chris SOMERS (SCO) produced the best performances for the other home nations.
DAY 3
ENGLAND 4.0 – 8.0 IRELAND
SCOTLAND 5.0 – 7.0 WALES
All Graphics, Tables and Scoring shown are shared courtesy of Golf Ireland and Golf Genius.
Click here to view the – 2026 Day 3 Men’s Home Internationals Match Results
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Thursday 6th August 2026
DAY 2
ENGLAND, now two from two and clear favourites for the title, and SCOTLAND were victorious on Day 2 beating WALES and IRELAND respectively.
ENGLAND 8.5 – 3.5 WALES
IRELAND 5.0 – 7.0 SCOTLAND
DAY 2 TEAM STANDINGS
All Graphics, Tables and Scoring shown are shared courtesy of Golf Ireland and Golf Genius.
Click here to view the – 2026 Day 2 Men’s Home Internationals Match Results
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Wednesday 5th August 2026
DAY 1
Day 1 saw wins for ENGLAND and WALES, both team’s winning 7.5-4.5 against SCOTLAND and IRELAND respectively.
ENGLAND 7.5 – 4.5 SCOTLAND
IRELAND 4.5 – 7.5 WALES
DAY 1 TEAM STANDINGS
All Graphics, Tables and Scoring shown will be shared courtesy of Golf Ireland and Golf Genius.
Click here to view the – 2026 Day 1 Men’s Home Internationals Match Results
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Monday 3rd August 2026
This year’s Men’s Home Internationals will be played at Woodbrook Golf Club in Ireland on 5th-7th August 2026.
ENGLAND will be defending the Raymond Trophy which they won at Woodhall Spa G.C. in Lincolnshire last year.
This article will focus on the Men’s Home Internationals and will be updated with score links and daily reports once the competition starts.
Combined Event
In 2022 The R&A and four Home Golf Unions decided to combine the Women’s and Men’s Home Internationals into one mixed event.
The R&A first introduced this type of change in August 2021 when they took control of and combined both the Boys’ and Girls’ Home Internationals and Senior Men’s and Women’s Home Internationals at Woodhall Spa.
Whilst the mixed R&A Women’s and Men’s Home Internationals are now given primary importance the International Trophy and Raymond Trophy are still presented to the leading country in the women’s and men’s matches.
The R&A stepped back from running all of the Home Internationals in 2024 returning their organisation to each host nation in turn.
I hope the organisers look to remove the mixed element completely in due course and return to the separate men’s and women’s competitions which have a lot of history and should never have been interfered with.
2026 Men’s Players
The four national golf unions have selected the following players to represent their countries this year. I have added their World Amateur Golf Rankings as at 29th July 2026 in brackets.
ENGLAND
Ben BOLTON – Enville (100)
Jenson BULL – Remedy Oak (488)
Ed FEATHERSTONE – Sheringham (231)
Dan HAYES – Bramhall (126)
Greg HOLMES – Royal Birkdale (832)
Lewy HAYWARD – Marlborough (369)
Max HOPKINS – Bishop Stortford (611)
Harley SMITH – The Rayleigh Club (120)
Jamie VAN WYK – Royal Lytham & St. Annes (673, won the English Amateur last week)
Tyler Weaver (2), Luke Poulter (4), Eliot Baker (18), Freddie Turnell (74), Sam Easterbrook (79), Jack Whaley (93), Zach Little (94), Josh Hill (96), Seb Cave (123), Tom Osborne (131), Matthew Dodd-Berry (163), Jack Bigham (174) and Frazer Jones (221) are WAGR top 250 English players who are not competing.
England (Photo: Golf Ireland / Info)
IRELAND
Fionn DOBBIN – Malone (966)
John DOYLE – Fota Island (192)
Gerard DUNNE – County Louth (1,837)
Keith EGAN – Carton House (986)
Thomas HIGGINS – Roscommon (211)
David HOWARD – Fota Island (900)
Dylan KEATING – Seapoint (1,579)
David KITT – Athenry (1,116)
Gavin O’NEILL – Malahide (875)
Stuart Grehan (22), Caolan Rafferty (183) and Gavin Tiernan (205) are WAGR top 250 Irish players who are not competing.
Ireland (Photo: Golf Ireland / Info)
SCOTLAND
George CANNON – Glenbervie (626)
Andrew DAVIDSON – Crail (355)
Alexander FARMER – Kilmacolm (1,564)
Finlay GALLOWAY – St. Andrews (2,130)
Ross LAIRD – Glenbervie (909)
Oliver MUKHERJEE – Gullane (2,254)
Sam MUKHERJEE – Gullane (1,436)
Ben MURRAY – Portlethan (2,681)
Chris SOMERS – Murcar Links (948)
Niall Sheils Donegan (19) and Connor Graham (23) are WAGR top 250 Scottish players who are not competing.
Scotland (Photo: Golf Ireland / Info)
WALES
Theo BAKER – Celtic Manor (2,603)
Jonathan BALE – Royal Porthcawl (300)
Tomi BOWEN – Welshpool (232)
Caolan BURFORD – Rhuddlan (951, won the Welsh Amateur last week)
Sean DAVID – Pyle & Kenfig (727)
Alex JAMES – Royal Lytham & St. Annes (1,957)
Tom PEET – Pyle & Kenfig (NR)
Ioan ROWE – Royal Porthcawl (1,055)
Bryn THOMAS – Cardigan (NR)
Wales (Photo: Golf Ireland / Inpho)
Venue – Woodbrook G.C.
Woodbrook, a parkland course located next to the sea in Bray to the south of Dublin, is celebrating it’s centenary this year.
Peter McEvoy re-designed the course in 1998 when USGA standard greens were laid in preparation for the Irish Seniors Open being staged there.
It plays to a maximum distance of 7,016 yards and has a par of 72. It has a Course Rating of 74.3 and a Slope Rating of 131 off these back tees.
Match Format
Following the move to a combined Home Internationals event the men’s teams were reduced from 11 to 9 players.
Each country plays every other team over the three competition days.
Men’s matches now consist of 4 foursomes and 8 singles. This is 1 foursomes and 2 singles less than the historic format.
One point is awarded for a win in each foursomes and singles with a half point for a tied match. Each team will be awarded one match point for winning an overall match and a half point for a tie.
The final team positions are determined according to the highest number of match points earned. Ties are broken by reviewing the total number of individual game points.
The winning team receives the Raymond Trophy.
The Raymond Trophy
The Men’s Home Internationals were first played in 1932 and this year’s staging will be the 84th playing of this prestigious event.
Since 1952 the winning team has received The Raymond Trophy which is named after its donor, the late Raymond Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer was an English administrator, golfer and team captain who was very prominent in the amateur game in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
In the 84 competitions played to date England have won 41, Scotland 21, Ireland 14 and Wales 1. The remaining 7 were tied before it was decided that ties would be resolved by using game points.
The Raymond Trophy (Photo: Ayrshire Golf Blog)
2026 Weather Forecast (as at 3rd August 2026)
The forecast is currently looking very good for the three competition days: –
Wed. 6th Aug. – Sunny / Wind 9 mph W / Temp. Min 13º, Max 22º
Thurs. 7th Aug. – Sunny Intervals / Wind 14 mph SW / Temp. Min 13º, Max 24º
Fri. 8th Aug. – Sunny / Wind 11 mph W / Temp. Min 12º, Max 24º
2025 R&A Men’s Home Internationals
ENGLAND won the 2025 Men’s Home Internationals completing a clean sweep against the other home nations over the three days.
England Men’s Team (Photo: England Golf)
Individual Performances
Eliot BAKER (ENG), Alexander FARMER (SCO), Caolan BURFORD (WAL) and Gavin TIERNAN (IRL) were the leading performers for each home nation at Woodhall Spa G.C.
Click here to view the – 2025 Men’s and Women’s Home Internationals Scores
Historic Results
Click here to view all of the – Men’s Home Internationals Historic Results
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