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Gary Alliss, Captain

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Head professional and PGA National Golf Academy Manager at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield
  • Age: 52
  • Turned Pro: 1974
  • Persanal: Wife Karen, Children: Craig 21, Tara, 17
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Traveling, gardening, music

Player Notes

Began career as an assistant professional at Trevose in Cornwall; head professional at Harpenden from 1979-83; returned to Trevose as head professional from 1983-2004. In 2005 set up golf academy resort in Abama, Tenerife. Joined The Belfry in 2006 in current position, Golf Monthly magazine top 25 coach; coach of South West England county teams. In 2006, awarded Advanced Fellow status of the PGA.


Andrew Barnett

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Head professional at North Wales Golf Range, St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales
  • Age: 37
  • Turned Pro: 1993
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Fiancée, Kathryn
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Relaxing, football, fishing, mountain-biking

Player Notes

Enjoyed successful amateur career including victories in the 1990 Welsh Amateur Championship and 1992 Welsh Amateur Strokeplay Championship; member of 1991 GB&I youth team; played European and Challenge Tours between 1996-2001; top 10 finish in 1996 Austrian Open; runner-up in 2007 Glenmuir Club Professional Championship; runner-up in 2005 Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Welsh PGA National Championship; course records at Wynyard (9-under-par 63) and Rhyl (7-under-par 64)


Jon Bevan

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Teaching professional at Wessex Golf Centre, Weymouth, Dorset, England
  • Age: 40
  • Turned Pro: 1989
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Single; Children: Twins Paul and Ellen, 10, Adrian 11, William 13, Megan 14
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: All sports

Player Notes

Enjoyed successful amateur career including victories in the 1990 Welsh Amateur Championship and 1992 Welsh Amateur Strokeplay Championship; member of 1991 GB&I youth team; played European and Challenge Tours between 1996-2001; top 10 finish in 1996 Austrian Open; runner-up in 2007 Glenmuir Club Professional Championship; runner-up in 2005 Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Welsh PGA National Championship; course records at Wynyard (9-under-par 63) and Rhyl (7-under-par 64)


John Dwyer

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Head Professional at Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland
  • Age: 33
  • Turned Pro: 1993
  • PGA Cup: 2000 & 2003 (won 1, lost 6, halved 1)
  • Persanal: Wife, Yvonne
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Horse racing (brother is famous jockey Mark, twice winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup)

Player Notes

2007 Glenmuir Club Professional Champion; runner-up at Saunton in 2002; 2001 Irish Order of Merit winner, 4th in 2006 and has not finished lower than 9th in Order of Merit since 1999; winner of 2005 Greenore Challenge; won 2001 Ulster Championship; winner of 2006 Motorola Pro-Am; also tied 1st in 2006 Foxrock Pro-Am; 2nd after play-off in 2006 PGA Challenge; represented Ireland in the 2006 PGA's of Europe Team Championship


Craig Goodfellow

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Teaching Professional at Carlisle Driving Range, Cumbria, England
  • Age: 32
  • Turned Pro: 1997
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Partner, Joanne
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Squash, football (Liverpool)

Player Notes

2001 PGA Assistants' Champion, runner-up in 2002; has made three England appearances in the PGA's of Europe Team Championship; lost in play-off to make the 2005 PGA Cup team; course record 63 at St Anne's Old Links


Duncan Muscroft

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Teaching Professional at Montecchia Golf Club, Padova, Italy
  • Age: 43
  • Turned Pro: 1982
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Single
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Football, music, wine collecting

Player Notes

Won 1980 British Boys Amateur Championship; played on European Tour in 80s and 90s; Italian PGA Champion 2001; winner of 1983 Northern PGA Championship; 2006 runner-up Glenmuir Club Professional Championship; seven time winner on Hippo Tour; Hippo Tour Championship and Order of Merit winner mid 90's; represented England in the 2006 PGA's of Europe Team Championship along with Paul Wesselingh


Michael Nesbit

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Head Professional at Westerhope Golf Club Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • Age: 30
  • Turned Pro: 1997
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Single
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Football (Newcastle), music and film

Player Notes

Winner of 2001 & 2004 North Region Order of Merit; victories in The Rock in 2001 & 2004; won 2004 Golf Pages Trophy on PGA Europro Tour, breaking course record on the way with 64; two appearances in BMW PGA Championship 2002 & 2005.


George Ryall

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Teaching Professional at The Players Club Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, England
  • Age: 48
  • Turned Pro: 1985
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Wife, Susie; Children: Laura, 11
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Family, football

Player Notes

Played European and Challenge Tours in 80s and 90s; won 1991 Challenge Tour's Perrier European Pro-Am in Belgium; in 2006 winner of Gloucester & Somerset Matchplay Championship, Order of Merit, 36 hole championship and pairs championship on the way to collecting 12 titles in West Region; seven wins in 2007 on PGA West Region schedule; course record holder at Broadstone, Dorset, with an 8-under-par 62.


Danny Taylor

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Teaching Professional at Swingers, Lichfield Staffordshire, England
  • Age: 33
  • Turned Pro: 1993
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Wife, Samantha; Children: Georgia (3), new baby expected end of July
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Films, family, read and coaching golf

Player Notes

2005 Staffordshire Matchplay Champion; winner of 2005 Staffs Open Championship; 2006 winner of Cold Ashby Tour Championship; winner of 2006 Copt Heath Pro-Am; finished 2nd in 2006 Morley Hayes Classic; 3rd in 2006 Midland Open; 4th in 2006 Midland Order of Merit.


Paul Wesselingh

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Head professional at Kedleston Park, Derby, England
  • Age: 45
  • Turned Pro: 1985
  • PGA Cup: 1998, 2000, 2003 & 2005 (won 9, lost 7, halved 3)
  • Persanal: Wife, Tracy; Children: Twins Ryan and Sean 13, Jake 10
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Swimming, football (Derby County), hold second degree black belt Tae Kwon Do

Player Notes

Most consistent GB&I player in Glenmuir Club Professional Championship history - since 1997 has won in 2006, finished runner-up three times ('97, 2000 and '05) and had ties for fourth, fifth and sixth place; played in three Opens - 1992 at Muirfield, 2003 at Royal St George's and 2004 at Royal Troon where he played all four rounds; played seven times in PGA Championship including all four rounds at Wentworth in 2004; won 2002 European Club Professional Championship at Pevero GC, Sardinia & 2004 runner-up; winner of 2005 Lombard Trophy; won 1999 Midland Order of Merit winner; 1994 PGA North Region Champion; represented England in the 2006 PGA's of Europe Team Championship along with Duncan Muscroft.


James Whatley

  • Home Club/Affiliation: Head of Instruction at East Midlands Golf Academy at Morley Hayes Golf Club, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
  • Age: 24
  • Turned Pro: 2001
  • PGA Cup: First appearance
  • Persanal: Partner, Rachel
  • Hobbies/Special Interests: Gym, traveling, playing golf with girlfriend and running own business

Player Notes

As an amateur played off plus three and captained Derbyshire juniors; won the 2000 Midland Open Boys Championship; 2007 winner of Derbyshire PGA Championship; 2005 Midland Assistants Order of Merit champion; two time winner of Derbyshire Assistants' Championship in 2005 & 2006; as an amateur held records at both Breadsall Priory courses with a nine under par 63 on The Priory and a 6-under-par 64 at The Moorland.


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