Lytham St Annes named one of most Britain’s best seaside towns<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n He also played his way into Final Qualifying for The Open Championship in the summer after success in regionals, but was unable to secure a spot at Royal Portrush.\n<\/p>\n
\n England Golf Men\u2019s performance manager, Ben Gorvett, said: \u201cAll players selected to be a member of this elite group have had a season to be proud of.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cNow they have the opportunity to advance their game further through a competitive environment and support from world-class coaches.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201c2025 saw many success stories up and down the country, and many players put their hands up to be in this position, which is a credit to all the work going on from the top to the bottom of our pathway.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThese men have demonstrated they have the talent to wear the rose on their chest, and the attitudes to do it proud.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey understand that being in this squad is a privilege, but they have the confidence to know they deserve it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis thriving environment of technical and performance coaching, psychological support, and strength and conditioning and nutrition support, will form the foundation of their amateur careers and their life in the professional ranks – we want to develop and produce world-beaters.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAlongside their inclusion in this thriving environment, their work ethic and determination will be a key factor in their success next season, and the bond they create will be a contributing factor to the success of England.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are proud to have yet another great cohort of golfers, but more importantly, people who will go on to do great things and inspire the next generation.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n In the England Boys squad is 15-year-old George Whitehead, who plays at Hillside Golf Club in Southport on the West Lancashire coast.\n<\/p>\n
\n The teenager, who plays of an impressive +2.8 handicap, earned his place following a year of top 10 finishes at tournaments across the UK and Europe, and is the youngest member of the team for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Van Wyk, who is a member at the illustrious Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-266889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}