Adam Best, a member of England’s triumphant Boys Home Internationals team, and under 16 Champion Adam Carson have been named in a six-man squad to compete in the International Dutch Junior Masters at Westfriese in Holland on 1st – 2nd September.
The full squad is Jonathan Bell (Royal Blackheath), Tom Berry (Wentworth), Adam Best (Cleveland), Adam Carson (Long Ashton), Richard Prophet (Shifnal) and Max Smith (Newbury Racecourse).
Best, 18, the Yorkshire Boys Captain, is enjoying a highly successful season on the home and international front. A member of the Yorkshire men’s team, he has, among other successes, won the Cleveland Salver and the York Rose Bowl and dropped only half a point from his six matches in the Boys Home Internationals in Wales.
Carson, 15, from Bristol, won the England Under 16 Championship for the McGregor Trophy in difficult conditions at Southport & Ainsdale in July, finishing seven strokes ahead of the newly-crowned British Boys Champion Emilio Cuartero from Spain. Last year’s Gloucestershire Youths Champion, Carson finished runner-up in the recent Douglas Johns Trophy.
Bell, who will turn 16 on the opening day of the Dutch tournament, was the under 14 Champion in 2004. The Kent player has been a member of the England under 16 squad for the past two years but this will be his first overseas assignment in England colours.
Surrey-based Berry, 16, was runner-up in the Reid Trophy in 2005 and was that year’s Surrey under 14 Champion. A member of the England under 16 squad for the past two years, he represented his county in last year’s Boys County Finals at Pannal and was a member of the team that finished third in the Nations Cup at this year’s McGregor Trophy.
Prophet, 18, was a member of the under 16 squad in 2005 and represented Shropshire and Herefordshire in last year’s Boys County Finals. This year, he won the Midland Championship, finished runner-up in the Midland Boys Championship and was reserve for the Boys Home Internationals.
Smith, 15, is also making his first foreign trip for the EGU. The Berkshire teenager finished runner-up in the English Under 16 Championship at Southport & Ainsdale and a creditable sixth in the Under 18 Championship at Saunton, both in difficult conditions.
In the Dutch Junior Masters, 36 holes will be played on day one after which a cut will be made with the survivors playing the final 36 holes on the following day.
Contact:
Lynne Fraser, EGU Marketing and PR Manager
Email: lfraser@englishgolfunion.org
Tel: 01526 354500
