STEVE ROBINSON will be keeping a close eye on some of Europe’s best young golfing talent after being appointed a selector for the continent’s Junior Solheim Cup team.

The head professional at Sandburn Hall Golf Club, in Flaxton, is one of only four people who will decide the make up of the European outfit who will take on the United States at St Leon-Rot, in Germany, in September.

Six players will qualify to represent Europe at the event, which mimics the senior competition held only days later, but the other half of the team will be selected through captain’s picks.

And Robinson, whose England girls’ team excelled at St Leon-Rot in qualifiers for the European girls’ team championship three years ago, is delighted to have been selected to play a part.

“I am pleased with it,” he said. “It comes with its own obligations.

"There are four of us within Europe so we will be looking to select a team prior to the Solheim Cup, which this year is in Germany. I was a selector two years ago and this is the third time that I have been a selector.

“It is good to see some of the best young talents in Europe. It obviously helps with my work with England and I meet up with the other guys four times a year.

“It came about when we won at St Leon-Rot with England girls and shot 35 under and won by 20 shots. I had set the gameplan round there for the team. It’s a very technical course and I have got a number of players who, over previous years, have gone on and done well at a very young age.

“It’s about who is judging the horseflesh, really, and obviously they trust me to do that.”

Robinson is particularly relishing the opportunity to learn from the best as he continues to plot England’s domination in the future.

He added: “Europe are still in front of us - physically and mentally. They have an honesty about their workrate and where they are with their games.

"They don’t hide. They don’t make excuses and there are some hugely talented players out there.

“It’s great because it allows me to benchmark better what I feel we need to develop. We have still got a bit of catching up to do. It will be interesting.”

Robinson’s youngsters, though, are coming off the back of a brilliant victory against France in their own backyard. Beating them with the last putt of the day after Sophie Lamb, who works with Robinson on her short game and The Oaks’ Graham Walker on her swing, hit it to six feet and holed out, Robinson said the future was bright.

“We can achieve anything,” he said. “We have got some girls with great potential. We’ve just got to make sure they keep developing and that they understand what their development plans are."