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1989 European Amateur Team Championship

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1989 European Amateur Team Championship
Royal Porthcawl Clubhouse
Tournament information
Dates28 June – 2 July 1989
LocationPorthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom
51°29′31″N 3°43′34″W / 51.492°N 3.726°W / 51.492; -3.726
Course(s)Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,643 yards (6,074 m)
Field20 teams
120 players
Champion
 England
Russell Claydon, Andrew Hare,
Peter McEvoy, Carl Suneson,
Darren Prosser, Ricky Willison
Qualification round: 757 (+37)
Final match: 5–2
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Location on the British Isles
Location in Wales
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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

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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.[1]

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.[2]

The course at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club


Format

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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

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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

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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

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Qualification round

Flight A

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Scotland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

Sources:[3][4][5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Club History". Royal Porthcawl Golf Club. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (29 June 1989). "Scots blown off the course by wind and rain". The Glasgow Herald. p. 28. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Sellberg, Lena (August 1989). "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (30 June 1989). "Young ones lead fight back for Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. p. 44. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1989). "Scots' challenge is finally snuffed out by Claydon's putt". The Glasgow Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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