Hazel McGarvie (Royal Troon) has been added to the G B &
I team to play the Contineent Of Europe in the vagliano Trophy later this
month.
The following report is reproduced from the R & A Website.
Annabel Fuller, Hazel MacGarvie and Emily Toy have been
added to the Great Britain and Ireland team to play the Continent of Europe in
the Vagliano Trophy at Royal St George’s from 28-29 June.
They complete the team of eight golfers which already
includes Alice Hewson, Lily May Humphreys, Julie McCarthy, Shannon McWilliam
and Isobel Wardle who were selected to play in the biennial encounter earlier
this month.
Elaine Ratcliffe, who will captain GB&I for the first
time in the match, said, “Emily Toy’s fantastic performance to win the Women’s
Amateur Championship last weekend put her straight into contention for
selection, while Annabel Fuller and Hazel MacGarvie have also produced notable
wins this year.
“I’m now looking forward to working with the team as we
prepare for the match against the Continent of Europe in Sandwich in less than
two weeks’ time.”
Women's Amateur Champion
Toy immediately played her way into thoughts of the
selectors after winning the Women’s Amateur Championship at Royal County Down
last weekend and the 21-year-old will feature in the match for the first time.
The Englishwoman has also recorded several top ten finishes
in 2019, including the New South Wales Amateur, where she led the stroke play
qualifying, the Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship, The R&A
Foundation Scholars Tournament and the English Women's Amateur Championship,
where she finished fifth.
Fuller, who represented Great Britain and Ireland in the
Curtis Cup and Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup in 2018, won the Major Champions
Invitational in the United States earlier this year. The English youngster also
finished runner-up in the Bishops Gate Golf Academy Junior Championship and the
Scott Robertson Memorial.
Hazel MacGarvie has been selected off the back of an
impressive season for the University of Stirling player.
In form MacGarvie
MacGarvie comes into the team off the back of winning the St
Rule Trophy in St Andrews earlier this month. The Scot also has top ten
finishes in the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, The
R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament, the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open
Championship and the Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship this year.
Hannah Screen of England and Scotland’s Chloe Goadby have
been named as the non-travelling reserves.
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