Peniche · 16–20 September 2026
All square
on the Atlantic
Three days, nine matches and a final-session comeback. Portugal finished with nothing between the Backs and Forwards.
Backs
4½
FinalDraw
Forwards
4½
The 2026 contest
Level after fifty-four holes of match play
The opening day ended level. The Forwards moved one point ahead at West Cliffs on Thursday, before the Backs took Friday’s session 2–1 to square the trip at 4½ points each.
The record below is rebuilt directly from the live scoring data: every pairing, result, hole and fine from the three competition days.
Unbeaten across all three sessions.
Enough to erase the overnight deficit.
Tuggy and Rob at West Cliffs.
Snakes, camels and alligators.
The trip in pictures
Peniche, on and off the course
A handful of highlights, followed by the complete set of 23 photographs.
All photos
23 photographsMatch record
Nine matches, hole by hole
The field
Ten players, two teams
Individual points credit each player with the result of the match in which they played.
| Player | W | H | L | Pts |
|---|
The unofficial honours
Some performances demanded recognition
The end-of-trip awards, as decided by the people who witnessed them.
Holed out for eagle from 140 yards.
Air shot on the 18th.
Two.
The other leaderboard
Wildlife report
Every snake, camel and alligator recorded during the trip. Chris led the overall count with eighteen.
Snakes
Camels
Alligators
The courses