1997 European Amateur Team Championship

1997 European Amateur Team Championship

Aerial View of Portmarnock Golf Club and peninsula
Tournament information
Dates	25–29 June 1997
Location	Dublin, Ireland 53°24′25″N 6°07′26″W / 53.407°N 6.124°W / 53.407; -6.124
Course(s)	Portmarnock Golf Club, Championship Course
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,097 yards (6,489 m)
Field	22 teams 132 players
Champion
Spain , Sergio García, José Manuel Lara, , ,
Qualification round: 785 (+65) Final match: 4.5–2.5
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The 1997 European Amateur Team Championship took place 25–29 June at Portmarnock Golf Club in Portmarnock, County Dublin, 10 kilometres north-east of the city center of Dublin, Ireland. It was the 20th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

There were strong winds on the links course during the tournament.

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.

The host nation Ireland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 39-over-par score of 759, 24 strokes ahead of defending champions Scotland on 2nd place, while the difference between the 2nd and 8th placed teams were 17 strokes. Four of the Irish players finished within the top nine individually. For the first time since 1975, eight-time-winners England, with future professional major-winner Justin Rose in the team, did not make it to the quarter finals, finishing ninth.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Keith Nolan, Ireland, with a 7-over-par score of 149, one stroke ahead of fellow country man Noel Fox.

In the windy conditions on the second day of the stroke-play competition, 109 players in the 132-man-field failed to broke 80, including future European Tour winners Henrik Stenson, Søren Hansen, Sergio Garcia, Maarten Lafeber, Peter Hanson, Grégory Havret, Jamie Donaldson and Martin Wiegele.

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 six teams placed 17–22 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Team Spain won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating defending champions team Scotland in the final 4.5–2.5.

Host nation Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.

Teams[]

A record number of 22 nation teams contested the event. Teams representing Croatia and Slovakia both took part in the championship for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Søren Hansen, Klaus Molholm, Christian Kjaergaard, Lars Storm, Mads Vibe-Hastrup, Peter Thomsen
England	, , Justin Rose, Shaun Webster, , Gary Wolstenholme
France	, Grégory Havret, , , ,
Germany	Florian Bruhns, Tobias Dier, Felix Lubenau, Philip Neels, Benjamin Schlichting, Stephan Wittkop,
Iceland	Kristinn Bjarnarsson, Thorsteinn Hallgrimsson, Örn Aevar Hjartarsson, Thordur Olafsson, Björgvin Sigurbergsson, Björgvin Thorstensson
Ireland	Richard Coughlan, , Noel Fox, Peter Lawrie, Garth McGimpsey, Keith Nolan
Netherlands	Marten van den Berg, Rutger Buschow, Niels Kraay, Maarten Lafeber, Ralph Miller, Vincent Rotenburg
Scotland	Michael Brooks, Alastair Forsyth, Barclay Howard, , Craig Watson, Steven Young
Spain	, Sergio García, José Manuel Lara, , ,
Sweden	, Mattias Eliasson, Peter Hanson, Daniel Olsson, Henrik Stenson,
Wales	Jamie Donaldson, Nigel Edwards, David Park, , , Mark Pilkington

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Italy
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Ireland	375-384=759	+39
2	Scotland	380-403=783	+63
3	Sweden	387-397=784	+64
4	Spain	387-398=785	+65
5	Germany	385-408=793	+73
6	Denmark	391-403=794	+74
7	Iceland	396-402=798	+78
8	Netherlands	398-402=800	+80
9	England	397-406=803	+83
T10	Wales *	400-404=804	+84
	France	392-412=804
12	Finland	393-414=807	+87
13	Italy	395-413=808	+88
14	Belgium	401-410=811	+91
15	Norway	402-411=813	+93
16	Austria	407-426=833	+113
17	Switzerland	414-420=834	+114
18	Portugal	421-432=853	+133
19	Czech Republic	441-446=887	+167
20	Estonia	465-468=933	+213
21	Croatia	490-505=995	+275
22	Slovakia	516-539=1055	+335

* 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	Keith Nolan	Ireland	70-79=149	+5
2		Ireland	76-74=150	+6
T3	Peter Lawrie	Ireland	75-76=151	+7
		Spain	75-76=151
T5	Tobias Dier	Germany	77-77=154	+10
	Alastair Forsyth	Scotland	75-79=154
		Finland	74-80=154
	Garth McGimpsey	Ireland	78-76=154
		Sweden	77-77=154

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

Scotland	Iceland
5.5	1.5

Sweden	Denmark
5	2

Spain	Germany
4.5	2.5

Ireland	Netherlands
6	1

Elimination matches

Netherlands	Germany
5.5	1.5

Denmark	Iceland
4.5	2.5

Match for 7th place

Germany	Iceland
5	2

Match for 5th place

Netherlands	Denmark
4	3

Semi finals

Spain	Ireland
4.5	2.5

Scotland	Sweden
4.5	2.5

Bronze match

Ireland	Sweden
5.5	1.5

Final

Spain	Scotland
4.5	2.5
Garcia/Sanchez 3 & 2	Rankin/Watson
Lara/Quiros	Howard/Young 2 & 1
Garcia 7 & 6	Young
Sanchez AS *	Rankin AS *
Aguero 1 hole	Brooks
Quiros 1 hole	Forsyth
Lara 2 & 1	Watson

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

Flight B

First round elimination matches

England	Austria
4	1

Finland	Italy
3	2

France	Belgium
4	1

Wales	Norway
5	0

Second round elimination matches

France	Wales
4	1

England	Finland
4	1

Norway	Belgium
3	2

Austria	Italy
3.5	1.5

Match for 15th place

Belgium	Italy
3	2

Match for 13th place

Norway	Austria
3	2

Match for 11th place

Wales	Finland
3	2

Match for 9th place

France	England
4	1

Flight C

First round elimination matches

Estonia	Croatia
4	1

Czech Republic	Slovakia
5	0

Second round elimination matches

Switzerland	Estonia
4.5	0.5

Portugal	Czech Republic
5	0

Match for 21st place

Croatia	Slovakia
5	0

Match for 19th place

Czech Republic	Estonia
5	0

Match for 17th place

Switzerland	Portugal
3	2

Final standings

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

Sources:^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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