Dec. 11, 2004 – EGU Elite Squad members Matthew Richardson (The Buckinghamshire) and Lee Corfield (Burnham & Berrow) finished in second place in the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sunday 5th December. England’s four round aggregate score of 574 tied them with Australia and was 4 strokes behind home winners Argentina.
European Champion Richardson’s individual score of 283 with rounds of 75-68-70-70 gave him joint 4th place and teammate Corfield came tied 11th on 291 with scores of 76-71-74-70.
Although the pair were 5 shots under England’s winning score last year they suffered a slow start in the 1st round with Richardson returning 75 and Corfield 76. Competition was fierce with teams competing in the event from around the globe including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Uruguay and Wales.
EGU Performance Director Nigel Furniss commented, “Matthew and Lee delivered a solid performance and deservedly took the silver medal. Although I know they will be disappointed as England has a good record in this event having won it in three out of the four previous years.”
Matthew and Lee are both members of the EGU’s World Class Performance Programme Elite Squad. On their return from Argentina their focus will switch to the Elite Squad’s warm weather training programme, which will be taking place in South Africa early in the New Year in preparation for the 2005 season. The squad leave England on 10th January.
The English Golf Union (EGU) has served as the governing body of male amateur golf in England since it was founded in 1924. Responsible for the training of England’s top amateur golfers the EGU organises all the major English amateur championships.
Based at the National Golf Centre in Woodhall Spa, the EGU is one of the largest sports governing body in England looking after the interests of over 1,900 golf clubs and 740,000 club members. The EGU also works to increase the continued interest and participation in golf through their golf development initiative ‘Get into Golf’ and their Associate Membership Programme.
The World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) is supported by the Sport England Lottery Fund with the objective to develop a national structure that systematically trains and develops the best golfers in the world, through the development of the best coaching and training programme in the world.
