Jacques Léglise Trophy
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The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual boys' team golf
competition between Great Britain
& Ireland
and the Continent of Europe
. It was inaugurated in 1958 and is organised by the R&A. Great Britain & Ireland dominated in the early years to such an extent that it was discontinued in 1966. It was revived in 1977 and the Continental team won for the first time that year. In recent years the teams have been quite evenly matched. Up to 1998 it was always played in Great Britain & Ireland but now every other match is played on the continent. Many leading professional golfers played in the Jacques Leglise Trophy as boys, for example Sergio García
and Luke Donald
.
Currently the teams are nine strong and the tournament is played over two days. The Great Britain & Ireland team is selected by the R&A and the Continent of Europe side by the European Golf Association. Great Britain & Ireland won in 2003 and 2004 but in 2005 the Continent of Europe regained the trophy by winning 14-10. In 2006 the Continent retained the trophy by the emphatic score of 19½-4½. In 2008 Great Britain & Ireland won 13.5-10.5 in 2007 and 14-10 in 2008.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
competition between Great Britain
Great Britain
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& Ireland
Ireland
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and the Continent of Europe
Continental Europe
Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands....
. It was inaugurated in 1958 and is organised by the R&A. Great Britain & Ireland dominated in the early years to such an extent that it was discontinued in 1966. It was revived in 1977 and the Continental team won for the first time that year. In recent years the teams have been quite evenly matched. Up to 1998 it was always played in Great Britain & Ireland but now every other match is played on the continent. Many leading professional golfers played in the Jacques Leglise Trophy as boys, for example Sergio García
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
and Luke Donald
Luke Donald
Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he...
.
Currently the teams are nine strong and the tournament is played over two days. The Great Britain & Ireland team is selected by the R&A and the Continent of Europe side by the European Golf Association. Great Britain & Ireland won in 2003 and 2004 but in 2005 the Continent of Europe regained the trophy by winning 14-10. In 2006 the Continent retained the trophy by the emphatic score of 19½-4½. In 2008 Great Britain & Ireland won 13.5-10.5 in 2007 and 14-10 in 2008.
See also
- St Andrews TrophySt Andrews TrophyThe St Andrews Trophy is a biennial men's team golf tournament contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and Continental Europe. It takes its name from St Andrews in Scotland, which is colloquially known as the "Home of Golf". The competition was founded in...
- the equivalent men's amateur event - Seve TrophySeve TrophyThe Seve Trophy is a biennial golf tournament between teams of professional male golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and Continental Europe. It is named after five times major winner Seve Ballesteros, the most successful golfer ever from Continental Europe who was one of the key...
- the equivalent event for male professionals