2005 European Amateur Team Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 June – 2 July 2005 |
| Location | Southport, England, United Kingdom 53°37′12″N 3°01′41″W / 53.620°N 3.028°W |
| Course(s) | Hillside Golf Club |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,850 yards (6,260 m) |
| Field | 20 teams 120 players |
| Champion | |
 EnglandOliver Fisher, Gary Lockerbie, Jamie Moul, Matthew Richardson, Steven Tiley, Gary Wolstenholme | |
| Qualification round: 704 (−16) Final match: 6–1 | |
| Location Map | |
  Hillside GC Location in Europe | |
The 2005 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 2 July at Hillside Golf Club in Southport, 20 kilometres north of the city center of Liverpool, England. It was the 24th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
The club was founded in 1911. The course is a links course, with all the holes being between and on mainly large dunes and local indigenous pinewoods, typical of the area. It is physically close to both the Royal Birkdale Golf Club, near its south-western boundaries, and to the Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club.[1][2]
Each team consisted of 6 players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.
Host nation and eight-time-winners team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 16-under-par score of 704, two strokes ahead of team Wales on 2nd place. Neither four-times-champions Ireland, with 16-year-old future professional major winner Rory McIlroy in the team, or two-times-champions Sweden did make it to the quarter finals, finishing tenth and eleventh respectively.[3]
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader were Edoardo Molinari, Italy, with a 6-under-par score of 138, one stroke ahead of Nigel Edwards, Wales, Julien Guerrier, France, Gary Lockerbie, England and Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France.
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. Teams knocked out after the quarter finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. 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, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
The four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
Team England won the gold medal, earning their ninth title and first since 1991, beating team Germany in the final 6–1. The winning English team included 45-year-old Gary Wolstenholme and 16-year-old Oliver Fisher.[4]
Team Switzerland, for the first time on the podium, earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 5–2 in the bronze match.
Teams[]
20 nation teams contested the event, the same nations as at the previous event two years earlier. Each team consisted of six players.
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 Austria
|
Kajetan Kromer, Anton Ortner, Peter Lepitschnik, Florian Praegant, , Bernd Wiesberger |
 Belgium
|
Yannick Bode, Rutger Dhondt, Hervé Gevers, Pierre Relecom, Guillaume Watremez, Sebastien Wulf |
 Czech Republic
|
Ondrej Lebl, Petr Nic, Marek Novy, Jakum Stanislav, Roman Svoboda, Lukas Tintera |
 Denmark
|
, , , Mark Haastrup, , |
| England
|
Oliver Fisher, Gary Lockerbie, Jamie Moul, Matthew Richardson, Steven Tiley, Gary Wolstenholme |
 Finland
|
Antti Ahokas, , Joonas Granberg, , , |
 France
|
François Calmels, , Julien Forêt, , Julien Guerrier, Mike Lorenzo-Vera |
 Germany
|
Florian Fritsch, Martin Kaymer, , , , |
 Iceland
|
Heidar Bragason, Örn Ævar Hjartarson, Magnus Larusson, Sigmundur Einar Masson, Otto Sigurdsson, Stefan Mar Stefansson |
 Ireland
|
, , Rory McIlroy, , Michael McGeady, |
 Italy
|
Simone Brizzolari, Matteo Delpodio, Lorenzo Gagli, Edoardo Molinari, Andrea Romano, Andrea Signor |
 Netherlands
|
Wil Besseling, , Joost Luiten, Robert Niemer, Taco Remkes, Robin Swane |
 Norway
|
Petter Enger, , Eirik-Tage Johansen, Kim Kristoffersen, Marcus Leandersson, |
 Portugal
|
Goncalo Brito, Salvador Castro, Tiago Cruz, Pedro Figueiredo, Antonio Rosado, Ricardo Santos |
 Scotland
|
, Andrew McArthur, George Murray, Eric Ramsay, Richie Ramsay, Llyod Saltman |
 Slovenia
|
Gaber Burnik, Matjaz Gojcic, Grega Perne, Rok Pisek, Miha Studen, Jaka Vidmar |
 Spain
|
, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Jorge Campillo, Alejandro Cañizares, Pablo Martín, Álvaro Velasco |
 Sweden
|
Jonas Blixt, , Oscar Florén, , Niklas Lemke, Alexander Norén |
 Switzerland
|
Roger Furrer, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer, Sandro Tan-Piaget, Damian Ulrich, Tino Weiss |
 Wales
|
Rhys Davies, , Nigel Edwards, , Gareth Wright, |
Results[]
Qualification round
Team standings
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England
|
362-342=704 | −16 |
| 2 | Wales
|
359-347=706 | −14 |
| 3 | Scotland
|
362-347=709 | −11 |
| 4 | France
|
359-353=712 | −8 |
| 5 | Spain
|
362-360=722 | +2 |
| 6 | Germany
|
381-353=734 | +14 |
| 7 | Switzerland
|
373-362=735 | +15 |
| 8 | Italy
|
375-361=736 | +16 |
| 9 | Denmark
|
377-363=740 | +20 |
| 10 | Ireland
|
378-364=742 | +22 |
| T11 | Sweden *
|
380-364=744 | +24 |
| Netherlands
|
388-356=744 | ||
| T13 | Finland *
|
382-366=748 | +28 |
| Austria
|
379-369=748 | ||
| T15 | Iceland *
|
387-374=761 | +41 |
| Norway
|
380-381=761 | ||
| 17 | Portugal
|
384-380=764 | +44 |
| 18 | Belgium
|
388-390=778 | +58 |
| 19 | Czech Republic
|
403-385=788 | +68 |
| 20 | Slovenia
|
414-377=791 | +71 |
* 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 | Edoardo Molinari | Italy
|
69-69=138 | −6 |
| T2 | Nigel Edwards | Wales
|
69-70=139 | −5 |
| Julien Guerrier | France
|
73-66=139 | ||
| Gary Lockerbie | England
|
70-69=139 | ||
| Mike Lorenzo-Vera | France
|
69-70=139 | ||
| 6 | Wales
|
70-70=140 | −4 | |
| T7 | Oliver Fisher | England
|
73-68=141 | −3 |
| Richie Ramsay | Scotland
|
74-67=141 | ||
| Gary Wolstenholme | England
|
72-69=141 | ||
| Gareth Wright | Wales
|
73-69=141 |
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Quarter finals
| Switzerland
|
Wales
|
| 4 | 3 |
| Germany
|
Scotland
|
| 4 | 3 |
| France
|
Spain
|
| 5.5 | 1.5 |
| England
|
Italy
|
| 5 | 2 |
Elimination matches
| Scotland
|
Wales
|
| 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Spain
|
Italy
|
| 4.5 | 0.5 |
Match for 7th place
| Wales
|
Italy
|
| 3 | 2 |
Match for 5th place
| Scotland
|
Spain
|
| 4.5 | 0.5 |
Semi finals
| Germany
|
Switzerland
|
| 5.5 | 1.5 |
| England
|
France
|
| 5.5 | 1.5 |
Bronze match
| Switzerland
|
France
|
| 5 | 2 |
Final
| England
|
Germany
|
| 6 | 1 |
| Moul/Fisher | Kirstein/Trunzer 2 & 1 |
| Wolstenholme/Richardson 1 hole | Kaymer/Miarka |
| Lockerbie 3 & 2 | Kaymer |
| Richardson 1 hole | Trunzer |
| Moul 4 & 3 | Kirstein |
| Fisher 4 & 3 | Miarka |
| Tiley 6 & 4 | Fritsch |
Flight B
First round elimination matches
| Ireland
|
Iceland
|
| 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Austria
|
Sweden
|
| 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Netherlands
|
Finland
|
| 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Norway
|
Denmark
|
| 2.5 | 2.5 |
Second round elimination matches
| Ireland
|
Austria
|
| 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Netherlands
|
Norway
|
| 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Sweden
|
Iceland
|
| 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Denmark
|
Finland
|
| 3 | 2 |
Match for 15th place
| Finland
|
Iceland
|
| 4 | 1 |
Match for 13th place
| Sweden
|
Denmark
|
| 3.5 | 1.5 |
Match for 11th place
| Austria
|
Norway
|
| 3.5 | 1.5 |
Match for 9th place
| Ireland
|
Netherlands
|
| 4 | 1 |
Flight C
First round
| Portugal
|
Slovenia
|
| 4 | 1 |
| Czech Republic
|
Belgium
|
| 3 | 2 |
Second round
| Belgium
|
Slovenia
|
| 4 | 1 |
| Portugal
|
Czech Republic
|
| 4 | 1 |
Third round
| Czech Republic
|
Slovenia
|
| 4 | 1 |
| Portugal
|
Belgium
|
| 3 | 2 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
|
England
|
|
Germany
|
|
Switzerland
|
| 4 | France
|
| 5 | Scotland
|
| 6 | Spain
|
| 7 | Wales
|
| 8 | Italy
|
| 9 | Ireland
|
| 10 | Netherlands
|
| 11 | Austria
|
| 12 | Norway
|
| 13 | Sweden
|
| 14 | Denmark
|
| 15 | Finland
|
| 16 | Iceland
|
| 17 | Portugal
|
| 18 | Czech Republic
|
| 19 | Belgium
|
| 20 | Slovenia
|
See also[]
- European Golf Association – Organizer of European amateur golf championships
- 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[]
- ^ "Hillside Golf Club". Hillside Golf Club. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Brough, Harold. "GOLF: Welcome at Hillside for Europe's best amateurs". The Free Library. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "GOLF : Irish find going tough at Hillside". Independent.ie. 29 June 2005. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Mattsson, Peter (August 2005). "Tävling, Ju äldre desto bättre – eller?" [Competition, The Older, the better – or?]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. p. 112. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "2005 International European Team Championship Amateur". European Golf Association. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "European Men's Team". Golf Bible The Home of Great British & Irish Amateur Golf. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
External links[]
- European Amateur Team Championship
- Golf tournaments in England
- 2005 in golf
- 2005 in British sport
- July 2005 sports events in Europe