Jacques Léglise Trophy


The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe.

History

The event can trace its origins back to 1958. An international boys match between England and Scotland had been played for many years on the Saturday 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. The match, consisting of four foursomes and eight singles matches, was very one-sided with the European losing 11 of the 12 matches and halving the other. The 1959 match had only three foursomes matches and six singles. The Europeans won one of the foursomes and halved two of the singles. The combined England and Scotland team continued to dominate to such an extent that it was discontinued in 1966.
The match was revived in 1977 and the Continental team won for the first time that year. There were four foursomes and nine singles matches. In 1978 the Continental team won again by the same score, 7–6. Up to 1995 it was played over a single day in connection with the Boys Amateur Championship but since then it has been played as a separate two-day match with the venue generally alternating between Great Britain and Ireland and the continent.

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.
In recent years the Great Britain and Ireland team have chosen 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 Continental Europe has 13 victories. The 2015 match ended in a tie and so Great Britain & Ireland retained the trophy.

Future sites