England Golf have named their 10-player team to battle Spain in their biennial international match at La Galiana Golf Resort from 25-26 April.
Women: Santilli (top left), Naughton (top right), Adams (bottom left) and Wan (bottom right)
The women’s quartet consists of Sadie Adams, Charlotte Naughton, Matilde Santilli and Amelia Wan, while the men’s contingency includes Eliot Baker, Ben Bolton, Daniel Hayes, Kris Kim, Tom Osborne and Charlie Rusbridge.
The fixture will see youngsters Kris Kim and Charlie Rusbridge make their first official England Men’s appearances, while Sadie Adams, Charlotte Naughton and Matilde Santilli are set for their first England Women’s appearances.
The format for the match is five sets of morning foursomes followed by ten afternoon singles on both days. In the 19 editions of the competition played since it started in 1987, England have won it 16 times, with Spain winning twice.
The last edition in 2023 saw England produce a mesmerising comeback at Worplesdon Golf Club, as they came back from 12.5-7.5 down to tie the match 15-15 in a dramatic final afternoon of singles action. Amelia Wan is the only player from the match named in the squad for this month’s contest at La Galiana.
Men’s Performance Manager Ben Gorvett said: “We’re looking forward to battling a fierce Spanish team, especially during this year which is a match play filled year. We’re hoping to emulate the success of our Under 16s team who beat Spain recently, and to retain ‘Seve’s hands’ back at England Golf.
“There are a number of players receiving their first men’s and women’s caps this year and it’ll be a proud moment for them – it’s a great milestone in a person’s golfing career to represent their country and being an elite amateur, before moving onto the professional scene.”
The fixture will see youngsters Kris Kim and Charlie Rusbridge make their first official England Men’s appearances, while Sadie Adams, Charlotte Naughton and Matilde Santilli are set for their first England Women’s appearances.
The format for the match is five sets of morning foursomes followed by ten afternoon singles on both days. In the 19 editions of the competition played since it started in 1987, England have won it 16 times, with Spain winning twice.
The last edition in 2023 saw England produce a mesmerising comeback at Worplesdon Golf Club, as they came back from 12.5-7.5 down to tie the match 15-15 in a dramatic final afternoon of singles action. Amelia Wan is the only player from the match named in the squad for this month’s contest at La Galiana.
Men’s Performance Manager Ben Gorvett said: “We’re looking forward to battling a fierce Spanish team, especially during this year which is a match play filled year. We’re hoping to emulate the success of our Under 16s team who beat Spain recently, and to retain ‘Seve’s hands’ back at England Golf.
“There are a number of players receiving their first men’s and women’s caps this year and it’ll be a proud moment for them – it’s a great milestone in a person’s golfing career to represent their country and being an elite amateur, before moving onto the professional scene.”
Men: Bolton (top left), Osborne (top middle), Baker (top right), Kim (bottom left), Hayes (bottom middle), Rusbridge (bottom right)
WOMEN
Sadie Adams, 18, Royal Birkdale (Lancashire)
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur
- Won 2024 Fairhaven Trophy and 2024 Irish Girls’ Amateur Open Championship
- Finished 3rd at 2024 English Girls’ Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Represented England at 2023 European Young Masters and 2023 European Girls’ Team Championship
- Won the Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals with England in 2023
- Represented GB&I at 2023 Junior Vagliano Trophy
Charlotte Naughton, 17, Longhirst Hall (Northumberland)
- In 2024, finished 2nd at Girls’ U16 Amateur Championship, St Rule Trophy and Sir Henry Cooper Junior Championship
- Top-10 finish at 2024 English U18 Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and the 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals, while also helping her country win bronze at the 2024 European Young Masters
- Helped GB&I win the Junior Vagliano in 2024 for the first time
- Won 2022 English U14 Girls’ Championship and has represented England in three U16 international matches
Matilde Santilli, 18, Foxhills (Surrey)
- Joint-winner of 2024 Critchley Astor Salver
- In 2024, also finished 2nd in Northampton Tigress, 4th at English Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, 4th at English Girls’ Open Championship and 6th at Irish Girls’ Amateur Open Championship
- Helped England win the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Won 2023 Northampton Tigress
- Represented England at 2023 European Young Masters and in three U16 international matches
Amelia Wan, 18, Sherwood Forest (Nottinghamshire)
- Top-20 finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur
- Top-five finish at 2024 European Cup of Nations in Sotogrande, Spain
- Helped England win 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- In 2023, represented England at European Girls’ Team Championship, Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals, and in England v Spain International Match
- In 2022, represented GB&I at Junior Vagliano Trophy
MEN
Eliot Baker, 22, Tiverton (Devon)
- Won the 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Octagonal Match and also the 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande, Spain
- Won the 2024 West of England Amateur Match Play
- Won the 2023 South East of England Links Championship, and finished 3rd in 2024
- Finished 4th at 2024 Brabazon Trophy and enjoyed top-10 finish at 2024 Tillman Trophy
- Represented England in biennial 2024 international match with France
- In 2023, enjoyed top-10 finishes at Lytham Trophy, Bernard Darwin Salver and the R&A Student Tour Series Final, as well as a 3rd-place finish at BUCS Stirling International
Ben Bolton, 17, Enville (Staffordshire)
- Won the 2025 Berkhamsted Trophy
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January
- Won the 2024 Spanish Boys’ Amateur Championship
- Helped England pick up the silver medal at 2024 European Team Championship
- Part of the England team which won the 2024 Boys’ & Girls’ Home Internationals
- Represented GB&I in the 2024 Jacques Leglise Trophy
- Represented England at 2024 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, 2024 biennial England v France international match, and 2023 Octagonal Match in Spain
- In 2024, 3rd-place finishes at German Boys’ Open and Peter McEvoy Trophy, and top-10 finishes at Brabazon Trophy, Carris Trophy and Lytham Trophy
- In 2023, won European Young Masters in Slovakia, Faldo Series Grand Final (UAE), Faldo Series England Midlands Championship, and Edge Golf Championship 4 (Portugal)
- 3rd-place at 2023 McGregor Trophy, 4th in 2022
Daniel Hayes, 18, Bramhall (Cheshire)
- Finished 3rd overall in the individual standings, while helping England win the 2025 European Cup of Nations team event by 14 shots at Sotogrande, Spain
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Won the 2024 Carris Trophy and finished tied-2nd after going to a play-off in the 2024 English U18 Amateur Championship
- Won the 2024 Lancashire Links Trophy before finishing tied-2nd in the 2024 Brabazon Trophy, just a shot behind the winner, but did pick up the George Henriques Salver for being the leading under-20 player at the event
- Represented GB&I in 2024 Jacques Leglise Trophy
- In 2024, represented England in Octagonal Match in Spain, Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, and European Boys’ Team Championship
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Reached the quarter-finals of 2024 R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship
Kris Kim, 17, Walton Heath (Surrey)
- Finished 2nd in stroke play qualifying before making the quarter-finals of the 2025 Spanish Amateur Championship
- In 2024, at just 16 years of age, made his PGA Tour debut in CJ Cup Byron Nelson where he became the fifth-youngest player ever to make the cut at a PGA Tour event
- Helped Europe win the Junior Ryder Cup in September 2023
- In 2023, won the Boys’ Amateur Championship, McGregor Trophy and Fairhaven Trophy. Also enjoyed a top-10 finish at European Young Masters, German Boys’ Open, Peter McEvoy Trophy and Berkhamsted Trophy
- Top-10 finish at 2024 Australian Master of the Amateurs
- Represented England at 2023 and 2024 European Boys’ Team Championship and 2023 Boys’ & Girls’ Home Internationals
- Represented GB&I at 2023 Jacques Leglise Trophy
Tom Osborne, 23, Lindrick (Yorkshire)
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January and the England team which won the 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande
- Made the last 16 of 2024 R&A Amateur Championship and quarter-finals of 2024 English Amateur Championship
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Top-10 finish at 2024 Brabazon Trophy
- Helped Yorkshire to the Men’s County Finals title in September 2023
- In 2023, won the Duncan Putter and Yorkshire Amateur Championship, and had top-10 finishes at Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship, Danny Willett Salver, Hampshire Salver and Tillman Trophy
Charlie Rusbridge, 17, Colne Valley (Essex)
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Berkhamsted Trophy
- In 2024, won the Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championship, English U18 Amateur Championship, Essex Amateur County Championship, Keating Trophy, and FET – Portugal
- Also finished 3rd at U18 French Open and 4th at Fairhaven Trophy in 2024
- Helped England pick up silver at the 2024 European Boys’ Team Championship and bronze at European Young Masters
- Helped Essex win the 2024 Men’s County Finals for the first time since 2009
- In 2023, won Estuary Trophy and finished 2nd in Essex Amateur County Championship
Sadie Adams, 18, Royal Birkdale (Lancashire)
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur
- Won 2024 Fairhaven Trophy and 2024 Irish Girls’ Amateur Open Championship
- Finished 3rd at 2024 English Girls’ Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Represented England at 2023 European Young Masters and 2023 European Girls’ Team Championship
- Won the Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals with England in 2023
- Represented GB&I at 2023 Junior Vagliano Trophy
Charlotte Naughton, 17, Longhirst Hall (Northumberland)
- In 2024, finished 2nd at Girls’ U16 Amateur Championship, St Rule Trophy and Sir Henry Cooper Junior Championship
- Top-10 finish at 2024 English U18 Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and the 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals, while also helping her country win bronze at the 2024 European Young Masters
- Helped GB&I win the Junior Vagliano in 2024 for the first time
- Won 2022 English U14 Girls’ Championship and has represented England in three U16 international matches
Matilde Santilli, 18, Foxhills (Surrey)
- Joint-winner of 2024 Critchley Astor Salver
- In 2024, also finished 2nd in Northampton Tigress, 4th at English Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, 4th at English Girls’ Open Championship and 6th at Irish Girls’ Amateur Open Championship
- Helped England win the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Won 2023 Northampton Tigress
- Represented England at 2023 European Young Masters and in three U16 international matches
Amelia Wan, 18, Sherwood Forest (Nottinghamshire)
- Top-20 finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur
- Top-five finish at 2024 European Cup of Nations in Sotogrande, Spain
- Helped England win 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- In 2023, represented England at European Girls’ Team Championship, Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals, and in England v Spain International Match
- In 2022, represented GB&I at Junior Vagliano Trophy
MEN
Eliot Baker, 22, Tiverton (Devon)
- Won the 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Octagonal Match and also the 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande, Spain
- Won the 2024 West of England Amateur Match Play
- Won the 2023 South East of England Links Championship, and finished 3rd in 2024
- Finished 4th at 2024 Brabazon Trophy and enjoyed top-10 finish at 2024 Tillman Trophy
- Represented England in biennial 2024 international match with France
- In 2023, enjoyed top-10 finishes at Lytham Trophy, Bernard Darwin Salver and the R&A Student Tour Series Final, as well as a 3rd-place finish at BUCS Stirling International
Ben Bolton, 17, Enville (Staffordshire)
- Won the 2025 Berkhamsted Trophy
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January
- Won the 2024 Spanish Boys’ Amateur Championship
- Helped England pick up the silver medal at 2024 European Team Championship
- Part of the England team which won the 2024 Boys’ & Girls’ Home Internationals
- Represented GB&I in the 2024 Jacques Leglise Trophy
- Represented England at 2024 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, 2024 biennial England v France international match, and 2023 Octagonal Match in Spain
- In 2024, 3rd-place finishes at German Boys’ Open and Peter McEvoy Trophy, and top-10 finishes at Brabazon Trophy, Carris Trophy and Lytham Trophy
- In 2023, won European Young Masters in Slovakia, Faldo Series Grand Final (UAE), Faldo Series England Midlands Championship, and Edge Golf Championship 4 (Portugal)
- 3rd-place at 2023 McGregor Trophy, 4th in 2022
Daniel Hayes, 18, Bramhall (Cheshire)
- Finished 3rd overall in the individual standings, while helping England win the 2025 European Cup of Nations team event by 14 shots at Sotogrande, Spain
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Won the 2024 Carris Trophy and finished tied-2nd after going to a play-off in the 2024 English U18 Amateur Championship
- Won the 2024 Lancashire Links Trophy before finishing tied-2nd in the 2024 Brabazon Trophy, just a shot behind the winner, but did pick up the George Henriques Salver for being the leading under-20 player at the event
- Represented GB&I in 2024 Jacques Leglise Trophy
- In 2024, represented England in Octagonal Match in Spain, Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, and European Boys’ Team Championship
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Reached the quarter-finals of 2024 R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship
Kris Kim, 17, Walton Heath (Surrey)
- Finished 2nd in stroke play qualifying before making the quarter-finals of the 2025 Spanish Amateur Championship
- In 2024, at just 16 years of age, made his PGA Tour debut in CJ Cup Byron Nelson where he became the fifth-youngest player ever to make the cut at a PGA Tour event
- Helped Europe win the Junior Ryder Cup in September 2023
- In 2023, won the Boys’ Amateur Championship, McGregor Trophy and Fairhaven Trophy. Also enjoyed a top-10 finish at European Young Masters, German Boys’ Open, Peter McEvoy Trophy and Berkhamsted Trophy
- Top-10 finish at 2024 Australian Master of the Amateurs
- Represented England at 2023 and 2024 European Boys’ Team Championship and 2023 Boys’ & Girls’ Home Internationals
- Represented GB&I at 2023 Jacques Leglise Trophy
Tom Osborne, 23, Lindrick (Yorkshire)
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January and the England team which won the 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande
- Made the last 16 of 2024 R&A Amateur Championship and quarter-finals of 2024 English Amateur Championship
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Top-10 finish at 2024 Brabazon Trophy
- Helped Yorkshire to the Men’s County Finals title in September 2023
- In 2023, won the Duncan Putter and Yorkshire Amateur Championship, and had top-10 finishes at Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship, Danny Willett Salver, Hampshire Salver and Tillman Trophy
Charlie Rusbridge, 17, Colne Valley (Essex)
- Part of the England Men's team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match in January
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Berkhamsted Trophy
- In 2024, won the Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championship, English U18 Amateur Championship, Essex Amateur County Championship, Keating Trophy, and FET – Portugal
- Also finished 3rd at U18 French Open and 4th at Fairhaven Trophy in 2024
- Helped England pick up silver at the 2024 European Boys’ Team Championship and bronze at European Young Masters
- Helped Essex win the 2024 Men’s County Finals for the first time since 2009
- In 2023, won Estuary Trophy and finished 2nd in Essex Amateur County Championship
ENDS
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Tel: 07912 240850
Email: tom.vale@englandgolf.org
www.englandgolf.org