England Women and European Women both made it through to the last eight at the GolfSixes after a historic day at Centurion Club.
The European Tour broke new ground yet again at the innovative event, with men’s, women’s and mixed teams all taking part in a format which saw 16 pairs take each other on in greensomes match play over six holes in a round robin, with the top two teams in each group of four advancing to Sunday’s quarter-finals.
The European Women pair of Carlota Ciganda and Mel Reid overcame defending champions Denmark in a play-off to finish second in Group A behind Thailand, with Georgia Hall and Charley Hull soon following them into the knockout stages.
The England Women, Georgia Hall and Charley Hull, drew against the England Men before a commanding 5-1 victory over South Africa’s George Coetzee and Haydn Porteous, who had disposed of the Swedish team in the opening game.
After winning their opener, there was still a chance for South Africa to progress but once again they started slow and won the last hole in their clash against Eddie Pepperrell and Matt Wallace in a losing 2-1 cause.
‘It’s been a great day, long day,’ said Hall. ‘Me and Charley played really well and we got a bit unlucky in the last match, but we’re through and we’re excited for tomorrow.’
‘It’s been great fun,’ said Hull. ‘I just feel good vibes from this event and I think it’s really good because you see so many children and women and everyone around and the weather is perfect. I think it’s a really good event for golf.’
