1997 European Amateur Team Championship
Aerial View of Portmarnock Golf Club and peninsula
Tournament information
Dates25–29 June 1997
LocationDublin, Ireland
53°24′25″N 6°07′26″W / 53.407°N 6.124°W / 53.407; -6.124
Course(s)Portmarnock Golf Club, Championship Course
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,097 yards (6,489 m)
Field22 teams
132 players
Champion
 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
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Location on the British Isles
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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.

View of 14th, 15th and 16th holes at Portmarnock Golf Club

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

Country Players
 Denmark Søren Hansen, Klaus Molholm, Christian Kjaergaard, Lars Storm, Mads Vibe-Hastrup, Peter Thomsen
 England Matthew Blackey, Matt Carver, Justin Rose, Shaun Webster, Robert Wiggins, Gary Wolstenholme
 France Olivier David, Grégory Havret, François Illouz, Georges Plumet, Christophe Ravetto, Fabrice Stolear
 Germany Florian Bruhns, Tobias Dier, Felix Lubenau, Philip Neels, Benjamin Schlichting, Stephan Wittkop,
 Iceland Kristinn Bjarnarsson, Thorsteinn Hallgrimsson, Örn Aevar Hjartarsson, Thordur Olafsson, Björgvin Sigurbergsson, Björgvin Thorstensson
 Ireland Richard Coughlan, Jody Fanagan, Noel Fox, Peter Lawrie, Garth McGimpsey, Keith Nolan
 Netherlands Marten van den Berg, Rutger Buschow, Niels Kraay, Maarten Lafeber, Ralph Miller, Vincent Rotenburg
 Scotland Michael Brooks, Alastair Forsyth, Barclay Howard, Graham Rankin, Craig Watson, Steven Young
 Spain Juan Carlos Agüero, Sergio García, José Manuel Lara, Raúl Quirós, Oscar Sanchez, Juan Vizcaya
 Sweden Joachim Bäckström, Mattias Eliasson, Peter Hanson, Daniel Olsson, Henrik Stenson, Jonas Torines
 Wales Jamie Donaldson, Nigel Edwards, David Park, Mark Smith, Yestin Taylor, Mark Pilkington

Other participating teams

Country
 Austria
 Belgium
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 Finland
 Italy
 Norway
 Portugal
 Slovakia
  Switzerland

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

Flight B

Flight C

First round elimination matches

 Estonia  Croatia
4 1
 Czech Republic  Slovakia
5 0

Second round elimination matches

  Switzerland  Estonia
4.5 0.5
 Portugal  Czech Republic
5 0

Match for 21st place

 Croatia  Slovakia
5 0

Match for 19th place

 Czech Republic  Estonia
5 0

Match for 17th place

  Switzerland  Portugal
3 2

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Scotland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland
4  Sweden
5  Netherlands
6  Denmark
7  Germany
8  Iceland
9  France
10  England
11  Wales
12  Finland
13  Norway
14  Austria
15  Belgium
16  Italy
17   Switzerland
18  Portugal
19  Czech Republic
20  Estonia
21  Croatia
22  Slovakia

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5]

See also

References

  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 1997. pp. 88, 92. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1997 - Portmarnock GC, Ireland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ↑ 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.
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