St Andrews Squad

ST ANDREWS TROPHY SQUAD ANNOUNCED

14 February 2012, St Andrews, Scotland: A preliminary 12 player Great
Britain & Ireland squad has been selected for this year’s St Andrews
Trophy Match which will be played at Portmarnock Golf Club, Ireland,
on 31 August and 1 September.

It is a largely new look squad for the match against the Continent of
Europe with only Ireland’s Alan Dunbar and Rhys Pugh of Wales able to
boast previous Walker Cup experience.

The group features players who have enjoyed success across the globe,
including Neil Raymond, winner of the 2012 New South Wales Stroke
Play, Paul Shields, who shot a 61 at the recent 2012 Gauteng North
Open in South Africa and the University of Alabama’s Jason
Shufflebotham who won last year’s prestigious Sam Hall Intercollegiate.

Among those also showing good form on the US college scene are Ben
Taylor, of Nova Southeastern University in Florida, and the
University of North Florida’s Kevin Phelan, who finished third and
fourth respectively at last week’s Jones Cup Invitational.

The squad will meet for the first time at Portmarnock from 4-6 July
in a match play team environment consisting of two series of
foursomes and singles matches.

Victorious 2011 Walker Cup Captain Nigel Edwards, back to lead a St
Andrews Trophy side for a second time, is delighted with the talent
at his disposal.

“We have based our preliminary selection on performances throughout
2011 and will look to add to this squad following the Amateur
Championship at Royal Troon in June,” said Edwards, who played on
winning St Andrews Trophy teams in 2002, 2004 and 2006.

“A number of players have started the season well in Australia, South
Africa and on the US college circuit.

“My message to the squad, and those players who narrowly missed out,
is to keep playing well through the spring and summer and prove that
you should be in the final nine.”

The selectors, who will attend events throughout the summer, fully
expect several players not included in the initial 12-man squad to be
in contention for a place in the final nine-man team.

      GB&I Squad

      Alan Dunbar - Rathmore

      Rhys Enoch - Truro

      Ben Loughrey - Wrag Barn

      Dermot McElroy - Ballymena

      Kevin Phelan - Waterford Castle

      Garrick Porteous - Bamburgh Castle

      Rhys Pugh - Vale of Glamorgan

      Neil Raymond - Corhampton

      Paul Shields - Kirkhill

      Jason Shufflebotham - Prestatyn

      Ben Taylor - Walton Heath

      James White - Lundin

      GB&I Selectors

      Nigel Edwards, Captain

      Jonathan Plaxton, Chairman

      Allan Brodie

      Michael Burns