Royal Lytham & St Annes’ golfer in eight-man England team for France trip
Royal Lytham & St Annes’ Jamie van Wyk has been named in an eight-strong England Golf team for their match against France later this month.
The two countries will meet at Golf de Chantilly on May 16-17 when four foursomes matches will be played in the mornings of each day, followed by eight afternoon singles encounters.
Van Wyk has been chosen alongside Lewy Hayward, Max Hopkins, Luke Jenkins and Jake Sowden, in addition to Eliot Baker, Ben Bolton and Tom Osborne after their resounding team win at the European Cup of Nations.
Rob Watts will be England’s team coach, while Ben Gorvett is their captain.
Men’s performance manager Gorvett said: “We had a great battle with France in the European Nations Cup recently and we look forward to continuing our form into this match.
“We are focused on righting the wrongs of 2024 at Moortown.”
The match at Moortown, played in May 2024, saw France victorious by a scoreline of 13.5-10.5.
However, England have won 26 of the 32 matches between the sides with a 13.5-10.5 victory at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Breteche when they met in France four years ago.
Van Wyk’s selection came after a 2025 which brought victory in the Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship, as well as helping England win the Women’s and Men’s Home Internationals.
This year has already seen the 25-year-old finish second at the Avondale Amateur in Australia, as well as tying for third at the Australian Master of the Amateurs.
Most recently, however, he missed the cut in last week’s Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham & St Annes.