McIlroy, Shaw, Ward named in World Amateur Championship team

Rory McIlroy (Holywood), Gareth Shaw (Lurgan) and Simon Ward (Co Louth) will represent Ireland in the World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy which will be played at the De Zalze Golf Club and Stellenbosch Golf Club, near Cape Town, South Africa on October 26 to 29.

McIlroy, who is ranked fifth in the world amateur rankings with a handicap of plus 5.3, won the West of Ireland Championship at Co Sligo and the Irish Amateur Close Championship at The European Club for the second year in a row, and also finished runner-up in the Irish Amateur Open Championship, having lost out in a three holes play-off to Finland's Antti Ahokas.