England Golf have named a 14-player squad ahead of the new season with nine new names included.
Eliot Baker, Ben Brown, Will Hopkins, Charlie Crockett, Matthew Dodd-Berry, Zach Little and Mark Stockdale join the squad, with Sam Easterbrook and Tyler Weaver making the step up from the England Boys’ Squad.
Six players will be UK-based while eight players will receive additional support from coaches while attending their respective colleges in the USA.
From last year’s squad, John Gough, Josh Berry and Frank Kennedy have all gone on to turn professional, with Berry picking up a DP World Tour Card – the second youngest ever to do so, aged just 18, behind only Rory McIlroy.
England Golf Men’s Squad Manager, Gareth Jenkins, said: “We have a number of new faces this year who have impressed across various championships and we’re looking forward to the year ahead where the players will receive England Golf training sessions with support from world-class coaches, and feature in competitive opportunities around the world in 2024.”
Find out more about each player’s 2023 achievements below.
UK-Based Squad (pictured above)
Eliot Baker (Tiverton, Devon)
Ben Brown (Romanby, Yorkshire)
Zach Chegwidden (Orsett, Essex)
James Claridge (Enville, Staffordshire)
Will Hopkins (Belton Park, Lincolnshire)
Dylan Shaw-Radford (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
US-Based Squad (pictured below)
Jack Bigham (Harpenden, Hertfordshire)
Charlie Crockett (Addington Palace, Surrey)
Matthew Dodd-Berry (Royal Liverpool, Cheshire)
Sam Easterbrook (Olton, Warwickshire)
Josh Hill (Trump Dubai)
Zach Little (West Herts, Hertfordshire)
Mark Stockdale (Woburn, Buckinghamshire)
Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
Six players will be UK-based while eight players will receive additional support from coaches while attending their respective colleges in the USA.
From last year’s squad, John Gough, Josh Berry and Frank Kennedy have all gone on to turn professional, with Berry picking up a DP World Tour Card – the second youngest ever to do so, aged just 18, behind only Rory McIlroy.
England Golf Men’s Squad Manager, Gareth Jenkins, said: “We have a number of new faces this year who have impressed across various championships and we’re looking forward to the year ahead where the players will receive England Golf training sessions with support from world-class coaches, and feature in competitive opportunities around the world in 2024.”
Find out more about each player’s 2023 achievements below.
UK-Based Squad (pictured above)
Eliot Baker (Tiverton, Devon)
Ben Brown (Romanby, Yorkshire)
Zach Chegwidden (Orsett, Essex)
James Claridge (Enville, Staffordshire)
Will Hopkins (Belton Park, Lincolnshire)
Dylan Shaw-Radford (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
US-Based Squad (pictured below)
Jack Bigham (Harpenden, Hertfordshire)
Charlie Crockett (Addington Palace, Surrey)
Matthew Dodd-Berry (Royal Liverpool, Cheshire)
Sam Easterbrook (Olton, Warwickshire)
Josh Hill (Trump Dubai)
Zach Little (West Herts, Hertfordshire)
Mark Stockdale (Woburn, Buckinghamshire)
Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
Eliot Baker (Tiverton, Devon)
- Won the South East of England Links Championship
- 3rd at BUCS Stirling International
- Top-tens at Lytham Trophy, Bernard Dalvin Salver and the R&A Student Tour Series Final
Ben Brown (Romanby, Yorkshire)
- Won the English Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finish at Welsh Open Youths (Mixed)
- Part of the Yorkshire team which won the English Men’s County Finals
Zach Chegwidden (Orsett, Essex)
- Part of the England team which won the R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals
- 3rd at Scottish Men’s Open Championship
- Top-10 finishes at Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship, Abu Dhabi Amateur Championship (UAE) and Cape Province Open (South Africa)
James Claridge (Enville, Staffordshire)
- Won the Berkhamsted Trophy and the West of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Championship
- Represented England in R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals (winners), European Amateur Championship, and also in match with Spain in May
- Finished 3rd at the Brabazon Trophy
- Top-10 finish at Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship
Will Hopkins (Belton Park, Lincolnshire)
- Top-10 finishes at The Hal Williams Collegiate, The Johnnie-O at Sea Island and Tiger Intercollegiate (all USA)
- Part of the England team which won The R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals
- Represented Lincolnshire at the English Men’s County Finals, where he was unbeaten in all six matches played
- Reached the quarter-finals of the English Men’s Amateur Championship before missing out through injury to eventual winner, Ben Brown
- Reached the last 16 of the R&A Amateur Championship
Dylan Shaw-Radford (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
- Represented GB&I in the Jacques Leglise Trophy
- Represented England in European Team Championship, The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners), as well as May’s match against Spain
- Finished 2nd at the Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship, behind only England’s John Gough
- Finished 7th at the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan
- Represented Yorkshire in the Boys’ County Finals where they finished runners-up
Jack Bigham (Harpenden, Hertfordshire)
- Represented GB&I in the Walker Cup
- Represented England in the World Amateur Team Championship in the UAE, the European Amateur Team Championship in Belgium, and The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
- 4th at European Amateur Championship in Estonia
- Top-10 finishes at Seminole Intercollegiate and Lewis Chitengwa Memorial (both USA)
- Represented Florida State in NCAA D1 Championship (USA)
Charlie Crockett (Addington Palace, Surrey)
- Top-10 finishes at Colleton River Collegiate, SEC Championship, NCAA Morgan Hill Regional, Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship and Chicago Highlands Invitational (all USA)
- 2nd at Tiger Intercollegiate (USA)
- 8th at St Andrews Links Trophy
- Represented England in The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
Matthew Dodd-Berry (Royal Liverpool, Cheshire)
- Won the Junior Dutch Open (U21)
- 2nd at SoCon Men’s Golf Championship (USA)
- Represented England in The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
- Top-10 finish at North West of England Links Championship and Windon Memorial Classic (USA)
Sam Easterbrook (Olton, Warwickshire)
- Won the HMC Strokeplay 2023 St Andrews
- Top-5 finishes at Peter McEvoy Trophy, Lytham Trophy, Carris Trophy and HMC Strokeplay 2023 Hollinwell
- Top-10 finish at Purdue Fall Invitational (USA)
- Represented England at European Boys’ Team Championship and The R&A Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals (winners)
Josh Hill (Trump Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- 3rd at the All American Individual
- Top-10 finish at TPC Wisconsin Individual (USA)
Zach Little (West Herts, Hertfordshire)
- Won the Hertfordshire Bowl
- 2nd-place finishes at Brabazon Trophy, Berkhamsted Trophy and Hampshire Salver
- Top-10 finish at Badger Invitational (USA)
Mark Stockdale (Woburn, Buckinghamshire)
- Won the English Under 25 Championship
- Won the Everett Buick GMC Classic (USA)
- Won the West of England Strokeplay Championship
- Top-5 finishes at South African Amateur Championship, Hertfordshire Bowl, Danny Willett Salver and the Argent Financial Classic (USA)
- Top-10 finish at Badger Invitational (USA)
- Made the last 16 of the English Amateur Championship
Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
- Won the Carris Trophy
- Finished runner-up after two play-off holes in the final of the English Men’s Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finishes at Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, Internationaux de France U18 and the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational (USA)
- Represented England at the World Amateur Team Championship (UAE) and also in The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
- Won the South East of England Links Championship
- 3rd at BUCS Stirling International
- Top-tens at Lytham Trophy, Bernard Dalvin Salver and the R&A Student Tour Series Final
Ben Brown (Romanby, Yorkshire)
- Won the English Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finish at Welsh Open Youths (Mixed)
- Part of the Yorkshire team which won the English Men’s County Finals
Zach Chegwidden (Orsett, Essex)
- Part of the England team which won the R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals
- 3rd at Scottish Men’s Open Championship
- Top-10 finishes at Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship, Abu Dhabi Amateur Championship (UAE) and Cape Province Open (South Africa)
James Claridge (Enville, Staffordshire)
- Won the Berkhamsted Trophy and the West of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Championship
- Represented England in R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals (winners), European Amateur Championship, and also in match with Spain in May
- Finished 3rd at the Brabazon Trophy
- Top-10 finish at Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship
Will Hopkins (Belton Park, Lincolnshire)
- Top-10 finishes at The Hal Williams Collegiate, The Johnnie-O at Sea Island and Tiger Intercollegiate (all USA)
- Part of the England team which won The R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals
- Represented Lincolnshire at the English Men’s County Finals, where he was unbeaten in all six matches played
- Reached the quarter-finals of the English Men’s Amateur Championship before missing out through injury to eventual winner, Ben Brown
- Reached the last 16 of the R&A Amateur Championship
Dylan Shaw-Radford (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
- Represented GB&I in the Jacques Leglise Trophy
- Represented England in European Team Championship, The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners), as well as May’s match against Spain
- Finished 2nd at the Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship, behind only England’s John Gough
- Finished 7th at the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan
- Represented Yorkshire in the Boys’ County Finals where they finished runners-up
Jack Bigham (Harpenden, Hertfordshire)
- Represented GB&I in the Walker Cup
- Represented England in the World Amateur Team Championship in the UAE, the European Amateur Team Championship in Belgium, and The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
- 4th at European Amateur Championship in Estonia
- Top-10 finishes at Seminole Intercollegiate and Lewis Chitengwa Memorial (both USA)
- Represented Florida State in NCAA D1 Championship (USA)
Charlie Crockett (Addington Palace, Surrey)
- Top-10 finishes at Colleton River Collegiate, SEC Championship, NCAA Morgan Hill Regional, Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship and Chicago Highlands Invitational (all USA)
- 2nd at Tiger Intercollegiate (USA)
- 8th at St Andrews Links Trophy
- Represented England in The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
Matthew Dodd-Berry (Royal Liverpool, Cheshire)
- Won the Junior Dutch Open (U21)
- 2nd at SoCon Men’s Golf Championship (USA)
- Represented England in The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
- Top-10 finish at North West of England Links Championship and Windon Memorial Classic (USA)
Sam Easterbrook (Olton, Warwickshire)
- Won the HMC Strokeplay 2023 St Andrews
- Top-5 finishes at Peter McEvoy Trophy, Lytham Trophy, Carris Trophy and HMC Strokeplay 2023 Hollinwell
- Top-10 finish at Purdue Fall Invitational (USA)
- Represented England at European Boys’ Team Championship and The R&A Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals (winners)
Josh Hill (Trump Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- 3rd at the All American Individual
- Top-10 finish at TPC Wisconsin Individual (USA)
Zach Little (West Herts, Hertfordshire)
- Won the Hertfordshire Bowl
- 2nd-place finishes at Brabazon Trophy, Berkhamsted Trophy and Hampshire Salver
- Top-10 finish at Badger Invitational (USA)
Mark Stockdale (Woburn, Buckinghamshire)
- Won the English Under 25 Championship
- Won the Everett Buick GMC Classic (USA)
- Won the West of England Strokeplay Championship
- Top-5 finishes at South African Amateur Championship, Hertfordshire Bowl, Danny Willett Salver and the Argent Financial Classic (USA)
- Top-10 finish at Badger Invitational (USA)
- Made the last 16 of the English Amateur Championship
Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
- Won the Carris Trophy
- Finished runner-up after two play-off holes in the final of the English Men’s Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finishes at Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, Internationaux de France U18 and the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational (USA)
- Represented England at the World Amateur Team Championship (UAE) and also in The R&A Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
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Tel: 07912 240850
Email: tom.vale@englandgolf.org
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Contact details:
Tom Vale, Press & Media Manager
Tel: 07912 240850
Email: tom.vale@englandgolf.org
www.englandgolf.org