Seve Benson and Ed Richardson, two of the EGU’s Elite Squad, will be England’s representatives in the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina next month.
The pair will tackle the annual tournament at its traditional home, the Los Lagartos Country Club in Buenos Aires, on 7th – 10th December.
Benson’s selection rounds off a highly successful season for the 20 year old from Wentworth. After promising displays in the Berkhamsted Trophy and the Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship, Benson (pictured left – photo courtesy of Tom Ward) won the Russian Open Amateur in Moscow which provided him with the opprtunity to play in the Russian Open, a European Tour event, in which he finished tied 10th. He also finished as the second qualifier in the Italian Amateur, reaching the last 16 of the match play stage and he was a member of the Surrey side that finished third in the English County Finals at Prince’s.
Richardson, 38, from the Southern Valley Golf Club in Kent, has been a full England cap for the past two years, having made his debut in the 2005 Home Internationals at Royal St George’s. A former winner of the West of England Stroke Play, he won the Midland Open Amateur Championship this summer while also finishing fourth in the Tillman Trophy and tied sixth in the Berkshire Trophy.
English golfers have a proud record in this 72-hole, two-man team event in which both players’ scores count, winning three times in four years.
In 2000, Nick Dougherty and Gary Wolstenholme were triumphant, succeeded in 2001 by Zane Scotland and David Skinns, while in 2003 Gary Lockerbie and Michael Skelton were victorious. Lee Corfield and Matthew Richardson finished runners-up in 2004.
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