Jacques Léglise Trophy

The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has been played as a separate two-day match. The venue generally alternates between Great Britain and Ireland and the continent. From 1958 to 1966 a similar match was played between a combined England and Scotland team and the Continent of Europe.

History

The event can trace its origins back to 1958. An England–Scotland boys match had been played since 1923 before the Boys Amateur Championship. In 1958 the match was played on the Friday and a match between a combined England and Scotland team and Europe was played on the Saturday. The English and Scottish selectors each chose four players to make up the British team.^[1] The match, consisting of four foursomes and eight singles matches, was very one-sided with the European team losing 11 of the 12 matches and halving the other.^[2] The 1959 match had only three foursomes matches and six singles. The Europeans won one of the foursomes and halved two of the singles.^[3] The 1960 match had five foursomes matches and ten singles. The match was close with the continental team winning two of the foursomes matches and five of the singles.^[4] In 1961, the continental team lost all five foursomes matches but won four of the singles matches.^[5] In 1962, the score was the same with the continent winning one foursomes match and three singles, while in 1963 they won two foursomes matches and one singles.^[6][7] The 1964 and 1965 contests had four foursomes matches and nine singles. The Continental team won just one singles match on each occasion ^[8][9] The 1966 match wes reduced to four foursomes and eight singles, the continental team winning just two singles matches.^[10] The combined England and Scotland team had dominated to such an extent that it was discontinued after 1966, and replaced by an annual youth international, played before the British Youths Open Amateur Championship and which was held for the first time in 1967.^[11]

The boys match was revived in 1977 when Jean-Louis Dupont donated a trophy in memory of Jacques Léglise, who had been president of the French Golf Federation and of the European Golf Association.^[12] There were four foursomes and nine singles matches and the Continental team won for the first time.^[13] In 1978 the Continental team won again by the same score, 7–6.^[14] From 1979 the number of singles match was reduced to eight. In 1993 the match was extended, with five foursomes and ten singles matches Up to 1995 it was played over a single day in connection with the Boys Amateur Championship.

Since 1996 it has been played as a separate two-day match with the venue generally alternating between Great Britain and Ireland and the continent. There were 10 players in each team in 1996 reduced to 9 since 1997. From 1996 to 2014 both days had four foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. From 2015, there have been nine singles matches on the final afternoon.

Format

Currently the teams are nine strong and the tournament is played over two days, with four foursomes in the morning and either eight or nine singles matches in the afternoon. The Great Britain and Ireland team is selected by The R&A and the Continent of Europe side by the European Golf Association. Players must be under 18 on 1 January of the year in which the event takes place.

In some years the Great Britain and Ireland team chose a captain from among the players; in addition to a non-playing manager. The Continent of Europe side has a non-playing captain.

Results

Since the event was revived in 1977, the Great Britain & Ireland team has won the event 29 times, while Continent of Europe has 17 victories. The 2015 match ended in a tie and so Great Britain & Ireland retained the trophy. In 2024 the first day foursomes were not played because of bad weather. Nine singles were played in the afternoon.

Year	Venue	Winning team Captain	Score		Losing team Captain	Ref.
2025	Royal Golf Club of Belgium, Belgium	Continent of Europe Pierre Relecom	15	10	Great Britain & Ireland Chris King	[15]
2024	West Lancashire Golf Club, England	Continent of Europe Pierre Relecom	12	10	Great Britain & Ireland Chris King	[16]
2023	Golf de Chantilly, France	Continent of Europe Joachim Fourquet	17	8	Great Britain & Ireland Dylan Shaw-Radford	[17]
2022	Blairgowrie Golf Club, Scotland	Continent of Europe Joachim Fourquet	131⁄2	111⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Niall Shiels Donegan
2021	Falsterbo Golf Club, Sweden	Continent of Europe Joachim Fourquet	161⁄2	81⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Cameron Adam
2020	Blairgowrie Golf Club, Scotland	Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2019	Aldeburgh Golf Club, England	Continent of Europe Joachim Fourquet	151⁄2	91⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Barclay Brown	[18]
2018	Kytäjä Golf, Finland	Great Britain & Ireland Barclay Brown	151⁄2	91⁄2	Continent of Europe Jeroen Stevens	[19]
2017	Ballybunion Golf Club, Ireland	Continent of Europe Jeroen Stevens	151⁄2	91⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Mark Power	[20]
2016	Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, England	Continent of Europe Jeroen Stevens	131⁄2	111⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Marco Penge	[21]
2015	Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland Bradley Moore	121⁄2	121⁄2	Continent of Europe Miguel Franco de Sousa	[22]
2014	Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, Sweden	Great Britain & Ireland Ewen Ferguson	121⁄2	111⁄2	Continent of Europe Miguel Franco de Sousa	[23]
2013	Royal St. David's, Wales	Great Britain & Ireland Ashton Turner	15	9	Continent of Europe Miguel Franco de Sousa	[24]
2012	Portmarnock Golf Club, Ireland	Continent of Europe Gerald Stangl	131⁄2	101⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Gavin Moynihan	[25]
2011	Neguri Golf Club, Spain	Great Britain & Ireland David Boote	141⁄2	91⁄2	Continent of Europe Gerald Stangl	[26]
2010	Castelconturbia Golf Club, Italy	Continent of Europe Gerald Stangl	151⁄2	81⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Rhys Pugh	[27]
2009	Ganton Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland Paul Dunne	141⁄2	91⁄2	Continent of Europe Andreas Pallauf	[28]
2008	Kingsbarns Golf Links, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland Michael Stewart	14	10	Continent of Europe Andreas Pallauf	[29]
2007	Notts Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland Jack Hiluta	131⁄2	101⁄2	Continent of Europe Andreas Pallauf	[30]
2006	Royal Golf Club Mariánské Lázne, Czech Republic	Continent of Europe Andreas Pallauf	191⁄2	41⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Niall Kearney	[31]
2005	Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales	Continent of Europe Andreas Pallauf	14	10	Great Britain & Ireland Scott Henry	[32]
2004	Nairn Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland Cian McNamara	141⁄2	91⁄2	Continent of Europe Nicolas Sulzer	[33]
2003	Lahinch Golf Club, Ireland	Great Britain & Ireland Paul Waring	161⁄2	71⁄2	Continent of Europe	[34]
2002	Golf Club de Lausanne, Switzerland	Great Britain & Ireland Rhys Davies	14	10	Continent of Europe Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	[35]
2001	Golf de Chantilly, France	Continent of Europe Charlie Westrup	16	8	Great Britain & Ireland	[36]
2000	Turnberry, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland Zane Scotland	16	8	Continent of Europe Charlie Westrup	[37]
1999	Burnham & Berrow Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland Nick Dougherty	15	9	Continent of Europe Charlie Westrup	[38]
1998	Circolo Golf Villa d'Este, Italy	Great Britain & Ireland David Jones	14	10	Continent of Europe Charlie Westrup	[39]
1997	Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Scotland	Continent of Europe Charlie Westrup	121⁄2	111⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland Phil Rowe	[40]
1996	Woodhall Spa Golf Club, England	Continent of Europe Charlie Westrup	13	11	Great Britain & Ireland Martin Brown	[41]
1995	Dunbar Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland Grant Campbell	9	6	Continent of Europe Charlie Westrup	[42]
1994	Little Aston Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland	121⁄2	21⁄2	Continent of Europe	[43]
1993	Glenbervie Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland Sean Quinlinvan	8	7	Continent of Europe Björn Nordberg	[44]
1992	Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland	8	7	Continent of Europe	[45]
1991	Montrose Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland	61⁄2	51⁄2	Continent of Europe	[46]
1990	Hunstanton Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland	10	2	Continent of Europe	[47]
1989	Nairn Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland	71⁄2	41⁄2	Continent of Europe	[48]
1988	Formby Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland	91⁄2	21⁄2	Continent of Europe	[49]
1987	Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland	71⁄2	41⁄2	Continent of Europe	[50]
1986	Seaton Carew Golf Club, England	Continent of Europe	81⁄2	31⁄2	Great Britain & Ireland	[51]
1985	Royal Burgess, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland	71⁄2	41⁄2	Continent of Europe	[52][53]
1984	Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales	Great Britain & Ireland	61⁄2	51⁄2	Continent of Europe	[54]
1983	Glenbervie Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland	61⁄2	51⁄2	Continent of Europe	[55]
1982	Burnham & Berrow Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland	11	1	Continent of Europe	[56]
1981	Gullane Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland	8	4	Continent of Europe	[57]
1980	Formby Golf Club, England	Great Britain & Ireland	7	5	Continent of Europe	[58]
1979	Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club, Scotland	Great Britain & Ireland	91⁄2	21⁄2	Continent of Europe	[59]
1978	Seaton Carew Golf Club, England	Continent of Europe	7	6	Great Britain & Ireland	[14]
1977	Downfield Golf Club, Scotland	Continent of Europe	7	6	Great Britain & Ireland	[13]
1967–1976: Tournament not played
1966	Moortown Golf Club, England	England & Scotland	10	2	Continent of Europe	[10]
1965	Gullane Golf Club, Scotland	England & Scotland	12	1	Continent of Europe	[9]
1964	Formby Golf Club, England	England & Scotland	12	1	Continent of Europe	[8]
1963	Prestwick Golf Club, Scotland	England & Scotland	12	3	Continent of Europe	[7]
1962	Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club, England	England & Scotland	11	4	Continent of Europe	[6]
1961	Dalmahoy Country Club, Scotland	England & Scotland	11	4	Continent of Europe	[5]
1960	Olton Golf Club, England	England & Scotland	8	7	Continent of Europe	[4]
1959	Pollok Golf Club, Scotland	England & Scotland	7	2	Continent of Europe	[3]
1958	Moortown Golf Club, England	England & Scotland	111⁄2	01⁄2	Continent of Europe	[2]

Teams

There have been 9 players in each team since 1997.

See also

• St Andrews Trophy - the equivalent men's amateur event
• Junior Vagliano Trophy - the equivalent girls amateur event

References

External links

• Coverage on the R&A's site
• Coverage on the EGA's site