 | Rhys Davies, 20, Glamorgan, Wales - Davies has spent the
last three years in America where he finished ranked No 3 in
the 2005 Golfweek Sagarin College rankings. To date his major
win on the Welsh side of the Atlantic has been the 2003
British Boys Championship at Hoylake, which followed his
place in the final the previous year at Carnoustie. He was
captain of the 2002 Jacques Leglise Team in Lausanne. His
home golf club is Royal Porthcawl. |
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 | Robert Dinwiddie, 22, Barnard Castle, England - Dinwiddie
came into Walker Cup reckoning with back-to-back wins in the
Scottish and Welsh Stroke Play Championships. Dinwiddie
recently graduated from Tennessee State University and with
six wins on the 2004 college circuit and was ranked the No 1
English golfer in the U.S. His home golf club is Barnard
Castle. |
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 | Nigel Edwards, 37, Caerphilly, Wales - The golf
coordinator for the Welsh Golfing Union, Edwards played in
his first Walker Cup Match at Ocean Forest in 2001 and
followed that with a successful series at Ganton in 2003. It
was Edwards' halved match with Lee Williams that secured
the retention of the Cup and shortly after, Stuart
Manley's win gave GB&I a winning margin of 12½ - 11½.
Throughout the current season, Edwards has had many top-ten
finishes. His home golf club is Whitchurch. |
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 | Oliver Fisher, 16, Chigwell, England - Fisher enters the
record books as the youngest player for either side. When the
2005 Match is played, he will be 16 years 11 months 0 days
old, one month and ten days younger than Justin Rose when he
played at Quaker Ridge in 1997. Fisher is a product of
English Golf Union coaching and has also been a member of the
Nick Faldo Junior Series. In 2004 he won the under-21 section
at Burhill by four shots with a score of 133 and the English
Boys under-16 title at Didsbury. This year he was runner-up
in the Brabazon Trophy but saved his best performance for the
Amateur Championship where he reached the semifinals only to
lose the eventual winner Brian McElhinney. His home golf club
is West Essex. |
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 | Gary Lockerbie, 22, Penrith, England - Lockerbie
currently leads the English Order of Merit as result of
outstanding performances in major stroke play tournaments. He
won the Lytham Trophy, was joint third in the St Andrews
Links Trophy and partnered with professional Paul Jenkinson
to win the Sunningdale Foursomes. He earned his first full
English cap in 2003 following his win in the English Amateur
at Alwoodley. His home golf club is Penrith. |
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| Brian McElhinney, 22, Donegal, Ireland - McElhinney won
the European Championship at Nairn in 2003 and added to that
with his victory in the Amateur Championship at Royal
Birkdale. At the end of a tough week, he had a comfortable
win in the final over John Gallagher of Scotland. He also was
the 2004 Irish Amateur Close champion at Donegal. His home
golf club is North West. |
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| Richie Ramsay, 22, Aberdeen, Scotland - Ramsay has been a
consistent top finisher in major events over the past two
years. He followed his three wins in 2004 that included the
Scottish Stroke Play title with a third place in the same
event over his home course this year and a win in the Irish
Open Amateur. His home golf club is Royal Aberdeen. |
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 | Matthew Richardson, 20, Ickenham, England - Richardson,
from Middlesex, is a former English Boy cap who made his full
English debut against Spain in 2003. Last year was his most
successful to date with victories in the Brabazon Trophy and
the European Amateur in Sweden. He has already represented
GB&I in the St Andrews Trophy team that defeated the
Continent of Europe last year at Nairn. His home golf club is
Buckinghamshire. |
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 | Lloyd Saltman, 19, Gorebridge, Scotland - In 2005,
Saltman was the most consistent player in the British Isles.
The 19 year-old was the low amateur at the 2005 British Open
(finished -5), he won the Brabazon Trophy and followed that
by winning the St Andrews Links Trophy the following week. It
was no surprise therefore that he reached the semifinals of
the Amateur at Birkdale. Selection for the Walker Cup gives
him the opportunity of reacquainting himself with Chicago
Golf Club, which, as he states, is best course he has played.
His home golf club is Craigielaw. |
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 | Gary Wolstenholme, 44, Market Harborough, England -
Wolstenholmd will be playing in his sixth Walker Cup Match.
He holds the unique record of having played in four Cup
winning teams (1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003). Only Sir Michael
Bonallack and the late Joe Carr have played in more matches
although Wolstenholme's record of 17 matches played, nine
won and eight lost, stands comparison with the best. He is
England's most capped player and this year has won the
New South Wales Medal and the Sherry Cup. His home golf club
is Kilworth Springs. |