Rhys Pugh Chosen For 2011 Walker Cup Team

Seventeen year old Welsh golfing prodigy has been picked for the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team.

Seventeen year old Welsh golfing prodigy Rhys Pugh has been picked for the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team, it was announced yesterday. Rhys is by far the youngest member of the squad that will face the United States at Royal Aberdeen next month.

In the wake of his recent Irish Amateur Open Championship victory, this latest announcement further cements Rhys’ credentials as one of the UK’s most promising up and coming golfers.

The first Welshman to appear in the Walker Cup since Rhys Davies and Nigel Edwards in 2007, Rhys said of his inclusion in the squad “I’m absolutely over the moon to have been picked to play alongside such talented players, it’s a real honour. I’ve had an unbelievable year so far, my form has been really good and I’ve had some great wins, and hopefully now I can carry that on and do the best job that I can for the team up in Scotland.”

His coach David Llewellyn, former World Cup winner and Wales National Coach, says “This is a fantastic achievement for Rhys and we’re all incredibly proud of him and his success. He is extremely talented, of course, but he also works hard and has a wonderful temperament which serves him well on and off the course. I have no doubt that he will give his all for this Walker Cup team and do everyone proud.”
 

Pugh won the Peter McEvoy Trophy and Fairhaven Trophy in 2010 and captained the GB & I Boys team at the Jacques Leglise Trophy. He holds the record as youngest player to represent Wales, an honour he achieved as a 15-year-old in the 2009 Home Internationals.