2003 European Amateur Team Championship

2003 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	1–5 July 2003
Location	The Hague, Netherlands; 52°07′52″N 04°21′43″E / 52.13111°N 4.36194°E
Course(s)	Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,686 yards (6,114 m)
Field	20 teams; 120 players
Champion
	Spain; Alejandro Cañizares, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño,; Sebastián García Grout, Alfredo García-Heredia,; Pablo Martín, Álvaro Quirós
	Qualification round: 716 (−4); Final match: 5–2
Location map
	Royal The Hague G&CC Location in Europe Royal The Hague G&CC Location in Netherlands
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The 2005 European Amateur Team Championship took place 1–5 July at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club in Wassenaar, Netherlands. It was the 23rd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

The course at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club, situated in an undulating dune landscape in Wassenaar, 10 kilometres north of the city center of The Hague, was designed in 1938, by Harry Colt and C.H. Alison.

The championship course was set up with par 72.

Format

Each team consisted of 6 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, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

The four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Teams

20 nation teams contested the event, three teams lesser than at the previous event two years earlier. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Mark Haastrup, Anders Schmidt Hansen, Jeppe Huldahl, Michael Jürgensen, Dennis Kristiansen, Martin Larsson
England	Richard Finch. Ross Fisher, Jon Lupton, Richard Walker, Oliver Wilson, Gary Wolstenholme
Finland	Keijo Jaakola, Roope Kakko, Ville Karhu, Heikki Mantyla, Ari Savolainen, Erik Stenman
France	Nicolas Allain, Eric Chadouet, Bertrand Coathalem, Julien Duclos-Grenet, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, Adrien Mörk
Germany	Martin Kaymer, Markus Maichel, Benjamin Miarka, Patrick Niederdrenk, Christian Schunck, Richard Treis
Iceland	Heidar Bragason, Örn Ævar Hjartarson, Haraldur Heimisson, Magnus Larusson, Sigurdall Sveinsson, Sigmundur Masson
Ireland	Noel Fox, Justin Kehoe, Gareth Maybin, Brian McElhinney, Michael McGeady, Colm Moriarty
Italy	Alessio Bruschi, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Gregory Molteni, Michele Rossi, Andrea Signor
Netherlands	Wil Besseling, Jan Willem van Hoof, Rick Huiskamp, Edward de Jong, Robin Swane, Inder van Weerelt
Norway	Lars Brovold, Johann Gudjonsson, Eirik-Tage Johansen, Torstein Nevestad, Ole-Kristian Olsen, Nicolay Syvertsen
Scotland	Jack Doherty, Graham Gordon, David Inglis, Andrew McArthur, Craig Watson, Stuart Wilson
Spain	Alejandro Cañizares, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Sebastián García Grout, Alfredo García-Heredia, Pablo Martín, Álvaro Quirós
Sweden	Kalle Edberg, Steven Jeppesen, Niklas Lemke, Pär Nilsson, Alexander Norén, Wilhelm Schauman
Wales	Nigel Edwards, Stuart Manley, David Price, Alex Smith, Craig Smith, Gareth Wright

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Portugal
Slovenia
Switzerland

Winners

Four-time-winners team Ireland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 4-under-par score of 716, 11 strokes ahead of team Norway on 2nd place and host nation Netherlands another two strokes behind. Defending champions team Scotland did not make it to the quarter finals, finishing tenth. 1999 champions Italy missed the quarter finals on a tiebreaker, with the same qualifying score as England and Sweden on tied 7th place.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leaders were Justin Kehoe, Ireland, and Torstein Nevestad, Norway, each with a 5-under-par score of 139, one stroke ahead of Alex Smith, Wales.

Team Spain won the gold medal, earning their second title in four years, beating team England in the final 5–2.

Team Sweden earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Ireland	349-367=716	−4
2	Norway	350-377=727	+7
3	Netherlands	358-371=729	+9
4	Wales	363-369=732	+12
5	Spain	360-373=733	+13
6	France	364-370=734	+14
T7	England *	773-364=737	+17
	Sweden *	366-371=737
	Italy	361-376=737
10	Scotland	372-371=743	+23
11	Germany	374-373=747	+27
12	Portugal	372-376=748	+28
13	Finland	373-378=751	+31
T14	Denmark *	373-380=753	+33
T14	Iceland	369-384=753	+33
T16	Slovenia *	371-387=758	+38
T16	Austria	371-387=758	+38
18	Belgium	376-388=764	+44
19	Switzerland	385-381=766	+46
20	Czech Republic	396-388=784	+64

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Justin Kehoe	Ireland	66-73=139	−5
T1	Torstein Nevestad	Norway	67-72=139	−5
3	Alex Smith	Wales	69-71=140	−4
T4	Nuno Campino	Portugal	72-69=141	−3
T4	Jan Willem van Hoof	Netherlands	67-74=141	−3
T6	Pablo Martin Benavides	Spain	66-76=142	−2
	Brian McElhinney	Ireland	69-73=142
	Oliver Wilson	England	73-69=142
T9	Noel Fox	Ireland	69-74=143	−1
	Niklas Lemke	Sweden	72-71=143
	Christian Schunk	Germany	70-73=143

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



England	4.5

Norway	2.5
		England	4

		France	3
France	4

Netherlands	3
				Spain	5

				England	2
Spain	5

Wales	2
		Spain	4

		Sweden	3	Bronze match
Sweden	5

Ireland	2
				Sweden	5

				France	2

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Netherlands	4.5

Norway	2.5
		Netherlands	4

		Ireland	3
Ireland	5

Wales	2
		Match for 7th place



		Wales	4

		Norway	3

Final games

Spain	England
5	2
P. Martin / A. Canizares	G. Wolstenholme / O. Wilson 2 & 1
G. Fernandez Castano / A. Garcia Heredia 21st hole	R. Finch / J. Lupton
Sebastian Garcia Grout 4 & 3	Gary Wolstenholme
Pablo Martin	Oliver Wilson 3 & 2
Alejandro Canizarez 3 & 2	Richard Walker
Alfredo Garcia Heredia 5 & 4	Richard Finch
Gonzalo Fernandez Castano 3 & 2	Ross Fisher

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place



Scotland	3.5

Iceland	1.5
		Scotland	3.5

		Germany	1.5
Germany	3

Denmark	2
				Scotland	5

				Finland	0
Finland	3.5

Portugal	1.5
		Finland	3

		Italy	2	Match for 11th place
Italy	3.5

Slovenia	1.5
				Italy	3

				Germany	2

Elimination matches		Match for 13th place



Iceland	3

Denmark	2
		Iceland	3

		Portugal	2
Portugal	3

Slovenia	2
		Match for 15th place



		Denmark	3

		Slovenia	2

Flight C

First round

Austria	Czech Republic
4	1

Belgium	Switzerland
4	1

Second round

Belgium	Czech Republic
4	1

Switzerland	Austria
3	2

Third round

Switzerland	Czech Republic
4	1

Belgium	Austria
3	2

Final standings

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

Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ Smart, Chris (4 July 2003). "Excellent Swedish team crush Irish hopes". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ Smart, Chris (2 July 2003). "Hot Kehoe fires Ireland to top". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ Smart, Chris (3 July 2003). "Ireland storm into last eight". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

European Golf Association: Full results

[1] Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[2] "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[3] Smart, Chris (4 July 2003). "Excellent Swedish team crush Irish hopes". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[4] Smart, Chris (2 July 2003). "Hot Kehoe fires Ireland to top". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[5] Smart, Chris (3 July 2003). "Ireland storm into last eight". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[6] "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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