1987 European Amateur Team Championship
# 1987 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1987 European Amateur Team Championship took place from 24 to 28 June at Golfclub Murhof, in Frohnleiten, Austria. It was the 15th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The club was founded in 1963 and its course, located 15 kilometers north of Graz in Styria, Austria, was constructed by Dr. Bernhard von Limburger.

The championship course was set up with par 72.

## 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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

## Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| England | Paul Broadhurst, David Curry, Robert Eggo, Peter McEvoy, Jeremy Robinson, Roger Roper |
| France | Patrice Barques, Eric Giraud, François Illouz, Thomas Levet, Marc Pendariès, Romain Victor |
| Ireland | Neil Anderson, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, John McHenry, Liam McNamara, Eoghan O'Connell |
| Scotland | David Carrick, Paul Girvan, George Macgregor, Jim Milligan, Colin Montgomerie, Graem Shaw |
| Sweden | Dennis Edlund, Anders Haglund, Cristian Härdin, Per-Ulrik Johansson, John Lindberg, Fredrik Lindgren |
| Wales | Stephen Dodd, Michael Macara, Paul Mayo, Richard Morris, Phillip Price, D. K. Wood |
| West Germany | Rainer Mund, Hans-Günther Reiter, Andreas Riß, Andreas Roehrich, Ulrich Schulte, Sven Strüver |

Other participating teams

* Country
* Austria
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Finland
* Iceland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Yugoslavia

## Winners

Team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 6 under par 714.

Individual leader was Jeremy Robinson, England, with a 6-under-par score of 138, one stroke ahead of John McHenry, Ireland.

Team Ireland won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating England in the final 4.5–2.5. Team France earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 354-360=714 | −6 |
| 2 | Ireland | 361-356=717 | −3 |
| 3 | France | 369-351=720 | E |
| 4 | Scotland | 366-365=731 | +11 |
| 5 | Sweden | 367-365=732 | +12 |
| T6 | Wales * | 362-372=734 | +14 |
| T6 | West Germany | 364-370=734 | +14 |
| 8 | Spain | 363-372=735 | +15 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 741 | +21 |
| 10 | Italy | 743 | +23 |
| 11 | Austria | 367-382=749 | +29 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 750 | +30 |
| 13 | Denmark | 752 | +32 |
| 14 | Iceland | 760 | +40 |
| 15 | Norway | 762 | +42 |
| T16 | Finland * | 780 | +60 |
| T16 | Portugal | 780 | +60 |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia | 782 | +62 |
| 19 | Yugoslavia | 870 | +150 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jeremy Robinson | England | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| 2 | John McHenry | Ireland | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T3 | Thomas Levet | France | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T3 | Matthias Nemes | Austria | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T3 | Borja Queipo de Llano | Spain | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Andreas Bauer | Switzerland | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T6 | Marc Pendariès | France | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T6 | Sven Strüver | West Germany | 68-74=142 | −2 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| England | 6.5 | | |
| Spain | 0.5 | | |
| Spain | 0.5 | England | 4.5 |
| | | Sweden | 2.5 |
| Sweden | 4 | Sweden | 2.5 |
| Scotland | 3 | | | | |
| Scotland | 3 | | | Ireland | 4.5 |
| | | | | England | 2.5 |
| France | 4.5 | | | England | 2.5 |
| Wales | 2.5 | | | | |
| Wales | 2.5 | Ireland | 5.5 | | |
| | | France | 1.5 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Ireland | 5 | France | 1.5 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| West Germany | 2 | | | | |
| West Germany | 2 | | | France | 5.5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 1.5 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Scotland | 4.5 |
| Spain | 2.5 | | |
| Spain | 2.5 | Scotland | 4 |
| | | Wales | 3 |
| Wales | 4 | Wales | 3 |
| West Germany | 3 | | |
| West Germany | 3 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | West Germany | 5 |
| | | Spain | 2 |
| Ireland | England |
| 4.5 | 2.5 |
| N. Anderson / G. McGimpsey | P. Broadhurst / D. Curry 4 & 3 |
| J. McHenry / E. O'Connell 3 & 2 | P. McEvoy / J. Robinson |
| John McHenry AS * | Roger Roper AS * |
| Liam MacNamara 2 & 1 | Paul Broadhurst |
| Garth McGimpsey 1 hole | David Curry |
| Eoghan O'Connell 5 & 4 | Peter McEvoy |
| Neil Anderson | Jeremy Robinson 2 & 1 |

Flight B

Bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 6 | | |
| Norway | 1 | | |
| Norway | 1 | Italy | 6 |
| | | Austria | 1 |
| Austria | 5 | Austria | 1 |
| Iceland | 2 | | | | |
| Iceland | 2 | | | Switzerland | 4.5 |
| | | | | Italy | 2.5 |
| Netherlands | 4 | | | Italy | 2.5 |
| Denmark | 3 | | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | Switzerland | 5 | | |
| | | Netherlands | 2 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| | | | | Netherlands | 5 |
| | | | | Austria | 2 |
| Elimination match | Elimination match | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Iceland | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | | |
| Norway | 3 | Denmark | 6.5 |
| | | Iceland | 0.5 |

Flight C

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Match for 16th place | Match for 16th place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 | | |
| Portugal | 3 | Finland | 5 |
| | | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Finland | 6 | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | | |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | Match for 18th place | Match for 18th place |
| | | Portugal | 6 |
| | | Yugoslavia | 1 |

Final standings

| Place | Country |
| - | - |
| | Ireland |
| | England |
| | France |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Scotland |
| 6 | Wales |
| 7 | West Germany |
| 8 | Spain |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Italy |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Austria |
| 13 | Denmark |
| 14 | Iceland |
| 15 | Norway |
| 16 | Finland |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia |
| 18 | Portugal |
| 19 | Yugoslavia |

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