Fantastic display in team win!

(Woodsome Hall) then won 5&4 before the two juniors, James Edwards and Harry Mowl, triumphed 2&1 to give the Union the foursomes advantage.

Greaves fiddled with the singles order, banking on it being close, and he was correct at the first eight matches were won four apiece – Morton (Huddersfield), Hunt (Meltham), Minto (Hanging Heaton) and McAspurn (Meltham) being the Union winners.

Halifax’s Burkett then scored a 4&3 victory and, when McLean delivered the same scoreline in match 10, the victory was assured – Huddersfield’s James Edwards going on to win the final match 2&1 after Mowl (Crow Nest) had been beaten by the same scoreline.

Sponsors Glenbrae, Brand Consortia and Longmill Carpets were thanked. JORDAN SPIETH will defend his Open Championship title at Carnoustie from Thursday as the year’s third major takes place from July 19-22.

Five possible contenders for one of golf’s top prizes are:

From 188th in the world as recently as September 2016, Fleetwood has climbed to 10th thanks to a successful title defence in the Abu Dhabi Championship in January.

Five years after claiming he was not good enough to win a major, Garcia proved himself wrong in dramatic fashion to win the 2017 Masters.

Stenson is surprisingly somewhat under the radar for the Open, despite finishing fifth in the Masters and sixth in the US Open. The 2016 champion is in good form, however.