1995 European Amateur Team Championship Explained

1995 European Amateur Team Championship
Field:20 teams
120 players
Previous:1993
Map Size:220
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Royal Antwerp GC
Map:Europe#Belgium#
Score:Qualification round: 688 (−32)
Final match: 6–1
Champion:
Stephen Gallacher, Barclay Howard,
Hugh McKibbin, Graham Rankin,
Alan Reid, Gordon Sherry
Yardage:6600yd
Par:72
Format:Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Org:European Golf Association
Course:Royal Antwerp Golf Club
Coordinates:51.35°N 32°W
Location:Kapellen, Belgium
Dates:5–9 July 1995
Next:1997

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.

Format

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

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

Players in the leading teams

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

Other participating teams

Winners

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

Qualification roundTeam standings

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1340-348=688−32
2347-347=694−26
T3 *356-343=699−21
Ireland346-353=699
5347-353=700−20
6354-353=707−13
7359-352=711−9
8368-353=721+1
T9 *362-360=722+2
360-362=722
363-359=722
12363-366=729+9
13364-368=732+12
14366-369=735+15
15368-370=738+18
16368-376=744+24
17376-371=747+27
18377-374=751+31
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align=center 20429-413=842align=center +122

Individual leaders

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Pádraig Harrington Ireland68-67=135−9
Gordon Sherry66-69=135
T3Morten Hagen68-68=136−8
Barclay Howard67-69=136
Christophe Ravetto69-67=136
T6Mark Foster69-68=137−7
Stephen Gallacher68-69=137
Christopher Hanell68-69=137
Raphael Jacquelin67-70=137
T10Andrea Brotto66-72=138−6
Arnoud Langenaeken68-70=138
Daniel Olsson69-69=138
Gary Wolstenholme72-66=138
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.Flight ABracketFinal games
61
S. Gallacher / G. Sherry 4 & 3L. James / C. Edwards
B. Howard / G. Rankin 3 & 1G. Harris / D. Howell
Gordon Sherry 1 holeMark Foster
Stephen Gallacher AS *David Howell AS *
Alan Reid 1 holeLee James
Graham Rankin AS *Gary Harris AS *
Barclay Howard 4 & 3Gary Wolstenholme

Flight BFirst round elimination matches

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32
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32
Second round elimination matchesMatch for 15th place
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32
Match for 13th place
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41
Match for 11th place
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32
Match for 9th place
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41
Flight CFinal standings
PlaceCountry
4
5 Ireland
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. August 1995 . EM herrar. Men's European Championship . Svensk Golf. sv. 54, 82. 11 April 2021. 8.
  3. Web site: Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften. Teams-Men's European Championship. 11 April 2021. golf.de, German Golf Federation. german. 4 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213154/https://www.golf.de/publish/imagedata/dgv/Internet_Sieger_und_Platzierte_1.1.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: European Amateur Team Championship, 1995 - Royal Antwerp GC, Belgium . 11 April 2021. European Golf Association.