England Golf is pleased to confirm its eight-player team for the biennial clash with France at Golf de Chantilly from 16-17 May.
Following last month’s resounding team win at the European Cup of Nations, Eliot Baker, Ben Bolton and Tom Osborne get the nod once again – fresh off their good form.
Lewy Hayward, Max Hopkins, Luke Jenkins, Jake Sowden and Jamie Van Wyk are also named in the team, in which the competition will see four foursomes matches in the mornings of each day, followed by eight afternoon singles matches.
Find out about each of the individual players below, including an England Golf debut for Kent’s Luke Jenkins, and a first full cap for Max Hopkins.
England have won 26 of the 32 matches between the sides. Despite losing last time out at Moortown Golf Club (Yorkshire), England did win in France in 2022, with a 13.5-10.5 victory at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Breteche.
England will be captained by Ben Gorvett, while Rob Watts is Team Coach. Men’s Performance Manager Gorvett said: “We had a great battle with France in the European Nations Cup recently and we look forward to continuing our form into this match. We are focused on righting the wrongs of 2024 at Moortown.”
Lewy Hayward, Max Hopkins, Luke Jenkins, Jake Sowden and Jamie Van Wyk are also named in the team, in which the competition will see four foursomes matches in the mornings of each day, followed by eight afternoon singles matches.
Find out about each of the individual players below, including an England Golf debut for Kent’s Luke Jenkins, and a first full cap for Max Hopkins.
England have won 26 of the 32 matches between the sides. Despite losing last time out at Moortown Golf Club (Yorkshire), England did win in France in 2022, with a 13.5-10.5 victory at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Breteche.
England will be captained by Ben Gorvett, while Rob Watts is Team Coach. Men’s Performance Manager Gorvett said: “We had a great battle with France in the European Nations Cup recently and we look forward to continuing our form into this match. We are focused on righting the wrongs of 2024 at Moortown.”
Eliot Baker (Tiverton, Devon, 23)
- Won the individual title at the 2026 European Nations Cup in Sotogrande, with a tournament record of -15, including five birdies in the final five holes of the event. It also helped England win the team title by an enormous 14 shots
- Runner-up at the 2026 Spanish Amateur 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)
- Finished 3rd in the individual standings of the 2026 European Nations Cup, helping England win the team event overall by an enormous 14 shots
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Portuguese Amateur and impressive tied-11th finish at 2026 Sage Valley Invitational (USA)
- Tied-3rd finish at 2026 Lytham Trophy
- Part of the England team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match, 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and 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 2024 Tillman Trophy
Lewy Hayward (Marlborough, Wiltshire, 20)
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur and Lytham Trophy
- 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, 23)
- Top-5 finish at 2026 Turkish Open Amateur
- Tied-2nd place at 2026 Selborne Salver
- Top-15 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur and Lytham Trophy
- 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
- In 2024, finished in top-5 at Egyptian Amateur Open, Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship and top-10 of North of Ireland Men’s Amateur
Luke Jenkins (Rochester & Cobham, Essex, 20)
- Winner of the 2026 Berkhamsted Trophy
- Tied-6th finish at 2026 Lytham Trophy
- Top-5 finish at 2025 King Hamad Trophy (Qatar, pro event). Also enjoyed top-10 finish in 2024
- Represented Kent at 2025 Men’s County Finals
- Top-5 finish at 2025 Walton Heath Trophy
- Tied-3rd finish at 2024 South East of England Links Championship
- 2nd-place finish at 2024 Lagonda Trophy
Tom Osborne (Lindrick, Yorkshire, 24)
- Winner of the 2026 Spanish Amateur Championship
- Won all five of his matches for England at the 2026 Costa Ballena Octangular (Spain)
- Helped England win the 2026 European Nations Cup by an enormous 14 shots
- 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, top-10 finish at 2026 event
- Tied-7th at 2025 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)
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur, and Avondale Amateur (Australia)
- 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 Championship
- 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, 25)
- 2nd-place finish at 2026 Avondale Amateur (Australia) and tied-3rd finish at 2026 Australian Master of the Amateurs
- 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)
- Picked up 5 points from 6 representing Lancashire at the 2025 Men’s County Finals
- 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
- Won the individual title at the 2026 European Nations Cup in Sotogrande, with a tournament record of -15, including five birdies in the final five holes of the event. It also helped England win the team title by an enormous 14 shots
- Runner-up at the 2026 Spanish Amateur 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)
- Finished 3rd in the individual standings of the 2026 European Nations Cup, helping England win the team event overall by an enormous 14 shots
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Portuguese Amateur and impressive tied-11th finish at 2026 Sage Valley Invitational (USA)
- Tied-3rd finish at 2026 Lytham Trophy
- Part of the England team which won the 2025 Octagonal Match, 2025 biennial international match against Spain, and 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 2024 Tillman Trophy
Lewy Hayward (Marlborough, Wiltshire, 20)
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur and Lytham Trophy
- 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, 23)
- Top-5 finish at 2026 Turkish Open Amateur
- Tied-2nd place at 2026 Selborne Salver
- Top-15 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur and Lytham Trophy
- 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
- In 2024, finished in top-5 at Egyptian Amateur Open, Welsh Men’s Open Stroke Play Championship and top-10 of North of Ireland Men’s Amateur
Luke Jenkins (Rochester & Cobham, Essex, 20)
- Winner of the 2026 Berkhamsted Trophy
- Tied-6th finish at 2026 Lytham Trophy
- Top-5 finish at 2025 King Hamad Trophy (Qatar, pro event). Also enjoyed top-10 finish in 2024
- Represented Kent at 2025 Men’s County Finals
- Top-5 finish at 2025 Walton Heath Trophy
- Tied-3rd finish at 2024 South East of England Links Championship
- 2nd-place finish at 2024 Lagonda Trophy
Tom Osborne (Lindrick, Yorkshire, 24)
- Winner of the 2026 Spanish Amateur Championship
- Won all five of his matches for England at the 2026 Costa Ballena Octangular (Spain)
- Helped England win the 2026 European Nations Cup by an enormous 14 shots
- 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, top-10 finish at 2026 event
- Tied-7th at 2025 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)
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur, and Avondale Amateur (Australia)
- 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 Championship
- 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, 25)
- 2nd-place finish at 2026 Avondale Amateur (Australia) and tied-3rd finish at 2026 Australian Master of the Amateurs
- 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)
- Picked up 5 points from 6 representing Lancashire at the 2025 Men’s County Finals
- 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
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