9th July 2016
The European Men’s Amateur Team Championships finished today in France (Division 1) and Luxembourg (Division 2).
These are the events that highlight a player’s ability to compete at the highest level and help firm up foursome pairings for selectors down the line.
Scotland retained their European Team title and in particular Connor SYME, Craig HOWIE, Robert MACINTYRE and Grant FORREST have enhanced their already strong reputations further.
Ireland‘s Stuart GREHAN and Jack HUME qualified strongly and performed well in the match play stage as the their team finished a creditable 6th.
There was little to cheer for England who finished a disappointing 13th. Alfie PLANT did however perform well himself.
Wales finished 2nd in Division 2 but David BOOTE won the stroke play qualifier and all four of his match play games.
All in all, save for Craig HOWIE, who is really applying pressure on the R&A selectors (and me), I haven’t seen anything to suggest I need to alter my St. Andrews Trophy team selection which I published here a few days ago.
Here is my GB&I Player Performance Analysis covering these two events.
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