Recently crowned Boys’ Amateur Champion Guus Lafeber played a starring role as the Continent of Europe retained the Jacques Léglise Trophy with a 15-10 win over Great Britain and Ireland at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium.
A week on from the statement victory at County Louth that helped secure his selection in Pierre Relecom’s side for the boys’ team contest, Lafeber led the home side with a perfect record of four points from as many matches.
Having trailed by five points heading into Saturday’s final slate of singles contests, GB&I battled gamely as Harry Cox, Oscar Lent and Ben Bolton won the top three ties.
However, emphatic triumphs from Callixte Alzas and Vaclav Svub kept the Continent of Europe in charge, before France’s Tom De Herrypon sealed victory with a two-hole win over Dion Regan.
Lafeber, from the Netherlands, claimed a fourth success to enhance the winning margin, while Giovanni Binaghi rescued a draw against John Doyle to ensure the teams picked up 4½ points each in the closing singles.
The hosts’ sixth successive Jacques Léglise Trophy triumph owed much to a dominant performance in Friday’s singles, where they won 6½ points from eight matches to turn a 2½-1½ deficit into an 8-4 opening-day lead.
GB&I’s Regan and Jack Swift twice teamed up for foursomes victories, while Oli Blackadder claimed maximum points for Chris King’s team on Friday.
For final scoring from the Jacques Léglise Trophy, please click here.
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