Royal Lytham & St Annes’ Jamie van Wyk features for England’s Home Internationals team
Royal Lytham & St Annes golfer Jamie van Wyk was in action for England at the Women’s and Men’s Home Internationals.
Royal Lytham & St Annes’ Jamie van Wyk helped England finish second in the combined section at the Women’s and Men’s Home Internationals.
The men won their individual event at County Wicklow’s Woodbrook Golf Club last week, beating Scotland 7.5-4.5 and Wales 8.5-3.5 before losing 8-4 to Ireland on day three.
Despite that defeat, the men claimed their title on match points ahead of Wales.
Van Wyk only played in the men’s foursomes against Scotland, teaming up with Greg Holmes for a 6&5 victory over Oliver Mukherjee and Samuel Mukherjee.
They then beat Sean David and Tom Peet 3&1 in the England-Wales foursomes before van Wyk defeated Ioan Rowe 7&6 in the singles.
England’s loss to Ireland saw van Wyk and Holmes finish all square against John Doyle and David Kitt in the foursomes.
Van Wyk then played in the singles as well, losing 3&2 to Keith Egan.
The women also won their event by seeing off Scotland 6-3, Wales 7.5-1.5 and Ireland 5.5-3.5.
Ireland’s combined 11.5-9.5 win over England gave them top spot in the combined standings, finishing ahead of England, while Wales were third and Scotland fourth.