1995 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1995 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Royal Antwerp Golf Club in Kapellen, Belgium, 20 kilometres north of the city center of Antwerp. It was the 19th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

1995 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–9 July 1995
LocationKapellen, Belgium
51°21′N 04°28′E / 51.350°N 4.467°E / 51.350; 4.467
Course(s)Royal Antwerp Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,600 yards (6,000 m)
Field20 teams
120 players
Champion
 Scotland
Stephen Gallacher, Barclay Howard,
Hugh McKibbin, Graham Rankin,
Alan Reid, Gordon Sherry
Qualification round: 688 (−32)
Final match: 6–1
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Format

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

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter-final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–20 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.

Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  Belgium Jack Boeckx, Didier de Vooght, Gauthier d'Hollander, Arnoud Langenaeken, Nicolas Todtenhaupt, Raf Vanbegin
  Denmark Søren Hansen, Thomas Havemann, Martin Jacobsen, Christian Kjaergaard, Nils Rorbaeck-Petersen, K. Jensen-Storgard
  England Collin Edwards, Mark Foster, Gary Harris, David Howell, Lee S. James, Gary Wolstenholme
  France Jean-Marc de Polo, Raphael Eyraud, François Illouz, Raphael Jacquelin, Laurent Pargade, Christophe Ravetto
  Germany Herbert Forster, Oliver Hülse, Ralf Junge, Felix Lubenau, Hans-Günther Reiter, Jan-Erik Schapmann
  Ireland Jody Fanagan, Pádraig Harrington, Garth McGimpsey, John Morris, Gary Murphy, Keith Nolan
  Norway Christian Aronsen. Knut Ekjord, Morten Hagen, Ørjan Larsen, Morten Orveland, Kristian Svalheim
  Scotland Stephen Gallacher, Barclay Howard, Hugh McKibbin, Graham Rankin, Alan Reid, Gordon Sherry
  Spain Francisco Cea, Jacobo Cestino, Francisco de Pablo, Sergio García, José Manuel Lara, José María Zamora
  Sweden Mattias Eliasson, Viktor Gustavsson, Christopher Hanell, Daniel Olsson, Johan Selberg, Leif Westerberg
  Wales Bradley Dredge, Craig Evans, Garry Houston, David Park, Mark Smith, Yestin Taylor

Other participating teams

Country
  Austria
  Czech Republic
  Estonia
  Finland
  Iceland
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Portugal
  Switzerland

Winners

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

There was no official award for the lowest individual scores, but individual leaders were Pádraig Harrington, Ireland and Gordon Sherry, Scotland, each with a 9-under-par score of 135, one stroke ahead of nearest competitors.

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

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

Results

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Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Flight C

 
Round 1Match for 17th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Portugal5
 
 
 
  Estonia0
 
  Portugal3
 
 
 
  Iceland2
 
  Iceland3
 
 
  Czech Republic2
 
Match for 19th place
 
 
 
 
 
  Czech Republic5
 
 
  Estonia0

Final standings

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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1995. pp. 54, 82. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams-Men's European Championship] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship, 1995 - Royal Antwerp GC, Belgium". European Golf Association. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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