1999 European Amateur Team Championship Explained

1999 European Amateur Team Championship
Dates:29 June – 3 July 1999
Location:Como, Italy
Coordinates:45.75°N 10°W
Course:Golf Club Monticello
Org:European Golf Association
Format:Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Par:72
Yardage:7010yd
Field:22 teams
132 players
Champion:
Joachim Hassan, Roberto Paolillo,
Stefano Reale, Michele Rigone,
Massimiliano Secci, Andrea Zanini
Score:Qualification round: 718 (−2)
Final match: 4–3
Map:Europe#Italy#Italy Lombardy
Map Label:Golf Club Monticello
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1997
Next:2001

The 1999 European Amateur Team Championship took place 29 June – 3 July at Golf Club Monticello in Cassina Rizzardi, 5 kilometres south-west of the city center of Como, Lombardy region, Italy. It was the 21st men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

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 elimination matches and the bronze match were decided with one foursome game and four single games.

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

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

Players in the leading teams

CountryPlayers
Clemens Conrad Prader, Reinhard Krendl, Thomas Ortner, Ulrich Paulsen, Gerard Wagner, Martin Wiegele
Thomas Havemann, Peter Jespersen, Allan Madsen, Søren Muller, Lars Storm, Morten Vildhøj
Luke Donald, Simon Dyson, Colin Edwards, Philip Rowe, Graeme Storm, Gary Wolstenholme
Sebastian Branger, Olivier David, Grégory Havret, Nicolas Marin, Christophe Ravetto, Charles-Henry Quelin
Kariem Baraka, J.M. Pelz, Benjamin Schlichting, Tino Schuster, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhäuser
IrelandGary Cullen, Eamon Brady, Michael Hoey, Garth McGimpsey, Ciaran McMonagle
Joachim Hassan, Roberto Paolillo, Stefano Reale, Michele Rigone, Massimiliano Secci, Andrea Zanini
Maarten van den Berg, Tim Nijenhuis, Robin Swane, Hiddo Uhlenbeck, Guido van der Valk, Inder van Weerelt
Graham Fox, Lorne Kelly, Simon MacKenzie, David Patrick, Graham Rankin, Craig Watson
Roger Albiñana, Jacobo Cestino, Carlos de Corral, Alejandro Larrazábal, Raúl Quirós, Oscar Sanchez
Niclas Bruzelius, Anders Hultman, Linus Pettersson, Jonas Runnqvist, Rickard Sundgren, Jonas Wahlstedt
Ian Campbell, Jamie Donaldson, Nigel Edwards, Lee Harpin, Neil Matthews, Craig Williams

Other participating teams

Winners

Team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 19-under-par score of 701, 10 strokes ahead of eight-time-winners England on 2nd place. Neither four-times-champions Scotland or two-times-champions Sweden did make it to the quarter-finals, finishing tied ninth.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Sebastian Branger, France, with an 8-under-par score of 136, one stroke ahead of Lorne Kelly, Scotland.

Host nation Italy won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team Germany in the final 4–3.

Team France earned the bronze on third place, after beating England 3–2 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification roundTeam standings

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1344-357=701−19
2359-252=711−9
3356-357=713−7
4358-359=717−3
5362-356=718−2
T6 *362-357=719−1
Ireland361-358=719
8362-360=722+2
9 *368-355=723+3
367-356=723
11365-365=730+10
12 *370-361=731+11
369-367=736
14370-366=736+16
369-367=736
16374-368=742+22
17368-376=744+24
18402-376=778+58
19392-390=782+62
20408-402=810+90
21426-416=842+122
22448-435=883+163

Individual leaders

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sebastian Branger65-71=136−8
2Lorne Kelly69-68=137−7
T3Luke Donald68-70=138−6
Grégory Havret68-70=138
T5Garth McGimpsey Ireland72-67=139−5
Stefano Reale75-79=154
Tino Schuster74-80=154
Gary Wolstenholme78-76=154
9Thomas Havemann71-69=140−4
T10Olivier David70-71=141−3
Lee Harpin73-68=141
Joachim Hassan69-72=141
Allan Madsen69-72=141
Nicolas Marin70-71=141
Roberto Paolillo70-71=141
Raul Quiros69-72=141
Rickard Sundgren70-71=141
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.Flight ABracketFinal games
43
R. Paolillo / S. Reale 1 holeM. Siem / J.M. Pelz
J. Hassan / M. Secci 21st holeM. Thannhäuser / T. Schuster
Michele RigoneMarcel Siem 2 & 1
Massimilano SecciTino Schuster 5 & 4
Joachim Hassan 2 & 1Benjamin Schlichting
Stefano Reale 5 & 4Kariem Baraka
Roberto Paolillo 2 & 1Michael Thannhäuser
Flight B

BracketFlight C

BracketFinal standings

PlaceCountry
4
5
6 Ireland
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

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

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jansson, Anders. Golf - Den stora sporten. 2004. Swedish Golf Federation. 91-86818007. 188–190. sv. Golf - The great sport . 22 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften. 13 April 2021. golf.de, German Golf Federation. 4 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213154/https://www.golf.de/publish/imagedata/dgv/Internet_Sieger_und_Platzierte_1.1.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1999 - Golf Club Monticello, Italy . European Golf Association . 15 April 2021.
  4. News: 1 July 1999 . Seniors improve but stand still . 17. The Herald . 15 April 2021.