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Men’s Home Internationals – 2026 Preview & Results

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Tuesday 4th August 2026

Click here to view the – 2026 Men’s Home Internationals Match Results

Click here to view the – 2026 Men’s Home Internationals Standings

All Graphics, Tables and Scoring shown will be shared courtesy of Golf Ireland and Golf Genius.

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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. 

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.

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.

WALES
Theo BAKER – Celtic Manor ()
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)

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.

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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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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2026 Preview & Results

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11th July 2026

IRELAND won the 43rd European Men’s Amateur Team Championship after beating ESTONIA in the Final.

Ireland Team (Photo: EGA)

It was Ireland’s seventh win in the Team Championship and their first since 2008. 

The Irish team consisted of John DOYLE, Stuart GREHAN, Thomas HIGGINS, Matt MCCLEAN, Caolan RAFFERTY and Gavin TIERNAN. The team was captained by Damien Coyne and coached by Michael Collins.

ENGLAND finished 7th and WALES 10th at Estonia Golf & Country Club in Estonia.

Match Play – Final

Flight A

IRELAND (4) beat ESTONIA (7) to win the Championship with ITALY (8) beating FRANCE (3) to take the bronze medal.

FINLAND (1) finished 4th after beating SWITZERLAND (6) with ENGLAND (5) 7th after they saw off NETHERLANDS (2) in their final match.

Flight A Match Play Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

The ever dependable Matt MCCLEAN & Caolan RAFFERTY (foursomes) and Stuart GREHAN, Matt MCCLEAN again & critically Thomas HIGGINS on the 20th hole in the final game (singles) picked up the four points that saw IRELAND (4) to victory against ESTONIA (7).

Ireland v. Estonia Flight A Match Play Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (5) earned a 7th place finish thanks to wins for Seb CAVE & Sam EASTERBROOK (foursomes), Tom OSBORNE & LEWY HAYWARD and a half for Eliot BAKER (singles) in their match against NETHERLANDS (2).

England v. Netherlands Flight A Match Play 7th & 8th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight A

Flight B 

There were wins for GERMANY (9), ICELAND (15), SWEDEN (10) and DENMARK (11) on the final day of the Flight B competition.

Flight B Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Despite some resistance from Caolan BURFORD and Tomi BOWEN WALES (14) lost their match against GERMANY (9) and had to settle for a creditable 10th place finish on their return to Division 1.

Germany v. Wales Flight B Match Play 9th & 10th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight B

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10th July 2026

Match Play – Semi-Finals

Flight A

IRELAND (4) got the better of ITALY (8) and will now play ESTONIA (7) in tomorrow’s Final after the home team overcame FRANCE (3) in their own semi-final.

Flight A Match Play Semi-Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

IRELAND (4) edged out ITALY (8) by 4.0-3.0 with wins for Gavin TIERNAN & Thomas HIGGINS (foursomes) and Stuart GREHAN, Gavin TIERNAN and crucially Matt MCCLEAN on the 19th hole of his game (singles).

Italy v. Ireland Flight A Match Play Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (5) were easily beaten 4.0-1.0 by FINLAND (1) in their Day 4 game.

Finland v. England Flight A Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight A

Flight B 

There were wins for GERMANY (9), WALES (14), SPAIN (13) and  SWEDEN (10) in Flight B 

Flight B Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

WALES (14) saw off  ICELAND (15) 4.5-0.5 in a one-sided game highlighted by Alex JAMES‘ 7&6 singles win.

Wales v. Iceland Flight B Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight B

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9th July 2026

Match Play – Quarter Finals

Flight A

FINLAND (1), NETHERLANDS (2), FRANCE (3), IRELAND (4), ENGLAND (5), SWITZERLAND (6), ESTONIA (7) and ITALY (8) commenced a seeded Flight A Match Play competition on Day 3 to determine the 2026 European Men’s Amateur Team champions. 

ITALY (8) and ESTONIA (7) shocked the leading qualifiers FINLAND (1) and NETHERLANDS (2) respectively with narrow 3.0-2.0 wins in Round 1.

FRANCE (3) and IRELAND (4) also progressed to the semi-finals with 3.5-1.5 wins against SWITZERLAND (6) and ENGLAND (5). 

Flight A Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Here is the scoreboard from IRELAND‘s win against ENGLAND.

Ireland v. England Flight A Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight A

Flight B 

GERMANY (9), SWEDEN (10), DENMARK (11), BELGIUM (12), SPAIN (13), WALES (14), ICELAND (15) and POLAND (16) are contesting a seeded Flight B Match Play competition for the weaker qualifiers.

Flight B Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

WALES (14) enjoyed a good 3.0-2.0 win against DENMARK (11) in their opening Flight B match. Importantly the victory ensures Wales will remain in Division 1 for the 2027 Championship which is due to be played in Woodhall Spa, England.

Denmark v. Wales Flight B Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight B

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8th July 2026

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

FINLAND (-27) earned medalist honours with an impressive 7-shot victory in the Stroke Play Qualifying at the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

NETHERLANDS (-20), FRANCE (-18), IRELAND (-14), ENGLAND (-14), SWITZERLAND (-13), ESTONIA (-11) and ITALY (-7) were the other Flight A Match Play qualifiers.

WALES (+7) finished 14th and will now see out the Championship in the Flight B Match Play competition.

Round 2 Stroke Play Qualifying Team Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Nevill RUITER (NED) won the 36-hole Individual competition on -9 after rounds of 68 and 67 at Estonia G.&C.C.

Wilhelm RYDING (SWE), Andreas FOGTH (DEN), Sakke SILTALA (FIN) and Laura ROSENDAHL (FIN) all finished tied 2nd on -8. 

Amateur champion Stuart GREHAN (IRL) was the leading GB&I player tieing for 6th place on -7.

Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) -6 8th and Eliot BAKER (ENG), Jonathan BALE (WAL), Tomi BOWEN (WAL) & Sam EASTERBROOK (ENG) -3 tied 21st also contributed well.

The 96 players managed an average Round 2 score of 71.69 (-0.04).

Round 2 Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

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7th July 2026

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

In something of a surprise FINLAND (-9) lead NETHERLANDS (-8) and SWITZERLAND (-7) after Round 1 of the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

Looking at the three home nations that are competing ENGLAND (-3) are 5th, IRELAND (+2) 8th and WALES (+11) 15th at the end of Day 1.

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Team Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Sakke SILTALA (FIN) -5 leads Giovanni BINAGHI (ITA), Nevill RUITER (NED), Simon HOVDAL (SWE) and Miles WENNESTAM (SUI) all -4 in the individual standings.

Sam EASTERBROOK (ENG) -3 tied 6th and Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) & Tomi BOWEN (WAL) both -2 tied 12th are the best of the GB&I players.

The 96 players managed an average Round 1 score of 72.96 (+0.96).

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A) seeded match play competition, which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

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7th July 2026

Introduction

The 43rd European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 7th and Saturday 11th July 2026 at Estonia Golf & Country Club in Estonia.

Estonia Golf & Country Club (Photo: Estonia G&CC)

England, Ireland and Wales will be competing in the main men’s event this week. For the second year running Scotland are amongst the nine teams playing in the Division 2 competition being played in Greece.

Italy are the defending champions having beaten Denmark in last year’s final at Killarney Golf & Fishing Resort in Ireland.

Scotland were the last home nation to win the Team Championship when they successfully defended the title at Golf de Chantilly in France in 2016. England last won in 2013, Ireland in 2008 and Wales in 1993. 

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

2026 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing are Belgium, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

The home nation teams are made up of the following players (1st July 2026 WAGR’s in brackets): –

ENGLAND – Captain: Benjamin Gorvett / Advice Giver: Rob Watts
Eliot BAKER (#21), Seb CAVE (#128), Sam EASTERBROOK (#80), Lewy HAYWARD (#412), Tom OSBORNE (#133), Harley SMITH (#119). Total Team WAGR = 893.

England (Photo: EGA)

IRELAND – Captain: Damiens Coyne / Advice Giver: Michael Collins
John DOYLE (#212), Stuart GREHAN (#19), Thomas HIGGINS (#267), Matt MCCLEAN (#376), Caolan RAFFERTY (#217), Gavin TIERNAN (#216). Total Team WAGR = 1,307.

Ireland (Photo: EGA)

WALES – Captain: Llewellyn Matthews / Advice Giver: Neil Matthews
Jonathan BALE (#357), Tomi BOWEN (#353), Caolan BURFORD (#1,106), Sean DAVID (#1,702), Alex JAMES (#1, 968), Ioan ROWE (#1,211). Total Team WAGR = 6,697.

Wales (Photo: EGA)

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with the Estonian Golf Association.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by reference to each team’s non-counting scores.

These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

Fight A start off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.

A win earns one point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.

The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2027.

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The European Amateur Team Championship Trophy (Photo: EGA)

Estonian Golf & Country Club, Estonia

Estonia is situated in northeastern Europe beside the Baltic Sea.

Estonian Golf & Country Club, located 15 miles from Tallinn, the capital city, was opened in 2005.

The club’s par 72 Sea Course plays over 7,100 yards and features oak-lined fairways and natural water hazards with the holes extending to the coastline and alongside the Jägala River.

It previously hosted the European Amateur Championship in 2016. 

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast looks relatively poor with generally wet conditions and some wind expected.

Tue 7th July – Showers. Wind 13 mph W. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 17°C.
Wed 8th July – Light Rain. Wind 13 mph NE. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 16°C.
Thur 9th July – Thundery Showers. Wind 14 mph NE. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 18°C.
Fri 10th July – Drizzle. Wind 10 mph NE. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 21°C.
Sat 11th July – Drizzle. Wind 8 mph NE. Temp. Min. 16°C / Max. 21°C.

EGA Website Links – 2026 Scores / Information

2026 Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals

2026 Match Play Scoreboards – Flight A and Flight B

European Golf Association Championship Website

2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

ITALY won the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Killarney Golf & Fishing Resort in Ireland.

Italy Celebrate Victory (Photo: EGA / INPHO / Laszlo Geczo)

The final results were: –

ESTONIA, CZECH REPUBLIC and PORTUGAL finished 14th-16th and were therefore relegated to Division 2 for the 2026 Championship. However, Estonia subsequently received a stay of execution due to their hosting responsibilities.

In the 2025 Division 2 competition BELGIUM 1st and WALES 2nd earned promotion back to the main event. AUSTRIA 3rd missed out due to Estonia’s position. SCOTLAND‘s 4th place saw them miss out.

Match Play Flight A

ITALY (4th seed) beat DENMARK (3) 6.0-1.0 in the Final not losing any of the seven games that were contested.

A strong finished helped ENGLAND (1) claim a 4.0-3.0 victory over IRELAND (2) to take home bronze.

2025 Match Play Scoreboards – Flight A and Flight B

Stroke Play Qualifying

ENGLAND (-44) earned the No. 1 Match Play Flight A seeding with an outstanding performance in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition.

Making up the qualifiers for Flight A were IRELAND (-25) who finished 2nd, DENMARK (-25) 3rd, ITALY (-24) 4th, FRANCE (-17) 5th, GERMANY (-14), 6th SWEDEN (-12) 7th and FINLAND (-10) 8th.

Tyler WEAVER (ENG) -12 produced the best individual performance just edging out his teammate Charlie FORSTER by 1-shot.

Eliot BAKER (ENG) -9 5th, Stuart GREHAN (-8) 8th, Luke POULTER (ENG) -6 13th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) -5 17th and Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) -5 20th all performed well for their countries in the Stroke Play Qualifying.

2025 Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland and Spain 6, Sweden 3, Italy 2 and Denmark, Finland, France and Germany and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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France v. England Men’s International Match – 2026 Preview & Results

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Sunday 17th May 2026

England beat France by 13.0 points to 11.0 at Chantilly to win the 38th Men’s International Match between the two countries.

The Winning England Team (Photo: Tomos Stevens / FF Golf)

The clean sweep in the opening foursomes series proved to be decisive for the visitors.

Jamie VAN WYK (ENG) was the star man. He was the only player on either side to finish unbeaten and he also secured the winning point on Sunday afternoon.

Day 2

Morning Foursomes

France won the Day 2 Foursomes session 2.5-1.5 to narrow the match score (6.5-9.5) by 1 point.

Max HOPKINS (ENG) headed into the Singles as the only player with three wins to their name on both sides.

Day 2 Foursomes Results (Graphic: FF Golf / Golf Genius)

Afternoon Singles

France won the Day 2 singles session 4.5-3.5 but a late singles win from Jamie VAN WYK (ENG) in Game 6 following a half from Jake SOWDEN (ENG) ensured England got over the finishing line. Tom OSBORNE (ENG) and Luke JENKINS (ENG) secured the two other all-important wins on the final afternoon.

Ben BOLTON (ENG) withdrew from the Day 2 singles due to injury giving Hugo LE GOFF (FRA) a walkover win.

Day 2 Singles Results (Graphic: FF Golf  / Golf Genius)

Click here to view the – England v. France 2026 Match Results

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Saturday 16th May 2026

At the end of Day 1 England led France by 8.0-4.0, a healthy margin founded on a clean sweep in the morning foursomes.

Eliot BAKER, Max HOPKINS, Jake SOWDEN and Jamie VAN WYK all contributed two Saturday wins for England at Chantilly.

Day 1

Morning Foursomes (T1)

Day 1 Foursomes Results (Graphic: FF Golf / Golf Genius)

Afternoon Singles (T2)

Day 1 Singles Results (Graphic: FF Golf  / Golf Genius)

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Preview

England will play France in Chantilly this weekend in the 38th Men’s International Match between the two countries.

The last match, played at Moortown G.C. in Leeds in May 2024, was won by France.

Format

8 man teams from each country will play 4 foursomes and 8 single matches on both Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May.

With a total of 24 points to play for the winning team needs to secure 12.5 points to win the match outright. As France won the 2024 match they will also retain the trophy in the event of a 12-12 tie. Having said that there has never previously been a tie in the history of the contest.

The biennial match is normally played on an alternate home and away basis.

Teams

The playing of this fixture in mid-May hampers selection nowadays as both teams have an increasing number of potential players competing on the U.S. college circuit.

Here are the two eight man teams with each player’s current World Amateur Golf Ranking (as at 8th May) in brackets after their name: –

England
Eliot Baker (38)
Ben Bolton (171)
Lewy Hayward (580)
Max Hopkins (1,011)
Luke Jenkins (849)
Tom Osborne (165)
Jake Sowden (851)
Jamie Van Wyk (587)

Total WAGR = 4,252

Eliot Baker and Ben Bolton are the returning England player from two years ago.

France
Callixte Alzas (321)
Noa Auch-Roy (466)
Octave Bailo (1,249)
Oscar Couilleau (55)
Tom De Herrypon (510)
Lev Grinberg (90)
Hugo Le Goff (69)
Tao Pemerika (612)

Total WAGR = 3,372  

Callixte Alzas, Noa Auch-Roy, Oscar Couilleau and Tom De Herrypon are France’s returning players from the 2024 match.

Venue

Chantilly Vineuil’s Old Course, one of the best courses in Europe, is hosting the 2026 match.

Located 28 miles north of Paris and set amongst the forest of Ile de France it plays to 7,047 yards and a par of 71.

Weather Forecast

A cloudy weekend with occasional light showers is forecast for the match.

Sat  16th May – Cloudy / Wind 10 mph W / Temp. Min. 7°C / Max. 15°C.
Sun 17th May – Light Showers / Wind 12 mph SW / Temp. Min. 8°C / Max. 14°C.

Match History

This International Match was first played in 1934, originally starting with 6 players per side before moving to 8 in 1949.

It lapsed after the 1962 match at Ganton Golf Club but was resurrected in 1982 at Chantilly with a new format which has been retained to this day.

Frilford Heath Golf Club, hosts of the 1984 match, donated a silver salver which the winning team retains.

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England v. France Match Salver (Photo: Alexis Orloff / FF Golf)

To date England have won 31 of the matches with France winning just 6, the last one being in 2024 at Moortown.

2024 International Match

France beat England 13.5.-10.5 in the 37th Men’s International Match played at Moortown G.C. to record their sixth win in this biennial series.

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France Team (Photo: Federation of French Golf

Four French and two English players won three of the four matches they played.

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Click here to view the – England v. France 2024 Match Results

Past Results

Heading into this year’s contest the overall match record is Played 37, England 31 Wins and France 6 Wins.

Match

Year

 Venue

England

France

Winner
38 2026 Chantilly
37 2024 Moortown 10.5 13.5 France
36 2022 St-Nom-la-Bretèche 13.5 10.5 England
2020 Cancelled
35 2018 Vidauban 13 7 England
34 2016 Formby 14 10 England
33 2014 Fontainebleau 13 11 England
32 2012 Roch. & Cobham 15 9 England
31 2010 Chantilly 11 13 France
30 2008 Frilford Heath 14 10 England
29 2006 Golf du Medoc 16.5 7.5 England
28 2004 Royal St. George’s 11.5 12.5 France
27 2002 Chantilly 17.5 6.5 England
26 2000 Chart Hills 17.5 6.5 England
25 1998 Les Bordes 11.5 12.5 France
24 1996 Sunningdale 9 15 France
23 1994 Nimes 17 7 England
22 1992 Royal Lytham 18 6 England
21 1990 Morfontaine 16.5 7.5 England
20 1988 Berkshire 16 8 England
19 1986 Hossegor 14.5 9.5 England
18 1984 Frilford Heath 16 8 England
17 1982 Chantilly 13 11 England

 1963-1981 No matches were played 
16 1962 Ganton 7.5 4.5 England
15 1960 Chantilly 7.5 4.5 England
14 1959 West Hill 8.5 3.5 England
13 1956 Chantilly 10 2 England
12 1954 Berkshire 11 1 England
11 1952 Deal 8 4 England
10 1950 Morfontaine 8.5 3.5 England
9 1949 Deal 5 4 England
8 1948 St. Cloud 5.5 3.5 England
7 1947 Wentworth 8 1 England

 1940-1946 No matches were played 
6 1939 Morfontaine 5 4 France
5 1938 Sunningdale 8.5 0.5 England
4 1937 Chantilly 7 0 England
3 1936 Deal 5.5 3.5 England
2 1935 St. Germain-en-Laye 5.5 3.5 England
1 1934 Wentworth 5.5 3.5 England

N.B. Matches 1–8 had 6 players and matches 9-35 had 8 players

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Men’s European Nations Championship – 2026 Preview & Results

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18th April 2026

Round 4

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

ENGLAND (-31) completed a wire-to-wire victory in the European Nations Championship Team competition. On three of the four days England recorded the best team score which helped them to a comfortable 14-shot win.

England (Photo: England Golf)

FRANCE (-17) finished 2nd, NETHERLANDS (-7) 3rd, ITALY (-6) 4th and IRELAND (-2) 5th at the challenging RCG Sotogrande course.

WALES (+16) 11th and SCOTLAND (+21) 13th both fell down the Team leaderboard after posting disappointing +9 scores on the final day.


Click here to view the – 2026 ENC Men’s Team Results

Individual

Eliot BAKER (ENG) -15 birdied all five of his closing holes to win the Individual title by 3-shots.

Eliot Baker (Photo: England Golf)

Scott WOLTERING (NED) -12 finished 2nd, Ben BOLTON -11 3rd and Filippo PONZANO (ITA) & Hugo LE GOFF (FRA) -7 tied 4th.

Caolan BURFORD (WAL) -5 was tied 8th, Stuart GREHAN (IRL) & Tom OSBORNE (ENG) -4 tied 10th and Andrew DAVIDSON (SCO) +1 tied 16th.

Click here to view the – 2026 Men’s ENC Individual Results

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17th April 2026

Round 3

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

ENGLAND (-21) will take a 7-shot lead into the final round of the European Nations Championship Team competition after they posted -4 score in Round 3.

On a tougher scoring day FRANCE (-14), now in 2nd place, closed the gap with a best of the day -8 team score. ITALY (-6) dropped to 3rd, NETHERLANDS (-5) stayed 4th and ESTONIA (-2) rose to 5th at RCG Sotogrande.

After 54 holes IRELAND (+1) are tied 7th, WALES (+7) are 11th and SCOTLAND (+12) 12th.

Individual

Scott WOLTERING (NED) -11 continues to lead the Individual competition from English pair Eliot BAKER -10 and Ben BOLTON -9.

Caolan BURFORD (WAL) -8 is 4th,  Andrew DAVIDSON (SCO) -2 tied 12th, Tom OSBORNE (ENG) -1 tied 14th and Stuart GREHAN (IRL) Ev tied 16th.

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16th April 2026

Round 2

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

ENGLAND (-17) again produced the best score of the day (-7) to extend their lead in the European Nations Championship Team competition to 10 shots.

After 36 holes ITALY (-7) are 2nd, FRANCE (-6) 3rd, NETHERLANDS (-5) 4th and CZECH REPUBLIC (-2) 5th at RCG Sotogrande.

WALES (-1) enjoyed a good day to move up to 8th whilst IRELAND & SCOTLAND (+4) dropped down the leaderboard finishing Round 2 tied 11th.

Individual

Scott WOLTERING (NED) followed up his opening 67 with a 68 to remain in the Individual lead on -9.

Ben BOLTON (ENG) -8 2nd and Eliot BAKER (ENG) -7 3rd continue to drive the English score.

Caolan BURFORD (WAL) -5 is tied 5th and Tomi BOWEN (WAL), Andrew DAVIDSON (SCO) & Kris KIM (ENG)  -2 are all tied 11th.

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15th April 2026

Round 1

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

ENGLAND (-10) made a dream start to the 2026 European Nations Championship and after 18 holes enjoy a 7-shot lead.

At the close of Day 1 FRANCE (-3) and GERMANY & ITALY (-2) are the only other countries that are under par at RCG Sotogrande.

SCOTLAND (+1) are tied 5th, IRELAND (+3) tied 8th and WALES (+5) tied 10th.

Individual

Scott WOLTERING‘s (NED) 5-under 67 was the best round of the day.

Eliot BAKER and Ben BOLTON led the English scoring effort with 68’s (-4).

England had the luxury of being able to use either Tom OSBORNE‘s (ENG) or Kris KIM‘s (ENG) 70 (-2) card to make up their team score. Andrew DAVIDSON (SCO) led the Scots with his own 70 too.

John DOYLE (IRL), 71  (-1) was the only other home nation player to shoot under par in Round 1 with Caolan BURFORD (WAL) and Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) having to settle for even par 72’s.

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15th April 2026

The Men’s European Nations Championship (ENC), also known as the European Nations Cup, starts on Wednesday 15th April at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in Andalucía, Spain.

R.C.G. Sotogrande is the permanent home of the ENC and this will be the 18th playing of the event.

It is a 72 hole stroke play Team and Individual competition.

Field
15 four-man teams (60 players) will play for the Team prize.

Teams representing Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Wales will be joined by one from the host club, RCG Sotogrande.

Austria, Finland and Switzerland, who all played last year, have not entered teams in 2026.

There is also an Individual prize on offer to the field.

The following players have been selected to represent the four competing home nations in 2026: –

England – Ben BOLTON, Eliot BAKER, Kris KIM, Tom OSBORNE

Ireland – John DOYLE, Stuart GREHAN, Matt MCCLEAN, Caolan RAFFERTY

Scotland – Andrew DAVIDSON, Alexander FARMER, Ross LAIRD, Dominic MCGLINCHEY

Wales – Tom BASTOW, Tomi BOWEN, Caolan BURFORD, Iestyn MCAVOY

A Women’s ENC, made up of 13 three player teams, also takes place alongside the Men’s competition. England and Ireland are competing this year.

Format and Prizes
72 holes of stroke play, with 18 holes played daily, will be contested by all of the players. There is no cut.

In the Team event the best three 18-hole scores from the four players count towards the overall total.

In the case of a tie for 1st place it will be resolved by the best player score being discarded and if the tie persists, the second best score discarded and so on. If scores are still tied a team member will be nominated and a sudden death play-off will be contested. Other ties will not be resolved.

The Individual prize is awarded to the lowest scoring player. Ties for 1st place will be broken via a sudden death play-off. Any remaining ties will be broken by the best results of the last 18, 27, 36, etc., holes.

Winning Team members each receive a replica of the Nations Trophy. The Individual champion receives a trophy and a bright yellow jacket.

Venue and Course
Real Club de Golf Sotogrande was opened in 1964 and was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones. One of the best courses in Continental Europe it first held the Spanish Open in 1966, won that year by Roberto de Vicenzo.

In 1970 The Sherry Cup, the precursor of the European Nations Championship / Cup, was established. Former Individual winners of this include Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia. (see below for the full list of past Individual winners).

In 1973 a Women’s event started to be played alongside the Men’s.

In 1983 Sotogrande hosted the Spanish Amateur Championship with Jose Maria Olazabel victorious.

Sotogrande was awarded royal patronage by HM King Juan Carlos I in 1994.

Between 1996 and 2001, in tandem with nearby San Roque GC, the course hosted the European Tour’s Qualifying School.

In 2006 The Sherry Cup was rebranded as the European Nations Cup and in 2017 become known as the European Nations Championship played for the Sotogrande Cup.

In 2011, ahead of it’s 50th anniversary, the Club decided to embark upon a major course renovation appointing Roger Rulewich and David Fleury. With the work on greens, bunkering and drainage taking place in 2015 and early 2016 the ENC moved temporarily to the nearby La Reserva Club de Golf for two years. Since 2017 the competition has been played on the renovated course.

The Black Tee Championship Course at Sotogrande plays 6,492m with a par of 72. The front nine measures 3,163m and the back 3,329m.

Weather Forecast
The forecast looks very good. High winds, often stronger in the afternoon, can cause problems given the numerous water hazards on the course.

Wednesday 15th – Sunny.  Min. 15°C / Max. 22°C; Wind S 9mph
Thursday 16th – Sunny. Min. 15°C / Max. 21 °C; Wind E 12mph
Friday 17th – Sunny. Temp. Min. 15°C / Max. 21°C; Wind E 18mph
Saturday 18th – Sunny. Temp. Min. 15°C / Max. 21°C; Wind E 15mph

Past ENC Winners

The home nations have an excellent record in this event.

Team Competition

2025  England     2025 ENC Men’s Team Results

The England Team (Photo: England Golf)

2024  Ireland     2024 ENC Team Results
2023  England     2023 ENC Team Results
2022  Spain     2022 ENC Team Results
2021  Cancelled
2020  Cancelled
2019  England     2019 ENC Team Results
2018  England     2018 ENC Team Results
2017  Wales    2017 ENC Team Results
2016  Ireland    2016 ENC Team Results
2015  England
2014  Scotland
2013  England
2012  France
2011  England
2010  England
2009  England
2008  Scotland
2007  Denmark

Past Sherry Cup Team Winners (started 1998)

2006  Spain
2005  Spain
2004  England
2003  England
2002  Wales
2001  England
2000  England
1999  Germany
1998  Spain

Individual Competition

2025 Kevin Jegers (EST)     2025 ENC Men’s Individual Results
2024 James Ashfield (WAL)     2024 ENC Men’s Individual Results
2023 Albert Hansson (SWE)     2023 ENC Men’s Individual Results
2022 Jaime Montojo (ESP)     2022 ENC Men’s Individual Result
2021  Cancelled
2020  Cancelled
2019  Tom Sloman (England)     2019 ENC Individual Results
2018  Todd Clements (England)    2018 ENC Individual Results
2017  Jack Davidson (Wales)    2017 ENC Individual Results
2016  Jack Hume (Ireland)    2016 ENC Individual Results
2015  Mario Galliano (Spain)
2014  Guido Migliori (Italy)
2013  Adrien Saddier (France)
2012  Robin Kind (The Netherlands)
2011  Julien Brun (France)
2010  Nino Bertasio (Italy)
2009  Sam Hutsby (England)
2008  Shane Lowry (Ireland)
2007  Rory McIlroy (Ireland)

Past Sherry Cup Individual Winners

2006  Nigel Edwards (Wales)
2005  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
2004  Francesco Molinari (Italy)
2003  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
2002  Lee Harpin (Wales)
2001  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
2000  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
1999  Marcel Siem (Germany)
1998  Sergio Garcia (Spain)
1997  Sergio Garcia (Spain)
1996  Alvaro Salto (Spain)
1995  José María Zamora (Spain)
1994  Francisco Cea (Spain)
1993  Francisco Valera (Spain)
1992  Frederic Cupillar (France)
1991  Padraig Harrington (Ireland)
1990  Alvaro Prat (Spain)
1989  Diego Borrego (Spain)
1988  Yago Beamonte (Spain)
1987  Yago Beamonte (Spain)
1986  Borja Queipo de Llano (Spain)
1985  José L. Padila (Spain)
1984  John Marks (England)
1983  José L. de Bernardo (Spain)
1982  Borja Queipo de Llano (Spain)
1981  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1980  Jesús López (Spain)
1979  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1978  José L. de Bernardo (Spain)
1977  F. Jiménez (Spain)
1976  Alberto Croze (Italy)
1975  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1974  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1973  Alberto Croze (Italy)
1972  E. de la Riva and J. Gancedo (Spain)
1971  Alberto Croze (Italy)
1970  Henric Adam (England)

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World Amateur Team Championship – 2025 Preview & Results

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11th October 2025

Round 4

SOUTH AFRICA secured their first Eisenhower Trophy victory with a 547 (-29) total on the Tampines Course at Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore.

South Africa (Photo: IGF)

AUSTRALIA (-21) finished 2nd and ENGLAND (-19) 3rd, securing the silver and bronze medals.

SCOTLAND (-11) finished tied 7th, IRELAND (Ev) tied 21st and WALES (+5) tied 27th.

Defending champions USA (-9) were a disappointing tied 10th.

Team Results (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

The outstanding player at this year’s Championship, Christiaan MAAS (RSA), finished with a 69 for a 266 (-22) total, 10 shots ahead of Australia’s Declan O’DONOVAN in 2nd place.

Eliot BAKER (ENG), 67, and Connor GRAHAM (SCO), 66, with the best score in Round 4, both finished on -6 and tied 11th. Stuart GREHAN (IRL), 71, Charlie FORSTER (ENG), 70, and Tyler WEAVER (ENG), -5, were tied 17th.

Individual Results (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

Click here to view the – Men’s 2025 WATC Team and Individual Leaderboards

The 2027 World Amateur Team Championships will be hosted by the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation and will be played at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam.

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10th October 2025

Round 3

With just 18 holes to play SOUTH AFRICA (-26), who are surprisingly seeking their first Eisenhower Trophy victory, enjoy an 11-shot lead after they delivered a best of the week 132 (-13) in the third round.

AUSTRALIA and MEXICO are tied 2nd on -15 with ENGLAND (-12) and FRANCE (-11) also well placed in the race for the silver and bronze medals.

SCOTLAND (-5) are tied 10th, IRELAND (-1) tied 19th and WALES (Ev) tied 22nd heading in to tomorrow’s final round.

Defending champions USA (-4) are tied 14th after a second consecutive 139 (-5) score in Round 3.

Round 3 Team Leaderboard (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

Christiaan MAAS (RSA) shot a third round 65 to move on to -19. With a 10-shot lead he now seems assured of the Individual honours in Singapore.

Mexico’s Eduardo DERBEZ, a University of Texas teammate of Maas, shot the best round of the week so far in Round 3. His 64, which included six consecutive birdies on the front nine and a final hole eagle, earned him a share of the course record.

After 54 holes Tyler WEAVER (ENG) -6 is tied 7th, Stuart GREHAN (IRL) -4 tied 12th, Charlie FORSTER (ENG) -3 19th and Eliot BAKER (ENG) & Niall SHIELS DONEGAN (SCO) -1 tied 27th.

Round 3 Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

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9th October 2025

Round 2

SOUTH AFRICA (-14) moved into a commanding 5-shot lead at the Eisenhower Trophy after a 135 (-9) Round 2 score.

On a low scoring day in Singapore, albeit one where play was suspended for 1 hour and 24 minutes in the morning due to dangerous weather, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE and ENGLAND (-9) are all tied 2nd after 138 (-6), 139 (-5) and 137 (-7) team scores respectively.

The other home nations also improved their leaderboard positions. IRELAND and WALES (both -2) rose to tied 14th whilst SCOTLAND (-1) are up to tied 18th.

Defending champions and favourites USA (+1) are tied 22nd after a 139 (-5) Round 2 score.

Round 2 Team Leaderboard (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

Christiaan MAAS (RSA) -12 leads the Individual standings by 4-shots after he posted a second consecutive 66.

Rintaro NAKANO (JAP) also recorded a 66 to move up to tied 3rd place on -7 behind Hiroshi TAI (SNP) -8, after he could only manage a 71, and alongside Oscar COUILLEAU (FRA) who shot one of three 67’s in Round 2.

Charlie FORSTER (ENG) 69, now on -4 in tied 11th, and Stuart GREHAN (IRL) 68, Connor GRAHAM (SCO) 67 & Tyler WEAVER (ENG) 68, -3 in tied 14th are the leading GB&I players after 36 holes.

Round 2 Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

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8th October 2025

Round 1

Carlos Astiazaran (-4) and Eduardo Derbez (-3) helped MEXICO (-7) to a surprise Round 1 lead in the Eisenhower Trophy competition.

SOUTH AFRICA (-5) and FRANCE (-4) are their nearest challengers after a typically warm day in Singapore where temperatures peaked at 91°F in the afternoon.

ENGLAND (-2) finished the opening day tied 8th, WALES (+2) tied 20th, SCOTLAND (+3) tied 25th and IRELAND (+4) tied 28th.

Defending champions USA (+6), tied 32nd, got off to a disappointing start which may prove to be unsurmountable even with their elite team. All three of their players posted scores of 75 (+3).

Round 1 Team Leaderboard (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

Home favourite Hiroshi TAI (SNP) -7 leads Christiaan MAAS (RSA) -6 and Carlos ASTIAZARAN (MEX) (-4) in the Individual standings. Tai had the honour of hitting the opening tee shot this morning and finished the day 1-shot shy of David Puig’s course record.

From a GB&I perspective Eliot BAKER (ENG) & Charlie FORSTER (ENG) -1 are tied 15th and Tyler WEAVER (ENG), Caolan BURFORD (WAL), Jonathan BALE (WAL), Stuart GREHAN (IRL) & Niall SHIELS DONEGAN (SCO) +1 are all tied 35th.

Round 1 Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: IGF / Golf Genius)

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7th October 2025

The 34th Men’s World Amateur Team Championship (WATC), played for the Eisenhower Trophy, starts on Wednesday 8th October in Singapore.

The Championship will be hosted by the Singapore Golf Association and played at Tanah Merah Country Club.

USA, who won the competition for the 16th time in 2023, will be looking to defend the title for the first time since they last did so in 2014. They also have the opportunity to become the first country since 1994 to win both the men’s and women’s competitions in the same year following their victory in the Espirito Santo Trophy last week.

The WATC is a biennial international amateur golf competition run by the International Golf Federation (IGF).

The IGF comprises 153 national governing bodies of golf in 150 countries as well as tours and organizations that conduct championships. It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the body responsible for golf and as such, in addition to the Men’s and Women’s WATC’s it also organises the golf competitions in both the Olympics and Youth Olympics.

The WATC are hosted by rotation taking in Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, Africa and for the first time in 2023 the Middle East.

The first WATC took place in 1958 and was played over the Old Course at St. Andrews. Bobby Jones captained the United States of America famously receiving the Freedom of the Town during the trip, although his team ended up losing a play-off to Australia for the title.

Competition Format

36 teams are competing in the 2025 WATC.

The three players from each team play 72 holes of stroke play over four days. The two lowest rounds recorded on each day count towards the team’s total score.

Ties for the golf medal are resolved by reference to the third non-counting score in the fourth round, then, if necessary, the third, second and first rounds. All other ties are left unresolved.

The winning team receive the Eisenhower Trophy. The Trophy was provided in 1958 by the American Friends of Golf through the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland. It is named in honour of the then United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The inscription on the trophy reads: “To foster friendship and sportsmanship among the Peoples of the World.”

Players in the leading three teams receive gold, silver and bronze medals.

Whilst individual results are reported and the player with the lowest score is recognised at the closing ceremony there has historically been no prize awarded for this achievement.

Competitors

The home nations will be represented by the following players (with their ages and WAGR as at 1st October noted after their name): –

ENGLAND – Eliot Baker 22 (#93), Charlie Forster 22 (#47), Tyler Weaver 20 (#12)

England (Photo: IGF)

IRELAND – John Doyle 18 (#414), Stuart Grehan 32 (#124), Caolan Rafferty 32 (#133)

Ireland (Photo: IGF)

SCOTLAND – Cameron Adam 22 (#18), Connor Graham 18 (#37), Niall Shiels Donegan 20 (#59)

Scotland (Photo: IGF)

WALES – Jonathan Bale 37 (#177), Tomi Bowen 22 (#285) Caolan Burford 21 (#1,488)

Wales (Photo: IGF)

The other competing nations are as follows with those highlighted expected to be the most competitive.

ARGENTINA – Juan Martín Loureiro 22 (#185), Segundo Oliva Pinto 26 (#115), Mateo Pulcini 25 (#171)

AUSTRALIA – Billy Dowling 20 (#262), Declan O’Donovan 22 (#315), Harry Takis 19 (#117)

BRAZIL – Andrey Borges Xavier 24 (#31), Eduardo Ferreira 19 (#148), Herik Oliveira Machado 24 (#46)

CANADA – Isaiah Ibit 19 (#379), Justin Matthews 21 (#237), Ashton McCulloch 23 (#70)

CHINA – Haoyi Wang 16 (#213), Qiyou Wu 16 (#222), Ziqin Zhou 19 (#125)

COLOMBIA – Carlos Ardila Conde 29 (#49), Tomás Restrepo 17 (#183), Emilio Vélez 15 (#143)

CZECHIA – Timotej Formánek 20 (#542), Filip Jakubčík 21 (#7), Štěpán Plášek 16 (#335)

DENMARK – Claes T. Borregaard 25 (#77), Oscar H. Bredkjær 21 (#383), Kristian H. Bressum 25 (#65)

ESTONIA – Kevin Jegers 24 (#107), Richard Teder 20 (#101), Mattias Varjun 25 (#356)

FRANCE – Louis Anceaux 20 (#308), Oscar Couilleau 17 (#120), Hugo Le Goff 17 (#54)

GERMANY – Wolfgang Glawe 23 (#69), Emil Riegger 20 (#116), Tim Wiedemeyer 20 (#22)

GUAM – Redge Camacho 30 (#3,084), Markus Nanpei 20 (#NR), Ivan Sablan 21 (#1,811)

GUATEMALA – Sebastian Barnoya 31 (#76), Gabriel Palacios 20 (#34), Alejandro Villavicencio 45 (#72)

INDIA – Arin Ahuja 24 (#2,018), Rakshit Dahiya 18 (#349), Deepak Yadav 23 (#3,389)

INDONESIA – Randy Bintang 21 (#268), Asa Najib 24 (#277), Amadeus C. Susanto 22 (#362)

ITALY – Riccardo Fantinelli 21 (#163), Michele Ferrero 20 (#270), Filippo Ponzano 21 (#138)

JAPAN – Taishi Moto 20 (#104), Taisei Nagasaki 16 (#159), Rintaro Nakano 21 (#158)

MEXICO – Carlos Astiazaran 20 (#114), Gerardo Gomez 20 (#167), Eduardo Derbez 20 (#637)

MOROCCO – Adam Bresnu 21 (#86), Alexandre El Khomri 15 (#788), Hugo Mazen Trommetter 21 (#553)

NETHERLANDS – Guus Lafeber 17 (#289), Benjamin Reuter 22 (#90), Nevill Ruiter 23 (#265)

NEW ZEALAND – Cooper Moore 17 (#168), Zackary Swanwick 19 (#75), Robby Turnbull 18 (#306)

NORWAY – Emil Herstad 18 (#969), Michael Mjaaseth 22 (#21), Joachim Larsen 21 (#726),

PANAMA – Raul Carbonell 26 (#208), Miguel Ordoñez 41 (#410), Omar Tejeira 35 (#89)

PARAGUAY – Benjamin Fernandez 20 (#211), Franco Fernandez 18 (#629), Erich Fortlage 19 (#173)

SINGAPORE – Brayden Lee 18 (#305), Troy Storm 16 (#385), Hiroshi Tai 23 (#61)

SOUTH AFRICA – Charl Barnard 19 (#684), Daniel Bennett 20 (#24), Christiaan Maas 22 (#6)

SPAIN – Alejandro De C. Piera 20 (#112), Álvaro P. Roman 20 (#293), Sergio J. Romero 20 (#63)

SWEDEN – Alfons Bondesson 22 (#88), Simon Hovdal 20 (#197), Filip Fahlberg Johnsson 19 (#108)

THAILAND – Arsit Areephun 22 (#1,566), Pongsapak Laopakdee 20 (#56), Parin Sarasmut 17 (#212)

USA – Mason Howell 18 (#127), Preston Stout 21 (#4), Ethan Fang 20 (#3)

VIETNAM – Ho Anh Huy 15 (#334), Nguyen Anh Minh 18 (#42), Nguyen Duc Son 18 (#530)

ZIMBABWE – Darlington Chikanyambidze 19 (#715), Munesu Chimhini 14 (#611), Elton Zulu 26 (#816)

20 of the above listed players competed in the 2023 WATC at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in U.A.E.

Venue

The 2025 WATC is being played at Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore.

Tanah Merah opened in 1984 and has two championship courses, the Garden Course and Tampines Course. The Tampines is being used this week.

The Club has staged many international events, including the Johnnie Walker Classic, Lexus Cup, HSBC Women’s Champions, the Asian Tour’s International Series Singapore (ISS) and the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open.

This week it will be set up to play to 7,394 yards and will have a par of 72.

Hole                1           2          3           4          5          6           7          8          9         Total
Par                  4           4          4           3          5           3          4          5          4           36
Yards            385       475      444      214       636      173      433       569      334       3663

Hole               10         11         12         13        14        15        16        17        18        Total
Par                 5            4            4          4          3          4           3          4         5           36
Yards            598       420      435       397      195       507       156      434      589      3,731

2023 WATC

USA (-36) won the 33rd Men’s World Amateur Team Championship by 11-shots at Abu Dhabi G.C. in U.A.E.

The team finished the event off in style compiling the low round of the Championship; a 132 (-12), helped in no small part by a 64 from David FORD, the second lowest round in the tournament’s history.

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Team USA – Nick Dunlap, David Ford & Gordon Sargent (Photo: IGF)

NORWAY and AUSTRALIA (-25) tied for 2nd place with FRANCE (-24) 4th and NEW ZEALAND and ITALY (-23) tied 5th. It was Norway’s best ever finish in their 26 appearances to date.

IRELAND (-20) finished strongly to rise 11 places on the final day and secure a tied 8th finish.

ENGLAND (-14) finished tied 15th, WALES (-13) tied 17th and SCOTLAND (-10) tied 21st.

32 of the 36 teams finished the 72 holes with an under par score.

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Team Results (Photo: IGF / Golf Genius)

Western Amateur champion Kazuma KOBORI (NZL) took the low Individual title with a 272 (-16) total. He rose eight places to secure the honour with a fine 65 (-7) in the final round.

Reigning U.S. Amateur champion Nick DUNLAP (USA) finished 2nd on -15 with France’s Bastien AMAT and Norway’s Herman WIBE SEKNE -14 one shot further back.

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Leading Individual Results (Photo: IGF / Golf Genius)

Matt MCCLEAN (IRL) -11 produced the best performance by a GB&I player finishing tied 8th.

Connor GRAHAM (SCO) -10 again impressed at the highest level with a very consistent performance to finish tied 14th.

Five other GB&I players finished under par for the Championship. Tyler WEAVER (ENG) -8 was tied 17th, Tomi BOWEN (WAL) -6 tied 30th, Alex MAGUIRE (IRL), who came through the standings with a final day 65, -5 tied 36th, Jack BIGHAM (ENG) -3 tied 43rd and Liam NOLAN (IRL) -2 tied 50th.

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GB&I Individual Results (Photo: IGF / Golf Genius)

Historic Results

GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND (GB&I) have won the Eisenhower Trophy four times but only SCOTLAND have won it in their own right since each of the home nations started to compete separately.

The competion holds a special place in the story of English amateur Peter MCEVOY. He participated in the winning GB&I team in 1988, he also ‘won’ the Individual (284) that year and he went on to captain the GB&I team that won it again in 1998. A hat trick of Eisenhower Trophy achievements that may prove difficult for anyone else to match.

Here are the historic Men’s WATC results: –

Future WATC Events

The International Golf Federation has confirmed the following future venues for the WATC: –

35th – 2027 – Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Morocco

36th – 2029 – Fontana G.C., Austria

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Men’s Home Internationals – 2025 Preview & Results

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Friday 8th August 2025

ENGLAND won the 2025 Men’s Home Internationals completing a clean sweep against Wales on the final day.

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.

Day 3

IRELAND 6.5 – 5.5 SCOTLAND

IRELAND narrowly beat SCOTLAND thanks to a slightly better performance in the morning Foursomes. David HOWARD picked up two wins for the Irish on Day 3 whilst Alexander FARMER and Ross LAIRD completed an excellent competition for the Scots with strong contributions.

ENGLAND 6.5 – 5.5 WALES

ENGLAND were made to work hard for their final win by WALES who were rewarded for their efforts by securing 3rd position in the final standings. Eliot BAKER, Tom OSBORNE and Jamie VAN WYK were the key men for the hosts in their final game whilst Caolan BURFORD and Tomi BOWEN finished off a strong week with another good points haul for the Welsh.

Click here to view the – Men’s and Women’s Home Internationals Scores

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Thursday 7th August 2025

Day 2 

ENGLAND now have one hand on the Men’s Raymond Trophy after securing their second win of the competition. WALES will need to beat them on Day 3 by four or more points to cause an upset. IRELAND will hope to avoid defeat to SCOTLAND tomorrow to avoid a whitewash.

WALES 4.5 – 7.5 SCOTLAND

Unbeaten trio Alexander FARMER (SCO), Andrew DAVIDSON (SCO) and Jack MCDONALD (SCO) led Scotland to a comfortable win against Ireland. Ioan ROWE (WAL) ended Ross LAIRD‘s (SCO) three match unbeaten run but four other tight games ultimately went against the Welsh.  

ENGLAND 8.0 – 4.0 IRELAND

After the morning Foursomes were halved England secured victory over Ireland with a dominant Singles series. Seb CAVE, Eliot BAKER and Jake SOWDEN all picked up to wins for the English on Day 2. There was a surprisingly big win for Gavin TIERNAN (IRL) against his potential Walker Cup teammate Dominic CLEMONS (ENG). Tiernan is now four wins from four at Woodhall Spa.

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Wednesday 6th August 2025

Day 1

ENGLAND and WALES got off to winning starts in this year’s Men’s Home Internationals with narrow victories over SCOTLAND and IRELAND respectively.

IRELAND 5.5 – 6.5 WALES 

Tomi BOWEN (WAL) and Caolan BURFORD (WAL) led Wales to a welcome victory over Ireland for whom Gavin TIERNAN (IRL) was unbeaten.

ENGLAND 7.0 – 5.0 SCOTLAND

Jamie VAN WYK (ENG) picked up two wins and SEB CAVE (ENG) a win and a half for England as they overcame Scotland where an unbeaten Ross LAIRD (SCO) put up the most resistance.

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1st August 2025

This year’s Men’s Home Internationals will be played at Woodhall Spa G.C. in Lincolnshire, England on 6th-8th August 2025.

IRELAND will be defending the Raymond Trophy which they won at Murcar Links in Scotland 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. 

Hopefully this means that we can now look to remove the mixed element completely and return to the separate men’s and women’s competitions which have a lot of history and tradition and in my opinion should not have been interfered with.

2025 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 30th July 2024 in brackets.

ENGLAND  
Eliot BAKER – Tiverton, 22 (108)
Ben BOLTON – Enville, 18 (355)
Seb CAVE – Coxmoor, 21 (133)
Dominic CLEMONS – Gog Magog, 23 (39)
Lewy HAYWARD – Marlborough,19 (705)
Tom OSBORNE – Lindrick, 23 (162)
Jake SOWDEN – The Oaks, 21 (1,199)
Freddie TURNELL – Burnham & Berrow, 20 (129)
Jamie VAN WYK – Royal Lytham & St. Annes, 24 (996)

Tyler Weaver (11), Luke Poulter (32), Charlie Forster (52), Jack Bigham (54), Matthew Dodd-Berry (ENG) (113), Harley Smith (127), Sam Easterbrook (158), Zach Little (217) and Daniel Hayes (244) are WAGR top 250 English players not competing. 

IRELAND 
Colm CAMPBELL – Warrenpoint (980)
John DOYLE – Fota Island (554)
Keith EGAN – Carton House (1,165)
Stuart GREHAN – County Louth (495)
Thomas HIGGINS – Roscommon (414)
David HOWARD – Fota Island (1,778)
Jonathan KEANE – Lahinch (4,506)
Seán KEELING – Roganstown (330)
Gavin TIERNAN – County Louth (530)

Caolan Rafferty (151) and Matthew McClean (211) are are WAGR top 250 Irish players not competing.

SCOTLAND 
Andrew DAVIDSON – Crail (337)
Alexander FARMER – Kilmacolm (1,184)
Ross LAIRD – Glenbervie (725)
Jack MCDONALD – Roxburghe (1,131)
Dominic MCGLINCHEY – Renaissance (1,273)
Sam MUKHERJEE – Gullane (1,718)
Gregor TAIT – Aldeburgh (763)
Chris ROBB – Meldrum House (N/R – Re-instated Amateur)
James WOOD – Bathgate (1,138)

Cameron Adam (25), Connor Graham (45) and U.S.-based Niall Shiels Donegan (94) are WAGR top 250 Scottish players not competing.

WALES
Tom BASTOW – Isle of Purbeck (871)
Tomi BOWEN – Welshpool (250)
Caolan BURFORD – Rhuddlan (1,437)
Sean DAVID – Pyle & Kenfig (2,381)
Jamie DEAN – Carmarthen (2,076)
Alex JAMES – Royal Lytham & St. Annes (2,611)
Tom MATTHEWS – Aldersley Green (1,064)
Iestyn MCAVOY – Glynhir (916)
Ioan ROWE – Royal Porthcawl (4,723)

U.S.-based Jonathan Bale (126) and Matt Roberts (386), who has recently stepped back from the amateur game, are highly WAGR-ranked players missing for Wales.

Since the team selections were announced the English, Scottish and Welsh Closed Amateur Championships have been completed. As is becoming the norm none of the three 2025 champions were selected by their countries – in the last 3 years just one of the nine champions has played in the Home Internationals.

Venue – Woodhall Spa Golf Club

The Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa is one of the world’s leading heathland courses, having recently benefitted from a major renovation be leading architect Tom Doak.

The course, which was originally designed by Harry Vardon, is located on an undulating piece of land and is memorable for it’s superb par 3’s, deep bunkers and patches of gorse and heather.

It plays to 7,024 yards off the Blue Tees and a par of 73. It has a Course Rating of 75.3 and a Slope Rating of 152.

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 83 competitions played to date England have won 40, 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.

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The Raymond Trophy (Photo: Ayrshire Golf Blog)

2025 Weather Forecast (as at 1st August 2025)

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

2024 R&A Men’s Home Internationals

Ireland won the Raymond Trophy at the 2024 Men’s Home Internationals winning all three of their games and accumulating 25.5 points at Murcar Links. 

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Ireland Women and Men’s Mixed Team (Photo: Chris Young / Scottish Golf)

Each match consisted of four morning Foursomes and eight afternoon Singles.

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Click here to view the detailed – Men’s Home Internationals Results 

Historic Results

Click here to view all of the – Men’s Home Internationals Historic Results

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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2025 Preview & Results

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12th July 2025

ITALY won the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Killarney Golf & Fishing Resort in Ireland.

Italy Celebrate Victory (Photo: EGA / INPHO / Laszlo Geczo)

The final results were: –

ESTONIA, CZECH REPUBLIC and PORTUGAL finished 14th-16th and were therefore relegated to Division 2 for the 2026 Championship. 

In this year’s Division 2 competition WALES finished 2nd to earn promotion back to the main event in 2026. BELGIUM 1st and AUSTRIA 3rd joined them. SCOTLAND‘s 4th place saw them miss out.

Match Play Flight A – Finals Day

ITALY (4), DENMARK (3) and ENGLAND (1) earned the medals on the final day of the Match Play Flight A competition in Killarney.

Flight A Final Day Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ITALY (4) beat DENMARK (3) 6.0-1.0 in the Final not losing any of the seven games that were contested.

Italy v. Denmark Flight A Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (1) managed to grab victory over IRELAND (2) from the jaws of defeat to take bronze. Ireland seemed to have the result in their hands when they were winning all of the afternoon Singles but late wins for Tyler WEAVER, by 1 Hole, and Charlie FORSTER, on the 19th, finally saw them over the line.

England v. Ireland Flight A 3rd & 4th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2025 Match Play Scoreboards – Flight A and Flight B

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Match Play Flight A – Semi-Finals

The two Semi-Finals both went against seed with ITALY (4) easily beating ENGLAND (1) and DENMARK (3) edging out IRELAND (2).

Flight A Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (1) were disappointing in the afternoon Singles as they fell to a 5.5-1.5 defeat to ITALY (4).

England v. Italy Flight A Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

A superb finish to the round from Kristian HJORT BRESSUM enabled him to take the all-important single point off Thomas HIGGINS that enabled DENMARK (3), who fought back well from losing the two morning Foursomes, to edge out IRELAND (2).

Denmark v. Ireland Flight A Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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Match Play Flight A – Quarter Finals

The four highest seeds after the Stroke Play Qualifying, ENGLAND (1), ITALY (4), DENMARK (3) and IRELAND (2), all progressed on Day 1 of the Match Play Stage.

Flight A Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (1) enjoyed a comfortable 6.0-1.0 win against FINLAND (8) in the opening Quarter Final. After winning the two morning foursomes afternoon single wins by Tyler WEAVER, Daniel HAYES and Charlie FORSTER ensured their would be no comeback from the Fins.

England v. Finland Flight A Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Led by Stuart GREHAN IRELAND (2) saw off SWEDEN (7) 5.0-2.0 in their Match Play Flight A encounter. Gavin TIERNAN and Matt MCCLEAN earned important Singles wins to get the Irish over the line. 

Ireland v. Sweden Flight A Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ITALY (4) and DENMARK (3) both earned 4.5-2.5 wins against FRANCE (5) and GERMANY (6) in the two other Quarter Final matches to take their places in the Semi-Finals. 

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Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

ENGLAND (-44) earned the No. 1 Match Play Flight A seeding with an outstanding performance in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Killarney.

Making up the qualifiers for Flight A were IRELAND (-25) who finished 2nd, DENMARK (-25) 3rd, ITALY (-24) 4th, FRANCE (-17) 5th, GERMANY (-14), 6th SWEDEN (-12) 7th and FINLAND (-10) 8th.

Sweden, who were 14th after the opening round, fought back well to take their place in Flight A.

SPAIN (-7) 10th and ESTONIA (-5) 12th, who both looked relatively strong on paper at the outset, will be disappointed not to make Flight A.

The lowest five scores from each six man team counted towards the team total with any ties broken by reference to their non-counting score.

The top eight qualifying teams will now play in a Flight (A) seeded match play competition, which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B). The bottom three countries in Flight B at the end of the week will be relegated to Division 2.

Stroke Play Qualifying Team Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Tyler WEAVER (ENG) -12 produced the best individual performance just edging out his teammate Charlie FORSTER by 1-shot. Weaver enjoyed a hole-in-one on the 3rd as well as seven other birdies in a stunning 63 today, setting a new amateur course record in the process.

Eliot BAKER (ENG) -9 5th, Stuart GREHAN (-8) 8th, Luke POULTER (ENG) -6 13th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) -5 17th and Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) -5 20th all performed well for their countries in the Stroke Play Qualifying.

Italian pair Riccardo FANTINELLI & Biagio Andrea GAGLIARDI -10, Peer WERNICKE (GER) -9, Kristian HJORT BRESSUM (DEN) -9 and Paul BEAUVY (FRA) & Alexis LERAY (FRA) also led their respective countries to strong seedings. 

The average Round 2 score from the 96 competitors was 71.23 (-0.77), lower than yesterday’s 72.19, (+0.19) with 47 (42) players finishing Day 2 with an under par round.

Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2025 Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

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8th July 2025

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

ENGLAND (-20) lead the Stroke Play Qualifying competition after a strong opening day performance in Killarney.

ICELAND (-13) are a surprise 2nd, IRELAND (-11) 3rd, GERMANY (-11) 4th and DENMARK (-10) 5th. 

Amongst the pre-tournament favourites SPAIN (-5) 7th, FRANCE (-2) 8th, ESTONIA (-1) 9th and particularly SWEDEN (+5) 14th all have work to do to tomorrow to confirm their places in the Flight A Match Play stage. 

The lowest five scores from each six man team count towards the team total with ties broken by reference to their non-counting score.

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Team Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Charlie FORSTER (ENG) enjoyed eight birdies in his 65 (-7) as he took the Round 1 lead in the Individual standings.

Sergio JIMENEZ (ESP) -6 is 2nd on count back, Kristian HJORT BRESSUM (DEN) -6 3rd, and Icelandic pair Gunnlaugur Arni SVEINSSON and Veiger HEIDARSSON 4th and 5th after they were the best of the five 67’s (-5).

The average Round 1 score from the 96 competitors was 72.19 (+0.19) with 42 players finishing Day 1 with an under par score.

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A) seeded match play competition, which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

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Introduction

The 42nd European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 8th and Saturday 12th July 2025 at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in Ireland.

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club (Photo: Killarney Golf)

Only England and Ireland will be competing in the main men’s event this week. Scotland and Wales are amongst the nine teams playing in the Division 2 competition being played in Hungary.

Sweden are the defending champions having beaten Netherlands in last year’s final at Royal Park I Roveri in Italy.

Scotland were the last home nation to win the Team Championship when they successfully defended the title at Golf de Chantilly in France in 2016. England last won in 2013, Ireland in 2008 and Wales in 1993. 

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

2025 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing are Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

The home nation teams are made up of the following players (2nd July 2025 WAGR’s in brackets): –

ENGLAND – Eliot BAKER (#134), Charlie FORSTER (#58), Daniel HAYES (#259), Luke POULTER (#49), Harley SMITH (#123), Tyler WEAVER (#14). Total Team WAGR = 637.

England Team (Photo: EGA)

IRELAND – John DOYLE (#786), Stuart GREHAN (#845), Thomas HIGGINS (#402), Matt MCCLEAN (#204), Caolan RAFFERTY (#203), Gavin TIERNAN (#652). Total Team WAGR = 3,092.

Ireland Team (Photo: EGA)

On paper England, Estonia, Ireland, France, Spain and Sweden appear to be the strongest teams likely to challenge for the medals.

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with Golf Ireland.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by reference to each team’s non-counting scores.

These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

Fight A start off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.

A win earns one point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.

The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2026.

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The European Amateur Team Championship Trophy (Photo: EGA)

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, Ireland

Located on the banks of Lough Leane on the south-west coast of Ireland Killarney’s par 72 Killeen Course is staging this year’s Championship.

The course has staged the Irish Open four times (1991-92-10-11), the Irish Women’s Open twice (2002-03) and The Curtis Cup once(1996).

This will be the third time Ireland has hosted the event. Killarney previously hosted the event 50 years ago in 1975 with Portmarnock afforded the honour more recently in 1997 

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club Logo (Photo: Killarney Golf)

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast looks very good with generally sunny conditions and little wind expected.

Tue 8th July – Cloudy. Wind 9 mph NW. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 21°C.
Wed 9th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 8 mph NW. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 21°C.
Thur 10th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph SW. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 24°C.
Fri 11th July – Sunny. Wind 11 mph S. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 24°C.
Sat 12th July – Sunny. Wind 12 mph SE. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 23°C.

EGA Website Links – 2025 Scores / Information

2025 Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals

2025 Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B

Full Player List

European Golf Association Championship Website

2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

Match Play Stage

Sweden won the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Park Royal I Roveri in Italy.

Sweden, seeded 6th after the stroke play qualifying, beat Netherlands (4) 3.0-2.0 in the Final with Germany (1) overcoming Estonia (2) in the 3rd & 4th Place match.

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Sweden (Photo: EGA)

In Flight A England lost to Netherlands and Italy before beating Spain in their final game.

In Flight B Ireland lost their opening game to Portugal before recovering with victories over Austria and Scotland. Prior to their final game Scotland had previously lost to Denmark before beating Wales. Wales beat Austria in their final game after losses to Finland and Scotland.    

In a disappointing tournament for the home nations England finished 7th, Ireland 13th, Scotland 14th and Wales 15th. After finishing in the bottom three teams Scotland and Wales were relegated to Division 2 for the 2025 Championship.

These were the final results: –

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Stroke Play Qualifying

Germany (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Royal Park.

England (-19) finished 5th to qualify for Flight A. Ireland (-11) 9th, Scotland (-10) 10th, who had started the day in 3rd place, and Wales (+3) 14th all missed the match play cut and will now have to play out the week in Flight B.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Jerry Ji (NED) won the Individual competition with a 130 (-14) total which included 15 birdies over the 36 holes.

Jack BIGHAM (ENG), Cameron ADAM (SCO) and Dominic CLEMONS (ENG), who didn’t drop a shot in the two rounds, were the leading GB&I players, all posting 137 (-7).

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland and Spain 6, Sweden 3 and Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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Men’s European Nations Championship – 2025 Preview & Results

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29th March 2025

Round 4

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

ENGLAND (-8) won the Men’s European Nations Championship at RCG Sotogrande by 14 shots.

The England Team (Photo: England Golf)

SPAIN (+6) finished 2nd, ESTONIA (+7) were 3rd, ITALY (+16) 4th and FRANCE (+17) 5th.

It was a disappointing week in Spain for the other three home nation teams who were all well off the pace. WALES (+39) finished tied 11th, IRELAND (+34) tied 13th and SCOTLAND (+45) 15th.

Team Results (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Team Results

Individual

Estonia’s Kevin JEGERS (-14) completed an impressive wire-to-wire victory in the Individual competition at the European Nations Championships.

Harley SMITH (-6) finished 2nd, Daniel HAYES (-5) 3rd and Pablo LOPEZ (-3) 4th. Only four of the 72 competitors completed the 72 holes with an under par score demonstrating the extent of the test posed by Sotogrande.

Eliot BAKER (+7) tied 13th, Ross LAIRD (+13) tied 29th, Jonathan BALE (+15) tied 34th and Matt MCCLEAN (+16) tied 39th were the other GB&I players to finish the event in the top 40.

The average score in Round 4 was 75.82 (+3.82).

Individual Results (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Individual Results

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28th March 2025

Round 3

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

A superb -11 team score in Round 3 lifted ENGLAND (-8) into a commanding 1st place in the Men’s European Nations Championship at RCG Sotogrande.

SPAIN (+3) are now 2nd, ITALY (+7) 3rd, ESTONIA (+8) 4th and FINLAND (+11) 5th heading into tomorrow’s final round.

The other home nations are finding the going tough in Spain with IRELAND (+34) tied 14th, WALES (+36) 16th and SCOTLAND (+37) 17th.

Round 3 Team Scores (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Team Round 3 Scores

Individual

Estonia’s Kevin JEGERS (-9) continues to lead the way in the Individual standings with Spain’s Pablo LOPEZ (-7) two shots behind him in 2nd place.

The English trio of Daniel HAYES (-5) 3rd, Harley SMITH (-2) 5th, after a tournament best bogey free 7-under 65 today, and Eliot BAKER (+3) tied 9th are all in the top 10.

Jack MCDONALD (+7) tied 19th, Tomi BOWEN (+8) tied 22nd and Luke O’NEILL (+11) tied 32nd lead the way for the other home nation teams.

The average score in Round 3 was 76.05 (+4.05) which demonstrates how good Smith’s 65 was.

Round 3 Individual Scores (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Individual Round 3 Scores

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27th March 2025

Round 2

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

FINLAND (-3) lead SPAIN (-1) and ESTONIA (Ev) after Round 2 of the Men’s European Nations Championship at RCG Sotogrande.

ENGLAND (+3) are 4th, IRELAND (+19) tied 11th, SCOTLAND (+25) 15th and WALES (+29) 17th.

Round 2 Team Scores (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Team Round 2 Scores

Individual

Estonia’s Kevin JEGERS (-7) continues to lead the way in the Individual standings with Finland’s Ville VIRKKALA three shots behind him in 2nd place.

From a home nation perspective Daniel HAYES (-2) is tied 3rd, Eliot BAKER (+4) tied 18th, Harley SMITH, Tomi BOWEN & Luke O’NEILL (+5) all tied 24th and Jack MCDONALD (+6) tied 34th.

The average score in Round 2 was 75.37 (+3.37).

Round 2 Individual Scores (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Individual Round 2 Scores

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26th March 2025

Round 1

Team (best 3 from 4 scores count)

ESTONIA (-2) lead the Men’s European Nations Championship at RCG Sotogrande in Spain.

AUSTRIA (-1) are 2nd and ITALY and ENGLAND (Ev) are tied 3rd.

The other home nations had a disappointing opening round with defending champions IRELAND (+9) tied 12th, SCOTLAND (+13) tied 14th and WALES (+20) tied 17th.

Round 1 Team Scores (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Team Round 1 Scores

Individual

Estonia’s Kevin JEGERS and Austria’s Jacob LOTSCHAK shot 3-under 69’s to take the early lead in the Individual standings.

English pair Eliot BAKER and Daniel HAYES (-1), tied 5th, were the best of the GB&I players.

Ireland’s John DOYLE (+2) tied 24th, Wales’ Tomi BOWEN (+3) tied 35th and Scotland’s Ross LAIRD & Gregor TAIT (+4) tied 43rd led the way for the other countries.

The average score in Round 1 was 75.04 (+3.04).

Round 1 Individual Scores (Graphic: RFE Golf / GolfDirecto)

Click here to view the – 2025 ENC Men’s Individual Round 1 Scores

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25th March 2025

The Men’s European Nations Championship (ENC) starts on Wednesday 26th March at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in Andalucía, Spain.

R.C.G. Sotogrande is the permanent home of the ENC and this will be the 17th playing of the event.

It is a 72 hole stroke play Team and Individual competition.

I will be providing daily reports on this page once the Championship commences.

Field
18 four-man teams (72 players) will play for the Team prize.

Teams representing Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales will be joined by one from RCG Sotogrande.

There is also an Individual prize on offer to the field.

The following players have been selected to represent the four competing home nations in 2025: –

England – Eliot BAKER, Daniel HAYES, Tom OSBORNE, Harley SMITH

Ireland – Brian DORAN, John DOYLE, Matt MCCLEAN, Luke O’NEILL

Scotland – Alexander FARMER, Ross LAIRD, Jack MCDONALD, Gregor TAIT

Wales – Tomi BOWEN, Jonathan BALE, Caolan BURFORD, Archie DAVIES

A Women’s ENC, made up of 10 three player teams, also takes place alongside the Men’s competition. No home nations are competing this year.

Format and Prizes
72 holes of stroke play, with 18 holes played daily, will be contested by all of the players. There is no cut.

In the Team event the best three 18-hole scores from the four players count towards the overall total.

In the case of a tie for 1st place it will be resolved by the best player score being discarded and if the tie persists, the second best score discarded and so on. If scores are still tied a team member will be nominated and a sudden death play-off will be contested. Other tries will not be resolved.

The Individual prize is awarded to the lowest scoring player. Ties for 1st place will be broken via a sudden death play-off. Any remaining ties will be broken by the best results of the last 18, 27, 36, etc., holes.

Winning Team members each receive a replica of the Nations Trophy. The Individual champion receives a trophy and a bright yellow jacket.

Venue and Course
Real Club de Golf Sotogrande was opened in 1964 and was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones. One of the best courses in Continental Europe it first held the Spanish Open in 1966, won that year by Roberto de Vicenzo.

In 1970 The Sherry Cup, the precursor of the European Nations Cup / Championship, was established. Former Individual winners of this include Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia. (see below for the full list of past Individual winners).

In 1973 a Women’s event started to be played alongside the Men’s.

In 1983 Sotogrande hosted the Spanish Amateur Championship with Jose Maria Olazabel victorious.

Sotogrande was awarded royal patronage by HM King Juan Carlos I in 1994.

Between 1996 and 2001, in tandem with nearby San Roque GC, the course hosted the European Tour’s Qualifying School.

In 2006 The Sherry Cup was rebranded as the European Nations Cup and in 2017 become known as the European Nations Championship played for the Sotogrande Cup.

In 2011, ahead of it’s 50th anniversary, the Club decided to embark upon a major course renovation appointing Roger Rulewich and David Fleury. With the work on greens, bunkering and drainage taking place in 2015 and early 2016 the ENC moved temporarily to the nearby La Reserva Club de Golf for two years. Since 2017 the competition has been played on the renovated course.

The Black Tee Championship Course at Sotogrande plays 6,492m with a par of 72. The front nine measures 3,163m and the back 3,329m.

Weather Forecast
The forecast looks good with unusually low winds currently expected. Wind, often stronger in the afternoon, can cause problems given the numerous water hazards on the course.

Wednesday 26th – Mist AM / Sunny PM.  Min. 10°C / Max. 18°C; Wind W 5mph
Thursday 27th – Sunny. Min. 10°C / Max. 19 °C; Wind NW 6mph
Friday 28th – Sunny. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 20°C; Wind N 7mph
Saturday 29th – Sunny. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 20°C; Wind N 8mph

Past ENC Winners

The home nations have an excellent record, particularly in recent years, in this event.

Team Competition

2024  Ireland     2024 ENC Team Results

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Ireland Team (Photo: Golf Ireland) 

2023  England     2023 ENC Team Results
2022  Spain     2022 ENC Team Results
2021  Cancelled
2020  Cancelled
2019  England     2019 ENC Team Results
2018  England     2018 ENC Team Results
2017  Wales    2017 ENC Team Results
2016  Ireland    2016 ENC Team Results
2015  England
2014  Scotland
2013  England
2012  France
2011  England
2010  England
2009  England
2008  Scotland
2007  Denmark

Past Sherry Cup Team Winners (started 1998)

2006  Spain
2005  Spain
2004  England
2003  England
2002  Wales
2001  England
2000  England
1999  Germany
1998  Spain

Individual Competition

2024 James Ashfield (WAL)     2024 ENC Men’s Individual Results

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James Ashfield (Photo: Golf Wales)

2023 Albert Hansson (SWE)     2023 ENC Men’s Individual Results
2022 Jaime Montojo (ESP)     2022 ENC Men’s Individual Result
2021  Cancelled
2020  Cancelled
2019  Tom Sloman (England)     2019 ENC Individual Results
2018  Todd Clements (England)    2018 ENC Individual Results
2017  Jack Davidson (Wales)    2017 ENC Individual Results
2016  Jack Hume (Ireland)    2016 ENC Individual Results
2015  Mario Galliano (Spain)
2014  Guido Migliori (Italy)
2013  Adrien Saddier (France)
2012  Robin Kind (The Netherlands)
2011  Julien Brun (France)
2010  Nino Bertasio (Italy)
2009  Sam Hutsby (England)
2008  Shane Lowry (Ireland)
2007  Rory McIlroy (Ireland)

Past Sherry Cup Individual Winners

2006  Nigel Edwards (Wales)
2005  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
2004  Francesco Molinari (Italy)
2003  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
2002  Lee Harpin (Wales)
2001  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
2000  Gary Wolstenholme (England)
1999  Marcel Siem (Germany)
1998  Sergio Garcia (Spain)
1997  Sergio Garcia (Spain)
1996  Alvaro Salto (Spain)
1995  José María Zamora (Spain)
1994  Francisco Cea (Spain)
1993  Francisco Valera (Spain)
1992  Frederic Cupillar (France)
1991  Padraig Harrington (Ireland)
1990  Alvaro Prat (Spain)
1989  Diego Borrego (Spain)
1988  Yago Beamonte (Spain)
1987  Yago Beamonte (Spain)
1986  Borja Queipo de Llano (Spain)
1985  José L. Padila (Spain)
1984  John Marks (England)
1983  José L. de Bernardo (Spain)
1982  Borja Queipo de Llano (Spain)
1981  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1980  Jesús López (Spain)
1979  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1978  José L. de Bernardo (Spain)
1977  F. Jiménez (Spain)
1976  Alberto Croze (Italy)
1975  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1974  Veit Pagel (Germany)
1973  Alberto Croze (Italy)
1972  E. de la Riva and J. Gancedo (Spain)
1971  Alberto Croze (Italy)
1970  Henric Adam (England)

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Men’s Home Internationals – 2024 Preview & Results

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Friday 9th August 2024

Ireland won the Raymond Trophy at the 2024 Men’s Home Internationals winning all three of their games and accumulating 25.5 points. 

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Ireland Women and Men’s Mixed Team (Photo: Chris Young / Scottish Golf)

Each match consisted of four morning Foursomes and eight afternoon Singles.

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Click here to view the detailed – Men’s Home Internationals Results 

Here is my analysis of the individual performances which highlights the star men from each team: –

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All Scoring and Tables shown in this article for the 2024 competition are shared courtesy of Scottish Golf.

Day 3

Scotland v. Wales

Wales beat Scotland 8.0-4.0.

After the Foursomes series was halved Wales pulled away from the host nation in the opening five Singles, winning four and halving the other. It appears that the final three pairs were called off once the result became undoubted.

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Ireland v. England

In the winner-takes-it all final match Ireland beat England by 8.0-4.0. 

The Irish took a nice advantage into the singles and ultimately finished off the match in style by edging a number of close Singles.

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Day 2

Ireland and England both finished Day 2 unbeaten albeit Ireland sit top of the table with 2.5 more match points.

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England v. Scotland

England beat Scotland 7.5-4.5.

A superb Singles performance, where they secured 6.5 points out of the 8.0 available, helped England to a bounce-back win against Scotland who had them on the ropes after the morning Foursomes.  

England’s Charlie FORSTER and Will HOPKINS remain unbeaten from their four games.

Cormac SHARPE was unbeaten for the Scots on the day and enjoyed his second big Singles win.

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Wales v. Ireland 

Ireland thrashed Wales 10.0-2.0.

A clean sweep in the four foursomes for Ireland was followed by five Singles wins as they outclassed their opponents today.

Liam NOLAN and Seán KEELING took their tournament win records to four out of four.

Tom MATTHEWS bounced back well with the sole Singles win for the Welsh.

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Wednesday 7th August 2024

Day 1

England and Ireland were the winning teams on Day 1 and are tied at the top of the 2024 Men’s Home Internationals table. 

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England v. Wales

England beat Wales 7.5-4.5.

Wales will be pleased to have tied the afternoon Singles series but disappointed to let the earlier Foursomes get away from them. 

Seb CAVE, Charlie FORSTER and Will HOPKINS secured maximum points for the English in this match.

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Ireland v. Scotland 

Ireland beat Scotland 7.5-4.5.

Ireland got off to the best possible start with a win against the host nation albeit Scotland will be disappointed with the contribution from their leading players. 

Liam NOLAN and Seán KEELING were both unbeaten for the Irish in the match whilst Andrew DAVIDSON and Jack MCDONALD picked up two points for the Scots.

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6th August 2024

This year’s Men’s Home Internationals will be played at Murcar Links G.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland on 7th-9th August 2024.

ENGLAND will be defending the Raymond Trophy which they won at Machynys Peninsula G.C. in Wales last year.

This article will focus on the Men’s Home Internationals and will be updated with further information 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.

For reasons that haven’t been communicated – at least not to me – The R&A appear to have stepped back from running all of the Home Internationals in 2024 returning their organisation to each host nation. 

Hopefully this means that in due course we can remove the mixed element completely and return to the separate men’s and women’s competitions which have a lot of history and tradition and in my opinion should not have been interfered with.

2024 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 31st July 2024 in brackets.

ENGLAND  
Seb CAVE – Coxmoor (294)
Dominic CLEMONS – Gog Magog (142)
Matthew DODD-BERRY – Royal Liverpool (125)
Charlie FORSTER – Basingstoke (239)
Daniel HAYES – Bramhall (507)
Josh HILL – Trump Dubai (412)
Will HOPKINS – Belton Park (57)
Tom OSBORNE – Lindrick (386)
Harley SMITH – The Rayleigh (428)

Jack Bigham (35) and Tyler Weaver (74) are unavailable as they are competing in the U.S. Amateur Championship on 12-18 August 2024. 

IRELAND 
Colm CAMPBELL – Warrenpoint (1,045)
Paul COUGHLAN – Castleknock (1,531)
Hugh FOLEY – Royal Dublin (779)
Ryan GRIFFIN – Ballybofey & Stanoriar (825)
Thomas HIGGINS – Roscommon (497)
Josh HILL – Galgorm Castle (952)
Seán KEELING – Roganstown (277)
Liam NOLAN – Galway (80)
Luke O’NEILL – Connemara (719)

Max Kennedy (28) and Matthew McClean (75) are unavailable as they are competing in the U.S. Amateur Championship.   

SCOTLAND 
Cameron ADAM – Royal Burgess (184)
Andrew DAVIDSON – Crail (654)
Gregor GRAHAM – Blairgowrie (101)
Ross LAIRD – Glenbervie (1,174)
Jack MCDONALD – Roxburghe (879)
James MORGAN – Longniddery (755)
Cormac SHARPE – Blairgowrie (2,193)
Gregor TAIT – Aldeburgh (418)
Matthew WILSON – Forres (673)

Connor Graham (134), Calum Scott (12) and Niall Shiels Donegan (365) are unavailable as they are competing in the U.S. Amateur Championship.  

WALES
Theo BAKER – Celtic Manor (1,458)
Jonathan BALE – Royal Porthcawl (296)
Tom BASTOW – Isle of Purbeck (790)
Tomi BOWEN – Welshpool (178)
Caolan BURFORD – Rhuddlan (668)
Archie DAVIES – Carlisle (560)
Tom MATTHEWS – Aldersley Green (369)
Matt ROBERTS – Royal Porthcawl (369)
Max WEAVER – Bury St. Edmunds (1,873)

James Ashfield (25) is unavailable as he is competing in the U.S. Amateur Championship.

Since the team selections were announced the English, Scottish and Welsh Closed Amateur Championships have been played. The three champions were Harley Smith, Alexander Farmer and Jamie Dean. In 2023 none of the three champions, Ben Brown, Cameron Adam and Max Weaver, competed in the Home Internationals. This year Harley Smith makes it one out of the three.  

Venue – Murcar Links Golf Club

Murcar Links G.C. was established in 1909 and lies to the north of Royal Aberdeen G.C.

It was originally designed by Archie Simpson with James Braid refining the layout in the 1930s. More recent improvements have been made by Graeme J. Webster’s Team Niblick Ltd.

Murcar’s championship course (black tees) plays to 6,516 yards, has a par of 71, a course rating of 72.8 and a slope rating of 136.

Murcar hosted the inaugural Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play competition on the European Tour in 2016. It has also staged the European Girls Team Championship (2009), the Scottish Amateur Stroke Play (2009), the European Boys Team Championship (2013) and the Amateur Championship – SPQ (2018).

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 83rd 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 82 competitions played to date England have won 40, Scotland 21, Ireland 13 and Wales 1. The remaining 7 were tied before it was decided that ties would be resolved by using game points.

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The Raymond Trophy (Photo: Ayrshire Golf Blog)

2024 Weather Forecast (as at 6th August 2024)

The forecast is currently looking reasonably good for the three competition days: –

Wed. 7th Aug. – Sunny Intervals / Wind 21 mph SW / Temp. Min 11º, Max 19º
Thurs. 8th Aug. – Sunny Intervals / Wind 15 mph SE / Temp. Min 13º, Max 19º
Fri. 9th Aug. – Light Rain / Wind 16 mph W / Temp. Min 11º, Max 19º

2023 R&A Men’s Home Internationals

ENGLAND successfully defended the Men’s Raymond Trophy last year at Machnys Peninsula Ballyliffin G.C. in Ireland.

England beat Ireland on the final day by 3.0 points to snatch the title from their opponents by just 0.5 points scored.

Despite losing to Scotland on the final day Wales finished 3rd. Scotland also missed out by 0.5 points scored.

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2023 Men’s Home Internationals Final Table (Graphic: Golfbox / The R&A)

Click here to view the – Golfbox R&A Men’s Home Internationals Results

Historic Results

Click here to view all of the – Men’s Home Internationals Historic Results

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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2024 Preview & Results

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Championship Summary

Sweden won the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Park Royal I Roveri in Italy.

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Sweden (Photo: EGA)

Netherlands were 2nd and Germany 3rd.

In a disappointing tournament for the home nations England finished 7th, Ireland 13th, Scotland 14th and Wales 15th. After finishing in the bottom three teams Scotland and Wales were relegated to Division 2 for the 2025 Championship.

Here are the final results: –

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Here is my assessment of the individual home nation performances: –

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Match Play Stage – Day 3

Flight A

Sweden (seeded 6th) beat Netherlands (4) by 3.0-2.0 to win the European Amateur Team Championship.

Germany (1) beat Estonia (2) by 4.0-1.0 to pick up the Bronze Medal.

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Match Play Stage – Flight A Final Day Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

England (5) beat Spain (3) 3.5-1.5 to secure 7th place in the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship in Italy.

Matty DODD-BERRY and Dominic CLEMONS won the opening Foursomes game before Jack BIGHAM and Will HOPKINS backed them up with two Singles wins.

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England v. Spain MP Day 3 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight A (featuring England)

Flight B

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Match Play Stage – Flight B Final Day Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland (9) beat Scotland (10) 3.0-2.0 to preserve their Division 1 status. Unfortunately the loss means Scotland will join Wales in the Division 2 Championship next year.

Liam NOLAN and Matt MCCLEAN secured Singles wins after Seán KEELING and Hugh FOLEY had taken the Foursomes after extra holes. Brothers Connor GRAHAM and Gregor GRAHAM again secured Singles wins for the Scots.

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Ireland v. Scotland MP Day 3 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Wales finished the Championship with a 3.0-2.0 win against Austria. Jonathan BALE and Tom BASTOW won the Foursomes game with Tom MATTHEWS and Tomi BOWEN picking up narrow Singles wins late on to get the Welsh over the line.

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Austria v. Wales MP Day 3 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight B (featuring Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

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Match Play Stage – Day 2

Flight A

The Netherlands (4) beat Germany (1) by 5.5-1.5 and Sweden (6) got the better of Estonia (2) by 4.5-2.5 in the Semi-Finals at Royal Park I Roveri in Turin.

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Match Play Stage – Flight A Day 2 Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

England (5) lost their second game in Match Play Flight A by 3.5-1.5. Italy (8) proved too strong at home and the English are now consigned to a 7th / 8th place match against Spain on the final day.

Jack BIGHAM enjoyed a comprehensive Singles win against Luca Memeo whilst Tyler WEAVER secured his second half in his game against Matteo Cristoni.

Quarter Final losers play a reduced format in Flight A. The original two foursomes and five singles becomes just one foursomes and four singles.

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Italy v. England MP Day 2 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight B

After losing their opening match play games yesterday Austria (13), Ireland (9), Scotland (10) and Wales (14) started Day 2 knowing that only two straight wins could save one of them from relegation.

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Match Play Stage – Flight B Day 2 Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland took on Austria and enjoyed a positive 4.0-1.0 win. Seán KEELING and Hugh FOLEY got the Irish off to a solid start with a big 5&4 win in the lone Foursomes before Max KENNEDY, Caolan RAFFERTY and Liam NOLAN followed up with their own Singles wins.

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Ireland v. Austria MP Day 2 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Calum SCOTT got the better of Tomi BOWEN on the 19th hole of the final Singles game to determine the outcome of the Wales v. Scotland game in Flight B.

After falling behind with two Foursomes losses Connor GRAHAM and Gregor GRAHAM took care of their Singles to set up the grand finale.

Today’s results mean that Wales and Austria are relegated to Division 2. The losers of tomorrow’s Ireland v. Scotland game will join them.

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Wales v. Scotland MP Day 2 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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Match Play Stage – Day 1

Day 1 of the Match Play Stage proved to be disastrous for the four GB&I teams with all of them losing.

Flight A

The leading eight teams from the Stroke Play Qualifying competition contest Flight A which ultimately determines the medal winners.

Germany (1), Netherlands (3), Sweden (6) and Estonia (2) progressed to the Semi-Finals.

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Match Play Stage – Flight A Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

England (5) lost to Netherlands (4) 4.5-2.5 to end their hopes of a medal this year.

Single wins for Dominic CLEMONS and Will HOPKINS and a half for Tyler WEAVER were the only positives that could be taken from this loss.

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Netherlands v. England Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight B

The teams that finished 9th to 16th in the Stroke Play Qualifying play in Match Play Flight B. Regaining some pride and more importantly avoiding relegation to Division 2 are the primary goals at this level.

From the outset all matches in Flight B consist of one foursomes and four singles.

On a day of surprises Portugal (16), Switzerland (12), Finland (11) and Denmark (15) were the winners.

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Match Play Stage – Flight B Draw (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland (9) some how managed to lose to Portugal (16) by 3.0-2.0 in their opening match. To put this into context Portugal finished last by 25 shots in the Stroke Play Qualifying and failed to record one individual par round or better in their 12 attempts.

Max KENNEDY and Matt MCCLEAN comfortably won their Singles games for the Irish albeit in vain.

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Ireland v. Portugal Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Finland (11) got the better of Wales (14) 3.0-2.0 in a tight match where the opening Foursomes required six extra holes and two of the Singles went the distance.

James ASHFIELD and Matt ROBERTS won their Singles games for the Welsh.

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Finland v. Wales Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

After a disappointing qualification Denmark (15) found some form to beat Scotland (10) by 3.5-1.5.

Gregor TAIT and Jack MCDONALD secured a half in the opening foursomes but only Connor GRAHAM could prevail for the Scots in the Singles.

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Scotland v. Denmark Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

Germany (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Royal Park.

Estonia (-26), Spain (-25) and Netherlands (-24) were tightly grouped in 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.

England (-19) finished 5th to qualify for Flight A. Sweden (-18) 6th, France (-17) 7th and Italy (-15) 8th made up the all-important leading eight teams.

Ireland (-11) 9th, Scotland (-10) 10th, who had started the day in 3rd place, and Wales (+3) 14th all missed the match play cut and will now have to play out the week in Flight B.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Jerry Ji (NED) won the Individual competition with a 130 (-14) total which included 15 birdies over the 36 holes.

Jacob Melin (SWE) -12 finished 2nd and Paul Beauvy (FRA) -11 3rd.

Jack BIGHAM (ENG), Cameron ADAM (SCO) and Dominic CLEMONS (ENG), who didn’t drop a shot in the two rounds, were the leading GB&I players, all posting 137 (-7).

James ASHFIELD (WAL), Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) and Max KENNEDY (IRL) were all 1-shot worse off on 136 (-6).

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

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9th July 2024

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

Germany (-15) lead Estonia (-14) after the opening round of the Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Royal Park.

Scotland (-9) are 3rd, England (-6) 7th, Ireland (-6) 8th and Wales (+6) 14th.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Round 1 Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Jerry Ji (NED) leads the Individual standings after he produced an 8-under 64 which included nine birdies.

Tiger Christensen (GER) is 2nd on -6. His 66 included two eagles on par 4’s; the 414 yard 7th and the 411 yard 14th.

Gregor GRAHAM (SCO), 3rd, had the best start from a home nation player with a 5-under 67, helped by an eagle on the par 5 18th.

Dominic CLEMONS (ENG) had a bogey free 68 (-4) to end the opening day in 7th place.

Cameron ADAM (SCO), Max KENNEDY (IRL) and Jack BIGHAM (ENG) all finished on 3-under 69’s to finish Round 1 in the top 20.

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Round 1 Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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7th July 2024

Introduction

The 41st European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 9th and Saturday 13th July 2024 at Royal Park I Roveri in Italy.

Teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will all be competing this week.

Spain are the two time defending champions having most recently beaten Denmark in last year’s final at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

2024 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing are Austria, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

The home nation teams are made up of the following players (3rd July 2024 WAGR’s in brackets): –

ENGLAND – Jack BIGHAM (#44), Dominic CLEMONS (#178), Matty DODD-BERRY (#151), Will HOPKINS (#69), Harley SMITH (#563), Tyler WEAVER (#88). Total Team WAGR = 1,093.

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England (Photo: EGA)

IRELAND – Hugh FOLEY (#693), Seán KEELING (#320), Max KENNEDY (#35), Matt MCCLEAN (#82), Liam NOLAN (#87), Caolan RAFFERTY (#65). Total Team WAGR = 1,282.

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Ireland (Photo: EGA)

SCOTLAND – Cameron ADAM (#222), Connor GRAHAM (#173), Gregor GRAHAM (#128), Jack MCDONALD (#1,060), Calum SCOTT (#15), Gregor TAIT (#450). Total Team WAGR = 2,048.

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Scotland (Photo: EGA)

WALES – James ASHFIELD (#29), Jonathan BALE (#388), Tom BASTOW (#975), Tomi BOWEN (#213), Tom MATTHEWS (#1,811), Matt ROBERTS (#431). Total Team WAGR = 3,847.

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Wales (Photo: EGA)

On paper Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Sweden appear to be the strongest teams likely to challenge for the medals.

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with The Italian Golf Federation.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by reference to each team’s non-counting scores.

These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top 8 qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

Fight A therefore starts off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions 1-19.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.

A win earns 1 point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.

The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2025.

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The European Amateur Team Championship Trophy (Photo: EGA)

Royal Park I Roveri, Italy

Royal Park I Roveri is located 20km north of Turin in north west Italy.

The highly regarded Allianz Course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr in 1971. It is tree lined and features a number of bunkers, meandering brooks and larger lakes.

Off the Championship tees the course plays to 7,181 yards (6,566m) and a par of 72. It has a Slope of 143 and a Course Rating of 74.4.

The Club hosted the Italian Open Championship between 2009 and 2012.

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Royal Park Allianz Course Map (Photo: Royal Park)

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast for north west Italy looks sunny with little wind, albeit with a risk of thunder and lightning throughout.

Tue 9th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 5 mph NE. Temp. Min. 19°C / Max. 30°C.
Wed 10th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph E. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 30°C.
Thur 11th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph SE. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 30°C.
Fri 12th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 5 mph NE. Temp. Min. 22°C / Max. 28°C.
Sat 13th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph NE. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 27°C.

EGA Website Links – 2024 Scores / Information

Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals

Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B

Full Player List

European Golf Association Championship Website

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2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

Match Play Stage

Flight A (1-8)

Spain (2) beat Denmark (1) 4-3 to win the 2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Final at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.

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The Victorious Spanish Team (Photo: EGA)

Ireland (4) beat England (3) 6-1 to win the bronze medal in a one-sided 3rd and 4th Place Match.

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight A Final Results

Flight B (9-16)

Finland (10) beat Wales (12) 3-2 in the Flight B Final to earn 9th place in the Championship.

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight B Final Results

Stroke Play Qualifying

Denmark (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition.

Spain (-29), England (-27), Ireland (-23), France (-20), Netherlands (-17), Italy (-16) and Sweden  were the other teams to qualify for the top 8 Flight A Match Play Stage.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

José BALLESTER (ESP) -11 took the individual honours with Barclay BROWN (ENG) -10 finishing 2nd and 2024 Amateur champion Jacob Skov OLESEN (DEN) -9 3rd.

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

In overall terms Matt MCCLEAN (IRL), Barclay BROWN (ENG) and James ASHFIELD (WAL) were the leading home nation players in 2023.

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History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland and Spain 6, Sweden 3 and Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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