Europcar Cup

Golf tournament

Europcar CupTournament information

Location| Biarritz, France
Established| 1985
Course(s)| Golf de Biarritz Le Phare
Par| 69
Tour(s)| European Tour
Format| 4-man team stroke play
Month played| November
Final year| 1988
Final champion
Sweden
(Persson, Ryström, Lanner, Parnevik)

The Europcar Cup was a professional team golf tournament played yearly in Biarritz, France, from 1985 to 1988.

The tournament was designated as an "Approved Special Event" on the European Tour schedule. A further event was planned in 1989 but was cancelled.[1]

The event was contested by national teams of four players. Each golfer played four stroke-play rounds; the best three scores for each round being used for the team's score for that round.

The 1988 Europcar Cup took place 3-6 November. Sweden won the 1988 event by 6 strokes with a score of 810, 18 under par. The Swedish team was Magnus Persson, Johan Ryström, Mats Lanner and Jesper Parnevik.[2]

The following teams competed: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales, West Germany.[3]

## Winners

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Year | Team winners | Team members | Score | Margin of
victory | Runners-up | Team members | Individual
winner | Ref

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1988 |  Sweden | Mats Lanner
Jesper Parnevik
Magnus Persson
Johan Ryström | 810  | 7 strokes |  Spain | Juan Anglada
Antonio Garrido
José Gervas
Miguel Ángel Martin |  David Jones | [4]
1987 |  Spain | Juan Anglada
Manuel Calero
Antonio Garrido
Miguel Angel Martin | 813  | 8 strokes |  Sweden | Peter Carsbo
Johan Ryström
Carl-Magnus Strömberg
Magnus Sunesson |  Manuel Calero | [5]
1986 |  Sweden | Per-Arne Brostedt
Anders Forsbrand
Magnus Grankvist
Magnus Sunesson | 817  | 2 strokes |  Spain | Antonio Garrido
Miguel Ángel Martin
Juan Quiros
Emilio Rodriguez  |  Anders Forsbrand | [6]
1985 |  France | Marc Farry
Bernard Pascassio | 830  | 1 stroke |  Italy | Silvano Locatelli |  Silvano Locatelli
Marc Farry | [7]

## References

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1. ^ "The Times calendar of world sport for 1989". The Times. 31 December 1988. p. 48.
2. ^ "Biarritz". The Times. 7 November 1988. p. 46.
3. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 4 November 1988. p. 43.
4. ^ "Svenskt Europaguld" [Swedish European gould]. Svensk Golf. No. 12\. December 1988. p. 42.
5. ^ "Svenska amatörer slog alla proffsen" [Swedish amateurs beat all the professionals]. Svensk Golf. No. 12\. December 1987. pp. 38, 48.
6. ^ "Första lagsegern bland proffsen, Forsbrand stormade fram i Frankrike" [First team victory among the professionals, Forsbrand took command in France]. Svensk Golf. No. 12\. December 1986. pp. 65, 71.
7. ^ "Europocar Cup, Proffsen fyra i Biarritz" [Europcar Cup, The Professionals fourth in Biarritz]. Svensk Golf. No. 12\. December 1985. pp. 73, 81.

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