Scotland manager Gordon Strachan admits he should never have taken his side to France last week. Strachan has said it was a huge mistake agreeing to face the Euro 2016 hosts just days before the tournament.Scotland were thrashed 3-0 by Les Bleus in Metz on June 6 and Strachan believes the defeat has only added further misery to a team already struggling to come to terms with their failure to qualify for Euro 2016. Scotland manager Gordon Strachan believes Euro 2016 hosts France are the strongest team in the tournament. Strachan told the Daily Record: At this point, Im going to hold my hands up here and admit I made a huge mistake in taking the team to France last week for that friendly in Metz. All it did was give us a taste of what is about to come before having to walk away from it.Im now struggling to work out what I was thinking about when I took that game on. Ive got to take responsibility for that because I hoped our players would enjoy it but, when faced with the reality of it, they realised theres a huge tournament about to begin and were not welcome at it. Olivier Giroud (1st-R) celebrates his goal for France against Scotland We saw the excitement of the people over there, the security - the whole enormous scale of the thing - and it made us feel even more miserable about ourselves.The competition kicks off on Friday night when France take on Romania, but the former Celtic and Southampton boss has already lost interest. Strachan is sick of Euro 2016 already Strachan, who will be in Bordeaux on Saturday to see Wales take on Slovakia, said: Ive got to be honest, this tournament hasnt even started yet and Im sick of it already.I switch off the telly whenever the trailers come on. I cant watch any of the updates on the sports channels. 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The winner will receive a spot in the 2015 Masters and will be exempt into the final stage of qualifying for the British Open and U.S. Open, along with an exemption to any other USGA championship for which the amateur is eligible. And just like the Asia-Pacific Amateur, the idea is to accelerate the development of golf in a region that doesnt get a lot of attention. "We believe this event will be motivating to current and future generations of golfers, and one day create heroes that will inspire others to give the game a try," Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said Wednesday. "This belief has guided us well through the early successes of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, and with the collective expertise in guiding the game of golf provided by the R&A and the USGA, we are hopeful in achieving equally exciting results." Hideki Matsuyama, a two-time winner of the Asia-Pacific Amateur, is now No. 24 in the world. The most receent winner was Guan Tianlang, who at 14 last year became the youngest player to make a cut in a major.dddddddddddd The first Latin America Amateur will be Jan. 15-18, 2015, at Pilar Golf in Argentina. The PGA Tour recently began a Latin American satellite tour, and the new amateur event could provide an even bigger boost with golf returning to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 games. The 120-man field will be determined largely by the World Amateur Golf Ranking. At least two players will come from each of 27 countries recognized by the International Olympic Committee, which also are part of the International Golf Federation. Along with South America, they include countries in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. The two players will be decided by the world ranking. If there are no players in the ranking, the national golf association will nominate the players. The remainder of the field will be filled by the ranking, with no country allowed more than six players. The exception is the host country, which can have as many as 10 players. It will be 72 holes of stroke play, same as the Asia-Pacific Amateur. "Supporting the games continuous growth has been a responsibility taken very seriously throughout the 260-year history of the R&A," chief executive Peter Dawson said. "Having been involved in this region of the world for many years, we understand the potential impact a championship of this stature can have on golfers with dreams of competing at the highest level." ' ' '