Amateur Champion Scott Gregory and English champion Dan Brown are among the nine players selected for the England men’s squad for 2016/17.
Harry Hall, Josh Hilleard and James Walker are all promoted into the men’s squad. Meanwhile, the ‘A’ squad includes four new players: George Bloor, Matthew Jordan, Josh McMahon and Jack Yule.
The full squads are:
England men: Dan Brown, Scott Gregory, Harry Hall, Josh Hilleard, Bradley Moore, Marco Penge, Alfie Plant, Sean Towndrow and James Walker.
England A: George Bloor, Jake Burnage, Tom Gandy, Matthew Jordan, Josh McMahon, Gian-Marco Petrozzi, Will Whiteoak and Jack Yule.
The players:
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Dan Brown, 22, (Masham) won the English amateur championship at Ganton, becoming the third Yorkshireman in a row to hold the title. He also won the North of England amateur.
Scott Gregory, 22, (Corhampton) is the Amateur Champion and helped England to win the world silver medal at the Eisenhower Trophy. He made his GB&I debut in the winning St Andrews Trophy team. He won the 2016 England men’s Order of Merit.
Harry Hall, 19, (West Cornwall) is an England international in his second year at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and was his Conference’s Freshman of the Year. He reached the last 16 in the Amateur Championship.
Josh Hilleard, 21, (Farrington Park) was third on the English Men’s Order of Merit after winning four events, and helping England to beat France, win the Costa Ballena quadrangular tournament and take second place in the Colombian International.
Bradley Moore, 19, (Kedleston Park) was joint runner-up in the Lytham Trophy, was in the winning team against France and helped Europe beat Asia Pacific in the 2016 Bonallack Trophy. He reached the matchplay stages of the US Amateur.
Marco Penge, 18, (Golf at Goodwood) was fifth on the English Men’s Order of Merit, having tied for the French amateur among other high finishes. He captained the GB&I boys’ team in the Jacques Leglise match against Continental Europe.
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