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.
16-681: 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. The match, consisting of four foursomes and eight singles matches,
32-419: A match since 1972. Each team played the other three teams over three successive days. Each team had 11 players. Each match involved 5 18-hole foursomes in the morning and 10 18-hole singles in the afternoon. From 1985 to 1995 the contest was played in a knock-out format over two days. England and Scotland had played a boys' international since 1923 and a match between Ireland and Wales had also been played, on
48-407: 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
64-550: The Jacques Léglise Trophy . In 1958 and 1959 this match was played on a Saturday with the England–Scotland match played the day before, a Friday. However, from 1960 to 1966 the order of the matches was reversed, the England–Scotland match returning to the Saturday. From 1965 the format was changed; the match consisting of five foursomes and ten singles. The Jacques Léglise Trophy was started in 1977 and
80-640: The French Golf Federation and of the European Golf Association. There were four foursomes and nine singles matches and the Continental team won for the first time. In 1978 the Continental team won again by the same score, 7–6. 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
96-473: 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. 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
112-451: The continental team lost all five foursomes matches but won four of the singles matches. 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. The 1964 and 1965 contests had four foursomes matches and nine singles. The Continental team won just one singles match on each occasion The 1966 match wes reduced to four foursomes and eight singles,
128-550: The continental team winning just two singles matches. 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. The boys match was revived in 1977 when Jean-Louis Dupont donated a trophy in memory of Jacques Léglise, who had been president of
144-562: The final afternoon. 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
160-444: The first day foursomes were not played because of bad weather. Nine singles were played in the afternoon. There have been 9 players in each team since 1997. England%E2%80%93Scotland boys match The Boys Home Internationals was an amateur team golf championship for boys between the four Home Nations . Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland .The event was organised by The R&A . The inaugural event
176-475: The first three post-war matches. In 1950, an increase in the number of entries for the Boys Championship meant that the England–Scotland match was held on a Saturday for the first time. It was played on a Monday in 1951 but then became a regular Saturday event. From 1958 to 1966 a match was played between a combined England and Scotland team and a team from the Continent of Europe, the forerunner of
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#1732791907450192-403: The match consisting of four foursomes and eight singles. Scotland won the match 7–5. England won a close match in 1928 but Scotland won 9 of the 11 matches between 1929 and 1939. England only win in the 1930s was in 1934, with the 1935 match being tied. Of the 17 matches up to 1939, Scotland had won 12 with England winning 4 and one match tied. The contest resumed in 1946 with England winning
208-509: The same day, since 1972. These two matches continued to be played, acting as semi-finals, with the two winning teams meeting to decide the winner of the home internationals. The two first-day losers also played each other on the second day. Source: Before the Boys Home Internationals was founded, an annual match had been played between England and Scotland since 1923. It was also played immediately before, and generally at
224-399: The same venue, as the Boys Amateur Championship . The first match was held on Monday 27 August 1923 at Dunbar, before the third Boys Amateur Championship. There were 10 singles matches with Scotland winning 6, England 3 with one match halved. Scotland won again in 1924 before England won in 1925 and 1926. The 1926 was reduced to just 8 singles matches. Foursomes matches were added in 1927;
240-507: Was held in 1985 and the venue cycled between the four nations. The winning team received the R&;A Trophy. Originally it was played immediately before, and at the same venue, as the Boys Amateur Championship . However from 1997 it was held as a separate event. In 2021 the match was replaced by a combined Girls and Boys Home Internationals . A match between Scotland and England boys had been played since 1923 while Ireland and Wales had played
256-459: Was very one-sided with the European team 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 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. In 1961,
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