1985 European Amateur Team Championship

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1985 European Amateur Team Championship
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Tournament information
Dates26–30 June 1985
LocationHalmstad, Sweden
56°39′44″N 12°44′57″E / 56.662264°N 12.749291°E / 56.662264; 12.749291
Course(s)Halmstad Golf Club, (North Course)
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,540 yards (5,980 m)
Field19 teams
108 players
Champion
 Scotland
, ,
, ,
Colin Montgomerie,
Qualification round: 760 (+40)
Final match: 41⁄2–21⁄2
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The 1985 European Amateur Team Championship took place from 26 to 30 June at Halmstad Golf Club, in Tylösand, Halmstad Municipality, 9 kilometers west of Halmstad city center in Halland County, Sweden. It was the 14th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.[1]

The tournament was played at the club's North course. The club was founded in 1930. Its first 18-hole course was constructed by Rafael Sundblom and approved in 1938. A new course was inaugurated in 1967. Together with the last nine holes of the old course, this formed the new course, called the North Course.[1]

Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of an opening stroke-play qualifying competition over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.

Host country Sweden won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 14 over par 734.[2]

Individual leaders were Jesper Parnevik, Sweden and , Finland, each of them with a score of 2-under-par 142, two strokes ahead of Peter McEvoy, England.[2]

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games.[3] Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Sweden in the final 4.5–2.5. Team Spain earned the bronze on third place, after beating England 4.5–2.5 in the bronze match.[4]

José María Olazábal, Spain, made a hole-in-one on the 13th hole, during his 3 and 2 single match win over Colin Montgomerie in the semi final between Spain and Scotland.[2]

Teams[]

19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
 Denmark Ole Eskildsen, Rolf Nissen, Leif Nyholm, Jan Frej Petersen, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
 England Peter Baker, David Gilford, John Hawksworth, , , Peter McEvoy
 Finland Johan Hirn, Tapio Jalo, Markku Louhio, Sauli Mäkiluoma, Juha Selin,
 France , , , Marc Pendaries, , Jean-François Remésy
 Greece George Arasonis, George Nikitaidis, Craigen Pappas, Sean Pappas, Stefan Vafiiadis, Chris Valasakis
 Ireland Neil Anderson, Jim Feeney, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, Liam McNamara, Arthur Pierse
 Italy Alberto Binaghi, Marco Durante, Guido Grappasoni, Giorgio Merlitti, Enrico Nistri, Sergio Prati
 Netherlands Ruuud Bos, Carel Braun, Bart Nolte, Daan Slooter, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Siemon Vegter
 Norway , Tom Fredriksen, Per Haugsrud, Gard Midtvåge, , Lars-Erik Underthun
 Scotland , , , , Colin Montgomerie,
 Spain , Luis Gabarda, Dionisio Garcia, José María Olazábal, , Eduardo de la Riva
 Sweden , John Lindberg, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Ryström, Carl-Magnus Strömberg,
 Wales John Jones, Stephen Jones, Micharl Macara, Paul Mayo, Richard Morris, Neil Roderick
 West Germany Thomas Hübner, Rainer Mund, Hans-Günther Reiter, Christoph Städler, Andreas Stamm, Ralf Thielemann

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Belgium
 Czechoslovakia
 Iceland
  Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place Country Score To par
1  Sweden 368-366=734 +14
2  Denmark 372-370=742 +22
3  Spain 376-371=747 +27
T4  Ireland * 377-376=753 +33
 England 378-375=753
6  France 383-373=756 +36
7  Scotland 375-385=760 +40
8  West Germany 384-381=765 +45
9  Finland 381-386=767 +47
10  Norway 388-380=768 +48
11  Wales 378-392=770 +50
12  Italy 393-379=772 +52
13  Netherlands 383-393=776 +56
14  Greece 389-391=780 +60
15   Switzerland 404-380=784 +64
16  Austria 387-402=789 +69
17  Iceland 398-396=794 +74
18  Belgium 402-399=801 +81
19  Czechoslovakia 418-406=824 +104

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.

Individual leaders

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jesper Parnevik  Sweden 72-70=142 −2
 Finland 67-75=142
3 Peter McEvoy  England 71-73=144 E
4 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 72-73=145 +1
T5  France 73-73=146 +2
 Wales 72-74=146
 Denmark 71-75=146
T8 Johan Ryström  Sweden 75-72=147 +3
Anders Sørensen  Denmark 72-75=147

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

Flight A

Quarter finals

 Scotland  Denmark
4.5 2.5
 Spain  France
4 3
 England  Ireland
7 0
 Sweden  West Germany
5.5 1.5

Elimination matches

 Denmark  France
4.5 2.5
 Ireland  West Germany
5 2

Match for 7th place

 West Germany  France
4 3

Match for 5th place

 Denmark  Ireland
4 3

Semi finals

 Scotland  Spain
5.5 1.5
 Sweden  England
5 2

Bronze match

 Spain  England
4.5 2.5

Final

 Scotland  Sweden
4.5 2.5
Mongomerie/MagGregor Lindberg/Parnevik 3 & 2
Bloice/Stephen 1 hole Ryström/Hennberg
Montgomerie AS * Ryström AS *
MacGregor 1 hole Parnevik
Brotherston Lindberg 3 & 2
Bloice 4 & 3 Tumba
Stephen 4 & 3 Strömberg

* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

First round elimination matches

 Norway   Switzerland
4 3
 Wales  Greece
4 3
 Italy  Netherlands
6 1

Second round elimination matches

 Norway  Wales
4.5 2.5
 Finland  Italy
4 3
 Greece   Switzerland
5 2

Match for 13th place

 Netherlands  Greece
5.5 1.5

Match for 11th place

 Wales  Italy
4.5 2.5

Match for 9th place

 Norway  Finland
5 2

Flight C

Elimination matches

 Belgium  Iceland
5.5 1.5
 Austria  Czechoslovakia
4 3

Match for 18th place

 Czechoslovakia  Iceland
4 3

Match for 16th place

 Austria  Belgium
5.5 1.5

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Scotland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  England
5  Denmark
6  Ireland
7  West Germany
8  France
9  Norway
10  Finland
11  Wales
12  Italy
13  Netherlands
14  Greece
15   Switzerland
16  Austria
17  Belgium
18  Czechoslovakia
19  Iceland

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 100. ISBN 9172603283. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Jansson, Anders (July 1985). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 7. pp. 5–11. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Jansson, Anders (June 1985). "Inför EM" [Ahead of the Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 7–19. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship, 1985 – Halmstad, Sweden". European Golf Association. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

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