Excellent Swedish team crush Irish hopes

IRELAND suffered a huge let-down in the European Mens Amateur Team Golf Championship over the Royal Hague course in The Netherlands yesterday when they crashed out of contention, beaten by an in-form Swedish side.

Having topped the qualifiers by the proverbial mile 11 strokes Ireland were very hopeful that they could clinch the title for the first time for 16 years but their hopes evaporated quickly as they were soon in trouble in the two foursome matches.

Playing in the first game Walker Cup hopeful Justin Kehoe and newcomer Brian McElhinney battled bravely against Par Nilsson and Kalle Edbeg but in the end went down by 2&1.