1997 European Amateur Team Championship
| File:Aerial View of Portmarnock Golf Club and peninsula.jpg Aerial View of Portmarnock Golf Club and peninsula | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 25–29 June 1997 |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland 53°24′25″N 6°07′26″W / 53.407°N 6.124°W |
| Course(s) | Portmarnock Golf Club, Championship Course |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,097 yards (6,489 m) |
| Field | 22 teams 132 players |
| Champion | |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Juan Carlos Agüero, Sergio García, José Manuel Lara, Raúl Quirós, Oscar Sanchez, Juan Vizcaya | |
| Qualification round: 785 (+65) Final match: 4.5–2.5 | |
| Location map | |
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The 1997 European Amateur Team Championship took place 25–29 June at Portmarnock Golf Club in Portmarnock, County Dublin, 10 kilometres north-east of the city center of Dublin, Ireland. It was the 20th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Venue
There were strong winds on the links course during the tournament.
Format
Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of an opening stroke-play qualifying competition over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team. The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter-final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided. The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the six teams placed 17–22 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
Teams
A record number of 22 nation teams contested the event. Teams representing Croatia and Slovakia both took part in the championship for the first time. Each team consisted of six players. Players in the leading teams
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Other participating teams
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Winners
The host nation Ireland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 39-over-par score of 759, 24 strokes ahead of defending champions Scotland on 2nd place, while the difference between the 2nd and 8th placed teams were 17 strokes. Four of the Irish players finished within the top nine individually. For the first time since 1975, eight-time-winners England, with future professional major-winner Justin Rose in the team, did not make it to the quarter-finals, finishing ninth. There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Keith Nolan, Ireland, with a 7-over-par score of 149, one stroke ahead of fellow country man Noel Fox. In the windy conditions on the second day of the stroke-play competition, 109 players in the 132-man-field failed to broke 80, including future European Tour winners Henrik Stenson, Søren Hansen, Sergio Garcia, Maarten Lafeber, Peter Hanson, Grégory Havret, Jamie Donaldson and Martin Wiegele. Team Spain won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating defending champions team Scotland in the final 4.5–2.5. Host nation Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.
Results
Qualification round
Flight A
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Bracket
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Final games
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Flight B
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First round elimination matches
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Second round elimination matches
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Match for 15th place
Match for 13th place
Match for 11th place
Match for 9th place
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Flight C First round elimination matches
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia |
| 4 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
| 5 | 0 |
Second round elimination matches
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia |
| 4.5 | 0.5 |
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| 5 | 0 |
Match for 21st place
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
| 5 | 0 |
Match for 19th place
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia |
| 5 | 0 |
Match for 17th place
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| 3 | 2 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
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| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | File:Four Provinces Flag.svg Ireland |
| 4 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
| 5 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| 6 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark |
| 7 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
| 8 | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland |
| 9 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 10 | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| 11 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| 12 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| 13 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway |
| 14 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria |
| 15 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium |
| 16 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| 17 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
| 18 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| 19 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| 20 | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia |
| 21 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia |
| 22 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5] See also
- Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
- European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.
References
- ↑ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in svenska). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ↑ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in svenska). No. 8. August 1997. pp. 88, 92. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1997 - Portmarnock GC, Ireland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ Crockett, Scott (26 June 1997). "Scotland's Young refuses to be blown off course at Portmarnock, Irish out in front as new boys fail to master wind". The Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 13 April 2021.