England Golf is delighted to announce its teams for the World Amateur Team Championships at Tanah Merah Country Club, Singapore, in October.
England Women’s trio Nellie Ong (Eaton, Norfolk), Annabel Peaford (Walton Heath, Surrey) and Patience Rhodes (Burnham & Berrow, Somerset) will compete for the Espirito Santo Trophy from 1-4 October, with Steve Robinson as Team Coach and Jenny Henderson as Team Captain/Manager.
England Men’s trio Eliot Baker (Tiverton, Devon), Charlie Forster (Basingstoke, Hampshire) and Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) will be vying to win the 34th Eisenhower Trophy from 8-11 October. Rob Watts will be Team Coach while Benjamin Gorvett is Team Manager/Captain.
England’s best finish was a runners-up medal for the Eisenhower Trophy in 2016, having previously won the event as Great Britain & Ireland in 1998, 1988, 1976 and 1964. Individual winners of the event have included England Golf Hall of Famers Peter McEvoy OBE and Sir Michael Bonallack (shared), as well as Ronnie Shade.
England has medalled once (bronze) in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1964 – in a side which included England Golf Hall of Famer Bridget Jackson, while England have picked up silver as part of Great Britain & Ireland in 1992 and 1974, and bronze in 2000, 1990, 1988, 1984 and 1982. The Women narrowly missed out on medalling last time out in 2023, finishing tied-4th.
England Golf Performance Director Nigel Edwards said: “The World Team Championships are one of the big dates on the calendar every two years. We’ve had a great year individually and collectively, and while we expect to be competing, we would love to make some history in Singapore.”
Find out more about each of the players below.
England Men’s trio Eliot Baker (Tiverton, Devon), Charlie Forster (Basingstoke, Hampshire) and Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) will be vying to win the 34th Eisenhower Trophy from 8-11 October. Rob Watts will be Team Coach while Benjamin Gorvett is Team Manager/Captain.
England’s best finish was a runners-up medal for the Eisenhower Trophy in 2016, having previously won the event as Great Britain & Ireland in 1998, 1988, 1976 and 1964. Individual winners of the event have included England Golf Hall of Famers Peter McEvoy OBE and Sir Michael Bonallack (shared), as well as Ronnie Shade.
England has medalled once (bronze) in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1964 – in a side which included England Golf Hall of Famer Bridget Jackson, while England have picked up silver as part of Great Britain & Ireland in 1992 and 1974, and bronze in 2000, 1990, 1988, 1984 and 1982. The Women narrowly missed out on medalling last time out in 2023, finishing tied-4th.
England Golf Performance Director Nigel Edwards said: “The World Team Championships are one of the big dates on the calendar every two years. We’ve had a great year individually and collectively, and while we expect to be competing, we would love to make some history in Singapore.”
Find out more about each of the players below.
England Men
Eliot Baker 22, Tiverton (Devon)
- Won the 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Won the 2025 Scottish Men’s Open Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Octagonal Match, the 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande (Spain), the 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Part of the GB&I team which won the 2025 St Andrews Trophy against Continental Europe
- Selected to represent GB&I against the USA at the 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Top-5 finish in stroke play stages of 2025 European Amateur Team Championship, and helped England Men to bronze medal
- 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
Charlie Forster, 22, Basingstoke (Hampshire), California State University
- Finished 2nd overall in the stroke play stages of the European Amateur Team Championship, and was unbeaten in all five match play games, including a crucial win on the 19th hole to secure England the bronze medal against Ireland
- Won the 2025 Lake Las Vegas Invitational (USA), with his Long Beach State team winning the event
- Won the 2025 Wyoming Cowboy Classic (USA)
- 4th-place finish at 2025 Big West Men’s Golf Championship (USA) and top-10 finish at NCAA Urbana Regional (USA)
- Part of Team International who beat the USA 35-25 in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup
- Represented GB&I against Europe in 2024 St Andrews Trophy and helped them win the event in 2025
- Selected to represent GB&I against the USA at the 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Five top-10 finishes in 2024 and reached the last 16 of 2024 R&A Amateur Championship and English Amateur Championship
- Represented Team Europe in 2025 Bonallack Trophy
Tyler Weaver, 20, Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk), Florida State University
- Qualified for the 2025 US Open after being tied-3rd at Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta, finishing ahead of the likes of 2023 Ryder Cup Captain and major winner Zach Johnson, Jason Dufner, and KJ Choi
- Finished tied-79th at the US Open, finishing ahead of the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and Shane Lowry
- Helped England Men to a bronze medal at 2025 European Amateur Team Championship, finishing 1st in the stroke play stages on -12 through 36 holes, including a Killarney amateur course record. He also picked up five from six points in the match play stages
- Won the Cabo Collegiate (USA) after a play-off, earning him an exemption into the World Wide Technology Championship PGA Tour event
- 2nd place at 2025 ACC Men's Golf Championship (USA)
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Watersound Invitational and NCAA Tallahassee Regional (both USA)
- Helped Team International beat the USA 35-25 in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup
- Helped GB&I win 2025 St Andrews Trophy, winning 3.5 points out of 4 and being unbeaten across the event
- Selected to represent GB&I against the USA at the 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Won all three of his match play games in the NCAA Finals for Florida State University in 2024 and finished 2nd in Seminole Intercollegiate (USA)
- Represented England at 2024 European Team Championship
- Won the 2023 Carris Trophy
- Finished runner-up after two play-off holes in the final of the 2023 English Men’s Amateur Championship
- In 2023, top-10 finishes at Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, U18 French International and the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational (USA)
- Represented England at the 2023 World Amateur Team Championship in the UAE and also in the Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
England Women Nellie Ong, 19, Eaton (Norfolk), Ohio State University
- Tied-6th finish at 2025 European Amateur Ladies' Championship
- Bronze medal at the 2025 South American Amateur Championship
- Top-5 finish at 2025 Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (USA) and top-10 finish at NCAA Columbus Regional (USA)
- Helped GB&I win the 2025 Vagliano Trophy against Europe
- Played at the Aramco Team Series in July 2024 alongside Patty Tavatanakit, Gemma Clews and Jo-Eun Kim
- Helped England win the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals, and helped the Women win their category in the 2024 event
- Won 2024 Welsh Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship
- 2nd-place finishes at 2024 Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Championship and 2024 Scottish Girls’ Open Championship
- Qualified 3rd at U21 French Open in 2024 and reached the quarter-finals
- Represented England in 2025 and 2024 European Ladies' Team Championship (bronze), 2023 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals, and 2023 World Junior Girls' Championship in Canada
- Part of a winning England team that secured the overall gold at the 2024 Spirit Invitational Amateur Golf Championship
Annabel Peaford, 16, Walton Heath (Surrey)
- Finished 1st in the stroke play stages of the 2025 European Girls' Team Championship
- Reached the quarter-finals of 2025 U18 Cartier Trophy (France)
- Top-10 finish at 2025 R&A Girls' Amateur Championship, English Women's Stroke Play Championship and Scottish Girls' U18 Championship
- Won the individual European Young Masters in 2024 with an outstanding score of -20, which also helped England pick up bronze at the event
- Finished 2nd in the 2025 European Young Masters
- Finished 3rd at the 2024 English Girls’ U16 Open Championship and the 2024 Sir Henry Cooper Championship
- Broke the Sunningdale course record in 2024 to win the Critchley Astor Salver
- Helped England win the 2025 and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals Helped GB&I win the Junior Vagliano in 2024 for the first time and represented GB&I in 2025 Junior Vagliano Trophy
- Represented England in the annual U16 match v Spain in 2024
- Won the 2023 Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championship
Patience Rhodes, 21, Burnham & Berrow (Somerset), Arizona State University
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Notre Dame Clover Cup and Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, as well as 2nd-placed finishes at PING ASU Invitational and NCAA Gold Canyon Regional (all USA)
- Made her debut appearance at the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur
- Helped GB&I win the 2025 Vagliano Trophy against Europe
- Part of GB&I’s 2024 Curtis Cup-winning team
- Helped England win the 2025 and 2023 Women's & Men's Home Internationals, and helped the Women win their category in the 2024 event
- Won St Rule Trophy in 2023
- Helped Europe win Patsy Hankins Trophy in 2023 against Asia/Pacific and represented Europe again in 2025
- Represented England at European Ladies’ Team Championship in 2023 (silver), 2024 (bronze), and 2025, plus European Girls’ Team Championship in 2022
- In 2024, enjoyed a top-10 finish at South American Amateur and 3rd-place at Dr Donnis Thompson Invitational (USA)
- Part of a winning England team that secured the overall gold at the 2024 Spirit Invitational Amateur Golf Championship
- Top-10 finish at Therese Hession Regional Challenge (USA) in February 2025
Eliot Baker 22, Tiverton (Devon)
- Won the 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Won the 2025 Scottish Men’s Open Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Octagonal Match, the 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande (Spain), the 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Part of the GB&I team which won the 2025 St Andrews Trophy against Continental Europe
- Selected to represent GB&I against the USA at the 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Top-5 finish in stroke play stages of 2025 European Amateur Team Championship, and helped England Men to bronze medal
- 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
Charlie Forster, 22, Basingstoke (Hampshire), California State University
- Finished 2nd overall in the stroke play stages of the European Amateur Team Championship, and was unbeaten in all five match play games, including a crucial win on the 19th hole to secure England the bronze medal against Ireland
- Won the 2025 Lake Las Vegas Invitational (USA), with his Long Beach State team winning the event
- Won the 2025 Wyoming Cowboy Classic (USA)
- 4th-place finish at 2025 Big West Men’s Golf Championship (USA) and top-10 finish at NCAA Urbana Regional (USA)
- Part of Team International who beat the USA 35-25 in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup
- Represented GB&I against Europe in 2024 St Andrews Trophy and helped them win the event in 2025
- Selected to represent GB&I against the USA at the 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Five top-10 finishes in 2024 and reached the last 16 of 2024 R&A Amateur Championship and English Amateur Championship
- Represented Team Europe in 2025 Bonallack Trophy
Tyler Weaver, 20, Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk), Florida State University
- Qualified for the 2025 US Open after being tied-3rd at Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta, finishing ahead of the likes of 2023 Ryder Cup Captain and major winner Zach Johnson, Jason Dufner, and KJ Choi
- Finished tied-79th at the US Open, finishing ahead of the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and Shane Lowry
- Helped England Men to a bronze medal at 2025 European Amateur Team Championship, finishing 1st in the stroke play stages on -12 through 36 holes, including a Killarney amateur course record. He also picked up five from six points in the match play stages
- Won the Cabo Collegiate (USA) after a play-off, earning him an exemption into the World Wide Technology Championship PGA Tour event
- 2nd place at 2025 ACC Men's Golf Championship (USA)
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Watersound Invitational and NCAA Tallahassee Regional (both USA)
- Helped Team International beat the USA 35-25 in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup
- Helped GB&I win 2025 St Andrews Trophy, winning 3.5 points out of 4 and being unbeaten across the event
- Selected to represent GB&I against the USA at the 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Won all three of his match play games in the NCAA Finals for Florida State University in 2024 and finished 2nd in Seminole Intercollegiate (USA)
- Represented England at 2024 European Team Championship
- Won the 2023 Carris Trophy
- Finished runner-up after two play-off holes in the final of the 2023 English Men’s Amateur Championship
- In 2023, top-10 finishes at Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, U18 French International and the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational (USA)
- Represented England at the 2023 World Amateur Team Championship in the UAE and also in the Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals (winners)
England Women Nellie Ong, 19, Eaton (Norfolk), Ohio State University
- Tied-6th finish at 2025 European Amateur Ladies' Championship
- Bronze medal at the 2025 South American Amateur Championship
- Top-5 finish at 2025 Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (USA) and top-10 finish at NCAA Columbus Regional (USA)
- Helped GB&I win the 2025 Vagliano Trophy against Europe
- Played at the Aramco Team Series in July 2024 alongside Patty Tavatanakit, Gemma Clews and Jo-Eun Kim
- Helped England win the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals, and helped the Women win their category in the 2024 event
- Won 2024 Welsh Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship
- 2nd-place finishes at 2024 Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Championship and 2024 Scottish Girls’ Open Championship
- Qualified 3rd at U21 French Open in 2024 and reached the quarter-finals
- Represented England in 2025 and 2024 European Ladies' Team Championship (bronze), 2023 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals, and 2023 World Junior Girls' Championship in Canada
- Part of a winning England team that secured the overall gold at the 2024 Spirit Invitational Amateur Golf Championship
Annabel Peaford, 16, Walton Heath (Surrey)
- Finished 1st in the stroke play stages of the 2025 European Girls' Team Championship
- Reached the quarter-finals of 2025 U18 Cartier Trophy (France)
- Top-10 finish at 2025 R&A Girls' Amateur Championship, English Women's Stroke Play Championship and Scottish Girls' U18 Championship
- Won the individual European Young Masters in 2024 with an outstanding score of -20, which also helped England pick up bronze at the event
- Finished 2nd in the 2025 European Young Masters
- Finished 3rd at the 2024 English Girls’ U16 Open Championship and the 2024 Sir Henry Cooper Championship
- Broke the Sunningdale course record in 2024 to win the Critchley Astor Salver
- Helped England win the 2025 and 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals Helped GB&I win the Junior Vagliano in 2024 for the first time and represented GB&I in 2025 Junior Vagliano Trophy
- Represented England in the annual U16 match v Spain in 2024
- Won the 2023 Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championship
Patience Rhodes, 21, Burnham & Berrow (Somerset), Arizona State University
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Notre Dame Clover Cup and Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, as well as 2nd-placed finishes at PING ASU Invitational and NCAA Gold Canyon Regional (all USA)
- Made her debut appearance at the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur
- Helped GB&I win the 2025 Vagliano Trophy against Europe
- Part of GB&I’s 2024 Curtis Cup-winning team
- Helped England win the 2025 and 2023 Women's & Men's Home Internationals, and helped the Women win their category in the 2024 event
- Won St Rule Trophy in 2023
- Helped Europe win Patsy Hankins Trophy in 2023 against Asia/Pacific and represented Europe again in 2025
- Represented England at European Ladies’ Team Championship in 2023 (silver), 2024 (bronze), and 2025, plus European Girls’ Team Championship in 2022
- In 2024, enjoyed a top-10 finish at South American Amateur and 3rd-place at Dr Donnis Thompson Invitational (USA)
- Part of a winning England team that secured the overall gold at the 2024 Spirit Invitational Amateur Golf Championship
- Top-10 finish at Therese Hession Regional Challenge (USA) in February 2025
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Tom Vale, Press & Media Manager
Tel: 07912 240850
Email: tom.vale@englandgolf.org
www.englandgolf.org