1995 European Amateur Team Championship

1995 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	5–9 July 1995
Location	Kapellen, Belgium 51°21′N 04°28′E / 51.350°N 4.467°E / 51.350; 4.467
Course(s)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,600 yards (6,000 m)
Field	20 teams 120 players
Champion
Scotland Stephen Gallacher, Barclay Howard, , , , Gordon Sherry
Qualification round: 688 (−32) Final match: 6–1
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The 1995 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at in Kapellen, Belgium, 20 kilometres north of the city center of Antwerp. It was the 19th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

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

Team Scotland won the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a 32-under-par score of 688, six strokes ahead of Sweden.

There was no official award for the lowest individual scores, but individual leaders were Pádraig Harrington, Ireland and Gordon Sherry, Scotland, each with a 9-under-par score of 135, one stroke 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 16–20 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating defending champions team England in the final 6–1.

Team Sweden earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4.5–2.5 in the bronze match.

Teams[]

20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Belgium	Jack Boeckx, Didier de Vooght, Gauthier d'Hollander, , Nicolas Todtenhaupt, Raf Vanbegin
Denmark	Søren Hansen, Thomas Havemann, Martin Jacobsen, Christian Kjaergaard, Nils Rorbaeck-Petersen, K. Jensen-Storgard
England	, Mark Foster, , David Howell, Lee S. James, Gary Wolstenholme
France	Jean-Marc de Polo, Raphael Eyraud, , Raphael Jacquelin, Laurent Pargade,
Germany	Herbert Forster, Oliver Hülse, Ralf Junge, Felix Lubenau, Hans-Günther Reiter, Jan-Erik Schapmann
Ireland	, Pádraig Harrington, Garth McGimpsey, , Gary Murphy, Keith Nolan
Norway	. , Morten Hagen, , ,
Scotland	Stephen Gallacher, Barclay Howard, , , , Gordon Sherry
Spain	, Jacobo Cestino, Francisco de Pablo, Sergio García, José Manuel Lara,
Sweden	Mattias Eliasson, , Christopher Hanell, Daniel Olsson, , Leif Westerberg
Wales	Bradley Dredge, , Garry Houston, David Park, ,

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Scotland	340-348=688	−32
2	Sweden	347-347=694	−26
T3	England *	356-343=699	−21
	Ireland	346-353=699
5	France	347-353=700	−20
6	Belgium	354-353=707	−13
7	Norway	359-352=711	−9
8	Wales	368-353=721	+1
T9	Denmark *	362-360=722	+2
	Spain	360-362=722
	Germany	363-359=722
12	Italy	363-366=729	+9
13	Austria	364-368=732	+12
14	Netherlands	366-369=735	+15
15	Finland	368-370=738	+18
16	Switzerland	368-376=744	+24
17	Portugal	376-371=747	+27
18	Iceland	377-374=751	+31
19	Czech Republic	381-380=761	+41
20	Estonia	429-413=842	+122

* 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	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	68-67=135	−9
	Gordon Sherry	Scotland	66-69=135
T3	Morten Hagen	Norway	68-68=136	−8
	Barclay Howard	Scotland	67-69=136
		France	69-67=136
T6	Mark Foster	England	69-68=137	−7
	Stephen Gallacher	Scotland	68-69=137
	Christopher Hanell	Sweden	68-69=137
	Raphael Jacquelin	France	67-70=137
T10		Italy	66-72=138	−6
		Belgium	68-70=138
	Daniel Olsson	Sweden	69-69=138
	Gary Wolstenholme	England	72-66=138

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

Sweden	Norway
6	1

England	Belgium
5	2

France	Ireland
4	3

Scotland	Wales
4	3

Elimination matches

Ireland	Wales
6	1

Norway	Belgium
5	2

Match for 7th place

Wales	Belgium
4	3

Match for 5th place

Ireland	Norway
6	1

Semi finals

England	Sweden
4.5	2.5

Scotland	France
5	2

Bronze match

Sweden	France
4.5	2.5

Final

Scotland	England
6	1
Gallacher/Sherry 4 & 3	James/Edwards
Howard/Rankin 3 & 1	Harris/Howell
Sherry 1 hole	Foster
Gallacher AS *	Howell AS *
Reid 1 hole	James
Rankin AS *	Harris AS *
Howard 4 & 3	Wolstenholme

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

Flight B

First round elimination matches

Denmark	Switzerland
3	2

Italy	Austria
3	2

Netherlands	Germany
3	2

Spain	Finland
4	1

Second round elimination matches

Italy	Denmark
3	2

Spain	Netherlands
3	2

Finland	Germany
4	1

Austria	Switzerland
3	2

Match for 15th place

Germany	Switzerland
3	2

Match for 13th place

Austria	Finland
4	1

Match for 11th place

Denmark	Netherlands
3	2

Match for 9th place

Spain	Italy
4	1

Flight C

Elimination matches

Portugal	Estonia
5	0

Iceland	Czech Republic
3	2

Match for 19th place

Czech Republic	Estonia
5	0

Match for 17th place

Portugal	Iceland
3	2

Final standings

Place	Country
	Scotland
	England
	Sweden
4	France
5	Ireland
6	Norway
7	Wales
8	Belgium
9	Spain
10	Italy
11	Denmark
12	Netherlands
13	Austria
14	Finland
15	Germany
16	Switzerland
17	Portugal
18	Iceland
19	Czech Republic
20	Estonia

Sources:^[1][2][3][4]

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[]

External links[]

• European Golf Association: Full results