2007 European Amateur Team Championship

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2007 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates| 3–7 July 2007
Location| Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
55°35′42″N 4°39′34″W﻿ / ﻿55.5950°N 04.6595°W﻿ / 55.5950; -04.6595
Course(s)| Western Gailes Golf Club
Organized by| European Golf Association
Format| Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par| 71
Length| 7,014 yards (6,414 m)
Field| 20 teams
120 players
Champion
Ireland
Jonathan Caldwell, Shane Lowry,
Richard Kilpatrick, Rory McIlroy,
Gareth Shaw, Simon Ward
Qualification round: 712 (+2)
Final match: 41⁄2–21⁄2
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The 2007 European Amateur Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Western Gailes Golf Club in Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the 25th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue[edit]

The club was founded in 1897. Its 18 hole links course on the Ayrshire coast in Irvine, North Ayrshire, 50 kilometres south west of the city center of Glasgow, was ready in 1899 and remained largely unmodified from its original layout.[1] It is situated closely north of Royal Troon Golf Club and Prestwick Golf Club.

## Format[edit]

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. Teams knocked out after the quarter-finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. 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[edit]

20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event two years earlier. Turkey took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country  | Players

|

Denmark | Peter Baunsoe, Morten Ørum Madsen, Jacob Roth, Kristian Grud, Philip Drost, Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen
England | Gary Boyd, David Horsey, Jamie Moul, John Parry, Paul Waring, Gary Wolstenholme
France | Romain Bechu, Adrien Bernadet, Victor Dubuisson, Alexandre Kaleka, Kenny Le Sager, Jean Wolffe
Germany | Florian Fritsch, Stephan Gross, Jonas Koelbing, Frederik Schulte, Benjamin Sigl, Philipp Westermann
Ireland | Jonathan Caldwell, Shane Lowry, Richard Kilpatrick, Rory McIlroy, Gareth Shaw, Simon Ward
Netherlands | Tristan Bierenbroodspot, Darius Van Driel, Richard Kind, Tim Sluiter, Jurrian Van der Vaart, Floris de Vries
Norway | Knut Børsheim, Fredrik Kollevold, Anders Kristiansen, Markus Leandersson, Andre Thorsen, Marius Thorp
Portugal | Joao Carlota, Pedro Figueiredo, Bernardo Frere, Ricardo Gouveia, Nuno Henriques, Tiago Rodrigues
Scotland | James Byrne, Jonathan King, Kevin McAlpine, Keir McNicoll, Richie Ramsay, Lloyd Saltman
Spain | Jorge Campillo, Nacho Elvira, Pedro Erice, Jesus Lagarrea, Juan Sarasti, Inigo Urquizo
Sweden | Jonas Blixt, Jesper Kennegård, Tobias Rosendahl, Joel Sjöholm, Robin Wingårdh, Björn Åkesson
Wales | Rhys Davies, Nigel Edwards, Rhys Enoch, Craig Evans, Llewellyn Matthews, Ryan Thomas

Other participating teams

Country

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Iceland
Italy
Switzerland
Turkey

## Winners[edit]

Defending champions and nine-time-winners team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 7-under-par score of 703. Tied five strokes behind were host nation Scotland and team France. Scotland earned 2nd place on the tiebreaking better non-counting scores.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leaders were Kevin McAlpine, Scotland, Rory McIlroy, Ireland and Paul Waring, England, each with a 6-under-par score of 136, two strokes ahead of Jesper Kennegård, Sweden, and Morten Ørum Madsen, Denmark.

Team Ireland won the gold medal, earning their fifth title and first since 1987, beating team France in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2. The winning Irish team, combined from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, included two future professional major winners, 18-year-old Rory McIlroy and 20-year-old Shane Lowry.

Team Scotland, earned the bronze on third place, after beating neighbor nation England 4–3 in the bronze match.

## Results[edit]

Qualification round

Team standings

| Place  | Country  | Score  | To par

|
|
|

1  |  England | 355-348=703  | −7
T2  |  Scotland *  | 359-349=708  | −2
France | 353-355=708
4  |  Ireland | 358-354=712  | +2
5  |  Sweden | 367-350=717  | +7
6  |  Wales | 368-353=721  | +11
7  |  Spain | 365-358=723  | +13
8  |  Denmark | 358-366=724  | +14
9  |  Norway | 360-368=728  | +18
10  |  Netherlands | 370-359=729  | +19
11  |  Germany | 365-367=732  | +22
12  |  Portugal | 370-375=745  | +35
13  |  Austria | 376-372=748  | +38
14  |  Belgium | 379-371=350  | +40
15  |  Finland | 385-366=351  | +41
16  |  Switzerland | 386-368=754  | +44
17  |  Italy | 383-373=756  | +46
18  |  Turkey | 380-381=761  | +51
19  |  Iceland | 376-390=766  | +56
20  |  Czech Republic | 382-389=771  | +61

* 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  | Kevin McAlpine |  Scotland | 68-68=136  | −6
Rory McIlroy |  Ireland | 67-69=136
Paul Waring |  England | 68-68=136
T4  | Jesper Kennegård |  Sweden | 70-68=138  | −4
Morten Ørum Madsen |  Denmark | 67-71=138
T6  | Jonathan Caldwell |  Ireland | 74-65=139  | −3
Richie Ramsay |  Scotland | 70-69=139
Gary Wholstenholme |  England | 70-69=139
T9  | Adrien Bernadet |  France | 70-70=140  | −2
Gencer Ozcan |  Turkey | 70-70=140
Inigo Urquizo |  Spain | 70-70=140
Jurrian Van der Vaart |  Netherlands | 71-69=140

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

Flight A

Bracket

| Quarter finals| | Semi finals| | Final

|
|
|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

|  | | | | |

|  Scotland| 4

|  Spain| 3 |

|  France| 4.5

| |  Scotland| 2.5 |

|  France| 5

| |

|  Wales| 2 |

|  Ireland| 4.5

| |  France| 2.5

|  Ireland| 6

|  |

|  Sweden| 1 |

|  Ireland| 4

| |  England| 3 | | Bronze match

|  England| 5.5

| |

|  Denmark| 1.5 |

|  Scotland| 4

|  England| 3

| Elimination matches| | Match for 5th place

|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |

|  | |

|  Spain| 3

|  Wales| 2 |

|  Spain| 4.5

| |  Denmark| 0.5

|  Denmark| 3

|  Sweden| 2 |

| Match for 7th place

|  Sweden| 3

|  Wales| 2

Final games

|  Ireland |  France

|

4.5  | 2.5
R. McIlroy / J. Caldwell | A. Kaleka / A. Bernadet 5 & 4
S. Lowry / R. Kilpatrick 2 holes | J. Wolffe / K. Le Sager
Rory McIlroy | Romain Bechu 3 & 2
Shane Lowry 5 & 4 | Victor Dubuisson
Richard Kilpatrick 3 & 2 | Adrien Bernadet
Jonathan Caldwell 3 & 2 | Alexandre Kaleka
Simon Ward AS * | Jean Wolffe AS *

* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

| Round 1| | Round 2| | Match for 9th place

|
|
|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

|  | | | | |

|  Netherlands| 4

|  Finland| 1 |

|  Netherlands| 5

| |  Germany| 0 |

|  Germany| 4.5

| |

|  Belgium| 0.5 |

|  Norway| 3

| |  Netherlands| 2

|  Portugal| 3

|  |

|  Austria| 2 |

|  Norway| 3

| |  Portugal| 2 | | Match for 11th place

|  Norway| 3.5

| |

|  Switzerland| 1.5 |

|  Germany| 3

|  Portugal| 2

| Elimination matches| | Match for 13th place

|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |

|  | |

|  Belgium| 4

|  Finland| 1 |

|  Belgium| 3

| |  Austria| 2

|  Austria| 3

|  Switzerland| 2 |

| Match for 15th place

|  Finland| 3.5

|  Switzerland| 1.5

Flight C

First round

|  Iceland |  Turkey

|

3  | 2
Czech Republic |  Italy

|

3  | 2

Second round

|  Czech Republic |  Turkey

|

3  | 2
Italy |  Iceland

|

3  | 2

Third round

|  Iceland |  Czech Republic

|

3  | 2
Italy |  Turkey

|

3  | 2

Final standings

Place  | Country

|

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

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

## See also[edit]

* European Golf Association – Organizer of European amateur golf championships
* Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
* European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Our history". Western Gailes Golf Club. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
2. ^ "2007 European Men's Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
3. ^ "2007 European Amateur Men's Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
4. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship , Results, 2007 - Western Galles GC, Scotland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
5. ^ "Blixt Helps Sweden To Seventh Place Finish At European Team Championships". Seminoles.com. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
6. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

## External links[edit]

* European Golf Association: Full results

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