England Golf is delighted to announce its National Men’s and Boys’ Squads for the 2025/26 campaign.
There are six new players in the National Boys’ Squad, having all represented their country in 2025, while five players are added to the UK-based Men’s Squad.
Rob Watts continues in his role as Men’s National Coach, with Steven Orr also set for another season as Boys’ National Coach.
Find out about each of the players below. These squads include exclusively UK-based players, with an announcement confirming overseas players to follow soon.
England Golf Men’s Performance Manger Ben Gorvett said: “All players selected to be a member of this elite group have had a season to be proud of and now they have the opportunity to advance their game further through a competitive environment and support from world-class coaches.
“2025 saw many success stories up and down the country and many players put their hands up to be in this position, which is credit to all the work going on from the top to the bottom of our pathway. These men and boys have demonstrated they have the talent to wear the Rose on their chest, and the attitudes to do it proud. They understand that being in this squad is a privilege, but they have the confidence to know they deserve it.
“This thriving environment of technical and performance coaching, psychological support, and strength and conditioning and nutrition support, will form the foundation of their amateur careers and their life in the professional ranks - we want to develop and produce world-beaters. Alongside their inclusion in this thriving environment, their work ethic and determination will be a key factor in their success next season and the bond they create will be a contributing factor to the success of England.
“We are proud to have yet another great cohort of golfers, but more importantly, people who will go on to do great things and inspire the next generation.”
ENGLAND MEN’S SQUAD
Rob Watts continues in his role as Men’s National Coach, with Steven Orr also set for another season as Boys’ National Coach.
Find out about each of the players below. These squads include exclusively UK-based players, with an announcement confirming overseas players to follow soon.
England Golf Men’s Performance Manger Ben Gorvett said: “All players selected to be a member of this elite group have had a season to be proud of and now they have the opportunity to advance their game further through a competitive environment and support from world-class coaches.
“2025 saw many success stories up and down the country and many players put their hands up to be in this position, which is credit to all the work going on from the top to the bottom of our pathway. These men and boys have demonstrated they have the talent to wear the Rose on their chest, and the attitudes to do it proud. They understand that being in this squad is a privilege, but they have the confidence to know they deserve it.
“This thriving environment of technical and performance coaching, psychological support, and strength and conditioning and nutrition support, will form the foundation of their amateur careers and their life in the professional ranks - we want to develop and produce world-beaters. Alongside their inclusion in this thriving environment, their work ethic and determination will be a key factor in their success next season and the bond they create will be a contributing factor to the success of England.
“We are proud to have yet another great cohort of golfers, but more importantly, people who will go on to do great things and inspire the next generation.”
ENGLAND MEN’S SQUAD
Eliot Baker (Tiverton, Devon, 22)
- 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
- Represented 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
- Finished tied-11th at 2025 World Amateur Team Championship to help England secure 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
Ben Bolton (Enville, Staffordshire, 18)
- Won the 2025 Berkhamsted Trophy
- Part of the England team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match, 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and the England team which won the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals
- Finished 2nd in the stroke play stages of the US Boys' Amateur Championship, before bowing out in the quarter-finals of the match play stages
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Brabazon Trophy
- Finished tied-9th in the individual stroke play stages of the European Boys' Amateur Championship
- Represented GB&I at 2025 Jacques Leglise Trophy
- 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 finish 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
Lewy Hayward (Marlborough, Wiltshire, 19)
- Won the 2025 Walton Heath Trophy and the 2025 West of England Open Amateur Match Play
- Helped England win the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Runner-up in 2025 Irish Men’s Amateur
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Bernard Darwin Salver, Hampshire Salver and Midland Youths Amateur
- Won the Junior European Open (Spain), West of England U18 Stroke Play, and Midland Youths Open Amateur in 2024
- Helped England win the 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Top-5 finish at 2024 Carris Trophy and top-10 finish at 2024 English U25 Championship
Max Hopkins (Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, 22)
- Runner-up at 2025 English Amateur Championship
- Top-5 finishes at Berkshire Trophy, Lytham Trophy, and North of England Amateur
- Tied-3rd finish at 2025 French International Championship
- Top-15 finishes at 2025 Walton Heath Trophy and Peter Alliss Trophy
- In 2024, finished in top-5 at Egyptian Amateur Open, Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play and top-10 of North of Ireland Men’s Amateur
Tom Osborne (Lindrick, Yorkshire, 24)
- Part of the England team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match, 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande, the 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals
- Finished 2nd at 2025 Lytham Trophy and tied-7th at Scottish Men's Open Championship
- 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
Jake Sowden (The Oaks, Yorkshire, 22)
- Winner of the 2025 Berkshire Trophy, having enjoyed a top-5 finish in 2024
- Helped England win the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Tied-4th finish at 2025 Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 South Australia Amateur Classic and tied-4th finish at 2025 Australian Men’s Amateur
- Won the 2024 English U25 Championship and 2024 Yorkshire Amateur Championship
- 2nd-place finish at 2024 Jumeirah Golf Estates Men’s Amateur (UAE)
Jamie Van Wyk (Royal Lytham & St Anne’s, Lancashire, 24)
- Won the 2025 Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- 11th-place at 2025 Lytham Trophy
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 NSW Amateur, Avondale Amateur and Concord Cup (all Australia)
- Top-10 finishes at 2024 Tillman Trophy, Lytham Trophy, Hampshire Salver, North of England Amateur, South East of England Links Championship, North West of England Links Championship, Lancashire Links Trophy, and Lancashire Amateur Championship
ENGLAND BOYS’ SQUAD
Alex Boyes (Teesside, Yorkshire, 16)
- 2nd-place at North of England U16 Championship
- Tied-3rd place finish at 2025 Fairhaven Trophy
- Top-15 finish at 2025 English U18 Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Nine appearances for England as U16 player
Thomas Hartshorne (Teesside, Yorkshire, 16)
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Represented England at 2025 European Boys’ Team Championship and European Young Masters
- Finished 2nd in the 2025 Fairhaven Trophy after missing out in a play-off
-Tied-3rd finish at 2025 Peter McEvoy Trophy
- Top-15 finish at 2025 McGregor Trophy
Aaron Moody (Burhill, Surrey, 16)
- Won the 2025 Scottish Boys’ Open Championship
- Won the 2025 U18 SSGT Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Finished 2nd at 2025 English U18 Championship
- 4th-place finish at North of England U16 Championship
- Top-15 finish at 2025 Italian Boys’ Championship
Cameron Mukherjee (Gullane, 17)
- Semi-finalist at the 2025 English Amateur Championship
- Runner-up after play-off in the 2025 South African Amateur
- Reached semi-finals of 2024 St Andrews Boys’ Open
- Tied-4th at 2024 Scottish Boys’ Open Championship
Ben Sessions (Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, 17)
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Carris Trophy, shooting a course record -7 on the second day of the event
- 3rd-place finish at Spanish International U18 Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Tied-6th finishes at 2025 Peter McEvoy Trophy and Berkhamsted Trophy
- Tied-11th at 2025 Lagonda Trophy and top-15 finish at Fairhaven Trophy
George Whitehead, (Hillside, Lancashire, 15)
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Scottish Boys’ U16 Open Championship
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters
- Represented England at 2025 European Young Masters, finishing tied-11th in individual standings
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Italian International Boys’, and North of England U16s
- Top-15 finishes at 2025 McGregor Trophy and Scottish Boys’ Championship
- 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
- Represented 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
- Finished tied-11th at 2025 World Amateur Team Championship to help England secure 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
Ben Bolton (Enville, Staffordshire, 18)
- Won the 2025 Berkhamsted Trophy
- Part of the England team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match, 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and the England team which won the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals
- Finished 2nd in the stroke play stages of the US Boys' Amateur Championship, before bowing out in the quarter-finals of the match play stages
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Brabazon Trophy
- Finished tied-9th in the individual stroke play stages of the European Boys' Amateur Championship
- Represented GB&I at 2025 Jacques Leglise Trophy
- 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 finish 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
Lewy Hayward (Marlborough, Wiltshire, 19)
- Won the 2025 Walton Heath Trophy and the 2025 West of England Open Amateur Match Play
- Helped England win the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Runner-up in 2025 Irish Men’s Amateur
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Bernard Darwin Salver, Hampshire Salver and Midland Youths Amateur
- Won the Junior European Open (Spain), West of England U18 Stroke Play, and Midland Youths Open Amateur in 2024
- Helped England win the 2024 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Top-5 finish at 2024 Carris Trophy and top-10 finish at 2024 English U25 Championship
Max Hopkins (Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, 22)
- Runner-up at 2025 English Amateur Championship
- Top-5 finishes at Berkshire Trophy, Lytham Trophy, and North of England Amateur
- Tied-3rd finish at 2025 French International Championship
- Top-15 finishes at 2025 Walton Heath Trophy and Peter Alliss Trophy
- In 2024, finished in top-5 at Egyptian Amateur Open, Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play and top-10 of North of Ireland Men’s Amateur
Tom Osborne (Lindrick, Yorkshire, 24)
- Part of the England team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match, 2025 European Cup of Nations at Sotogrande, the 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals
- Finished 2nd at 2025 Lytham Trophy and tied-7th at Scottish Men's Open Championship
- 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
Jake Sowden (The Oaks, Yorkshire, 22)
- Winner of the 2025 Berkshire Trophy, having enjoyed a top-5 finish in 2024
- Helped England win the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Tied-4th finish at 2025 Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 South Australia Amateur Classic and tied-4th finish at 2025 Australian Men’s Amateur
- Won the 2024 English U25 Championship and 2024 Yorkshire Amateur Championship
- 2nd-place finish at 2024 Jumeirah Golf Estates Men’s Amateur (UAE)
Jamie Van Wyk (Royal Lytham & St Anne’s, Lancashire, 24)
- Won the 2025 Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- 11th-place at 2025 Lytham Trophy
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 NSW Amateur, Avondale Amateur and Concord Cup (all Australia)
- Top-10 finishes at 2024 Tillman Trophy, Lytham Trophy, Hampshire Salver, North of England Amateur, South East of England Links Championship, North West of England Links Championship, Lancashire Links Trophy, and Lancashire Amateur Championship
ENGLAND BOYS’ SQUAD
Alex Boyes (Teesside, Yorkshire, 16)
- 2nd-place at North of England U16 Championship
- Tied-3rd place finish at 2025 Fairhaven Trophy
- Top-15 finish at 2025 English U18 Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Nine appearances for England as U16 player
Thomas Hartshorne (Teesside, Yorkshire, 16)
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Represented England at 2025 European Boys’ Team Championship and European Young Masters
- Finished 2nd in the 2025 Fairhaven Trophy after missing out in a play-off
-Tied-3rd finish at 2025 Peter McEvoy Trophy
- Top-15 finish at 2025 McGregor Trophy
Aaron Moody (Burhill, Surrey, 16)
- Won the 2025 Scottish Boys’ Open Championship
- Won the 2025 U18 SSGT Stroke Play Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Finished 2nd at 2025 English U18 Championship
- 4th-place finish at North of England U16 Championship
- Top-15 finish at 2025 Italian Boys’ Championship
Cameron Mukherjee (Gullane, 17)
- Semi-finalist at the 2025 English Amateur Championship
- Runner-up after play-off in the 2025 South African Amateur
- Reached semi-finals of 2024 St Andrews Boys’ Open
- Tied-4th at 2024 Scottish Boys’ Open Championship
Ben Sessions (Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, 17)
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Carris Trophy, shooting a course record -7 on the second day of the event
- 3rd-place finish at Spanish International U18 Championship
- Helped England win the 2025 Girls’ & Boys’ Home Internationals
- Tied-6th finishes at 2025 Peter McEvoy Trophy and Berkhamsted Trophy
- Tied-11th at 2025 Lagonda Trophy and top-15 finish at Fairhaven Trophy
George Whitehead, (Hillside, Lancashire, 15)
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Scottish Boys’ U16 Open Championship
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters
- Represented England at 2025 European Young Masters, finishing tied-11th in individual standings
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Italian International Boys’, and North of England U16s
- Top-15 finishes at 2025 McGregor Trophy and Scottish Boys’ Championship
ENDS
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Tom Vale, Press & Media Manager
Tel: 07912 240850
Email: tom.vale@englandgolf.org
www.englandgolf.org