1989 European Amateur Team Championship
# 1989 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1989 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June – 2 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales, United Kingdom. It was the 16th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1891. In 1895, the course, designed by Ramsey Hunter, was located close to Pink Bay Beach on the Glamorgan Coast between Cardiff and Swansea in Wales. It had previously hosted The Amateur Championship on five occasions, including in 1988.

On the first day of the tournament, there were strong winds and rain on the course, set up with par 72 over 6,643 yards.

## Format

Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of stroke-play 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 17–20 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, to decide their final positions.

## Teams

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

Players in the leading teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| England | Russell Claydon, Andrew Hare, Peter McEvoy, Carl Suneson, Darren Prosser, Ricky Willison |
| France | Christian Cévaër, Olivier Edmond, Eric Giraud, François Illouz, Romain Victor |
| Ireland | Neil Anderson, J. Carvill, D. Clark, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, Eoghan O'Connell |
| Norway | Tom Edseth, Knut Ekjord, Tom Fredriksen, Christian Gavelstad, Thomas Nielsen, Øyvind Rojahn |
| Scotland | David Carrick, Andrew Coltart, Stephen Easingwood, Craig Everett, Andrew Elliot, Jim Milligan |
| Sweden | Mathias Grönberg, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Lars Herne, Robert Karlsson, Per Nyman, Raimo Sjöberg |
| Wales | Stephen Dodd, Keith Jones, Michael Macara, J. Peters, Philip Price, Neil Roderick |
| West Germany | Hans-Günther Reiter, C. Schapmann, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ulrich Schulte, Sven Strüver, Ulrich Zilg |

Other participating teams

* Country
* Austria
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Finland
* Greece
* Iceland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Spain
* Switzerland

## Winners

Team England won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, with a 37-over-per score of 757.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Russell Claydon, England, with a 1-under-par score of 143, five strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Team England won the gold medal, earning their seventh title, beating team Scotland in the final 5–2.

Defending champions team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 5–2 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 396-361=757 | +37 |
| 2 | Ireland | 397-365=762 | +42 |
| 3 | Wales | 403-363=766 | +46 |
| T4 | France * | 399-379=778 | +58 |
| T4 | Sweden | 402-376=778 | +58 |
| 6 | Scotland | 416-368=784 | +64 |
| 7 | West Germany | 415-371=786 | +66 |
| 8 | Norway | 413-380=793 | +73 |
| 9 | Denmark | 422-373=795 | +75 |
| 10 | Spain | 412-384=796 | +76 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 417-382=799 | +79 |
| 12 | Italy | 419-383=802 | +82 |
| 13 | Iceland | 418-386=804 | +84 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 429-388=817 | +97 |
| 15 | Finland | 440-389=829 | +109 |
| 16 | Portugal | 431- 406=837 | +117 |
| 17 | Belgium | 440-402=842 | +122 |
| 18 | Greece | 443-403=846 | +126 |
| T19 | Czechoslovakia * | 441-409=850 | +130 |
| T19 | Austria | 433-417=850 | +130 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Russell Claydon | England | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T2 | Rene Budde | Denmark | 78-70=148 | +4 |
| T2 | Garth McGimpsey | Ireland | 77-71=148 | +4 |
| T4 | Robert Karlsson | Sweden | 76-73=149 | +5 |
| T4 | Peter McEvoy | England | 79-70=149 | +5 |
| T4 | Eoghan O'Connell | Ireland | 77-72=149 | +5 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ireland | 4.5 | | |
| West Germany | 2.5 | | |
| West Germany | 2.5 | Scotland | 4.5 |
| | | Ireland | 2.5 |
| Scotland | 4 | Ireland | 2.5 |
| Wales | 3 | | | | |
| Wales | 3 | | | England | 5 |
| | | | | Scotland | 2 |
| Sweden | 4 | | | Scotland | 2 |
| France | 3 | | | | |
| France | 3 | England | 6 | | |
| | | Sweden | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 5.5 | Sweden | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Norway | 1.5 | | | | |
| Norway | 1.5 | | | Ireland | 5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Wales | 4.5 |
| West Germany | 2.5 | | |
| West Germany | 2.5 | Wales | 5 |
| | | Norway | 2 |
| Norway | 4.5 | Norway | 2 |
| France | 2.5 | | |
| France | 2.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | West Germany | 4 |
| | | France | 3 |
| England | Scotland |
| 5 | 2 |
| R. Claydon / A. Hare | J. Milligan / A. Elliot 2 & 1 |
| P. McEvoy / R. Willison 20th hole | D. Carrick / C. Everett |
| Andrew Hare 4 & 3 | Jim Milligan |
| Russell Claydon 2 & 1 | Stephen Easingwood |
| Peter McEvoy 3 & 1 | David Carrick |
| Carl Suneson | Andrew Elliot 4 & 2 |
| Ricky Willison 5 & 4 | Craig Everett |

Final standings

| Place | Country |
| - | - |
| | England |
| | Scotland |
| | Ireland |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Wales |
| 6 | Norway |
| 7 | West Germany |
| 8 | France |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | Italy |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Denmark |
| 13 | Iceland |
| 14 | Switzerland |
| 15 | Finland |
| 16 | Portugal |
| 17 | Austria |
| 18 | Greece |
| 19 | Belgium |
| 20 | Czechoslovakia |

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