England Golf has named 13 players in its 2026/27 National Men’s Squad.
Its UK-Based Squad will comprise of six individuals with new addition Jenson Bull and Harley Smith returning to the set-up, while the US-Based Squad includes seven players – with Ed Featherstone being included for the first time.
The UK-Based Squad will receive xxx, while the US-Based Squad will xxxx.
England Golf Men’s Performance Manager, Ben Gorvett, said: “The standard of players in our squads for the 2026/27 season is extremely high, and the competition for places is as strong as ever. The players we have selected have shown they can compete at the highest level, including while representing England and Great Britain & Ireland.
“They also know there are plenty of talented golfers coming through who are eager to earn their place in the squad and push for selection in future teams. That competition will be a real driving force throughout the winter and will help maintain the high standards and work ethic we expect from the group.
“To have this strength in depth, alongside a number of players progressing into the professional ranks, demonstrates the strength of our pathway from county through to regional and national level. Our coaching team is looking forward to a productive winter of hard work with the squads, and we wish all of our players who have recently turned professional every success in the next chapter of their careers.”
Find out about the players below.
UK-Based Men’s Squad
Its UK-Based Squad will comprise of six individuals with new addition Jenson Bull and Harley Smith returning to the set-up, while the US-Based Squad includes seven players – with Ed Featherstone being included for the first time.
The UK-Based Squad will receive xxx, while the US-Based Squad will xxxx.
England Golf Men’s Performance Manager, Ben Gorvett, said: “The standard of players in our squads for the 2026/27 season is extremely high, and the competition for places is as strong as ever. The players we have selected have shown they can compete at the highest level, including while representing England and Great Britain & Ireland.
“They also know there are plenty of talented golfers coming through who are eager to earn their place in the squad and push for selection in future teams. That competition will be a real driving force throughout the winter and will help maintain the high standards and work ethic we expect from the group.
“To have this strength in depth, alongside a number of players progressing into the professional ranks, demonstrates the strength of our pathway from county through to regional and national level. Our coaching team is looking forward to a productive winter of hard work with the squads, and we wish all of our players who have recently turned professional every success in the next chapter of their careers.”
Find out about the players below.
UK-Based Men’s Squad
Ben Bolton (Enville, Staffordshire)
- Part of GB&I team which completed an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- Finished 3rd in the individual standings of the 2026 European Nations Cup, helping England win the team event overall by an enormous 14 shots
- Finished 3rd in the stroke play stages of the 2026 South of Ireland Open
- Tied-2nd in stroke play stages of the 2026 R&A Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Portuguese Amateur and impressive tied-11th at 2026 Sage Valley Invitational (USA)
- Tied-3rd finish at 2026 Lytham Trophy
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- Won all three of his matches to help England win their 2026 Men's Home Internationals
- 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 2025 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 2025 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 Boys’ 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
Jenson Bull (Parkstone, Dorset)
- Helped England win the 2026 Men’s Home InternationalsWinner of the 2026 West of England Stroke Play ChampionshipWinner of the 2025 Duncan PutterWinner of the 2025 South East of England Links ChampionshipTop-5 finishes at 2026 Berkshire Trophy, Lagonda Trophy and Peter Alliss TrophyTop-10 finish at 2026 Berkhamsted Trophy
Lewy Hayward (Marlborough, Wiltshire)
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- 4th-place finish at 2026 Austrian Open Amateur
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur, Lytham Trophy, and Brabazon Trophy
- Part of the England team which won the 2026 Men's Home Internationals
- 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)
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- 2nd-place finish at 2026 Tillman Trophy
- Top-5 finish at 2026 Turkish Open Amateur and French International Amateur
- Tied-2nd place at 2026 Selborne Salver
- 10th-place finish at 2026 Scottish Men's Open Stroke Play
- Part of the England team which won the 2026 Men's Home Internationals, picking up 4.5 points from 6
- Tied-11th place at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur
- 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 and top-10 of North of Ireland Men’s Amateur
Harley Smith (The Rayleigh, Essex)
- Won the 2026 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Helped England win 2026 Men’s Home Internationals
- Produced the round of the tournament at Sotogrande (-7) to finish 2nd overall in the individual standings, helping England win the 2025 European Cup of Nations team event by 14 shots
- Won the 2024 English Amateur Championship
- Represented England at 2026 and 2025 European Team Championships (winning bronze medal in 2025)
- Winner of 2024 Sunningdale Foursomes alongside Dylan Shaw-Radford, with the pair finishing as semi-finalists in 2025
- Finished 2nd in 2024 St Andrews Links Trophy and 6th at 2024 Brabazon Trophy, plus three top-10 finishes in Portugal at start of 2024
- 2nd-place finish at 2025 European Nations Cup
_ Top-5 finishes at 2026 Brabazon Trophy and 2025 St Andrews Links Trophy
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Brabazon Trophy
- Represented England at 2024 and 2025 European Team Championship, 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals, and represented England in Octagonal Match in Spain in 2023 and 2024, as well as in biennial match v France in 2024
- Helped Essex win the 2024 Men’s County Finals for the first time since 2009
Jake Sowden (The Oaks, Yorkshire)
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- Tied-5th finish at 2026 Brabazon Trophy (English Men's Stroke Play)
- Top-5 finish at 2026 French International Amateur
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur, Austrian Open 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
- 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)
US-Based Men’s Squad
- Part of GB&I team which completed an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- Finished 3rd in the individual standings of the 2026 European Nations Cup, helping England win the team event overall by an enormous 14 shots
- Finished 3rd in the stroke play stages of the 2026 South of Ireland Open
- Tied-2nd in stroke play stages of the 2026 R&A Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Portuguese Amateur and impressive tied-11th at 2026 Sage Valley Invitational (USA)
- Tied-3rd finish at 2026 Lytham Trophy
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- Won all three of his matches to help England win their 2026 Men's Home Internationals
- 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 2025 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 2025 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 Boys’ 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
Jenson Bull (Parkstone, Dorset)
- Helped England win the 2026 Men’s Home InternationalsWinner of the 2026 West of England Stroke Play ChampionshipWinner of the 2025 Duncan PutterWinner of the 2025 South East of England Links ChampionshipTop-5 finishes at 2026 Berkshire Trophy, Lagonda Trophy and Peter Alliss TrophyTop-10 finish at 2026 Berkhamsted Trophy
Lewy Hayward (Marlborough, Wiltshire)
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- 4th-place finish at 2026 Austrian Open Amateur
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur, Lytham Trophy, and Brabazon Trophy
- Part of the England team which won the 2026 Men's Home Internationals
- 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)
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- 2nd-place finish at 2026 Tillman Trophy
- Top-5 finish at 2026 Turkish Open Amateur and French International Amateur
- Tied-2nd place at 2026 Selborne Salver
- 10th-place finish at 2026 Scottish Men's Open Stroke Play
- Part of the England team which won the 2026 Men's Home Internationals, picking up 4.5 points from 6
- Tied-11th place at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur
- 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 and top-10 of North of Ireland Men’s Amateur
Harley Smith (The Rayleigh, Essex)
- Won the 2026 Portuguese Amateur Championship
- Helped England win 2026 Men’s Home Internationals
- Produced the round of the tournament at Sotogrande (-7) to finish 2nd overall in the individual standings, helping England win the 2025 European Cup of Nations team event by 14 shots
- Won the 2024 English Amateur Championship
- Represented England at 2026 and 2025 European Team Championships (winning bronze medal in 2025)
- Winner of 2024 Sunningdale Foursomes alongside Dylan Shaw-Radford, with the pair finishing as semi-finalists in 2025
- Finished 2nd in 2024 St Andrews Links Trophy and 6th at 2024 Brabazon Trophy, plus three top-10 finishes in Portugal at start of 2024
- 2nd-place finish at 2025 European Nations Cup
_ Top-5 finishes at 2026 Brabazon Trophy and 2025 St Andrews Links Trophy
- Top-10 finish at 2025 Brabazon Trophy
- Represented England at 2024 and 2025 European Team Championship, 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals, and represented England in Octagonal Match in Spain in 2023 and 2024, as well as in biennial match v France in 2024
- Helped Essex win the 2024 Men’s County Finals for the first time since 2009
Jake Sowden (The Oaks, Yorkshire)
- Helped England win the 2026 international match against France at Golf de Chantilly
- Tied-5th finish at 2026 Brabazon Trophy (English Men's Stroke Play)
- Top-5 finish at 2026 French International Amateur
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Italian International Men's Amateur, Austrian Open 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
- 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)
US-Based Men’s Squad
Seb Cave (Coxmoor, Nottinghamshire)
- Tied-2nd finish at 2026 Hayt Collegiate (USA) and tied-5th at 2026 American Conference Champs
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Lewis Chitengwa Invitational (USA)
- Finished 4th at The Open Final Qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports, booking his spot at the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush (2025)
- Part of England team which won the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 SEC Men's Championship (USA) and tied-5th finish at Bryan Bros Collegiate (USA)
_ Won the 2024 St Andrews Links Trophy
- Represented GB&I against Europe in 2024 St Andrews Trophy
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Won the GMAC Invitational and Carolina Cup (both USA) in 2023
Sam Easterbrook (Olton, Warwickshire)
- Part of the GB&I team which completed an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- Winner of 2025 Puerto Rico Classic and top-10 finish at 2026 edition
- Tied-2nd finish at 2026 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (USA)
- Reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 R&A Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Calusa Cup, Big Ten Championship and NCAA Corvallis Regional (all USA)
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Hootie Intercollegiate, Calusa Cup, Boilermaker Invitational, Island Resort Intercollegiate and Purdue Fall Invitational (all USA)
- In 2024, top-10 finishes at Calusa Cup, Robert Kepler Invitational, Island Resort Intercollegiate and Purdue Fall Invitational (all USA), as well as top-10 finish at Canadian Men’s Amateur
- Represented England at 2023 European Boys’ Team Championship and 2022 Boys’ Home Internationals
- Top-10 finish at 2023 Carris Trophy
- Finished 4th at 2023 Lytham Trophy and 5th at the Peter McEvoy Trophy
- Won the ISGA National Team Championship, ISGT Scottish Championship and the SIGA Home International in 2021
- Finished 3rd at 2022 Alexander Quin Invitational (USA)
- Finished tied-2nd at 2022 English U18 Amateur Championship
- Won the 2021 Scottish Boys’ U16 Open Championship
Ed Featherstone (Sheringham, Norfolk)
- Tied-3rd finish at 2026 European Amateur Championship
- Reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Louisiana Classics and OVC Men’s Golf Championship (both USA)
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Peter Alliss Trophy, as well as Bearcat Invitational and Everett Buick GMC Classic (both USA)
- Top-10 finishes at 2024 Prestige Individual and Hawkeye Invitational (both USA)
Daniel Hayes (Bramhall, Cheshire)
- Part of the England team which won the 2026 Men's Home Internationals
- 5th-placed finish at 2026 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (USA)
- 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, and part of the team which won the biennial international match against Spain in 2025
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship and top-5 finish at 2025 Scottish Men's Open 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, European Boys’ Team Championship, and Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Reached the quarter-finals of 2024 R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship
Freddie Turnell (Burnham & Berrow, Somerset)
- Won the 2026 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (USA)
- Reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 South of Ireland Open
- Tied-6th finish at 2026 St Andrews Links Trophy
- Helped England win 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Winner of The Goodwin 2025 (USA)
- 2nd-place finish at 2025 Brabazon Trophy
- Top-10 finishes at The Prestige, 40th Louisiana Classics, OVC Men’s Golf Championship and Moraine Intercollegiate in 2025 (all USA)
- Winner of 2024 Hampshire Salver and 2024 Berkshire Trophy
- In 2024, top-10 finish at Berkhamsted Trophy and tied-3rd at English U25 Championship
Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
- Winner of the 2026 Valspar Collegiate Invitational (USA)
- Won 2 points from 4 to help GB&I complete an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- 2nd-place finish at 2026 Seminole Intercollegiate (USA)
- Top-5 finishes at 2026 Jones Cup Invitational and Watersound Invitational (both USA) - the latter where he finished just one shot away from a play-off
- Top-10 finish at 2026 ACC Championships (USA)
- 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 2025 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 2025 Cabo Collegiate (USA) after a play-off, earning him an exemption into the World Wide Technology Championship PGA Tour event
- Represented GB&I in 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Helped England win the bronze medal at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championship
- 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
- 2nd place at 2025 ACC Men's Golf Championship (USA) and top-10 finishes at 2025 Watersound Invitational and NCAA Tallahassee Regional (both USA)
- 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, and finished runner-up after two extra 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)
Jack Whaley (Rotherham, Yorkshire)
- Winner of the 2026 U.S. Amateur Championship, becoming just the third ever Englishman to do so - and earning exemptions into 2027 major golf tournaments
- Won a key singles match 8&7 - the joint-2nd biggest margin in the competition history - as he helped GB&I complete an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- Winner of the 2025 Coastal Georgia Men’s Golf Fall Invitational, Kinderlou Forest Spring Invite, BMCU Spring Classic, Roadrunner Classic and NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship (all USA)
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Lewis Chitengwa Invitational, ACC Championships, and NCAA Columbus Regional (all USA)
- 2nd-place finish at 2025 Carey Collegiate, 3rd-place finish at 2025 SSAX Men’s Golf Championship, and top-10 finish at 2025 OFCC/Fighting Invitational (all USA)
- 2nd-place finish at 2024 Bojangles Invitational and The Invite @ Innisbrook (both USA)
- In 2024, top-10 finishes at Kinderlou Forest Spring Invite, BMCU Spring Classic and NAIA Men’s Golf Championships, as well as a 3rd-place finish at Roadrunner Classic (all USA)
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- Tied-2nd finish at 2026 Hayt Collegiate (USA) and tied-5th at 2026 American Conference Champs
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Lewis Chitengwa Invitational (USA)
- Finished 4th at The Open Final Qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports, booking his spot at the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush (2025)
- Part of England team which won the 2025 Women's & Men's Home Internationals
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 SEC Men's Championship (USA) and tied-5th finish at Bryan Bros Collegiate (USA)
_ Won the 2024 St Andrews Links Trophy
- Represented GB&I against Europe in 2024 St Andrews Trophy
- Represented England at 2024 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Won the GMAC Invitational and Carolina Cup (both USA) in 2023
Sam Easterbrook (Olton, Warwickshire)
- Part of the GB&I team which completed an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- Winner of 2025 Puerto Rico Classic and top-10 finish at 2026 edition
- Tied-2nd finish at 2026 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (USA)
- Reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 R&A Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Calusa Cup, Big Ten Championship and NCAA Corvallis Regional (all USA)
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Hootie Intercollegiate, Calusa Cup, Boilermaker Invitational, Island Resort Intercollegiate and Purdue Fall Invitational (all USA)
- In 2024, top-10 finishes at Calusa Cup, Robert Kepler Invitational, Island Resort Intercollegiate and Purdue Fall Invitational (all USA), as well as top-10 finish at Canadian Men’s Amateur
- Represented England at 2023 European Boys’ Team Championship and 2022 Boys’ Home Internationals
- Top-10 finish at 2023 Carris Trophy
- Finished 4th at 2023 Lytham Trophy and 5th at the Peter McEvoy Trophy
- Won the ISGA National Team Championship, ISGT Scottish Championship and the SIGA Home International in 2021
- Finished 3rd at 2022 Alexander Quin Invitational (USA)
- Finished tied-2nd at 2022 English U18 Amateur Championship
- Won the 2021 Scottish Boys’ U16 Open Championship
Ed Featherstone (Sheringham, Norfolk)
- Tied-3rd finish at 2026 European Amateur Championship
- Reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 Amateur Championship
- Top-10 finishes at 2026 Louisiana Classics and OVC Men’s Golf Championship (both USA)
- Top-10 finishes at 2025 Peter Alliss Trophy, as well as Bearcat Invitational and Everett Buick GMC Classic (both USA)
- Top-10 finishes at 2024 Prestige Individual and Hawkeye Invitational (both USA)
Daniel Hayes (Bramhall, Cheshire)
- Part of the England team which won the 2026 Men's Home Internationals
- 5th-placed finish at 2026 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (USA)
- 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, and part of the team which won the biennial international match against Spain in 2025
- 3rd-place finish at 2025 Portuguese Amateur Championship and top-5 finish at 2025 Scottish Men's Open 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, European Boys’ Team Championship, and Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Reached the quarter-finals of 2024 R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship
Freddie Turnell (Burnham & Berrow, Somerset)
- Won the 2026 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (USA)
- Reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 South of Ireland Open
- Tied-6th finish at 2026 St Andrews Links Trophy
- Helped England win 2025 Women’s & Men’s Home Internationals
- Winner of The Goodwin 2025 (USA)
- 2nd-place finish at 2025 Brabazon Trophy
- Top-10 finishes at The Prestige, 40th Louisiana Classics, OVC Men’s Golf Championship and Moraine Intercollegiate in 2025 (all USA)
- Winner of 2024 Hampshire Salver and 2024 Berkshire Trophy
- In 2024, top-10 finish at Berkhamsted Trophy and tied-3rd at English U25 Championship
Tyler Weaver (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
- Winner of the 2026 Valspar Collegiate Invitational (USA)
- Won 2 points from 4 to help GB&I complete an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- 2nd-place finish at 2026 Seminole Intercollegiate (USA)
- Top-5 finishes at 2026 Jones Cup Invitational and Watersound Invitational (both USA) - the latter where he finished just one shot away from a play-off
- Top-10 finish at 2026 ACC Championships (USA)
- 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 2025 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 2025 Cabo Collegiate (USA) after a play-off, earning him an exemption into the World Wide Technology Championship PGA Tour event
- Represented GB&I in 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point
- Helped England win the bronze medal at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championship
- 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
- 2nd place at 2025 ACC Men's Golf Championship (USA) and top-10 finishes at 2025 Watersound Invitational and NCAA Tallahassee Regional (both USA)
- 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, and finished runner-up after two extra 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)
Jack Whaley (Rotherham, Yorkshire)
- Winner of the 2026 U.S. Amateur Championship, becoming just the third ever Englishman to do so - and earning exemptions into 2027 major golf tournaments
- Won a key singles match 8&7 - the joint-2nd biggest margin in the competition history - as he helped GB&I complete an amazing turnaround to win the 2026 Walker Cup against the USA (first time since 2015)
- Winner of the 2025 Coastal Georgia Men’s Golf Fall Invitational, Kinderlou Forest Spring Invite, BMCU Spring Classic, Roadrunner Classic and NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship (all USA)
- Top-10 finish at 2026 Lewis Chitengwa Invitational, ACC Championships, and NCAA Columbus Regional (all USA)
- 2nd-place finish at 2025 Carey Collegiate, 3rd-place finish at 2025 SSAX Men’s Golf Championship, and top-10 finish at 2025 OFCC/Fighting Invitational (all USA)
- 2nd-place finish at 2024 Bojangles Invitational and The Invite @ Innisbrook (both USA)
- In 2024, top-10 finishes at Kinderlou Forest Spring Invite, BMCU Spring Classic and NAIA Men’s Golf Championships, as well as a 3rd-place finish at Roadrunner Classic (all USA)
The England Golf Talent Pathway is supported by The R&A and Sport England, bringing together all facets of the game at every level to help our players enjoy golf and become the best they can be.
Contact details:
Tom Vale, Press & Media Manager
Tel: 07912 240850
Email: tom.vale@englandgolf.org
www.englandgolf.org
Tom Vale, Press & Media Manager
Tel: 07912 240850
Email: tom.vale@englandgolf.org
www.englandgolf.org