GOLF:Jersey bid to shatter away team hoodoo

GOLF:Jersey bid to shatter away team hoodoo

And selector Richard Alker , who is playing in the match, knows it will be another difficult weekend as home teams have a huge advantage with local knowledge of their course unlike the majority of other sports.’Guernsey players know all the turns and breaks on the greens and that’s where the match will be won,’ said Alker, adding: ‘that’s a huge advantage for them and hopefully we will overcome.’We know we have to hole our putts when they come along and and if we do that well we’ll go very close to winning.

Tee-to-green we are more than a match for Guernsey but it’s on the greens where we will win or lose the match.’Jersey has a very strong team and if everyone plays well then I believe we have a good chance of winning.

Guernsey have a good side too and they will be treated with the greatest of respect by us.’Guernsey won team gold in the Island Games during the summer and Alker knows first hand that the putters of the Jersey golfers will have to be red-hot to win.Alker added: ‘I know how difficult the course can be, I experienced it in the Island Games.

If I’d sunk anywhere near the number of putts I usually do at home I’m sure I would have won an individual medal.’Guernsey’s players know their course and they will start as favourites..’Jersey: Richard Alker, Trevor Gray, Myles Jones, Paul Le Chevalier, Gavin O’Neill, Richard Williamson, Richard Ramskill, Matthew Parkman, Robbie Messervy and Christy McLaughlin.Guernsey: Bobby Eggo, David Warr, David Rowlinson, Andy Eggo, Mick Marley, Nigel Le Noury, Nigel Vaudin, Steve Mahy, David Nicolle and Danny Blondel.

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