European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2023 Preview & Results

Posted on 10/07/2023 by Golf Bible

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: –

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.

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.

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.

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: –

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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: –

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.

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.

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.

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 2025 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 Denmark in last year’s final at Royal St. George’s G.C. in England.

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.

The 2023 English Team (Photo: European Golf Association)

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.

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.

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’s 12th Hole (Photo: Royal Waterloo G.C.)

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).

Royal Waterloo’s 18th Green and Clubhouse (Photo: Royal Waterloo G.C.)

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.

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.

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

Posted on 03/07/2022 by Golf Bible

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.

Spain (Photo: RFE Golf)

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Click here to view the – Flight C Match Play Results

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8th July 2022

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

England (Photo: European Golf Association)

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

Ireland (Photo: European Golf Association)

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

Scotland (Photo: European Golf Association)

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

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.

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.

Royal St. George’s 1st Tee and Clubhouse

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.

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

Posted on 07/07/2019 by Golf Bible

13th July 2019

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.

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.

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.

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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11th July 2019

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)

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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)

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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.

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.

Ljunghusen G.C. (Photo: GEO Foundation / sustainable.golf)

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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