Hall and Davies win opening match at European Championships

Open champion Georgia Hall teamed up with Dame Laura Davies to win the first round of the European Golf Championships this morning at Gleneagles.

The “Great Britiain 1” team took on Spain and won 5&4 ahead of their clash with Germany tomorrow morning.

Hall, 22, goes into the tournament in top form having won her maiden major last week. She had the UK’s most successful ever golfer alongside her in Scotland.

The inaugural European Championships is staged in Glasgow in 2018, with 16 teams of men and women clashing over four days before the players head into the final day for a mixed event.

The European Championships, staged in both Glasgow and Berlin, has over 4,500 athletes competing in seven sports.

Women’s teams

Georgia Hall & Laura Davies - Great Britain 1

Catriona Matthew & Holly Clyburn - Great Britain 2

Olafia Kristinsdottir & Valdis Thora Jonsdottir - Iceland

Celine Herbin and Astrid Vayson de Pradei - France 1

Olivia Cowan & Karolin Lampert - Germany 1

Meghan Maclaren & Michele Thomson - Great Britain 3

Emma Nilsson & Lina Boqvist - Sweden 1

Noemi Jimenez & Silvia Banon - Spain

Isi Gabsa & Leticia Ras-Anderica - Germany 2

Marianne Skarpnord & Marita Engzelius - Norway

Ursula Wikstrom & Noora Komulainen - Finland

Justine Dreher & Manon Molle - France 2

Johanna Gustavsson & Julia Engstrom - Sweden 2

Christine Wolf & Sarah Schober - Austria

Cajsa Persson & Linda Wessberg - Sweden 3

Chloe Leurquin & Manon De Roey - Belgium

Men’s teams

Callum Shinkwin & Lee Slattery - Great Britain 1 

Richie Ramsay & Ryan Evans - Great Britain 2      

Romain Wattel & Gregory Bourdy - France 1        

Lorenzo Gagli & Guido Migliozzi - Italy 1

Jose-Filipe Lima & Pedro Figueiredo - Portugal   

Pedro Oriol & Scott Fernandez - Spain 1 

Rhys Enoch & Charlie Ford - Great Britain 3          

Jarand Ekeland Arnoy & Kristian Krogh Johannessen - Norway    

Santiago Tarrio Ben & David Borda - Spain 2        

Per Langfors & Johan Edfors - Sweden 2

Birgir Hafthorsson & Axel Boasson - Iceland         

Francesco Laporta & Alessandro Tadini - Italy 2  

Adrian Meronk & Mateusz Gradecki - Poland                      

Michael Hoey & Neil O’Briain - Ireland   

Martin Ovesen & Niklas Norgaard Moller – Denmark

Daniel Jennevret & Mikael Lundberg - Sweden 3