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The St. Andrews Trophy – 2025 Preview & Results

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Friday 25th July 2025

Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) won The 35th St. Andrews Trophy match against Continent of Europe by 16.5-8.5 points at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain.

GB&I now have 27 wins in the 35 matches played with Europe having seven and there being one tie in 2016.

Only requiring 1.5 points from the nine Singles played in the final session Tyler WEAVER (ENG) and Luke POULTER (ENG) wasted no time in securing victory for GB&I with wins in the opening two games.

Commenting afterwards an elated GB&I captain Dean Robertson said “The team produced phenomenal golf. To win all four series was more than my expectations. The teamwork was magical, preparation great and I couldn’t be more proud of them all. We’ll enjoy this, reflect, and then we’ll build on this for our trip across the Atlantic.”

The GB&I Team (Photo: Aitor Alcalde / R&A / R&A via Getty Images)

Cameron ADAM (SCO) was the star man for GB&I winning all four of his games. Luke POULTER (ENG), Eliot BAKER (ENG) and Tyler WEAVER (ENG) also strongly contributed to GB&I’s victory.

Claes THRANE BORREGAARD (DEN), Tim WIEDEMEYER (GER) and Hugo LE GOFF (FRA) all won both of their singles, putting up the most resistance for a well beaten Continent of Europe team.

Click here to view the – 2025 St. Andrews Trophy Match Results

Day 2 PM Singles

GB&I ensured they would win all four sessions by taking the Day 2 afternoon Singles series 5.0-4.0.

Play commenced at 1.30pm CEST (12.30am BST) with all nine players on both sides competing.

Day 2 Singles Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Tyler WEAVER (ENG) maintained his unbeaten record in this year’s match with a comprehensive 6&5 victory over Filip JAKUBČÍK (CZH) who handed the initiative to Weaver early on and was simply not in the form to ever recover it.

Weaver v. Jakubčík Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

A victorious Luke POULTER (ENG) and Gunnlauger Arni SVEINSSON (ISL) halved both par 5’s on the back nine with eagles. On the 18th Poulter holed a long bunker shot to follow Sveinsson in after he had holed a mammoth put before him.

Poulter v. SveinssonScoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Tim WIEDEMEYER (GER), who is one of the few European players who can leave Spain with his head held high, beat the previously unbeaten Connor GRAHAM (SCO) in some style in Game 3 with another solid performance.

Graham v. Wiedemeyer Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Hugo LE GOFF (FRA), who had trailed for most of the round, chose the optimum time to take the lead – the 18th green – as he robbed Charlie FORSTER (ENG) of a first singles win.

Forster v. Le Goff Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Norway’s Claes Thrane BORREGAARD took advantage of a poor start by Dominic CLEMONS (ENG) and despite a valiant fight back by the Gog Magog member was able to hold on for a 1 Hole victory. Borregaard’s three consecutive birdies on 13, 14 and 15 proved crucial in the end.

Clemons v. Borregaard Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Eliot BAKER (ENG) battled impressively to secure his win against home player Sergio JIMENEZ ROMERO. Birdies on the 16th and 18th holes enabled the Devonian to complete an unbeaten record and notably deliver two singles wins.

Baker v. Jimenez Romero Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Gavin TIERNAN (IRL) ensured every member of the GB&I team won a game in this year’s St. Andrews Trophy match with a solid 3&2 win against Alfons BONDESSON (SWE). Tiernan led from the first hole and never looked like relinquishing his point throughout.

Tiernan v. Bondesson Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

A more consistent Richard TEDER (EST), determined to secure his first win over the match, got the better of Stuart GREHAN (IRL) by 2&1 in Game 8.

Grehan v. Teder Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Cameron ADAM (SCO) completed a four-out-of-four win record for GB&I with an error free performance against Kristian HJORT BRESSUM (DEN) who will be rueing his play around the turn where he essentially handed the win to the in-form Scotsman.

Adam v. Hjort Bressum Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Day 2 AM Foursomes

GB&I matched their Foursomes performance of yesterday winning the Day 2 series 3.5-0.5.

Trailing 11.5-4.5 after this session any hope Continent of Europe had of retaining the trophy they won with ease last year at Royal Porthcawl was effectively ended.

Play on Friday started at 8.30am CEST (7.30am BST) at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro on the outskirts of Madrid.

GB&I captain Dean Robertson understandably made no changes to his successful Day 1 pairings with Gavin TIERNAN (IRL) again left out.

Sergio JIMENEZ ROMERO (ESP) was dropped by captain Carlos de Corral from the Continent of Europe’s Foursomes line up. De Corral also chose to tweak his pairings with Gunnlauger Arni SVEINSSON (ISL) joining Filip JAKUBČÍK (CZH) and new-boy Alfons BONDESSON (SWE) paired with Hugo LE GOFF (FRA).

Day 2 Foursomes Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Tyler WEAVER (ENG) & Connor GRAHAM (SCO) finally overcame Gunnlauger Arni SVEINSSON (ISL) & Filip JAKUBČÍK (CZH) on the 18th hole in what was generally a high class match with plenty of birdies.

Weaver & Graham v. Jakubčík & Sveinsson Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

A strong finish from Tim WIEDEMEYER (GER) & Richard TEDER (EST) nearly helped them successfully turnaround their game against Luke POULTER & Charlie FORSTER but the English pair were able to salvage a good half with a crucial birdie on the par 5 18th.

Poulter & Forster v. Wiedemeyer & Teder Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Six birdies from Eliot BAKER (ENG) & Stuart GREHAN (IRL) ensured they won Game 3 against Hugo LE GOFF (FRA) & Alfons BONDESSON (SWE) by 2 Holes albeit the final one on the 18th was much needed to close this one out.

Baker & Grehan v. Le Goff & Bondesson Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Cameron ADAM (SCO) & Dominic CLEMONS (ENG) beat the out of sorts Danish pairing of Kristian HJORT BRESSUM & Claes THRANE BORREGAARD in the final morning game. Whilst Adam & Clemons were unable to match the closing birdie that the three GB&I pairings all achieved ahead of them they had already done enough to earn the final Foursomes point.

Adam & Clemons v. Hjort Bressum & Borregaard Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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Thursday 24th July 2025

Day 1 PM Singles

GB&I extended their lead to four points after winning the Day 1 afternoon Singles series 4.5-3.5.

Play started at 1.30pm CEST (12.30am BST) with Dominic CLEMONS (ENG) and Kristian HJORT BRESSUM (DEN) left out of the GB&I and Continent of Europe Singles line-ups by the two captains, Dean Robertson and Carlos de Corral.

Day 1 Singles Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Tyler WEAVER (ENG), who was 4Up with eight holes to play, will be disappointed not to have brought home a full point for GB&I in his game against debutant Alfons BONDESSON (SWE). To his credit Bondesson fought back well and was able to to take advantage of some poor play on the back nine from the Englishman.

Weaver v. Bondesson Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

After a slow start Luke POULTER (ENG) produced six birdies to overcome European Amateur champion Filip JAKUBČÍK (CZH) who had an up-and-down day in Madrid. This was Poulter’s second point of the day and the Florida Gator is certainly making a positive impression.

Poulter v. Jakubčík Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Connor GRAHAM (SCO) proved to be too good for Spain’s Sergio JIMENEZ ROMERO in Game 3. The Texas Tech rising sophomore strung five birdies together on the front nine to take control of this encounter and despite a few hiccups coming home secured a solid 3&1 win.

Graham v. Jimenez Romero Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

France’s Hugo LE GOFF, winner of the 2025 Lytham Trophy, is a quality player and far from the ideal opponent for Gavin TIERNAN (IRL) to be drawn against on his GB&I debut. Le Goff was four under par with no bogeys recorded for the 17 holes he required to complete a 2&1 win for the Continent’s first win of the afternoon.

Tiernan v. Le Goff Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Three birdies in a row from the 12th helped Eliot BAKER (ENG) run out a 4&3 winner against Gunnlaugur Arni SVEINSSON (ISL) who was far to inconsistent in his play to gain any momentum in this particular game.

Baker v. Sveinsson Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Claes THRANE BORREGAARD (DEN) edged a close match against Charlie FORSTER (ENG) with a clutch birdie on the par 5 18th.

Foster v. Borregaard Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Cameron ADAM (SCO) enjoyed a fast start to his match against Richard TEDER (EST) with four birdies in their opening six holes. Playing with confidence after his great summer the Northwestern man secured a comfortable 4&3 win.

Adam v. Teder Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Tim WIEDEMEYER (GER) posted an eagle and three birdies in an error free performance that saw him overcome re-instated amateur Stuart GREHAN (IRL) by 3&2 in the final game of the day.

Grehan v. Wiedemeyer Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Day 1 AM Foursomes

GB&I made a good start to The 35th St. Andrews Trophy match winning the morning Foursomes series 3.5-0.5 in Madrid, Spain.

Play started at 8.30am CEST (7.30am BST) at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro with Gavin TIERNAN (IRL) and Alfons BONDESSON (ESP) left out of the Foursomes line-ups by the two captains, Dean Robertson and Carlos de Corral.

Day 1 Foursomes Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

The strong pairing of Tyler WEAVER (ENG) & Connor GRAHAM (SCO) delivered a 2&1 win for GB&I against Sergio JIMENEZ ROMERO (ESP) & Filip JACUBČÍK (CZH) in Game 1. Having taken a 3Up lead after seven holes the Anglo-Scottish pair saw the match out with relative ease.

Weaver & Graham v. Jimenez Romero & Jakubčík Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Luke POULTER (ENG) & Charlie FORSTER (ENG) delivered six birdies on route to a 2&1 victory against Gunnlaugur Arni SVEINSSON (ISL) & Hugo LE GOFF (FRA) who did little wrong in a competitive encounter.

Poulter & Forster v. Sveinsson & Le Goff Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

A poor finish from Stuart GREHAN (IRL) & Eliot BAKER (ENG), where they dropped two shots in the closing three holes and most importantly a critical one on the par 5 18th, handed a half to the Danish pair Claes THRANE BORREGAARD & Kristian HJORT BRESSUM in Game 3.

Grehan & Baker & Borregaard & BressumScoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Cameron ADAM (SCO) & Dominic CLEMONS (ENG) made up for GB&I’s disappointment in the preceeding game by producing a superb birdie on the 18th hole to secure a 1 Hole win against Tim WIEDEMEYER (GER) and Richard TEDER (EST) who fought back well from a sloppy front nine.

Adam & Clemons v. Wiedemeyer & Teder Scoreboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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22nd July 2025

The 35th St. Andrews Trophy match will be contested on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th July at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain.

This amateur men’s team match has been played biennially between Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) and the Continent of Europe since 1956.

It was originally established by The R&A to give more European players the chance to play at the highest level and GB&I players more team match play experience for the Walker Cup which is held in alternate years with this competition.

Due to changes being made to the international golf calendar the 2025 match unusually takes place only a year after the last one and in the same year as the Walker Cup.

The St. Andrews Trophy was put forward for the match by the Royal and Ancient G.C. of St. Andrews in 1963.

2025 Teams

Each team has nine players.

The golfing calendar is extremely busy at this time of year and therefore player availability can be impacted by other opportunities. Recent history shows that this is a particular issue on the Continent of Europe’s side albeit this year they appear to have a strong side out.

Great Britain & Ireland Team

The R&A Selection Committee, including Captain Dean Robertson (Scotland), 55, announced their nine man team on 4th July.

With the Walker Cup match coming up in September Robertson, who is Head of Golf at the University of Stirling, will be looking for a victory to instil some confidence in his team as well as increasing the chances of him remaining in post beyond the match in Cypress Point.

GB&I’s 2025 team will consist of six new and three returning players.

Each player’s nationality, current WAGR, selection route and event history is shown below.

Cameron ADAM (21) – Scotland, #29, WAGR Top 5 (Debut, 2025)

Eliot BAKER (22) – England, #121, Captain’s Pick (Debut, 2025)

Dominic CLEMONS (23) – England, #44, WAGR Top 5 (2nd Appearance, 2024, ’25)

Charlie FORSTER (22) – England, #57, Captain’s Pick (2nd Appearance, 2024, ’25)

Connor GRAHAM (18) – Scotland, #40, WAGR Top 5 (2nd Appearance, 2024, ’25)

Stuart GREHAN (32) – Ireland, #627, Captain’s Pick (2nd Appearance, 2016, ’25)

Luke POULTER (21) – England, #41, Captain’s Pick* (Debut, 2025)

Gavin TIERNAN (19) – Ireland, #583, Captain’s Pick (Debut, 2025)

Tyler WEAVER (20) – England, #14, WAGR Top 5 (Debut, 2025)

* Luke Poulter was the 5th highest ranked GB&I player on WAGR on 2nd July 2025 but did not meet the minimum divisor of 18 proviso so this selection spot was transferred over to an additional Captain’s pick.

Three GB&I players in the WAGR Top 100 were not selected, namely, Jack BIGHAM (England) #54. Matthew DODD-BERRY (England) #96 and Niall SHIELS DONEGAN (Scotland) #97.

Great Britain & Ireland Team (Graphic: RFEG)

Continent of Europe

Carlos de Corral (Spain), 45, took over the captaincy of the Continent of Europe team in 2024, winning his first game in charge at Royal Porthcawl.

De Corral is a very experienced team captain leading Spanish teams on numerous occasions. He is the Sports Director at the Madrid Golf Federation and will be very well versed on the host course.

His team was announced by the European Golf Association (EGA) on 24th June (six players in First Wave) and 17th July (three players after the European Amateur Championship).

Like GB&I, Europe’s team will consist of six new and three returning players this year.

Each player’s nationality, current WAGR, selection route and event history is shown below.

Alfons BONDESSON – Sweden, #90, First Wave (Debut, 2025)

Kristian HJORT BRESSUM – Denmark, #71, Second Wave (Debut, 2025)

Filip JACUBČÍK– Czech Republic, #6, Second Wave (2nd Appearance, 2024, ’25)

Sergio JIMENEZ ROMERO – Spain, #74, First Wave (Debut, 2025)

Hugo LE GOFF – France, #55, First Wave (Debut, 2025)

Gunnlaugur Arni SVEINSSON – Iceland, #15, First Wave (Debut, 2025)

Richard TEDER – Estonia, #80, Second Wave (2nd Appearance, 2024, ’25)

Claes Thrane BORREGAARD – Denmark, #95, First Wave (Debut, 2025)

Tim WIEDEMEYER – Germany, #35, First Wave (2nd Appearance, 2024, ’25)

The leading European players, according to WAGR Top 100, who are not playing this year are Michael MJAASETH (Denmark) #23, Daniel SVARD (Sweden) #52, Peer WERNICKE (Germany) #63, Benjamin REUTER (Netherlands) #65, Wolfgang GLAWE (GER) #67 and Lev GRINBERG (Ukraine) #91.

It is perhaps a little surprising that no Italians have been selected given that their 6-man team won the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship two weeks ago in Killarney, beating Denmark in the Final.

Continent of Europe Team (Photo: RFEG)

Match Format 

The St. Andrews Trophy is played over two days and consists of a number of match play foursomes and singles games.

Thursday 25th July AM – Foursomes x 4
Thursday 25th July PM – Singles x 8
Friday 26th July AM – Foursomes x 4
Friday 26th July PM – Singles x 9

The additional Singles game on Day 2 was introduced in 2016.

With a maximum total of 25 points available and one point awarded for each match a team will be required to accumulate 13 points to secure an outright victory.

As the holders Continent of Europe can retain the Trophy by reaching 12.5 points.

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The St. Andrews Trophy (Photo: Suomen Golfliitto / Finnish Golf Union)

Venue – Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro

Founded in 1895 Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro is one of Spain’s most prestigious clubs and has hosted many national and international amateur and professional tournaments over the years.

It has hosted the Spanish Open 15 times and the Madrid Open 26 times.

The Club has also hosted the Eisenhower Trophy, the Bonallack Trophy, the European Amateur Championship and the European Mid-Amateur Championship. The latter event in 2017 was won by the Continent of Europe’s team captain Carlos de Corral.

The Club enjoys two 18 holes, The Arriba (Upper) and The Abajo (Lower), both laid out on rolling tree lined terrain. The Arriba, which is being used this week, is generally considered the weaker of the two course. It plays to around 7,042 yards and a par of 72.

This will be the first time that the St. Andrews Trophy match has been played in Spain since 1990 when GB&I won at El Saler.

Weather Forecast – as at 3.00pm on Tuesday 22nd July 2025

The weather forecast for Madrid looks excellent this week: –

Thur 24th July – Sunny. Wind 13mph NE. Temp. Max. 15°C / Min. 30°C.
Fri 25th July – Sunny. Wind 11mph NE. Temp. Max. 16°C / Min. 30°C.

2024 Match – Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales

Continent of Europe won the 34th St. Andrews Trophy match against Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) at Royal Porthcawl G.C. by 16.0-9.0.

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Continent of Europe (Photo: Cameron Smith / R&A / R&A via Getty Images)

It was Europe’s sixth win in total, only their second away victory and their biggest ever surpassing their 15.5-9.5 triumph in Finland in 2018.

Luis MASAVEU (ESP) from the Continent of Europe was the only player to complete a 100% 4-from-4 record over the two days. His compatriot Pablo EREÑO PÉREZ was also undefeated, winning all three of the games he was selected for.

GB&I’s Dominic CLEMONS (ENG) and Connor GRAHAM (SCO) won both of their Singles and finished the match with three wins in total.

Click here to view the – 2024 St. Andrews Trophy Match Results

Past Results

In the 34 encounters to date GB&I have won the St. Andrews Trophy 26 times.

Europe have seven wins to their name albeit four of them have come recently in 2010, 2012, 2018 and 2024.

The match in 2016 was tied for the first time  with GB&I, who were the trophy holders, retaining the trophy.

Click here to view a summary of the – Historic St. Andrews Trophy Results

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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2025 Preview & Results

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12th July 2025

ITALY won the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Killarney Golf & Fishing Resort in Ireland.

Italy Celebrate Victory (Photo: EGA / INPHO / Laszlo Geczo)

The final results were: –

ESTONIA, CZECH REPUBLIC and PORTUGAL finished 14th-16th and were therefore relegated to Division 2 for the 2026 Championship. 

In this year’s Division 2 competition WALES finished 2nd to earn promotion back to the main event in 2026. BELGIUM 1st and AUSTRIA 3rd joined them. SCOTLAND‘s 4th place saw them miss out.

Match Play Flight A – Finals Day

ITALY (4), DENMARK (3) and ENGLAND (1) earned the medals on the final day of the Match Play Flight A competition in Killarney.

Flight A Final Day Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ITALY (4) beat DENMARK (3) 6.0-1.0 in the Final not losing any of the seven games that were contested.

Italy v. Denmark Flight A Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (1) managed to grab victory over IRELAND (2) from the jaws of defeat to take bronze. Ireland seemed to have the result in their hands when they were winning all of the afternoon Singles but late wins for Tyler WEAVER, by 1 Hole, and Charlie FORSTER, on the 19th, finally saw them over the line.

England v. Ireland Flight A 3rd & 4th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2025 Match Play Scoreboards – Flight A and Flight B

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11th July 2025

Match Play Flight A – Semi-Finals

The two Semi-Finals both went against seed with ITALY (4) easily beating ENGLAND (1) and DENMARK (3) edging out IRELAND (2).

Flight A Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (1) were disappointing in the afternoon Singles as they fell to a 5.5-1.5 defeat to ITALY (4).

England v. Italy Flight A Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

A superb finish to the round from Kristian HJORT BRESSUM enabled him to take the all-important single point off Thomas HIGGINS that enabled DENMARK (3), who fought back well from losing the two morning Foursomes, to edge out IRELAND (2).

Denmark v. Ireland Flight A Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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10th July 2025

Match Play Flight A – Quarter Finals

The four highest seeds after the Stroke Play Qualifying, ENGLAND (1), ITALY (4), DENMARK (3) and IRELAND (2), all progressed on Day 1 of the Match Play Stage.

Flight A Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (1) enjoyed a comfortable 6.0-1.0 win against FINLAND (8) in the opening Quarter Final. After winning the two morning foursomes afternoon single wins by Tyler WEAVER, Daniel HAYES and Charlie FORSTER ensured their would be no comeback from the Fins.

England v. Finland Flight A Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Led by Stuart GREHAN IRELAND (2) saw off SWEDEN (7) 5.0-2.0 in their Match Play Flight A encounter. Gavin TIERNAN and Matt MCCLEAN earned important Singles wins to get the Irish over the line. 

Ireland v. Sweden Flight A Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ITALY (4) and DENMARK (3) both earned 4.5-2.5 wins against FRANCE (5) and GERMANY (6) in the two other Quarter Final matches to take their places in the Semi-Finals. 

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9th July 2025

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

ENGLAND (-44) earned the No. 1 Match Play Flight A seeding with an outstanding performance in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Killarney.

Making up the qualifiers for Flight A were IRELAND (-25) who finished 2nd, DENMARK (-25) 3rd, ITALY (-24) 4th, FRANCE (-17) 5th, GERMANY (-14), 6th SWEDEN (-12) 7th and FINLAND (-10) 8th.

Sweden, who were 14th after the opening round, fought back well to take their place in Flight A.

SPAIN (-7) 10th and ESTONIA (-5) 12th, who both looked relatively strong on paper at the outset, will be disappointed not to make Flight A.

The lowest five scores from each six man team counted towards the team total with any ties broken by reference to their non-counting score.

The top eight qualifying teams will now play in a Flight (A) seeded match play competition, which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B). The bottom three countries in Flight B at the end of the week will be relegated to Division 2.

Stroke Play Qualifying Team Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Tyler WEAVER (ENG) -12 produced the best individual performance just edging out his teammate Charlie FORSTER by 1-shot. Weaver enjoyed a hole-in-one on the 3rd as well as seven other birdies in a stunning 63 today, setting a new amateur course record in the process.

Eliot BAKER (ENG) -9 5th, Stuart GREHAN (-8) 8th, Luke POULTER (ENG) -6 13th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) -5 17th and Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) -5 20th all performed well for their countries in the Stroke Play Qualifying.

Italian pair Riccardo FANTINELLI & Biagio Andrea GAGLIARDI -10, Peer WERNICKE (GER) -9, Kristian HJORT BRESSUM (DEN) -9 and Paul BEAUVY (FRA) & Alexis LERAY (FRA) also led their respective countries to strong seedings. 

The average Round 2 score from the 96 competitors was 71.23 (-0.77), lower than yesterday’s 72.19, (+0.19) with 47 (42) players finishing Day 2 with an under par round.

Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2025 Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

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8th July 2025

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

ENGLAND (-20) lead the Stroke Play Qualifying competition after a strong opening day performance in Killarney.

ICELAND (-13) are a surprise 2nd, IRELAND (-11) 3rd, GERMANY (-11) 4th and DENMARK (-10) 5th. 

Amongst the pre-tournament favourites SPAIN (-5) 7th, FRANCE (-2) 8th, ESTONIA (-1) 9th and particularly SWEDEN (+5) 14th all have work to do to tomorrow to confirm their places in the Flight A Match Play stage. 

The lowest five scores from each six man team count towards the team total with ties broken by reference to their non-counting score.

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Team Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Charlie FORSTER (ENG) enjoyed eight birdies in his 65 (-7) as he took the Round 1 lead in the Individual standings.

Sergio JIMENEZ (ESP) -6 is 2nd on count back, Kristian HJORT BRESSUM (DEN) -6 3rd, and Icelandic pair Gunnlaugur Arni SVEINSSON and Veiger HEIDARSSON 4th and 5th after they were the best of the five 67’s (-5).

The average Round 1 score from the 96 competitors was 72.19 (+0.19) with 42 players finishing Day 1 with an under par score.

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A) seeded match play competition, which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

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7th July 2025

Introduction

The 42nd European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 8th and Saturday 12th July 2025 at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in Ireland.

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club (Photo: Killarney Golf)

Only England and Ireland will be competing in the main men’s event this week. Scotland and Wales are amongst the nine teams playing in the Division 2 competition being played in Hungary.

Sweden are the defending champions having beaten Netherlands in last year’s final at Royal Park I Roveri in Italy.

Scotland were the last home nation to win the Team Championship when they successfully defended the title at Golf de Chantilly in France in 2016. England last won in 2013, Ireland in 2008 and Wales in 1993. 

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

2025 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing are Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

The home nation teams are made up of the following players (2nd July 2025 WAGR’s in brackets): –

ENGLAND – Eliot BAKER (#134), Charlie FORSTER (#58), Daniel HAYES (#259), Luke POULTER (#49), Harley SMITH (#123), Tyler WEAVER (#14). Total Team WAGR = 637.

England Team (Photo: EGA)

IRELAND – John DOYLE (#786), Stuart GREHAN (#845), Thomas HIGGINS (#402), Matt MCCLEAN (#204), Caolan RAFFERTY (#203), Gavin TIERNAN (#652). Total Team WAGR = 3,092.

Ireland Team (Photo: EGA)

On paper England, Estonia, Ireland, France, Spain and Sweden appear to be the strongest teams likely to challenge for the medals.

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with Golf Ireland.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by reference to each team’s non-counting scores.

These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

Fight A start off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.

A win earns one point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.

The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2026.

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The European Amateur Team Championship Trophy (Photo: EGA)

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, Ireland

Located on the banks of Lough Leane on the south-west coast of Ireland Killarney’s par 72 Killeen Course is staging this year’s Championship.

The course has staged the Irish Open four times (1991-92-10-11), the Irish Women’s Open twice (2002-03) and The Curtis Cup once(1996).

This will be the third time Ireland has hosted the event. Killarney previously hosted the event 50 years ago in 1975 with Portmarnock afforded the honour more recently in 1997 

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club Logo (Photo: Killarney Golf)

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast looks very good with generally sunny conditions and little wind expected.

Tue 8th July – Cloudy. Wind 9 mph NW. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 21°C.
Wed 9th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 8 mph NW. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 21°C.
Thur 10th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph SW. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 24°C.
Fri 11th July – Sunny. Wind 11 mph S. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 24°C.
Sat 12th July – Sunny. Wind 12 mph SE. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 23°C.

EGA Website Links – 2025 Scores / Information

2025 Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals

2025 Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B

Full Player List

European Golf Association Championship Website

2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

Match Play Stage

Sweden won the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Park Royal I Roveri in Italy.

Sweden, seeded 6th after the stroke play qualifying, beat Netherlands (4) 3.0-2.0 in the Final with Germany (1) overcoming Estonia (2) in the 3rd & 4th Place match.

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Sweden (Photo: EGA)

In Flight A England lost to Netherlands and Italy before beating Spain in their final game.

In Flight B Ireland lost their opening game to Portugal before recovering with victories over Austria and Scotland. Prior to their final game Scotland had previously lost to Denmark before beating Wales. Wales beat Austria in their final game after losses to Finland and Scotland.    

In a disappointing tournament for the home nations England finished 7th, Ireland 13th, Scotland 14th and Wales 15th. After finishing in the bottom three teams Scotland and Wales were relegated to Division 2 for the 2025 Championship.

These were the final results: –

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Stroke Play Qualifying

Germany (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Royal Park.

England (-19) finished 5th to qualify for Flight A. Ireland (-11) 9th, Scotland (-10) 10th, who had started the day in 3rd place, and Wales (+3) 14th all missed the match play cut and will now have to play out the week in Flight B.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Jerry Ji (NED) won the Individual competition with a 130 (-14) total which included 15 birdies over the 36 holes.

Jack BIGHAM (ENG), Cameron ADAM (SCO) and Dominic CLEMONS (ENG), who didn’t drop a shot in the two rounds, were the leading GB&I players, all posting 137 (-7).

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland and Spain 6, Sweden 3 and Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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13th July 2024

Championship Summary

Sweden won the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Park Royal I Roveri in Italy.

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Sweden (Photo: EGA)

Netherlands were 2nd and Germany 3rd.

In a disappointing tournament for the home nations England finished 7th, Ireland 13th, Scotland 14th and Wales 15th. After finishing in the bottom three teams Scotland and Wales were relegated to Division 2 for the 2025 Championship.

Here are the final results: –

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Here is my assessment of the individual home nation performances: –

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Match Play Stage – Day 3

Flight A

Sweden (seeded 6th) beat Netherlands (4) by 3.0-2.0 to win the European Amateur Team Championship.

Germany (1) beat Estonia (2) by 4.0-1.0 to pick up the Bronze Medal.

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Match Play Stage – Flight A Final Day Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

England (5) beat Spain (3) 3.5-1.5 to secure 7th place in the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship in Italy.

Matty DODD-BERRY and Dominic CLEMONS won the opening Foursomes game before Jack BIGHAM and Will HOPKINS backed them up with two Singles wins.

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England v. Spain MP Day 3 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight A (featuring England)

Flight B

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Match Play Stage – Flight B Final Day Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland (9) beat Scotland (10) 3.0-2.0 to preserve their Division 1 status. Unfortunately the loss means Scotland will join Wales in the Division 2 Championship next year.

Liam NOLAN and Matt MCCLEAN secured Singles wins after Seán KEELING and Hugh FOLEY had taken the Foursomes after extra holes. Brothers Connor GRAHAM and Gregor GRAHAM again secured Singles wins for the Scots.

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Ireland v. Scotland MP Day 3 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Wales finished the Championship with a 3.0-2.0 win against Austria. Jonathan BALE and Tom BASTOW won the Foursomes game with Tom MATTHEWS and Tomi BOWEN picking up narrow Singles wins late on to get the Welsh over the line.

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Austria v. Wales MP Day 3 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight B (featuring Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

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12th July 2024

Match Play Stage – Day 2

Flight A

The Netherlands (4) beat Germany (1) by 5.5-1.5 and Sweden (6) got the better of Estonia (2) by 4.5-2.5 in the Semi-Finals at Royal Park I Roveri in Turin.

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Match Play Stage – Flight A Day 2 Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

England (5) lost their second game in Match Play Flight A by 3.5-1.5. Italy (8) proved too strong at home and the English are now consigned to a 7th / 8th place match against Spain on the final day.

Jack BIGHAM enjoyed a comprehensive Singles win against Luca Memeo whilst Tyler WEAVER secured his second half in his game against Matteo Cristoni.

Quarter Final losers play a reduced format in Flight A. The original two foursomes and five singles becomes just one foursomes and four singles.

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Italy v. England MP Day 2 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight B

After losing their opening match play games yesterday Austria (13), Ireland (9), Scotland (10) and Wales (14) started Day 2 knowing that only two straight wins could save one of them from relegation.

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Match Play Stage – Flight B Day 2 Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland took on Austria and enjoyed a positive 4.0-1.0 win. Seán KEELING and Hugh FOLEY got the Irish off to a solid start with a big 5&4 win in the lone Foursomes before Max KENNEDY, Caolan RAFFERTY and Liam NOLAN followed up with their own Singles wins.

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Ireland v. Austria MP Day 2 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Calum SCOTT got the better of Tomi BOWEN on the 19th hole of the final Singles game to determine the outcome of the Wales v. Scotland game in Flight B.

After falling behind with two Foursomes losses Connor GRAHAM and Gregor GRAHAM took care of their Singles to set up the grand finale.

Today’s results mean that Wales and Austria are relegated to Division 2. The losers of tomorrow’s Ireland v. Scotland game will join them.

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Wales v. Scotland MP Day 2 Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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11th July 2024

Match Play Stage – Day 1

Day 1 of the Match Play Stage proved to be disastrous for the four GB&I teams with all of them losing.

Flight A

The leading eight teams from the Stroke Play Qualifying competition contest Flight A which ultimately determines the medal winners.

Germany (1), Netherlands (3), Sweden (6) and Estonia (2) progressed to the Semi-Finals.

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Match Play Stage – Flight A Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

England (5) lost to Netherlands (4) 4.5-2.5 to end their hopes of a medal this year.

Single wins for Dominic CLEMONS and Will HOPKINS and a half for Tyler WEAVER were the only positives that could be taken from this loss.

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Netherlands v. England Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight B

The teams that finished 9th to 16th in the Stroke Play Qualifying play in Match Play Flight B. Regaining some pride and more importantly avoiding relegation to Division 2 are the primary goals at this level.

From the outset all matches in Flight B consist of one foursomes and four singles.

On a day of surprises Portugal (16), Switzerland (12), Finland (11) and Denmark (15) were the winners.

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Match Play Stage – Flight B Draw (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland (9) some how managed to lose to Portugal (16) by 3.0-2.0 in their opening match. To put this into context Portugal finished last by 25 shots in the Stroke Play Qualifying and failed to record one individual par round or better in their 12 attempts.

Max KENNEDY and Matt MCCLEAN comfortably won their Singles games for the Irish albeit in vain.

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Ireland v. Portugal Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Finland (11) got the better of Wales (14) 3.0-2.0 in a tight match where the opening Foursomes required six extra holes and two of the Singles went the distance.

James ASHFIELD and Matt ROBERTS won their Singles games for the Welsh.

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Finland v. Wales Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

After a disappointing qualification Denmark (15) found some form to beat Scotland (10) by 3.5-1.5.

Gregor TAIT and Jack MCDONALD secured a half in the opening foursomes but only Connor GRAHAM could prevail for the Scots in the Singles.

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Scotland v. Denmark Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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10th July 2024

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

Germany (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Royal Park.

Estonia (-26), Spain (-25) and Netherlands (-24) were tightly grouped in 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.

England (-19) finished 5th to qualify for Flight A. Sweden (-18) 6th, France (-17) 7th and Italy (-15) 8th made up the all-important leading eight teams.

Ireland (-11) 9th, Scotland (-10) 10th, who had started the day in 3rd place, and Wales (+3) 14th all missed the match play cut and will now have to play out the week in Flight B.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Jerry Ji (NED) won the Individual competition with a 130 (-14) total which included 15 birdies over the 36 holes.

Jacob Melin (SWE) -12 finished 2nd and Paul Beauvy (FRA) -11 3rd.

Jack BIGHAM (ENG), Cameron ADAM (SCO) and Dominic CLEMONS (ENG), who didn’t drop a shot in the two rounds, were the leading GB&I players, all posting 137 (-7).

James ASHFIELD (WAL), Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) and Max KENNEDY (IRL) were all 1-shot worse off on 136 (-6).

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

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9th July 2024

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

Germany (-15) lead Estonia (-14) after the opening round of the Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Royal Park.

Scotland (-9) are 3rd, England (-6) 7th, Ireland (-6) 8th and Wales (+6) 14th.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Round 1 Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Jerry Ji (NED) leads the Individual standings after he produced an 8-under 64 which included nine birdies.

Tiger Christensen (GER) is 2nd on -6. His 66 included two eagles on par 4’s; the 414 yard 7th and the 411 yard 14th.

Gregor GRAHAM (SCO), 3rd, had the best start from a home nation player with a 5-under 67, helped by an eagle on the par 5 18th.

Dominic CLEMONS (ENG) had a bogey free 68 (-4) to end the opening day in 7th place.

Cameron ADAM (SCO), Max KENNEDY (IRL) and Jack BIGHAM (ENG) all finished on 3-under 69’s to finish Round 1 in the top 20.

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Round 1 Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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7th July 2024

Introduction

The 41st European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 9th and Saturday 13th July 2024 at Royal Park I Roveri in Italy.

Teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will all be competing this week.

Spain are the two time defending champions having most recently beaten Denmark in last year’s final at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

2024 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2024 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing are Austria, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

The home nation teams are made up of the following players (3rd July 2024 WAGR’s in brackets): –

ENGLAND – Jack BIGHAM (#44), Dominic CLEMONS (#178), Matty DODD-BERRY (#151), Will HOPKINS (#69), Harley SMITH (#563), Tyler WEAVER (#88). Total Team WAGR = 1,093.

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England (Photo: EGA)

IRELAND – Hugh FOLEY (#693), Seán KEELING (#320), Max KENNEDY (#35), Matt MCCLEAN (#82), Liam NOLAN (#87), Caolan RAFFERTY (#65). Total Team WAGR = 1,282.

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Ireland (Photo: EGA)

SCOTLAND – Cameron ADAM (#222), Connor GRAHAM (#173), Gregor GRAHAM (#128), Jack MCDONALD (#1,060), Calum SCOTT (#15), Gregor TAIT (#450). Total Team WAGR = 2,048.

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Scotland (Photo: EGA)

WALES – James ASHFIELD (#29), Jonathan BALE (#388), Tom BASTOW (#975), Tomi BOWEN (#213), Tom MATTHEWS (#1,811), Matt ROBERTS (#431). Total Team WAGR = 3,847.

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Wales (Photo: EGA)

On paper Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Sweden appear to be the strongest teams likely to challenge for the medals.

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with The Italian Golf Federation.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by reference to each team’s non-counting scores.

These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top 8 qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

Fight A therefore starts off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions 1-19.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.

A win earns 1 point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.

The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2025.

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The European Amateur Team Championship Trophy (Photo: EGA)

Royal Park I Roveri, Italy

Royal Park I Roveri is located 20km north of Turin in north west Italy.

The highly regarded Allianz Course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr in 1971. It is tree lined and features a number of bunkers, meandering brooks and larger lakes.

Off the Championship tees the course plays to 7,181 yards (6,566m) and a par of 72. It has a Slope of 143 and a Course Rating of 74.4.

The Club hosted the Italian Open Championship between 2009 and 2012.

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Royal Park Allianz Course Map (Photo: Royal Park)

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast for north west Italy looks sunny with little wind, albeit with a risk of thunder and lightning throughout.

Tue 9th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 5 mph NE. Temp. Min. 19°C / Max. 30°C.
Wed 10th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph E. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 30°C.
Thur 11th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph SE. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 30°C.
Fri 12th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 5 mph NE. Temp. Min. 22°C / Max. 28°C.
Sat 13th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 6 mph NE. Temp. Min. 20°C / Max. 27°C.

EGA Website Links – 2024 Scores / Information

Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals

Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B

Full Player List

European Golf Association Championship Website

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2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

Match Play Stage

Flight A (1-8)

Spain (2) beat Denmark (1) 4-3 to win the 2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Final at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.

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The Victorious Spanish Team (Photo: EGA)

Ireland (4) beat England (3) 6-1 to win the bronze medal in a one-sided 3rd and 4th Place Match.

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight A Final Results

Flight B (9-16)

Finland (10) beat Wales (12) 3-2 in the Flight B Final to earn 9th place in the Championship.

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight B Final Results

Stroke Play Qualifying

Denmark (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition.

Spain (-29), England (-27), Ireland (-23), France (-20), Netherlands (-17), Italy (-16) and Sweden  were the other teams to qualify for the top 8 Flight A Match Play Stage.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

José BALLESTER (ESP) -11 took the individual honours with Barclay BROWN (ENG) -10 finishing 2nd and 2024 Amateur champion Jacob Skov OLESEN (DEN) -9 3rd.

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

In overall terms Matt MCCLEAN (IRL), Barclay BROWN (ENG) and James ASHFIELD (WAL) were the leading home nation players in 2023.

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History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland and Spain 6, Sweden 3 and Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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15th July 2023

Match Play Flight A (1-8) – Final and 3rd & 4th Place Match

Spain (2) beat Denmark (1) 4-3 to win the 2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Final at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.

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The Victorious Spanish Team (Photo: EGA)

Spain’s two morning foursomes wins proved pivotal, particularly the one by Masaveu and Ayora on the 22nd Hole, as their top order struggled in the early singles before he late recovery saw them home.

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Denmark v. Spain Championship Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Ireland (4) beat England (3) 6-1 to win the bronze medal in a one-sided 3rd and 4th Place Match.

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Ireland v. England 3rd & 4th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Here are the full Flight A Match Play results and upper half final standings: –

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Flight A Match Play Results and Final Standings (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight A Final Scores

Match Play Flight B (9-16) Day 3

Finland (10) beat Wales (12) 3-2 in the Flight B Final to earn 9th place in the Championship.

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Wales v. Finland 9th & 10th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Here are the full Flight A Match Play results and lower half final standings: –

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Flight B Match Play Results and Final Standings (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight B Day 3 Scores

Here is my assessment of the Individual performances from the 18 home nation players that were competing.

Matt MCCLEAN (IRL), Barclay BROWN (ENG) and James ASHFIELD (WAL) were my three star men.

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14th July 2023

Match Play Flight A (1-8) – Semi-Finals

Denmark (1) proved to be too strong for Ireland (4) in the opening semi-final beating them 4.5-2.5.

Whilst the morning foursomes were shared the Dane’s comfortably took the singles. Only Liam NOLAN was able to win a game for the Irish in this series.

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Denmark v. Ireland Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

In a tighter match England (3) lost 4.5-2.5 to Spain (2) in the second semi-final. Having lost both of the morning foursomes England needed a big bounce back in the singles to progress. In the end only Barclay BROWN and James CLARIDGE were able to produce wins which left the team short.

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 England v. Spain Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight A Semi-Final Scores

Match Play Flight B (9-16) Day 2

Wales (12) beat Switzerland (9) 3-2 to reach the Flight B Final. James NASH and Caolan BURFORD  continued their strong partnership in the foursomes before good wins from James ASHFIELD and Matt ROBERTS in the singles sealed the deal.

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 Switzerland v. Wales Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight B Day 2 Scores

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13th July 2023

Match Play Flight A (1-8) – Quarter Finals

All four Quarter Finals went the way of the highest seeded teams.

Each Flight A match consists of two foursomes and five singles.

Here’s a summary of the Quarter Final results: –

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Flight A Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Ireland (4) beat France (5) 4.0-3.0 in a tighter match. Two late singles wins from Matt MCCLEAN, who had earlier also won his foursomes with Caolan RAFFERTY, and Alex MAGUIRE helped the Irish over the line.

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Ireland v. France Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

England (3) beat Netherlands (6) 5.5-1.5 winning both of the foursomes and three of the five singles. John GOUGH and Jack BIGHAM paired up successfully in the morning before going on to both win their singles in the afternoon.

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England v. Netherlands Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight A Quarter Finals Scores

Match Play Flight B (9-16) Day 1

Wales (12) beat Germany (13) by 4.5-0.5 as they seek to finish as high up the rankings as they can and more importantly extinguish any possibility of relegation to Division 2.

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Wales v. Germany Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the – Match Play Flight B Day 1 Scores

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12th July 2023

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

Denmark (-32) earned medalist honours in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition at the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The lowest five scores from each six-man team counted towards each countries round and total scores at Royal Waterloo Golf Club in Belgium.

Spain (-29), England (-27), Ireland (-23), France (-20), Netherlands (-17), Italy (-16) and Sweden   were the other teams to qualify for the all-important top 8 Flight A Match Play Stage which will determine who takes home the trophy and medals later this week.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

England (-27) finished 3rd with round scores of 350 and 343.

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England Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Barclay BROWN (ENG) -10 finished 2nd in the Individual rankings and was therefore the leading GB&I player in the field.

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Barclay Brown’s Stroke Play Qualifying Rounds 1 & 2 Scorecard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Ireland (-23) finished 4th with round scores of 352 and 345.

Caolan RAFFERTY (-7) 5th and Max KENNEDY (-7) 8th were their leading contributors over the two days.

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Ireland Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Wales (-5) finished 12th with round scores of 350 and a disappointing 365 which sadly saw them tumble out of contention.

Matt ROBERTS (-7) 10th can be pleased with his efforts in the Stroke Play Qualifying.

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Wales Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Here are the leading Individual scores from Belgium with the recent European Men’s Amateur champion José BALLESTER (ESP) -11 again showing his class: –

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

The average score from the 96 players was 72.16 (+.16) in Round 2.

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Team and Individual

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11th July 2023

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

Denmark (-15) and Spain (-15) delivered the best Round 1 scores on the opening day of the Stroke Play Qualifying competition at Royal Waterloo G.C.

England (-10) and Wales (-10) are 6th and 7th respectively, after a applying the sixth player score to break the tie, and Ireland (-8) 10th.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Round 1 Scores (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Tiger CHRISTENSEN (GER) produced the lowest Round 1 score with a 64 (-8). European Amateur champion José BALLESTER (ESP) and Jack INGHAM (NED) 65 (-7) were one shot further back on a low scoring day.

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Round 1 Scores – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

The lowest GB&I round came from England’s Barclay BROWN who posted a 66 (-6) which included an eagle and six birdies.

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Barclay Brown’s Stroke Play Qualifying Round 1 Scorecard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Welsh pair James ASHFIELD and Matt ROBERTS both recorded 68’s (-4) with Liam NOLAN (IRL), Dylan SHAW-RADFORD (ENG) and Max KENNEDY (IRL) nearly as impressive with 3-under 69’s.

The average score from the 96 players was 71.80 (-0.2) in Round 1.

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Team and Individual

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10th July 2023

Introduction

The 40th European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 11th and Saturday 15th July 2023 at Royal Waterloo G.C. in Belgium.

England, Ireland and Wales will all be competing this week. Scotland were relegated to Division 2 at last year’s Championship.

In a Walker Cup year the performances of the chosen players will be carefully scrutinised by The R&A selectors.

Spain are the defending champions having beaten Sweden in last year’s final at Royal St. George’s G.C. in England.

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The 2022 Spanish Team (Photo: European Golf Association)

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

I will provide daily updates on play in the Men’s event on this page throughout the competition and score links to all of the other Championships on the Results page of this website and on Twitter and Threads.

2023 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2023 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing are Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

Just two of these teams, Estonia and Wales, will be represented by their top six ranked players in the latest WAGR list.

On paper Spain, Ireland, England, Germany, France, Denmark and Sweden appear to be the strongest teams likely to challenge for the medals.

The 2023 home nation teams are made up of the following players: –

ENGLAND – Jack BIGHAM, Barclay BROWN, James CLARIDGE, Arron EDWARDS-HILL, John GOUGH, Dylan Shaw-RADFORD

The English selectors have remained loyal to Arron Edwards-Hill and Dylan Shaw-Radford when some would have opted for one or both of Charlie CROCKETT and Will HOPKINS, two U.S. college players who have arguably shown better recent form.

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IRELAND – Max KENNEDY, Alex MAGUIRE, Matt MCCLEAN, Liam NOLAN, Mark POWER, Caolan RAFFERTY

Hugh FOLEY found his form too late to break into this line-up which combines experience and quality nicely and should finish in the medals. Alex Maguire, playing off +7.8, has the lowest handicap in the field.

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The 2023 Irish Team (Photo: European Golf Association)

WALES – James ASHFIELD, Tomi BOWEN, Caolan BURFORD, Archie DAVIES, James NASH, Matt ROBERTS

The Welsh team picked itself and is as strong as I can remember for many years. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them perform well in Belgium this week.

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The 2023 Welsh Team (Photo: European Golf Association)

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with The Royal Belgian Golf Federation.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by using the two non-counting scores.

These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top 8 qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

Fight A therefore starts off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions 1-19.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.

A win earns 1 point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.

The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2024.

Royal Waterloo G.C., Belgium

Royal Waterloo Golf Club, situated 20 miles south of Brussels, was founded in 1923 and is therefore celebrating it’s centenary this year.

The Club moved to Lasne in 1960 and now has 45 holes in play; the La Marache (18), Le Lion (18) and Le Bois-Héros (9) courses.

The Championship is being played on the La Marache course which was designed by the English architect Fred Hawtree and opened in 1961. Fred’s son Martin oversaw the renovation of the greens to USGA specification in 2004/05 with the bunkers also completely rebuilt in 2022.

An undulating, tree lined course it plays to 6,859 yards off the Black Tees and has a par of 72. It has a Course Rating of 73.6 and a Slope Rating of 133.

This is the third time the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship has been staged in Belgium. Waterloo is following in the footsteps of Brussels in 1961 (when Sweden won) and Royal Antwerp in 1995 (when Scotland won).

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast for Belgium looks very good with good playing conditions currently expected throughout the week.

Tue 11th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 11 mph SW. Temp. Min. 15°C / Max. 28°C.
Wed 12th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 15 mph SW. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 22°C.
Thur 13th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 12 mph N. Temp. Min. 11°C / Max. 22°C.
Fri 14th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 7 mph W. Temp. Min. 16°C / Max. 25°C.
Sat 15th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 11 mph N. Temp. Min. 15°C / Max. 27°C.

EGA Website Links – 2023 Scores / Information

Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Team and Individual

Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B

Full Player List

European Golf Association Championship Website

2022 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

Match Play Flight A

Spain (1) beat Denmark (5) 4.5-2.5 last year to win the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Royal St. George’s G.C.

Denmark (5) beat England (3) 5-2 to secure 3rd place with the hosts having to settle for 4th.

Ireland defeated Italy 3-2 to take 5th place.

Click here to view the – Flight A Match Play Results

Match Play Flight B

Wales (12) beat Belgium (15) 4-1 to finish in 13th place in the Championship.

Click here to view the – Flight B Match Play Results

Match Play Flight C

Scotland (17) beat Czech Republic (18) 3-2 in the final match of the three team ’round robin’ event to secure 17th place in the Championship.

It was of course a hollow victory as Scotland had already joined the Czech Republic and Portugal in being relegated to Division 2 following the Stroke Play Qualifying.

Click here to view the – Flight C Match Play Results

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Stroke Play Qualifying

Spain secured the top seeding for the Flight A Match Play competition with a 693 (-7) total.

England (-5) finished 2nd and Ireland (+4) 8th to also make the all-important Flight A which determines the medalists.

Wales (+15) were 12th so contested the Flight B competition.

Scotland (+26) were a hugely disappointing 17th and ended up in Flight C and certain relegation to Division 2 for the 2023 competition.

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Team Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Julien SALE (FRA) shot two rounds of 67 to head the Individual standings on -6.

Arron EDWARDS-HILL (ENG) -4 was the leading GB&I player over the 36 holes finishing in 5th place.

John GOUGH (ENG) -3 6th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) -2 8th – including a best of the competition 65 in Round 2, Mark POWER (IRL) -1 15th, Calum SCOTT (SCO) -1 21st, Olly HUGGINS (ENG) Ev 29th and Sam BAIRSTOW (ENG) Ev 33rd were all par or better for their respective teams.

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Individual Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Team and Individual

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In overall terms Sam BAIRSTOW (ENG), Liam NOLAN (IRL), James ASHFIELD (WAL) and Calum SCOTT (SCO) were the leading home nation players in 2022.

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History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland 6, Spain 5, Sweden 3 and Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2022 Preview & Results

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9th July 2022

Match Play – Day 3

Here is my assessment of the Individual contributions of each home nation player this week.

I picked Sam BAIRSTOW (ENG), Liam NOLAN (IRL), James ASHFIELD (WAL) and Calum SCOTT (SCO) has my star men.

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Flight A – Finals

Spain (1) beat Denmark (5) 4.5-2.5 to win the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Royal St. George’s G.C. in Kent.

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Spain (Photo: RFE Golf)

Denmark (5) beat England (3) 5-2 to secure 3rd place with the hosts having to settle for 4th.

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Denmark v. England – Flight A Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Finally, Ireland defeated Italy 3-2 to take 5th place.

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Ireland v. Italy – Flight A Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the – Flight A Match Play Scores

Flight B

Wales (12) beat Belgium (15) 4-1 to finish in 13th place in the Championship. James ASHFIELD‘s win in the final Single’s  game over Adrien Dumont De Chassart, Belgium’s highest ranked player, was the highlight.

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Wales v. Belgium – Flight B Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the – Flight B Match Play Results

Flight C

Scotland (17) beat Czech Republic (18) 3-2 in the final match of the three team ’round robin’ event to secure 17th place in the Championship.

However, it was a hollow victory as Czech Republic, Portugal and Scotland were all relegated to Division 2 for next year’s Championship following the Stroke Play Qualifying.

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Scotland v. Czech Republic – Flight C Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the – Flight C Match Play Results

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Match Play – Day 2

Flight A – Semi-Finals

Sweden (7) beat England (2) 4-3 to reach the final of the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship where they will face Denmark.

The result was harsh on Sam BAIRSTOW who continued his unbeaten winning record in the event with another good day at Royal St. George’s G.C.

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England v. Sweden – Semi-Final Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland (8) overcame Germany (4) 3-2 to ensure they can finish no lower than 6th place. Liam NOLAN enjoyed another good win for the Irish.

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Ireland v. Germany – Flight A Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight B

Wales (12) beat Iceland (16) 3-2 with their three leading players all delivering solid Singles wins.

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Iceland v. Wales – Flight B Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight C

Scotland (17) tied with Portugal (19), who had been beaten by Czech Republic on Thursday.

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Scotland v. Portugal – Flight C Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

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7th July 2022

Match Play – Day 1

Flight A – Quarter Finals

England (2) overcame Netherlands (7) by 5.5-1.5.

Whilst JOHN GOUGH (ENG) won both of his games the highlight of a strong overall performance was Sam BAIRSTOW‘s 8&6 thrashing in the Singles of the recently crowned European Amateur champion Filippo CELLI.

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England v. Italy – Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Ireland (8) lost their Quarter Final to Spain (1) by 4-3 in a tight game which on another day could have gone the other way.

Liam NOLAN starred for the Irish, partnering Mark POWER to success in the opening Foursomes before winning his afternoon Singles against Jose BALLESTER.

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Spain v. Ireland Quarter Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight B

Wales (12) will be disappointed to have lost to Estonia (13) in their opening match of Flight B.

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Wales v. Estonia – Flight B Result (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Flight C

Scotland (17) find themselves in a Round Robin competition with Czech Republic (18) and Portugal (19) Scotland will have today off before playing Portugal tomorrow and Czech Republic on Saturday.

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6th July 2022

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

Spain secured the top seeding for the Flight A Match Play competition with a 693 (-7) total.

England (-5) finished 2nd and Ireland (+4) 8th to also make the all-important Flight A which will determine the medalists later this week. The Irish improved their team score by 28 shots in Round 2 to squeeze into the main show after all had seemed lost after their opening effort.

Wales (+15) were 12th so will contest the Flight B competition.

Scotland (+26) were a hugely disappointing 17th, beaten by both Estonia and Iceland, and will be relegated to Division 2 for the 2023 competition.

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Round 2 Team Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Julien SALE (FRA), who impressed in the recent France v. England International Match, shot two rounds of 67 to head the Individual standings on -6.

Arron EDWARDS-HILL (ENG) -4 was the leading GB&I player over the 36 holes finishing in 5th place.

John GOUGH (ENG) -3 6th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) -2 8th – including a best of the competition 65 in Round 2, Mark POWER (IRL) -1 15th, Calum SCOTT (SCO) -1 21st, Olly HUGGINS (ENG) Ev 29th and Sam BAIRSTOW (ENG) Ev 33rd were all par or better for their respective teams.

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Round 2 Individual Results – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying leaderboards – Team and Individual

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5th July 2022

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

Denmark lead the Stroke Play Qualifying competition with a 344 (-6) total.

England 350 (Ev) are 4th, Wales 361 (+11) 12th, Scotland 363 (+13) 15th and Ireland 366 (+16) 18th.

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Round 1 Team Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

Arron EDWARDS-HILL (ENG) was one of nine players to contribute a 67 (-3) in Round 1 for their respective teams.

James ASHFIELD (WAL) 68 (-2), Calum SCOTT (SCO) 69 (-1) and Paddy MULLINS (WAL), Sam BAIRSTOW (ENG) & Matt ROBERTS (WAL) all 70 (Ev) also impressed on Day 1.

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Round 1 Individual Leaderboard – Top 30 (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox) 

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3rd July 2022 

The 39th European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 5th and Saturday 9th July 2022 at Royal St. George’s G.C. in Kent, England.

Whilst the 2020 and 2021 Championships took place a number of teams chose not to particpate due to the COVID-19 pandemic. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will all be competing this week. 

Denmark are the defending champions having beaten France in last year’s final at PGA Catalunya Resort in Spain.

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Denmark (Photo: European Golf Association)

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

I will provide daily updates on play in the Men’s event on this page throughout the competition and score links to all of the other Championships on the Results page of this website and on Twitter.

2022 Teams

19 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2022 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

This is three more than normal as no teams were relegated in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 disruption and Finland, the Czech Republic, and Estonia all earned promotion from Division 2 in 2021.

The teams competing are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

Based on their total 6-man SPWARs England (519), France (553), Denmark (732), Ireland (759), Spain (1,015), Scotland (1,220), Sweden (1,253) and Netherlands (1,488) would appear to be the strongest teams likely to challenge for the medals.

The 2022 home nation teams are made up of the following players: –

ENGLAND – Sam BAIRSTOW, Jack BIGHAM, Barclay BROWN, Arron EDWARDS-HILL, John GOUGH, Olly HUGGINS

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England (Photo: European Golf Association)

IRELAND – Hugh FOLEY, Matthew MCCLEAN, Robert MORAN, Liam NOLAN, Mark POWER, Caolan RAFFERTY

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Ireland (Photo: European Golf Association)

SCOTLAND – Callum BRUCE, Angus CARRICK, Rory FRANSSEN, Connor GRAHAM, Lewis IRVINE, Calum SCOTT

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Scotland (Photo: European Golf Association)

WALES – James ASHFIELD, Archie DAVIES, Luke HARRIES, Alex JAMES, Paddy MULLINS, Matt ROBERTS

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Wales (Photo: European Golf Association)

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with England Golf.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. Any ties will be broken by using the two non-counting scores, the lowest being given precedence.

These results determine a seeded match play draw. The top 8 qualifying teams will play in a first flight, which will determine the medalists, with the next eight competing in a second flight and the final three playing a Flight C round robin competition.

Fight A therefore starts off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions 1-19.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flights B and C play 1 foursome and 4 singles.

A win earns 1 point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games.

The teams finishing 14th to 19th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2023.

Royal St. George’s G.C., England

Royal St. George’s was founded in 1887 and is a renowned links course situated on the south east coast of England.

The club has hosted 15 Open Championships and 13 Amateur Championships as well as the Walker Cup, twice, and a Curtis Cup.

This is the second time the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship has been staged here. In 1965 Ireland beat Scotland in the final.

The course plays to 7,204 yards with a par of 70 and a course rating of 138.

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Royal St. George’s Course Map

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast for Sandwich looks very good with near perfect playing conditions expected throughout the week.

Tue 5th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 9 mph NW. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 21°C.
Wed 6th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 11 mph W. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 22°C.
Thur 7th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 10 mph N. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 21°C.
Fri 8th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 9 mph W. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 24°C.
Sat 9th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 11 mph N. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 23°C.

Website Links – Scores / Information

Full Player List

Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboard – Team and Individual

Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A, Flight B and Flight C

For more event information – European Golf Association Website

2021 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

Denmark beat France 5.5-1.5 at PGA Catalunya Resort in Spain in the 2021 Final.

Ireland were the only home nation to participate in a field of 13 countries last year. They disappointingly qualified in last place in the stroke play competition, ultimately finishing 10th after the match play stage.

Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight A
Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight B

Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Individual and Team

History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland 6, Spain 4, Sweden 3 and Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2019 Preview, Reports & Results

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Here is my assessment of the Individual GB&I performances at the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

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Euan WALKER (SCO) was my star man at this week’s Championship after another superb overall performance.

Harry HALL (ENG), Ryan LUMSDEN (SCO), Mark POWER (IRE) and Gaelan TREW (WAL) impressively won all three of their Singles games in the Match Play stage.

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13th July 2019

Sweden beat ENGLAND 4.5-2.5 in the Final of the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

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Sweden’s Men’s Team (Photo: European Golf Association)

It was Sweden’s third win and first since 1961 – they won the first two Championships that were played. Meanwhile England collected the silver medal for the third year running after losing to Spain and Finland in the two previous Finals.

Tom SLOMAN and Tom PLUMB completed a hat trick of Foursomes wins in the opening match but Alex FITZPATRICK and Matty LAMB couldn’t match them on this occasion.

As England had lost both Singles series’ in the previous two rounds the writing was perhaps on the wall entering the afternoon games. Obviously this time their opponents also had home advantage on their side too.

Sweden ended up winning the second half of the match 3.5-1.5 with only Harry HALL able to secure a full point – his third Singles win of the competition.

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Sweden v. England Final Match Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

SCOTLAND secured the Bronze Medal beating Denmark 4-3 on the final day.

The Scots got off to a great start winning both of the morning foursomes with some ease.

Narrow 1 hole wins for Euan WALKER and Ryan LUMSDEN ultimately saw them home.

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Denmark v. Scotland 3rd Place Match Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

IRELAND pipped WALES to 5th place winning their final day match 3-2.

Two matches went to extra holes and with Ireland winning both they swung the result to the green side. In the Foursomes Caolan RAFFERTY & James SUGRUE got the win on the 22nd hole and like yesterday Mark POWER came out on top in extra time in his Singles.

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Ireland v. Wales 5th Place Match Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view all of the Match Play Results – Flight A

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12th July 2019

ENGLAND beat SCOTLAND 4-3 in their semi-final at the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship. They will play Sweden tomorrow in the final after the home nation overcame Denmark 6-1.

The two English foursomes pairings maintained their 100% win records with Tom SLOMAN & Tom PLUMB beating Sandy SCOTT & James WILSON 3&2 and Alex FITZPATRICK & Matty LAMB overcoming Euan MCINTOSH & Euan WALKER by 2 Holes.

The Scots fought back well in the afternoon with Sandy SCOTT, Euan WALKER and Ryan LUMSDEN all winning their Singles. However, it proved to be in vein as Tom PLUMB and Harry HALL saw England home with 3&2 and 3&1 wins respectively in the other two games.

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Scotland v. England Semi-Final Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

Despite being out of the medals IRELAND and WALES carry on playing – albeit in an abridged match format – to see who finishes in 5th to 8th places in the Championship.

IRELAND beat Germany 3-2, the highlights being Singles wins for Conor PURCELL and Mark POWER.

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Ireland v. Germany Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

WALES enjoyed the scalp of Spain on Day 4 of the Championship. Their 3.5-1.5 victory came on the back of an unbeaten Singles performance with three wins coming from Gaelen TREW, Jacob DAVIES and Jake HAPGOOD.

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Spain v. Wales Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

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No. 1 seed’s IRELAND lost 4-3 to Denmark who had finished 34 shots behind them in the Stroke Play Qualifying.

IRELAND got off to a bad start losing both morning foursome games heavily by 5&4.

Whilst Conor PURCELL (5&3), Mark POWER (4&3) and James SUGRUE (3&2) all won their Singles narrow 1 hole losses for Caolan RAFFERTY and Tiarnan MCLARNON ultimately did for the Irish.

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Ireland v. Denmark Quarter Final Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

SCOTLAND beat Spain 4.5 – 2.5.

Having built a strong foundation with two foursomes wins in the morning, Singles wins for Sandy SCOTT and Ryan LUMSDEN and a half for James WILSON easily saw the Scots home.

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Scotland v. Spain Quarter Final Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

England narrowly beat Wales 4-3 to set up a semi-final with Scotland.

Wales can take some consolation from wining the afternoon Singles series 3-2 with their wins coming from Gaelan TREW, Archie DAVIES and Jake HAPGOOD.

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England v. Wales Quarter Final Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight A

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10th July 2019

IRELAND (-19), ENGLAND (-16) and SCOTLAND (-10) finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Stroke Play Qualifying competition, where five of the six individual scores count towards the team total.

WALES (+12) battled well on Day 2 with a +2 total helping them to an encouraging 7th place finish.

As a result all four home nations qualified for the top 8 Flight A match play stage and as such are now competing for a Championship medal.

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Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

Euan WALKER (SCO) earned individual medalist honours. His rounds of 67 and 65 gave him a 132 (-12) total and saw him finish 3-shots ahead of his nearest challengers.

Making a welcome return to form Conor PURCELL (IRE) -9 was 2nd and Tom SLOMAN (ENG) -8 3rd.

Caolan RAFFERTY (IRE) and Alex FITZPATRICK (ENG) were the next best in tied 4th on -5.

Sandy SCOTT (SCO), Ben JONES (ENG) and Ben CHAMBERLAIN (WAL) finished in a six man group in tied 7th on -3 in a leaderboard that was dominated by GB&I players.

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Leading Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Results (Photo: EGA / Golfbox)

Click here to view the Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Individual and Team

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7th July 2019

The 36th European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 9th and Saturday 13th July 2019 at Ljunghusen G.C. in Sweden.

Teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be competing this week.  

Finland are the defending champions having won at Golf Club Bad Saarow in Germany.

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Team Finland (Photo: Suomen Golfliitto / @golfliitto)

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

I will provide daily updates on play in the Men’s event on this website during the week and score links to all of the Championships on Twitter.

2019 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players contest the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing in the 2019 Championship are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Wales.

Portugal, Czech Republic and Serbia were relegated from Division 1 in 2018 whilst Switzerland, Slovenia and Wales were promoted from Division 2.

The Czech Republic have been given a reprieve whilst Belgium, who finished 4th in Division 2 last year, have also been invited to play in Sweden. This is because both Italy, who finished 12th in Division 1, and Division 2 champions Switzerland have chosen to participate in the Division 2 competition in Poland this year. I have no idea why they would want to do this.

The 2019 home nation teams are made up of the following players: –

ENGLAND – Alex FITZPATRICK, Harry HALL, Ben JONES, Matty LAMB, Tom PLUMB and Tom SLOMAN.

IRELAND – Tiarnan MCLARNAN, Ronan MULLARNEY, Mark POWER, Conor PURCELL, Caolan RAFFERTY and James SUGRUE.

SCOTLAND – Ryan LUMSDEN, Euan MCINTOSH, Sandy SCOTT, Jamie STEWART, Euan WALKER and James WILSON.

WALES – Ben CHAMBERLAIN, Archie DAVIES, Jacob DAVIES, Jake HAPGOOD, Matt ROBERTS and Gaelan TREW.

Unusually quite a few players, primarily from Scotland and Wales, played in the Men’s Team events last year. These were Caolan Rafferty, Ryan Lumsden, Euan McIntosh, Sandy Scott, Jamie Stewart, Euan Walker, Ben Chamberlain, Jake Hapgood, Matt Roberts and Gaelan Trew.

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with the Swedish Golf Federation.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting.

These results determine a seeded match play draw. The top 8 qualifying teams will play in a first flight, which will determine the medalists, with the others competing in a second flight. In Fight A it is therefore 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th.

The teams finishing 14th to 16th in the match play stage will theoretically be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2020.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst those in Flight B play 1 foursome and 4 singles.

A win earns 1 point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the matches.

Website Links – Draw / Scores / Information

Full Player List

Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboard – Individual and Team

Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B

For more event information – European Golf Association Website

Ljunghusen Golf Club, Sweden

Ljunghusen is a flat heathland links course located on the Falsterbo Peninsula, about 20 miles south of Malmö.

The Championship, which was also staged here in 2001, will be played on holes 1-18 of this 27 hole facility.

The main course plays to 6,352 metres and a par of 72. As can be seen from the aerial photo below the course is relatively tight with fairways edged with heather and some greens protected by water hazards. Ljunghusen translates as ‘house of heather’ and if the wind blows it can be penal.

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast for south west Sweden looks very good. The winds off the Baltic determine the difficulty of the course and with relatively low values expected I anticipate a low scoring competition.

Tue 9th July – Sunny Intervals. Wind 15 mph NW. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 19°C.
Wed 10th July – Sunny. Wind 14 mph NW. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 20°C.
Thur 11th July – Sunny. Wind 10 mph NW. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 21°C.
Fri 12th July – Sunny. Wind 8 mph NW. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 21°C.
Sat 13th July – Sunny. Wind 10 mph SW. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 20°C.

2018 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

In something of a surprise Finland beat England 5-2 at Golf Club Bad Saarow, Brandenburg in Germany in the 2018 Final.

England, the 11-time champions, beat France (6-1) and Denmark (4-3) on their way to the Final.

Scotland, who had qualified for Flight A, lost to Denmark (4.5-2.5), France (1.5-3.5) and finally Sweden (3-2) to finish 8th.

In Flight B Ireland beat Serbia (5-0) and Iceland (3.5-1.5) but lost 2-3 to Netherlands on the final day to finish 10th.

Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight A
Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight B

In the preceding Stroke Play Qualifying competition England (-27) finished 2nd (after count back from winners Sweden), Scotland (-11) 6th and Ireland (-1) 9th. England and Scotland therefore qualified for the Flight A Match Play whilst Ireland had to settle for Flight B.

England’s Gian-Marco PETROZZI secured individual medalist honours with a -12 total. John MURPHY (-9) was Ireland’s leading player finishing 6th whilst Euan MCINTOSH (-4) was the best placed Scot in 14th place.

Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Individual and Team

History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland 6, Spain 4, Sweden 2 and Finland, France, Italy and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2018 Preview, Reports & Results

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Saturday 14th July 2018 – FINAL

FLIGHT A

Finland won the 2018 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship, comfortably beating England 5-2 in today’s Final.

Finland were only promoted from Men’s Division 2 last year but with Matias HONKALA and Sami VALIMAKI in their ranks, both of whom were selected for the Continent of Europe St. Andrews Trophy Team this week, they proved to be more than a match for the English.

England will be disappointed with their performance. Having previously won the Championship 11 times and given their play so far this week they would certainly have expected to win.

Finland v. England Final Match Play Results (Photo: EGA /Golfbox)

Finland won both morning Foursomes to give themselves the platform for their victory. Whilst the five Singles were all tight at the end of the day only Gian-Marco PETROZZI was able to secure a win.

Also in Flight A Scotland lost to Sweden 3-2 and therefore finished 8th.

Ryan LUMSDEN and Jamie STEWART won their Singles games, overcoming Pontus NYHOLM (2&1) and Tim WIDING (1 Hole) respectively.

Match Play Final Draw / Scores – Flight A

FLIGHT B 

Ireland lost 2-3 to Netherlands to finish 10th in the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

Robin DAWSON and Rowan LESTER secured Ireland’s two points with Singles wins against Vince VAN VEEN (4&2) and Dario ANTONISSE (1Hole) respectively.

Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight B

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Friday 13th July 2018 – MATCH PLAY SEMI-FINALS

FLIGHT A 

England narrowly beat Denmark 4-3 to secure a place in tomorrow’s Men’s Final.

A dream start saw the team take a 2-0 lead after the morning Foursomes. Matthew JORDAN and Gian-Marco PETROZZI beat the in-form Hojgaard twins 4&3 while the Yorkshire pairing of David HAGUE and Nick POPPLETON critically secured another point on the first extra hole of their match.

Playing number 1 Matthew JORDAN won his Singles match against the European Amateur champion Nicolai HOJGAARD. This was Matthew’s fourth win out of four games in the match play stage.

Mitch WAITE secured the all important winning point beating Rasmus HOJGAARD on the 19th hole. Waite hasn’t been used in the Foursomes to date but has now delivered two hard fought Singles wins.

In a change to yesterday’s Quarter Final line up Nick POPPLETON came in for David HAGUE in game 5. Nick lost the first four holes against Morten TOFT HANSEN and was unable to recover any of this early deficit with the match coming to a close on the 15th green. It will be interesting to see if David HAGUE comes back into the Singles line up in the Final.

Denmark v. England Semi-Final Match Play Results (Photo: EGA /Golfbox)

England will face Finland who had a similar game against Germany to that of England’s. 2-0 up after the Foursomes before losing the afternoon Singles series 3-2. Aleksi MYLLYMAKI securing the all important point in the last game against Michael HIRMER with a 1 Hole victory.

Germany will now play Denmark in the Bronze medal match tomorrow.

Scotland lost 1.5-3.5 to France in their Flight A match. Jamie STEWART enjoyed a good 4&3 win against Adrien PENDARIES whilst Sandy SCOTT halved his match with Jeremy GANDON.

Match Play Semi-Final Draw / Scores – Flight A

FLIGHT B

Ireland beat Iceland 3.5-1.5 as they seek to regain some pride. Alex GLEESON and Caolan RAFFERTY won their Foursomes before Robin DAWSON and John MURPHY both secured 3&2 wins.

Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight B

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Thursday 12th July 2018 – MATCH PLAY QUARTER FINALS

FLIGHT A 

England beat France 6-1 to secure their place in the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship. The score line flattered England a little as most of the games were tight affairs.

As one can see from the results below it was a good all round team effort for England with all six members battling hard and contributing positively to the final result.

England v. France Quarter Final Match Play Results (Photo: EGA /Golfbox)

Denmark, who finished 3rd in Stroke Play Qualifying, proved too strong for Scotland in their Quarter Final match.

Singles wins for Ryan LUMSDEN (3&2 over John AXELSEN) and Euan WALKER (3&1 over Andreas HILLERSBORG SORENSEN) and a half for Sandy SCOTT (with Gustav FRIMODT) gave the scoreline some respectability.

Denmark v. Scotland Quarter Final Match Play Results (Photo: EGA /Golfbox)

Match Play Quarter Final Draw / Scores – Flight A

FLIGHT B

As expected Ireland beat debutants Serbia 5-0. The highlight in a understandably one sided match was Robin DAWSON’s 8&7 victory over Mihailo DIMITRIJEVIC.

Match Play Draw / Scores – Flight B

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Wednesday 11th July 2018 – STROKE PLAY QUALIFYING ROUND 2 

England (-27) finished 2nd and Scotland (-11) 6th to make the 8 team Flight A Match Play segment of the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

Gian-Marco PETROZZI secured individual medalist honours with a -12 total.

Euan MCINTOSH (-4) was the best placed Scot in 14th place.

Here are the full England and Scotland team scores: –

2nd ENGLAND (693 -27)
1st Gian-Marco PETROZZI 62 70 (-12)
5th Matthew JORDAN 69 66 (-9)
28th Nick POPPLETON 77 66 (-1) 
30th David HAGUE 72 71 (-1)
45th Todd CLEMENTS 74 71 (+1)
77th Mitch WAITE 72 77 (+5)

6th SCOTLAND (709 -11)
14th Euan MCINTOSH 72 68 (-4) 
20th Sandy SCOTT 69 72 (-3)
35th Stuart EASTON 72 72 (Ev)
39th Jamie STEWART 71 73 (Ev)
41st Ryan LUMSDEN 77 68 (+1) 
46th Euan WALKER 73 72 (+1)

Men’s Stroke Play Qualifying Results (Photo: EGA /Golfbox)

Ireland finished 9th unable to improve on their position after Day 1. As a result they will play in the Flight B Match Play section.

As can be seen from the scores below John MURPHY once again performed admirably and given his recent form must now be a very strong candidate for a St. Andrews Trophy spot.

9th IRELAND (719 -1)
6th John MURPHY 68 67 (-9) 
27th Robin DAWSON 67 75 (-2)
49th Caolan RAFFERTY 72 73 (+1)
68th Rowan LESTER 77 71 (+4)
88th Jonathan YATES 75 76 (+7)
92nd Alex GLEESON 81 74 (+11)

Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Individual and Team

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Tuesday 10th July 2018 – STROKE PLAY QUALIFYING ROUND 1

England (349 / -11) lead the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Stroke Play Qualifying after Day 1.

By way of reminder each nation has 6 players with the best five scores counting towards their team score.

Gian-Marco PETROZZI shot a superb 62 (-10) to lead his team to a 2 shot lead over Sweden. Matthew JORDAN, with a 69 (-3), was the only other England player to shoot under par in Round 1.

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Gian-Marco Petrozzi’s Round 1 Scorecard (Photo: EGA /Golfbox)

Scotland, led by Sandy SCOTT who posted a 69 (-3), are 7th on 357 (-3).

Ireland, who were helped by strong rounds from both Robin DAWSON 67 (-5) and John MURPHY 68 (-4), are 9th on 359 (-1).

The aim for all three of our teams will be to finish the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying in the Top 8 to ensure they make the Match Play Flight A. This will then give them a change to win a medal.

Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboard – Individual and Team

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9th July 2018

The 35th European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 10th and Saturday 14th July 2018 at Golf Club Bad Saarow, Brandenburg in Germany.

Amateur teams from England, Ireland and Scotland will all be competing this week.  

Spain are the defending champions having won at Diamond C.C. in Austria last year.

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2017 Champions – Spain (Photo: European Golf Association) 

The European Men’s Division 2, Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

I will provide daily updates on play on this website during the week and score links to all of the Championships on Twitter.

2018 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players contest the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing in the 2018 Championship are Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Spain and Sweden.

Belgium, Switzerland and Wales were relegated last year while Norway, who finished 8th, have decided not to compete this year.

Finland, Portugal, Netherlands and Serbia were the top 4 finishers in the 2017 Division 2 Championship.

The 2018 home nation teams are made up of the following players: –

ENGLAND – Todd CLEMENTS, David HAGUE, Matthew JORDAN, Gian-Marco PETROZZI, Nick POPPLETON and Mitch WAITE.

IRELAND – Robin DAWSON, Alex GLEESON, Rowan LESTER, John MURPHY, Caolan RAFFERTY and Jonathan YATES.

SCOTLAND – Stuart EASTON, Ryan LUMSDEN, Euan MCINTOSH, Sandy SCOTT, Jamie STEWART and Euan WALKER.

From our three teams just Robin Dawson, Matthew Jordan, Ryan Lumsden and Jamie Stewart played in last year’s competition in Austria.

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with the German Golf Association.

Assuming no withdrawals the leading 13 teams from last year’s Division 1 Championship are joined by the host nation (if not otherwise qualified) and 2 or 3 promoted teams from the 2016 Division 2 Championship.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting.

These results determine a seeded match play draw. The top 8 qualifying teams will play in a first flight, which will determine the medalists, with the others competing in a second flight. In Fight A it is therefore 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th.

Additionally the teams finishing 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2019.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst those in Flight B play 1 foursome and 4 singles.

A win earns 1 point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the matches.

Men’s Division 1 Draw / Scores Links

Stroke Play Tee Times – Round 1

Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboard – Individual and Team

Match Play Draw / Results – Flight A and Flight B

Golf Club Bad Saarow – Faldo Course Berlin

The Faldo Course Berlin is generally accepted as being one of German’s best golf courses.

Located 70 km outside of Berlin the Faldo Course was opened in 1997 and is a manufactured links-style course. It has few trees, plenty of pot bunkers, a burn and some interesting contoured greens.

It plays to 7,093 yards and a standard par of 72. Both nines are similar in length and have the same make up of holes.

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Golf Club Bad Saarow – Faldo Course (Photo: golf.de)

Weather Forecast

Some wet weather is forecast in Germany for each of the first three days of the Championship but things are expected to warm up later in the week. Very little wind is forecast on this inland venue.

Tue 10th July – Showers. Wind 4 mph W. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 19°C.
Wed 11th July – Rain. Wind 6 mph W. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 20°C.
Thur 12th July – Rain. Wind 9 mph NW. Temp. Min. 15°C / Max. 23°C.
Fri 13th July – Sunny. Wind 10 mph NW. Temp. Min. 15°C / Max. 28°C.
Sat 14th July – Sunny. Wind 8 mph NW. Temp. Min. 15°C / Max. 27°C.

History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland 6, Spain 3, Sweden 2 and Wales, Italy and France once each.

2017 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

Match Play Stage

ENGLAND lost 4-3 to Spain in the Final of the 2017 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at the Diamond C.C. in Austria.

SCOTLAND secured 5th place with a 3-2 win over France.

IRELAND finished 7th after a 3-2 win against Norway on the final day.

WALES lost their final Flight B match 3-2 to Switzerland and were sadly relegated in 16th and last place.

2017 Match Play Results – Flight A and Flight B

Stroke Play Qualifying

ENGLAND (-8) finished 1st in the 36 hole stroke play qualifying event where the 5 best scores from the 6 man team’s counted towards a national aggregate total.

IRELAND (+7) and SCOTLAND (+15) also qualified for the Flight A match play stage finishing 5th and 6th respectively.

WALES (+28) finished 10th and therefore played in the Flight B match play stage. The challenge then is always to avoid finishing 14th or lower to stay in Division 1.

2017 Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Individual and Teams

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