SOMERSET’S Patience Rhodes helped Team England fire a tournament record to clinch two of three team golds at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Texas.

The 20-year-old, who plays out of Burnham and Berrow Golf Club and is currently studying at Arizona State University, joined Dominic Clemons, Matthew Dodd-Berry and Nellie Ong to shoot a tournament record low score of -44 to win the Overall Gold for the third time in England's history.

The male pair, who shot 28-under, also secured the men's gold in a tie with Mexico, while Ong and Rhodes went bogey-free across the 54-hole better-ball event.

Making four eagles and 45 birdies in total, the event switched from four rounds to three in 2015, and their score, which included a 12-under final round, not only eclipses the -38 shot by the USA team in 2015 but the previous two winning scores for the Red Rose.Oliver Fisher, Felicity Johnson, Jamie Moul and Sophie Walker combined to score -43 in 2005, while Liz Bennett, Gary Boyd, Naomi Edwards and Danny Willett reached -32 two years later.

The tournament is one of the amateur game's showcase events with 20 countries battling it out for five prizes at Whispering Pines Golf Club.