1989 European Amateur Team Championship

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1989 European Amateur Team Championship
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club geograph-5660185-by-Alan-Hughes (cropped).jpg
Royal Porthcawl Clubhouse
Tournament information
Dates28 June – 2 July 1989
LocationPorthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom
51°29′31″N 3°43′34″W / 51.492°N 3.726°W / 51.492; -3.726
Course(s)Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,065 yards (6,460 m)
Field20 teams
120 players
Champion
 England
Russell Claydon, ,
Peter McEvoy, Carl Suneson,
,
Qualification round: 757 (+37)
Final match: 5–2
Location Map
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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.

The course at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

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
 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
 Austria
 Belgium
 Czechoslovakia
 Denmark
 Finland
 Greece
 Iceland
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Spain
  Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place Country Score To par
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
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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Scotland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

Sources:[2][3][4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 June 1989). "Scots blown off the course by wind and rain". The Glasgow Herald. p. 28. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sellbeeg, Lena (August 1989). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1989). "Scots' challenge is finally snuffed out by Claydon's putt". The Glasgow Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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