1989 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28 June – 2 July 1989 |
Location | Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom 51°29′31″N 3°43′34″W / 51.492°N 3.726°W |
Course(s) | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club |
Organized by | European Golf Association |
Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,065 yards (6,460 m) |
Field | 20 teams 120 players |
Champion | |
England Russell Claydon, , Peter McEvoy, Carl Suneson, , | |
Qualification round: 757 (+37) Final match: 5–2 | |
Location Map | |
Location in Europe | |
The 1989 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 2 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales, United Kingdom. It was the 16th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.
On the first day of the tournament, there were strong winds and rain on the course.[1]
Team England won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, with a 37-over-per score of 757.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Russell Claydon, England, with a 1-under-par score of 143, five strokes ahead of nearest competitors.
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. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.
The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, to decide their final positions.
Team England won the gold medal, earning their seventh title, beating team Scotland in the final 5–2.
Defending champions team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 5–2 in the bronze match.
Teams[]
20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
Country | Players |
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England | Russell Claydon, , Peter McEvoy, Carl Suneson, , |
France | Christian Cévaër, Olivier Edmond, , , |
Ireland | Neil Anderson, J. Carvill, D. Clark, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, |
Norway | Tom Edseth, Knut Ekjord, Tom Fredriksen, Christian Gavelstad, T. Nielsen, Öyvind Rohjan |
Scotland | , Andrew Coltart, Stephen Easingwood, Craig Everett, Andrew Elliot, |
Sweden | Mathias Grönberg, Per-Ulrik Johansson, , Robert Karlsson, Per Nyman, Raimo Sjöberg |
Wales | Stephen Dodd, Keith Jones, Michael Macara, J. Peters, Philip Price, Neil Roderick |
West Germany | Hans-Günther Reiter, C. Schapmann, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ulrich Schulte, Sven Strüver, Ulrich Zilg |
Other participating teams
Country |
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Austria |
Belgium |
Czechoslovakia |
Denmark |
Finland |
Greece |
Iceland |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Portugal |
Spain |
Switzerland |
Results[]
Qualification round
Team standings
Place | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | England | 396-361=757 | +37 |
2 | Ireland | 397-365=762 | +42 |
3 | Wales | 403-363=766 | +46 |
T4 | France * | 399-379=778 | +58 |
Sweden | 402-376=778 | ||
6 | Scotland | 416-368=784 | +64 |
7 | West Germany | 415-371=786 | +66 |
8 | Norway | 413-380=793 | +73 |
9 | Denmark | 422-373=795 | +75 |
10 | Spain | 412-384=796 | +76 |
11 | Netherlands | 417-382=799 | +79 |
12 | Italy | 419-383=802 | +82 |
13 | Iceland | 418-386=804 | +84 |
14 | Switzerland | 429-388=817 | +97 |
15 | Finland | 440-389=829 | +109 |
16 | Portugal | 431- 406=837 | +117 |
17 | Belgium | 440-402=842 | +122 |
18 | Greece | 443-403=846 | +126 |
T19 | Czechoslovakia * | 441-409=850 | +130 |
Austria | 433-417=850 |
* 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 |
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1 | Russell Claydon | England | 72-71=143 | −1 |
2 | Denmark | 78-70=148 | +4 | |
Garth McGimpsey | Ireland | 77-71=148 | ||
T4 | Robert Karlsson | Sweden | 76-73=149 | +5 |
Peter McEvoy | England | 79-70=149 |
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Quarter finals
Ireland | West Germany |
4.5 | 2.5 |
Scotland | Wales |
4 | 3 |
Sweden | France |
4 | 3 |
England | Norway |
5.5 | 1.5 |
Elimination matches
Wales | West Germany |
4.5 | 2.5 |
Norway | France |
4.5 | 2.5 |
Match for 7th place
West Germany | France |
4 | 3 |
Match for 5th place
Wales | Norway |
5 | 2 |
Semi finals
England | Sweden |
6 | 1 |
Scotland | Ireland |
4.5 | 2.5 |
Bronze match
Ireland | Sweden |
5 | 2 |
Final
England | Scotland |
5 | 2 |
Claydon/Hare | Milligan/Elliot 2 & 1 |
McEvoy/Willison 20th hole | Carrick/Everett |
Hare 4 & 3 | Milligan |
Claydon 2 & 1 | Easingwood |
McEvoy 3 & 1 | Carrick |
Suneson | Elliot 4 & 2 |
Willison 5 & 4 | Everett |
Final standings
Place | Country |
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England | |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
4 | Sweden |
5 | Wales |
6 | Norway |
7 | West Germany |
8 | France |
9 | Spain |
10 | Italy |
11 | Netherlands |
12 | Denmark |
13 | Iceland |
14 | Switzerland |
15 | Finland |
16 | Portugal |
17 | Austria |
18 | Greece |
19 | Belgium |
20 | Czechoslovakia |
See also[]
- Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
- European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.
References[]
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 June 1989). "Scots blown off the course by wind and rain". The Glasgow Herald. p. 28. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sellbeeg, Lena (August 1989). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1989). "Scots' challenge is finally snuffed out by Claydon's putt". The Glasgow Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
External links[]
- European Amateur Team Championship
- Golf tournaments in Scotland
- 1989 in golf
- 1989 in British sport
- June 1989 sports events in Europe
- July 1989 sports events in Europe